What’s your biggest regret in life?

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marcobanks · Accepted Answer

Putting my long-time girlfriend on the deed to a house i purchased, to make her feel ownership and to make her understand how much she meant to me. My life savings downpayment, she contributed nothing. Fast Fwd 3 years. House value nearly doubled. Simultaneously found out she had been cheatig on me almost the entire time. Now i have to sell my home give her half the equity, i will never be able to afford the house i worked a lifetime for. She gets half my money while i paid all the bills as she was out blowing other guys. Note to site members; flight attendants lack any type of moral compass. I am an idiot, i realize this, but at least i can live with myself.

Anonymous · Accepted Answer

Being to concerned about how I thought others perceived me, I'd have done a lot of things difreent and probably been a lot happier. And not taking chances and missing out big time. (I liked this girl and I meet her at home, and we got on etc I put my hands round her waist from behind as she asked what I wanted to do to scared I didn't answer, could have been my first and the love of my life, she told me later she would have if I'd said but she was and is seeing some one else now. Kick myself everyday for that)

Mimi1721 · Accepted Answer

Being a pain in the ass as a kid. I made my parents life hell most of the time, still do every once in a while.
When I was a kid I had a chance to go in a gun shooting contest but backed out because I was too shy, I was only against one other person to and I totally would have won. I still hate myself for not doing it. (I know stupid right)
Being a Canucks fan lol. I'm only slightly kidding, I can't imagine not being a Canucks fan, but damn it hurts so bad to be one.

I get that everyone is saying not kissing someone when they should have and relationship stuff, but I haven't experienced any of those things so no regrets there lol.

Onlythisone · Accepted Answer

I don't really have any, I did a lot better than all the people in similar situations and looking back I think I'd probably just do worse if I knew what was coming.

Astoriana · Accepted Answer

Staying too long in an ultimately unfulfilling long distance relationship.

witherwing · Answer

I wasted too much time feeling sorry for myself.

parttimelover · Answer

Geezus can you read through the commentz?

Men have so manu regrets and half of them are from women and the girls have no regrets about the man at all. All you can read is not leaving the man early.

The demographic of GaG is a sad bunch or the women are too cruel to stone cold to even have feelings and emotions.

The male comments have earnest heartbreak and emotions and the females almost have nothing or wished they left the men earlier.

Either the demographics here are sad men and stone cold women or we are all mostly men

Pritam001 · Answer

Not utilising my capabilities... I hardly use not even 3% as or my capability... including education's, extracurricular activities, etc... I could have done way better if I could have utilised my capabilities and abilities... I have broken many expectations from all round... of teachers, neighbours, parents, college and school authorities, and everyone who used to have high expectations from me... I am very sorry... Its like I have cheated myself... and I also regret being the isolated and reserved type of guy... can I even have a friend to talk to... I guess not... maybe this is fate and I was destined to be like this...

MarkRet · Answer

Probably that I was too timid to do things I wanted to do long ago. I had a messed up life growing up, and even though I'm a happier and better-adjusted person now, I look back on my past with regret that I was too scared to take up a sport, talk to girls, join the military, etc.

Being_a_good_Indian · Answer

Thanks @GirlsAskGuys for A2A.

Idontknow092 · Answer

Dropping out of High School.
If i had been thinking more about consoquences and have been more responsable i would have reached the carreer i currently have much sooner.
Other than that i see all the mistakes i made in life, relationships, family, friendship etc. as an opportunity to grow and learn from.
After all its the mistakes that ultimately guide you to success and inner fulfillment.

Waltzman · Answer

My biggest regret is letting my ex girlfriend have enough influence with her tramatic breakup to fracture my romantic relationships with girls. That, and the year I had a mullet.

Canadaman99 · Answer

Responding to the text that would lead to months of being used and manipulated. Allowing myself to be used and manipulated. Not being able to handle the situation in a way that would have averted the events of the worst year of my life.

pkp999 · Answer

I loved someone truly, but she is not mine anymore, even though I tried hardest, My dedication, determination, promise, commitment & every good thing went in vain. This is my biggest regret of life. But I know I'm moving on slowly & I know I learned a lot from this relationship about so many things. It doesn't matter now I had already forgiven her. But not gonna forget what she did. So much painful experience, only I can understand how hard it was to come out of that situation.

hahahmm · Answer

A great girlfriend I had in my early 20s bored the hell out of me so I bailed. She is totally hot now & my concept of boring was stupid back then. But mostly I don’t regret stuff in life.

