What was the biggest fuck up of your life?

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Not really a single fuck up, but wasting so much money on dumb shit in my life. If I had half the money I fucked off on dumb shit, I would be living large now. That is one thing that I look at now that I have a house to pay for. I still have money left over after paying all the bills, so now I wonder wtf I was doing with all that money before as I was broke as hell all the time.
 
Going to school for computer aided design and drafting and getting a job as a gopher at an architecture firm... but then never following through and ending up in retail.

Falling in love with the wrong girl. Two different ones.

Pushing the right girl away and losing touch with her.

Staying in retail for so long. Never going to college for anything. Staying at home with my parents, who will let me stay here for as long as I want to, which basically makes me not want to leave since I have it so easy.

Spending so much money on eBay in the early 2000's on junk that now sits in the attic and basement.

Basically, every decision I've ever made. I'm George Costanza.

FML
 
I don't think i've had any major fuck-ups, but my most recent one is fucking around with a friend of mine. we had all the same mutual friends, got bored one week and started fucking on the side... then it ended badly (as these things usually do) when she started getting too attached... and it's been really awkward with her and all our friends ever since. Especially when she started fucking another guy in the group.

Why do friends inbreed like that? Don't do it. It's so not worth it.
 
Carlisle said:
I don't think i've had any major fuck-ups, but my most recent one is fucking around with a friend of mine. we had all the same mutual friends, got bored one week and started fucking on the side... then it ended badly (as these things usually do) when she started getting too attached... and it's been really awkward with her and all our friends ever since. Especially when she started fucking another guy in the group.

Why do friends inbreed like that? Don't do it. It's so not worth it.


Damn, no offense but she kind of sounds like a ho.

Unless she just likes sex and doesn't want to venture outside of her circle of friends to get it. The only girl I know like that was a girl that worked at a sports bar and had pretty much fucked every single guy that worked there and then started on the women. She ended up quitting because every new hire would hit on her trying to get their turn.
 
Not taking up a girl's offer to accompany her back to her home where she still had one of my CDs lying around that she wanted to give back to me. I'm pretty sure I would have got laid.
 
Carlisle said:
I don't think i've had any major fuck-ups, but my most recent one is fucking around with a friend of mine. we had all the same mutual friends, got bored one week and started fucking on the side... then it ended badly (as these things usually do) when she started getting too attached... and it's been really awkward with her and all our friends ever since. Especially when she started fucking another guy in the group.

Why do friends inbreed like that? Don't do it. It's so not worth it.
This sounds exactly like the popular clique at my highschool.
I alwasys imagined it would be awkward.
 
Carlisle said:
I don't think i've had any major fuck-ups, but my most recent one is fucking around with a friend of mine. we had all the same mutual friends, got bored one week and started fucking on the side... then it ended badly (as these things usually do) when she started getting too attached... and it's been really awkward with her and all our friends ever since. Especially when she started fucking another guy in the group.

Why do friends inbreed like that? Don't do it. It's so not worth it.

Part of me is hoping it's one of our mutual online friends so I can drink in the delicious drama.
 
Not really a fuck up, but I went to and spent a lot of money on game design school from two very reputable schools. Had some work afterwords, went into a different line of business and now am currently a co-owner of said business. Sometimes I wish I had stuck with it in the game biz but looking right now with all the layoffs I'm glad I didn't go further - plus my wage is way better than anything I'd get sitting in front of a pc all day...
 
Not pursuing baseball in college.

Fucking around my fresman year of college. (I've gotten better, I'm a junior now)

Not pursuing guitar lessons when I was younger, I tried acoustic and I didn't like it so I stopped all together until I was 19 then I started electric and havent looked back since.

Could of done better on my ACT.

Not going to Southern Illinois in Carbondale University.
 
The Interrobanger said:
- not getting braces when i was younger
- wasting a bunch of my teenage years playing video games instead of being productive/social
- wasting money on various material things that mean nothing to me now

I'd say going to college was a fuckup, but I'm glad I did because it taught me how useless it is and to just do what makes you happy. I honestly believe if you're intelligent and ambitious you'll succeed with or without that piece of paper.

