Top regrets in life

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Anonymous wrote:I was at a crossroads with a few friends and I chose the wrong ones (the party type, bad influence). Now we're not even friends and I missed out on a lifetime of a friendship with the "good ones".

I did this too!

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I regret not realizing that entering an interdisciplinary program in grad school would not properly prepare me for the politics of and professional requirements for getting tenure in a disciplinary department. I picked the advisor who I thought had the background most suited to my dissertation topic but he knew little about these things. For example, he thought I would get lots of offers when I went out on the job market. Yeah, that's the sign of someone who got his job in the 1960s - a much better job market than we faced in the 90s.

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Anonymous wrote:What is yours?

Having kids. I knew it was high risk (in so many ways), but still went along with it. I think part of me thought I wouldn't be able to get pregnant. It's been one disaster after another ever since.

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Anonymous wrote:I wish I studied abroad.

I loved my study abroad so much that the next year I volunteered in the advising office and encouraged others.
There were so many young women who didn't want to go because "I would miss my boyfriend too much"

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I deeply regret opening the bag of Halloween candy.

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Moving to this area.

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Not figuring out earlier how to deal with my teeth, learning too late that regular dental hygiene was not enough for my mouth.

Would have saved so much time and money.

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Not getting therapy to process my abusive childhood before I had children of my own. I didn’t repeat the abuse, but I could have done so much better for my kids if I had learned earlier how to manage my anxiety and parent with more empathy and intention.

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Anonymous wrote:I deeply regret opening the bag of Halloween candy.

I already ate all the mini snickers.

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Not going into the military - but if I had, I would have missed my amazing DH and DDs. So, regret, but not.

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Anonymous wrote:Not buying a beach place for about $250,000 when we had the chance in the 90's. They're over $1 M now.

We had a mountain house for skiing. The upkeep on it was burdensome.

My dream was to own a beach house, but the upkeep on those are a pia.

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Anonymous wrote:Not figuring out earlier how to deal with my teeth, learning too late that regular dental hygiene was not enough for my mouth.

Would have saved so much time and money.

omg.. I have been on DD about taking care of her teeth, brushing, flossing since she was young. She refuses to listen to me, and now she has six cavities.

My parents never taught me about oral hygiene. I have tons of fillings, and now at 50+, I need crowns. Painful and expensive.

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Anonymous wrote:Abortion a couple of months after graduating from college.

I choose not to abort a few years after college. My child is absolutely the light of my life. But my ex tortured me and my child for years. So that wasn't like some kind of rainbow and sunshine situation.

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Anonymous wrote:Not figuring out earlier how to deal with my teeth, learning too late that regular dental hygiene was not enough for my mouth.

Would have saved so much time and money.

Same

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Getting married and staying in this area. My life sucks. A lot.