What’s the biggest mistake you have ever made?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Leaving my marriage without doing anything / making any arrangements or agreements about the house we owned. Years later my credit score is great (I worked so hard, it was in the 500s when I left my ex) but although I desperately want to try to buy my own new home now, I doubt I will ever qualify for a new mortgage since my name is still on the old loan/house, though he pays. It's heartbreaking and I feel like I will pay for this mistake for the rest of my life.

Wait, what? He needs to refi and buy you out.

I know it's fixable in theory, but he won't, and I've been told that there's nothing I can do to force him. He isn't going to lift a finger to do anything that would help me in any way.

[Anonymous]

My first husband was a mistake. I almost ran an airplane out of gas once.

[Anonymous]

As a tired new mom, I left my son unbuckled in his car seat for 2 hours while driving. Ugh. The guilt.

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Living in a Rust Belt city that I hate more everyday because the opportunities are mediocre. Wife is from here and thought moving to this area would help the marriage. That was beyond stupid but I had massive insecurities so there you go.

[Anonymous]

Biggest regret is not going to college out of high school - family could not afford it, I was pretty sheltered. I didn't have knowledge or confidence to try. Eventually did complete the night school endurance test and earned my bachelors. My life is good, but I wish I'd had the college experience

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Got pregnant at 17.

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Not believing I was worthy of respect and kindness. I went through a lot of suffering trying to force myself to accept behavior from other people that I never should have accepted. I'm not sure what was worse -- being treated poorly or the constant argument in my head between the part of me that was angry and the part that thought it was the best I could expect.

You have value. Never let anyone convince you otherwise.

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Saw a major, inter generational wealth producing event and only took advantage of about .05% of the upside. If I had swung for the fences, there probably would have been hundreds of millions, if not billions in my pocket now.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Being unkind to a good friend

Same although unintentionally, looking back it was wrong.

[Anonymous]

Accumulating too much debt and lying about it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:As a tired new mom, I left my son unbuckled in his car seat for 2 hours while driving. Ugh. The guilt.

I think we have all done that.

[Anonymous]

Not wearing a condom that night.

[Anonymous]

marriage

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Trusting people will do the right thing when mostly they are only out for themselves.

+10000

+10001

Also having kids with the wrong person (who can't be counted on to do the right thing).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:As a tired new mom, I left my son unbuckled in his car seat for 2 hours while driving. Ugh. The guilt.

I think we have all done that.

Yes, I've done that too.