I was pretty indecisive and "safe" when I was growing up, so these days I take a lot of risks and do whatever feels right and I'm much more happy and successful.

considering how most high tech jobs requires a 4 year degree...I'm gonna say you're wrong.
 
I turned left on my bike riding alongside a friend of mine... he said "right" but I somehow got a brain fart at that exact moment. It was summer, we were wearing shorts and we landed on asphalt. Ouch. We bled and got our bikes smashed.

(EDIT) Wow you guys are depressing :P
 
I've been sitting here most of the day, trying to finish up a big presentation of backtracking algorithms for a groups presentation. The due date has been listed as the 7th for fucking ever, and I was just finishing up. I sent my slides to my group leader and only 5 minutes later got a e-mail back - "we did it yesterday, where the fuck were you?"
I'm trying to figure out just what the fuck happened but this will probably be my ass, and the end of me at school. I'm drinking right now and trying to decide just what the fuck I'm going to do now, so there's that.
 
2 things.

1. not taking care of my body when i was younger. I ate shitty and now im paying for it now, having difficulty losing weight. If I could go back in time and do one thing, it would be to tell myself to stop eating shit and get in shape.

2. Getting arrested. Worst moment in my life, and I learned my lesson. Wasnt sent to jail but I did something stupid and am ashamed to mention it even to my closest friends.
 
I broke up with a girl for stupid reasons (looking back). For a couple of years she was still interested in me but I was living in another city, pursuing other goals
girls
and contact kinda faded out. and now she's rich as fuck. FML.
 
gamerecks said:
2 things.

1. not taking care of my body when i was younger. I ate shitty and now im paying for it now, having difficulty losing weight. If I could go back in time and do one thing, it would be to tell myself to stop eating shit and get in shape.
Yeah, I can agree to this. I did lose the weight but man there'll always be stretchmarks.
 
When I was little I wound up spending lots of time watching movies and TV instead of reading scientific journals and performing experiments. As a result, I was able to quickly call up pop culture references during the course of a conversation, appearing witty in front of the ladies.

So the biggest fuck-up of my life was never inventing a cure for pancreatic cancer before I turned 21, thereby allowing my father to die.
 
Probably joining a fraternity. A lot of great things came from that (a handful of wonderful lifelong friends), but it thrust me into a very conservative environment in a period of my life where I needed a more open group of friends. Oh well, I'm past that and back on the same track I was before joining.
 
I've never really made any significant fuck ups in my life. Sure, I took a generally reclusive approach to life (I have a lot of friends, but I don't really go out at every opportunity), but I'm quite happy with how it has all worked out.

I dropped out of grad school after my first year, but I've rarely regretted that decision. That program was absolutely killing me, and the year off of marginal employment ("The Great Vacation") really helped me get my shit together. Now I'm back in at a different grad school, and well on my way to the PhD (completely finished classes and qualifying exams, now just doing research).
 
It's funny how sometimes a 'fuck-up' can actually open doors for you. When I was young and naive I hacked the webpage of my dad's employer (big newspaper). It was done by silly social engineering (using my dad's account to gain acces to the ftp, installing a sniffer and getting the log with the admin's pwd) and without any measures on my side to hide my IP so I got caught promptly. Boy was my dad mad at me. He was sure he was getting fired and I have never been as worried as I was that night (pretty sure I got my peptic ulcer because of that). Turns out the big boss was pleased as the security exploits were exposed and I got invited to work in the IT department, so that's how I landed my first job :D.

Since then I have made many, many mistakes and to this day I have no career, no college degree or -sic- a girlfriend but I also have no debt (at all), money in the bank, lots of ideas / life experiences and most importantly, my health and my family.

I regret nothing.
 
Breaking up with and kicking out my last long-term girlfriend (5 years off and on) halfway through our relationship so I could move a just-legal girl who reported to me at a call center in so I could fuck her (bad idea #2), and then turning around and dating someone else while just-legal girl was going crazy for me and living in my house (bad idea #3). All three of them found out about each other and wow (bad idea #forever).

I ended up getting back with long-term girl about six months later, which lasted for another two and a half years, but it was never the same, and rightfully so... she never really trusted me as much as she had before, and never loved me the same way. Not that I blame her... how the fuck could she?

