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Trying too hard in school.
What is one of your biggest regrets?
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Alligatorjandro
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Putting my dog to sleep.Even though it was the best solution,I still wish I didn't do it.
Red Liquorice
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You'll get another chance. Unless they find a cure for buttholes before the next time you get laid.rodrigoviola said:
SpartanForce
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Two: not going to the Judas Priest show and Eric Clapton here in Brazil.
Never again, I guess... :|
Never again, I guess... :|
Dutch Gronk
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Sylvia.
Still pisses me off how I fucked that relationship up.
Still pisses me off how I fucked that relationship up.
Always-honest
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yeah well, girls will be girls.Mana Sin said:
RevDM said:
im on my ipod but ive posted my story a few times. if you do a quick search for lasik on gaf you can probably find it.
the success rate is marketing trickery. the 20/20 success rate is actually closer to 90%(99% is from 20/40 or better) and even then it's based off people being able to read that line. so for instance if you can guess most of the letters on 20/20 but you see double from that eye or it's smeared to one side you're still counted as a success. device labeling from government testing only shows a 70% success rate for laser eye surgery. it's something everyone should stay away from.
wear your glasses for two weeks and you'll get used to them. if they still bother you after that then there's a good possibility they were made incorrectly or your prescription is off.
I had an awesome internship after my sophomore year of college that should have set me up for something even better after my junior year, but I ended up squandering it and spent my summer in a completely unrelated job and playing too much WoW.
I wish I had known better about how important it was to set myself up for my career. I'm now in grad school trying to get to where I wanted to be four years ago.
I wish I had known better about how important it was to set myself up for my career. I'm now in grad school trying to get to where I wanted to be four years ago.
RevDM said:
Get the night-day contacts. You can sleep in them and they are amazing. I take mine out about once a week. The only time I even know I am wearing them is when they are getting old and need changed (about 4-6 weeks). They are a bit more expensive, but worth every penny. They are the reason why I quit considering Lasik sugary.
sankt-Antonio
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Learning to play guitar instead of the mighty drums.
rainking187
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Not doing anything with my life. I look back and I don't feel like I've ever actually accomplished anything.
PaleFolklore
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I regret a few things.
Throughout most of my K-12 education I barely tried in school. In grade school I was put in a program for gifted students and was one of only 6 kids doing advanced classes and projects at my age. I also scored very highly on the standardized testing. Despite that I just couldn't get motivated. My parents always told me I would regret it and I really do. Ever since I graduated I've been climbing uphill to try and get back on track to a good future but it's rough. It's funny how working really shitty minimum wage jobs will change your perspective on life. I don't know how many times I thought to myself, "What the fuck am I doing with my life?" I hope if I have kids I can keep them motivated through school.
Spending 4 years shutting myself off from the outside world playing World of Warcraft. It's weird when you do finally stop playing and you look back at all the time you spent playing it. I enjoyed the game but I wasted what could have been some of the best years of my life and ruined valuable relationships.
I also got in a fight when I was in high school. Snapped some punk kids skateboard in half and threw it at him when he and his friends were running their mouths at my friends. The splintered part of the skateboard deck ended up cutting his stomach up pretty bad. Cops and paramedics were called and I had to spend a few weeks in the detention home and 6 months on house arrest. If I could go back in time I wouldn't have reacted so harshly.
I'm doing good now though. For the first time in a while I feel like I'm on track to a successful future.
Throughout most of my K-12 education I barely tried in school. In grade school I was put in a program for gifted students and was one of only 6 kids doing advanced classes and projects at my age. I also scored very highly on the standardized testing. Despite that I just couldn't get motivated. My parents always told me I would regret it and I really do. Ever since I graduated I've been climbing uphill to try and get back on track to a good future but it's rough. It's funny how working really shitty minimum wage jobs will change your perspective on life. I don't know how many times I thought to myself, "What the fuck am I doing with my life?" I hope if I have kids I can keep them motivated through school.
Spending 4 years shutting myself off from the outside world playing World of Warcraft. It's weird when you do finally stop playing and you look back at all the time you spent playing it. I enjoyed the game but I wasted what could have been some of the best years of my life and ruined valuable relationships.
I also got in a fight when I was in high school. Snapped some punk kids skateboard in half and threw it at him when he and his friends were running their mouths at my friends. The splintered part of the skateboard deck ended up cutting his stomach up pretty bad. Cops and paramedics were called and I had to spend a few weeks in the detention home and 6 months on house arrest. If I could go back in time I wouldn't have reacted so harshly.
I'm doing good now though. For the first time in a while I feel like I'm on track to a successful future.
Leaving university three and a half years ago because I said f*** it. Ever since then I looked myself in the mirror and told myself "my life has been on a standstill." So now this coming January I'm going back to school and try to finish what I started.
Also, not taking care of myself more.
So I hope to remedy these two things in the future. Here's to hoping. =p
Also, not taking care of myself more.
So I hope to remedy these two things in the future. Here's to hoping. =p
Bulbo Urethral Baggins
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I studied too hard. I'm smarter than I want to be.