Ido66667 · Answer

I have two big regrets in in my short life. One is that in elementary school, I called a beautiful girl whom I was friends with a 'whore', just to fit in with my male friends.

And the other one was in high school, where I didn't approach a girl I liked.

Tuomaaash · Answer

Saying horrible things to my first girlfriend. Another one would be that I didn´t leave my second relationship earlier

Greaver · Answer

Well I have no regrets and I never will because I will always take chances and make mistakes the only regret I will make is when I’m either drunk or high or both When I’m 18 of course

TheIdeaOfLove · Answer

Not kissing my first and only girlfriend i had. (Was only 13 at the time)

dustinsdreaming · Answer

Not trying to kiss more of the women I knew wanted me to based on their body language.

GhanouAdnane · Answer

Having your life wasted just by achieving what other people want you to achieve, instead of running after your own objectives.

menina · Answer

Being born. I didn't choose it, but it was one of the worst things that could happen to me.

PoliceLivesMatter · Answer

I’m 22 years old so I don’t have any current regrets. Hopefully it remains to be so

batwriter1979 · Answer

Not telling Mari-anne back in High school I like her or loved her. Wrote a poem book. I self-published it myself. Really. Found her home in TX. She called one time, I never ever called back.

MaskOfMirrors · Answer

Nothing. Every mistake a lesson. Every failure a chance to grow.

Cursewords · Answer

Probably spending so much time trying to cater to people who seriously don't deserve my time.

skytatoe · Answer

Falling for the wrong person. Biggest regret, changed me in many ways, none of them positive. Still trying to fix the damage.

Hispanic-Cool-Guy · Answer

Hanging around losers and negative people, oddly enough it was a blessing in disguise too becuase it taught me so much on how to better and not like them.

mike5150 · Answer

Probably just the lost time when I am not being productive. Time flys.

anirudhroxx · Answer

Falling in love even when I restrain myself from falling in love.

GoodGuyBreakingBad · Answer

Not getting my own housing and living with my cousins.

whysowild · Answer

Letting the girl I liked and dated for 5 and a half years of my 20 years alive slip out of my hands

winterfox10 · Answer

I really fucked up when I made friends. I shouldn't have done that.

foxtonjennerfield4 · Answer

My biggest regret never seeing my dad leave this world (he died in 2010)

watisgoingon · Answer

not becoming a pro athlete when I had the chance. im 27 and its eating me alive still

scooogy · Answer

Having missed out on experiencing things at the right time.

joelkc · Answer

I have like 3 regrets that evenly matched including choosing the wrong friends, not speaking up and not listening to my heart.

matt25 · Answer

my biggest regret was that i didn't buy 20 rx480 back in days (i was thinking about it) to start farming ethereum when it was around 5$

dissolveme · Answer

Not taking every opportunity that was presented to me. I am now and it's great but I could have done so much more...

Anonymous · Answer

Selling my first home or getting married, still undecided on that one since I don’t have the house or the wife anymore

ZInga · Answer

Having missed out on experiencing things at the right time.

easygoingboy · Answer

Not having spent as much time as I should have with my grandfather before he passed away

Anonymous · Answer

I was unfaithful in two marriages. The resulting damage was/is lifelong.

Laurel321 · Answer

Wasting my time while there are so many other things to do and to learn.

MarshallAllister · Answer

Bullying people in middle School

HungLikeAHorsefly · Answer

Not spending more time at the office

conanbdetective · Answer

Not getting the right girl.

Aerieche · Answer

I don't have any yet.

WhiteKnight2 · Answer

Probably not finishing highschool.

J4Zzi3 · Answer

... coz i' m still alive

sahil_jalan · Answer

Yet i haven't said many people to FUCK OFF.

AlwaysBelieving · Answer

Not dating more when younger.

pizzalovershouse · Answer

buying things on sell I wanted an waited to long

Zinkster9O1 · Answer

Denying that spaghetti then wanting it later

Flower-petal · Answer

Not leaving my ex many years sooner

Marinepilot · Answer

That I didn't go to the Naval Academy.

ironclaw · Answer

kissing with my cousin

moe1995 · Answer

Not buying Bitcoin back in 2010

dunbad01 · Answer

Getting married so young.

Anonymous · Answer

my biggest regret is the day I came to the world.

mikey112 · Answer

not having enough fun, when i was young ;)

xavierroshan644 · Answer

I left one of my friend when he is in trouble

karahiri · Answer

giving fucks. lol.

Anonymous · Answer

Dropping out.

Trilinium · Answer

Being born

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