I did make a promise I'd never leave her again, so even though I knew the end was coming the second time about 8 months in advance, I just sat by patiently waiting for her to figure it out so she could be the one to break up with me. That way she got some retribution -- I even left our new apartment so it'd be full-circle.

Yeah, what a piece of shit I was. I learned a lot from it, though, and that was years ago... I'm a better man now.
 
Not taking college seriously enough the first time around. I barely graduated, and my transcript was an embarrassment.. not exactly what you want employers seeing when you're looking for that first job right out of college.

Thankfully, I went back for another degree and graduated at the top of that class. This was my second chance at launching a career, and I took it very very seriously. My efforts were noticed, and serious job offers began coming in nine months before graduation.

I still literally pay the price every month when the student loan payment is deducted from my banking account.
 
Dating two girls in a row that were clinically depressed (and apparently good at hiding it at the onset of the relationship), and then having the second one try to kill herself after the break-up.

Back when I was 17, a bunch of friends mine and I went driving around with plastic guns that fired spring-loaded plastic BBs. We came across a bunch of my little brother's friends (who were about 12-13 yrs old), and I shot one of them. This is the sort of gun that if you shoot yourself point-blank while naked, it won't hurt or leave a mark.
Anyway, apparently some 3 year old saw me do it, went to his mother and said "Somebody shot Adam!" You can imagine what happened next. Eventually my Dad gets a phone call the next day, starts screaming obscenities at me, and we run down to the kid's house and I basically "turn myself in," so to speak. The dad says, "oh, if I'd have known it was him, I wouldn't have even called the cops. I'd like to drop the charges." For some fucking reason, they couldn't, I had to go give a statement and investigated for the next month, and then finally they asked me "Was this act malicious," to which I replied, "NO! Are you fucking serious?!?!" While I never really got punished, it was the most nerve-racking month of my life cause I thought I was going to get kicked out of the country (Korea - we lived on base) for something so damn retarded.

tl;dr - shot kid with plastic spring-loaded bb gun, gets blown out of proportion, nothing happens in the end, just fucking nerve-racking.
 
CorkyFromLifeGoesOn said:
Sold my soul for tickets to e3
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It's better then a donut...
 
I was working a job and my boss stiffed me on pay even though I was bringing in a lot of money for him. Later on he got robbed and I could have stopped it but didnt. I found out this guy that robbed my boss helped rob my Uncle Ben and my uncle died. I wish I had helped stop the guy when I had the chance.

With great power comes great responsibility, ya know?
 
When I was in college, I joined this organization on campus that was dedicated to helping poor people around the world. I worked hard over one semester and volunteered to do a lot. After the semester was over the president approached me and asked me to be VP. I accepted and we did even better the next semester. He was graduating and wanted me to become President. I initially didn't want the position because didn't know how to deal with the university policies and had a big academic semester coming up, but he talked me into it.

The semester with me in charge was a complete fiasco. Two of my head officers were MIA for most of the semester because they were pledging (one of whom was charge of all the events). We ended up only being able to do one of the events we planned(and it was crappy), and I couldn't make the meetings worthwhile for the remaining members. We raised practically nothing that semester. So I bumbled through the time in charge until it was over. It was a terrible experience and my worst failure.

What I learned:

Don't accept any leadership position unless you have the necessary knowledge and time to commit to it.

Failure is extremely humbling and is worthwhile in the long run.

Only delegate to completely reliable people and always have the final plan in your hand so you don't need that other person around to complete it.
 
Jokey665 said:
Being a dumbass about school in general... I'm regretting it as it's happening but I can't find the willpower to actually do anything about it.


Tell me about it.

If I had took videogames more seriously and was doing something else than partying and messing with people during my college time I would be far ahead than QA right now. Oh well.

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Not too much of a fuck up, but not going to graduate school right after getting my BSECE in December. Graduated with honors etc. Now I'm substitute teaching at a high school trying to figure out how I can get back into the game. Any recommendations on a good school in the Big Ten for graduate studies?
 