Atramental
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I let my parents make too many decisions for me, which has made into a sap.
radioheadrule83
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1) I stayed local to home when I went to University because my friends were staying local. I'm not particularly close friends with many of those people anymore, and having finally moved away 3 years ago, I know I should have done so sooner.
2) The course I took at University was a joke, but I maybe shouldn't have dropped out in 2nd year. I got a HND out of it, so it wasn't completely wasted time, but one more year and a little more effort - I could have had the degree. Realistically, I still wouldn't be doing anything related to it though. It gave me some practical skills, but I wish I'd done computer science.
3) Getting too emotionally dependent on girls, allowing my stress levels to be tied to how a relationship is going. Better to try and not give a fuck basically.
Generally, there are a lot of incidents - many drunk ones and many sober - that I regret. I regret how I was when I was a teenager. I was an arsehole. Looking back any period of time makes me hate myself actually. I never feel like the same person that I once was, and knowing how the brain and body work, I suppose thats not surprising. I have a close friend who believes that people never change... I disagree. They're changing all the time!
Sometimes when you do the opposite of what your parents want, you just regret not listening more to your parents!
2) The course I took at University was a joke, but I maybe shouldn't have dropped out in 2nd year. I got a HND out of it, so it wasn't completely wasted time, but one more year and a little more effort - I could have had the degree. Realistically, I still wouldn't be doing anything related to it though. It gave me some practical skills, but I wish I'd done computer science.
3) Getting too emotionally dependent on girls, allowing my stress levels to be tied to how a relationship is going. Better to try and not give a fuck basically.
Generally, there are a lot of incidents - many drunk ones and many sober - that I regret. I regret how I was when I was a teenager. I was an arsehole. Looking back any period of time makes me hate myself actually. I never feel like the same person that I once was, and knowing how the brain and body work, I suppose thats not surprising. I have a close friend who believes that people never change... I disagree. They're changing all the time!
Atramental said:
Sometimes when you do the opposite of what your parents want, you just regret not listening more to your parents!
Darren870
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Oh also chickening out on becoming an architect in school. I was a pro at it in HS and was top of the class. Did it for 3 years.
Then for some reason I changed my major to computer science before I applied to college. Thought that would be better even though I never programmed. Also hate programming with a passion.
Looking back I regret it as I really enjoyed it. I was to worried I wouldn't be good enough and that I wouldn't know where to put the windows....literally...
I am probably better off now as it wouldn't be the best job field, but I had some contacts even in HS i could have used.
Maybe one day I will go back...doubt it though. Been in my current job field for 4 years now and make decent $.
Then for some reason I changed my major to computer science before I applied to college. Thought that would be better even though I never programmed. Also hate programming with a passion.
Looking back I regret it as I really enjoyed it. I was to worried I wouldn't be good enough and that I wouldn't know where to put the windows....literally...
I am probably better off now as it wouldn't be the best job field, but I had some contacts even in HS i could have used.
Maybe one day I will go back...doubt it though. Been in my current job field for 4 years now and make decent $.
Triple Oceans
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1. Not applying to Florida State University.
2. Taking too long to take college seriously.
3. Not dating a girl I really liked before I got back together with my ex-girlfriend and eventually married.
2. Taking too long to take college seriously.
3. Not dating a girl I really liked before I got back together with my ex-girlfriend and eventually married.
Being way too shy to talk to anybody during my school years when i was a teenager. Probably ruined many chances to have lots of friends, parties and a girlfriend and probably why im still a lonely guy. I'm not as shy as i was back then, but still enough to not have much to do outside of my job other than wasting time at home. Wish my teenage years would have been more...normal.
Reminds me of this thread, whatever you do, you'll always find something to regret.
teruterubozu
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Spending 7 years on GAF. Ugh.
J Tourettes
Banned
Not having chocolate pudding with chocolate custard over my nan's house when I was 3 or 4. I thought I didn't like chocolate custard.
I still have severe pangs of regret when I think about it.
I still have severe pangs of regret when I think about it.
KibblesBits
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Having any Dairy components for dinner the night before. Always.
dinazimmerman
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Not having chosen different classes the first two years of college. Wasting so much time this summer. Wasting so much time on the weekends the last few weeks.
Picking a useless major in college. I went in the fall of 2004 and picked History because I had taken college-level history classes in high school that could be used as credit. Spent four years partying and while I did well, I never thought of what applications my degree could be used for.
I graduated in 2008, the onset of the recession, and quickly realized how useless my degree is. While I have an alright-paying job now, I have a feeling I could making double if I had gone with something like Comp Sci...
I graduated in 2008, the onset of the recession, and quickly realized how useless my degree is. While I have an alright-paying job now, I have a feeling I could making double if I had gone with something like Comp Sci...
BladeoftheImmortal
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If you regret the relationship, then why are you still in it?Ichor said:
Freeza Under The Shower
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Trent Strong said:
eventually, that is pretty much it.
BladeoftheImmortal said:
Because if I leave the relationship I'll have nowhere to live, and will then have to drop out of university. Hoping I'll make some solid friends in this city that can help me with the having no place to stay thing at some point.
(Or possibly will go for a dorm next September, although those things are overpriced)
Mister Wilhelm
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Should've gone to school for medicine instead of trying to be a teacher. I was too far along when the economy tanked to change my major.
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