what's your biggest regret in life?

[Anonymous]

Choosing an expensive, prestigious private over my scholarship to a state school. I've since gotten over my pretension but kick myself every day for that colossal mistake.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I loved my experience at a black college that was close to home but wonder what life would be like had I gone Ivy instead of turning them down due to being uncomfortable with moving so far away from home and my desire to experience not being a minority for a change. The college I chose did do wonders for my self confidence and was a nurturing place to grow into an adult and fostered pride I never had before in being Black. I know that was invaluable in shaping who I am today but I still always wonder ....what if.

Often, when things go well with a important decision, we wonder if we could have done better, aimed higher. Self-confidence is the best gift a college education can give you. You made an excellent choice. Pat yourself on the back.

[Anonymous]

I regret playing it safe as much as I did.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I regret playing it safe as much as I did.

+1. I used to be quite the dreamer, but my parents were all about being practical. I don't blame them, but sometimes I wonder what if.

[Anonymous]

I regret not buying paintings from up and coming artists I knew in China when I lived there in the mid-90s. The paintings would be worth millions now.

I regret not buying a condo in Dupont Circle two decades ago, when they still cost $60k.

[Anonymous]

I can't predict if I'll regret having only two children five years from now. I wish I could see what my future self will think, would want me to do.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The last words I ever said to my Dad were: "Fuck off, I hate you!" and I ran away from home.

He died of a heart attack the next morning. I was 16.

My heart goes out to you!

[Anonymous]

Not being with my Mom when she passed away. I had just started a new job on the East Coast, and she asked me to keep working, and I think too, I was so scared about her dying, that I didn't listen to my instincts and jump on a plane when it was time. I think of this every single day.

[Anonymous]

My biggest regret is that one homosexual experience I had. I still think about it... Makes me think I might be gay.

[Anonymous]

I regret nothing. It has all made me who I am today....a lot of it was painful but it is all necessary.

[Anonymous]

i regret buying our home in the neighborhood we live in six years ago. we rushed into it without a real need to rush, and now we are underwater and stuck for the foreseeable future.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I regret playing it safe as much as I did.

yes. yes. yes.

[Anonymous]

Not ever having a baby............the right way. I blew the one chance I had years ago. Abortion.

[Anonymous]

I regret moving away from where I grew up. I intended to move back (I love it there), but there was always something keeping me from making the move. I figured I'd get back there eventually.

Now that both of my parents are dead, I deeply wish that I'd spent the last couple of decades closer to them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My biggest regret is that one homosexual experience I had. I still think about it... Makes me think I might be gay.

You are not gay. If you were there would have been more than one.