Top regrets in life

[Anonymous]

Abortion.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Abortion.

+1. I didn't really realize what I'd done until years later. I was pressured into it by a female mentor/boss I thought was my friend. Still makes me sick to my stomach that I confided in her instead of my own mother.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Abortion.

+1. I didn't really realize what I'd done until years later. I was pressured into it by a female mentor/boss I thought was my friend. Still makes me sick to my stomach that I confided in her instead of my own mother.

In a scary, stressful situation you reached out to someone you thought would be helpful. You deserve to find peace.

[Anonymous]

breast implants

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Being way more social than I was comfortable with. If I could redo things, I'd keep to myself more, focus only on my family...

Same. I wish I knew it was ok to just be. No need to “see and be seen” because it is meaningless and wasted time.

Also, drinking too much.

[Anonymous]

worrying too much about what others think.

[Anonymous]

Having kids. Perhaps I'd feel differently if I didn't end up with twins with significant special needs, but there's no way to know what you'll have. There really needs to be a way to screen for ASD during pregnancy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Giving a beloved elderly relative Covid, which caused their death.

I stayed away from an elderly relative. It was post vaccines and I was traveling in the summer but she was fragile and it was her request.
She died that fall and I never saw her again. Just to give you the flip side.

I visit with my elderly relatives outside and a good eight feet away and I test before I go over.

[Anonymous]

Having kids.

[Anonymous]

I don’t regret having kids but could have waited longer to have them so I could travel more and enjoy the independence that comes without childcare.

[Anonymous]

Not starting serious therapy in my 20's.

I'd love to know what my life could have been if I'd sorted out some of my crap 30 years earlier. I might have made really different decisions about things I now regret.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Abortion.

+1. I didn't really realize what I'd done until years later. I was pressured into it by a female mentor/boss I thought was my friend. Still makes me sick to my stomach that I confided in her instead of my own mother.

Unbelievably evil and wicked.

[Anonymous]

So many.

Going to the undergrad I did. An SLAC. I ended up with few marketable skills, some debt, and the alumni network of a tiny school with few sports and little to no school spirit is never going to compare to the totally free state school I could have attended.

Also, marrying my ex.

[Anonymous]

No one on here saying voting for a certain someone last week. good. All sane posters on this thread.

[Anonymous]

Not investing in my 20s, not buying a house as soon as I could.