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[Puddles]

Thinking it didn't really matter what school I went to because I was going to make it either way. If I'd just put forth a 20% effort in high school instead of 10%, I wouldn't have ever gotten a single B. I could easily have gone to a top 5 university if that had been my goal starting in 9th grade.

However, sometimes I don't really regret this, because I made some fantastic friends at the school I did end up going to.

forcing my girlfriend of five years to break up with me because i made a mistake that she would have forgiven me for if i only did the right things/showed her i still wanted to be with her. i didnt, and instead just sat and watched the entire thing crash and burn. that was 7 months ago and i think it was the biggest regret of my entire life. not a day goes by that i haven't thought about her and how much i want to be with her now. she was the only person in my life that was truly in love with me, that i was truly in love with, and i gave it all up for stupid reasons. i would do anything to have her back in my life again, but i think it might be too late.

Also this, except it was just over a year ago now, and instead of just thinking that it might be too late, I'm 100% certain that it's too late. Up until the day before the breakup, it was still in my power to save the relationship. I just didn't realize how far I was pushing this girl.

 

[Jibber Hack]

Not sticking to my college plan.

 

[norinrad]

Not finding out who my granddad was sooner. He's dead now

 

[McNei1y]

Minor regrets that will probably grow as I get older:

Not acting on a girl I liked (still got time to change future fuck ups)
Not staying in the college I first attended (can't really change this since I'm on a plan)

 

[NaughtyCalibur]

Think I have a new biggest regret that just hit me this instant, which I should have seen a mile away but I was naive (i.e., stupid).

Going to my community's college for a video/media arts degree -- Although my college has a very good (great, even) video program for a community college, due to poor management by the dean and other jackasses, the program cannot possibly be completed in two years. Out of everyone who's graduated from it, the average is three years with some requiring four years. They were supposed to address this issue ASAP, but never did, thus the program remains broken.

I'm going on my fourth year now, have amassed 82 semester hours and there's still at least six classes that I have to take that are hardly ever offered, or when they are offered they conflict with other classes that I need that are also rarely offered, so you're stuck with choosing between one of the two classes that only happen once a year. This is so idiotic, yet I stuck it out thinking that I'd just get overrides or whatever on most of these classes like so many other students have been receiving. Now I'm being told that the dean of the video department isn't doing anymore overrides, and I just don't even give a shit anymore. This is coming from a student who maintained a 3.9 GPA for the first two of those years.

If I could go back 4 years, I would tell myself to reluctantly "play it safe" and go to the same school for a degree in nursing, pharmacy or some other shit. After two years I'd take my degree to California or NY and get a nice paying job there and probably try to get into a school like USC or something on the side, and take it from there. The way I look at it is, if I'm going to spend four years at school I should get a damn BA.

Aside from the notable connections I've made over these four years, I really wasted my fucking time.

 

[epik]

1. Flunking out of University due to laziness instead of academic failure. (which wouldn't happen if I wasn't lazy)

2. Spending uncontrollably in my 'time off' school and going down 6,000 in debt which still exists to this day.

 

[Krauser Kat]

not following through on a couple crushes i had in college before jumping on the train im going to ride for the rest of my life.

 

[fatigues_gasolini]

Not going to a UW system college out of high school. I went to the local community college, which gave me little responsibility in actually going to classes. I had great ACT scores but a mediocre GPA, which would at least put me on a waiting list for UW-Madison.

Also, not taking care of my body at an earlier age. I tipped the scales at 375 or more in High School. If I would have gotten my ass in gear like I did years later, I would probably be in better shape now.

 

[TheApatheticOne]

I wouldnt say I have one big regret but....

1. In 6th grade, I developed something (not even sure the name of it lol) where the bone underneath both of my knee caps was softer than it should have been, and made walking and especially running pretty painful. Due to this, I gained a decent amount of weight, and at age 29 just now shedding it. I wish I would have worked on this issue sooner. It really hampered me from playing sports (which I enjoyed) and obviously girls in high school want a six pack underneath the t-shirt, not a keg.

2. Getting an associates degree in web development. The college I went to had the program set, and going full time it took 3 years to get all the classes in that the program demanded. Graduated, and couldn't find anything, even entry level. Served at a restaurant for awhile, and now work for a health insurance company. Its been 10 years and have done NOTHING with that degree, and its been so long at this point, I couldnt even if I wanted. Im 29 as I said, and I still have no idea what I would truly enjoy doing as a career.

3. Mandatory "I messed up a relationship with a girl post" - Dated a girl who in retrospect was maybe not perfect, but perfect for me. Without going into it, right girl at the wrong time. Dont know if it would have turned out to be anything, but I would have liked to have seen it through a bit longer than it lasted.

