I’m mostly a lurker on the sdmb, so nobody should care or respond to this post. I accept this. 
So I’m all sauced again, mostly due to my ex. She left me about 3 months ago, mostly because I didn’t treat her well enough. I didn’t beat her or anything, but apparently girls like more attention than I gave her. I’ve begged her to take me back, things will be different, etc. She’s admitted she’s still in love with me, but thinks she wants to focus on “her career” instead.
So I suppose ultimately my question is, what do people think about when they get to the end of their lives? My assumption is that people wish they would have spent more time with their kids, been more romantic with their wives, gotten to know their parents/siblings better, etc. It seems unlikely that I’ll regret what job I got or what grad school I got into at 22 or 23 years old when I’m on my deathbed. Are all girls this damn stupid?
I want nothing but to make the girl I love happy, and all she can think about is getting a good job because “she wants to be rich.” Money has never been a problem for me (I’ve been working since I was 16 and paid my way through school doing software development), so I don’t consider “being rich” as one of my goals. I do work, I make money, I pay for things I want. “Being rich” as a social or personal goal doesn’t seem to be that great to me.
Thoughts, experiences, ignoring this appreciated.