Echoes of Pink said:
When I was in college, I joined this organization on campus that was dedicated to helping poor people around the world. I worked hard over one semester and volunteered to do a lot. After the semester was over the president approached me and asked me to be VP. I accepted and we did even better the next semester. He was graduating and wanted me to become President. I initially didn't want the position because didn't know how to deal with the university policies and had a big academic semester coming up, but he talked me into it.

The semester with me in charge was a complete fiasco. Two of my head officers were MIA for most of the semester because they were pledging (one of whom was charge of all the events). We ended up only being able to do one of the events we planned(and it was crappy), and I couldn't make the meetings worthwhile for the remaining members. We raised practically nothing that semester. So I bumbled through the time in charge until it was over. It was a terrible experience and my worst failure.

What I learned:

Don't accept any leadership position unless you have the necessary knowledge and time to commit to it.

Failure is extremely humbling and is worthwhile in the long run.

Only delegate to completely reliable people and always have the final plan in your hand so you don't need that other person around to complete it.

Oh the memories... :/

President was ending her term and asked me to try for her spot as I was always active in the club. I doubted myself and so declined. So elections came and went and we had a new leadership committee with me as Secretary. Holy fuck it was so aweful. The new President decided to just leave and travel the country one day without telling anyone. The VP would SAY she'd get stuff done, never actually do anything, and was MIA all the time. By the end of the first quarter the club was near dissolved. Further more, we had already submitted our paperwork to the school (we made the vote back when the President was still around) with our meeting date and designated classroom based on a large part to when the President and VP could actually MAKE the meetings. Wasn't a great idea but they were the President and VP - they kind of called the shots. Problem was none of the members could make the meetings at those times. Not to mention they dedicated the club to projects that would drain us of our finances for the next four quarters. Morale and faith in the leadership was pretty nonexistant. The faculty advisor and I made an executive decision to make me President. It really took the rest of my term to build the club back up.

So in the end, I ended up having to take the position anyway. Only now with a ton of baggage.

Can't say I regret it. In the end it was a great learning experience. Wouldn't want to do it again though.
 
Tideas said:
considering how most high tech jobs requires a 4 year degree...I'm gonna say you're wrong.
Maybe I wasn't searching for high enough, "high tech" jobs, but while the job posting might indicate a degree is required, experience and intelligence trumps education.
 
Not exercising in recent years. (which caused me some trouble in the past weeks)

I could mention other stuff, but those are not really in my control, where as part of my physical health is.
 
All major fuck-ups that I've had in life have helped me get to wear I am. I'm happy with wear I am. I would have never met my Fiance without said fuck-ups. I wouldn't even have the current set of friends that I have. Nor would I have the perceived outlook on life that I have. I would have missed many eye opening experiences.

basically, what I'm saying is that fuck-ups in life help create who you and and where you are today. Unless you hate yourself and where you are in life, one should embrace their fuck-ups.
 
Deleting all my msn contacts and changing my phone number a few years ago :p

Friends aren't all that easy to come by on a later age.

Fenderputty said:
basically, what I'm saying is that fuck-ups in life help create who you and and where you are today. Unless you hate yourself and where you are in life, one should embrace their fuck-ups.

Life goes on. Make the most of it D:
 
Fenderputty said:
All major fuck-ups that I've had in life have helped me get to wear I am. I'm happy with wear I am. I would have never met my Fiance without said fuck-ups. I wouldn't even have the current set of friends that I have. Nor would I have the perceived outlook on life that I have. I would have missed many eye opening experiences.

basically, what I'm saying is that fuck-ups in life help create who you and and where you are today. Unless you hate yourself and where you are in life, one should embrace their fuck-ups.

Here here.
 
Crazy how so many people fuck up in college, seems so hard for me to understand because every time I would miss a class in my undergrad days I just felt like I was throwing money out the window.

Not giving a shit in high school is one thing but when your spending 10-40k/yr that is more than enough to keep me on track.
 
i don't have one big fuck up but i've been a coward several times in my past. and i regret it. things could have been much better now.

but, it's ok now. whatever.
 
i took four somas(muscle relaxants) while working as a valet and ended up crashing 4 cars and getting canned the next day from a really good paying job.
 
I'm happily with someone now.

But when I was in high school I turned down this girl I really REALLY liked, just because a friend of hers lied to me about her having a boyfriend already.


And man she was hot! :(
 
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