4. This one will sound bad and evil, but Ive been married for a year and a half. I love my wife and do still want to spend the rest of my life with her. However, while Im social and have many friends, Im still a loner at nature, I enjoy my "me" time, more than most. I enjoy playing XBox, reading, watching TV shows that only I like and generally what I want to do when I want to do it. Married life cripples that. Many evenings I end up doing stuff I dont necessarily not enjoy, but stuff that I wouldnt be doing if it were solely up to me and didnt have to take someone else into consideration. Im very selfish in that regards, and I struggle with that more than I thought I would. So this one is a sorta-regret, but not really.

 

[Carlisle]

Regrets? Besides the standard handful of chicks I coulda and woulda but didn't... and the 1 or 2 I wish I hadn't.... Probably wish I'd been more focused in college. I got my degree with average grades but I could have done a lot better with just a little more focus.

4. This one will sound bad and evil, but Ive been married for a year and a half. I love my wife and do still want to spend the rest of my life with her. However, while Im social and have many friends, Im still a loner at nature, I enjoy my "me" time, more than most. I enjoy playing XBox, reading, watching TV shows that only I like and generally what I want to do when I want to do it. Married life cripples that. Many evenings I end up doing stuff I dont necessarily not enjoy, but stuff that I wouldnt be doing if it were solely up to me and didnt have to take someone else into consideration. Im very selfish in that regards, and I struggle with that more than I thought I would. So this one is a sorta-regret, but not really.

I think a lot of gaffers can probably relate to this. Not bad or evil at all. I've been in a steady relationship for nearly 3 years and as of last month we're now living together. I love my me time for gaming, reading, watching my shows and my movies as much as the next gaffer. The key for me is to share that with my significant other. It was hard at first (previous relationship went on for 4 years, so my me time has been compromised for quite a while)... I'd get frustrated that I couldn't play the game I'd been wanting to play because I had to work late all week and then spend the weekend at her parents' house or something.

But eventually I learned to accept it and that if I wanted to enjoy my things I had to bring her in to do them with me. Sit out on the balcony with some iced tea reading together, or bind and gag her while you put on all 3 extended editions of the Lord of the Rings movies in succession. Relationships are all about sharing and compromise. I don't mean to give advice to someone who's married when I've never been, but I just wanted to say I can relate to what you said.

 

[PackerinMN]

4. This one will sound bad and evil, but Ive been married for a year and a half. I love my wife and do still want to spend the rest of my life with her. However, while Im social and have many friends, Im still a loner at nature, I enjoy my "me" time, more than most. I enjoy playing XBox, reading, watching TV shows that only I like and generally what I want to do when I want to do it. Married life cripples that. Many evenings I end up doing stuff I dont necessarily not enjoy, but stuff that I wouldnt be doing if it were solely up to me and didnt have to take someone else into consideration. Im very selfish in that regards, and I struggle with that more than I thought I would. So this one is a sorta-regret, but not really.

I feel the exact same way. We have dated for almost 7 years, but we've only lived together for half a year and married for a month. I need my me time in order to be happy. I'm hoping it's because of the newness of our co-dependent lives. If I figure out how to get my me time, I'll let you know.

 

[demon]

Not going to a UW system college out of high school. I went to the local community college, which gave me little responsibility in actually going to classes. I had great ACT scores but a mediocre GPA, which would at least put me on a waiting list for UW-Madison.

That's too bad. My college experience wasn't exactly great (see last post), but UW Madison is a great school with a gorgeous campus. Really miss living on it.

 

[Deleted member 47027]

I regret letting my friends drift away due to a girl. Now I feel like I can't get them back, as they all had kids and crap like that. Stupid grown folks stuff I didn't do :lol

 

[K.Jack]

I wish someone had noticed my mental illness, when I was a kid. I went through a lot, without knowing why.

Now I'm older, and it's so engrained. I have a lot of work ahead of me.

 

[Dorrin]

4. This one will sound bad and evil, but Ive been married for a year and a half. I love my wife and do still want to spend the rest of my life with her. However, while Im social and have many friends, Im still a loner at nature, I enjoy my "me" time, more than most. I enjoy playing XBox, reading, watching TV shows that only I like and generally what I want to do when I want to do it. Married life cripples that. Many evenings I end up doing stuff I dont necessarily not enjoy, but stuff that I wouldnt be doing if it were solely up to me and didnt have to take someone else into consideration. Im very selfish in that regards, and I struggle with that more than I thought I would. So this one is a sorta-regret, but not really.

Give it a couple of more years and it will wear off. My wife and I hang out for 30min to an hour after the kids go to bed now and then go our separate ways, she reads I play games. We went through that phase too but you will get your "me" time back.

 

[Fireye]

My only regret is... that I have... boneitis!

Biggest regret, messing up my first love by sleeping with another girl.

 

[Roi]

I wished I had handled some things differently but I don't really regret it, I think it made me to the person I am right now (and I'm happy with that).