What silly mistake, purchase, fad, acquaintance, song, movie, TV show, habit, car, article of clothing, food, you name it, do you regret most ever getting involved with?
For me it would be reel-to-reel tapes back in the 60’s. I have miles of recordings and no way to play them back since my recorder broke down. I keep meaning to get another one that will play these old tapes, but since most of the ones I want to hear were at 15/16 ips, I doubt I’ll get a decent player for them. I wish I had never bothered with them since they seem such a waste now.
" What silly mistake, purchase, fad, acquaintance, song, movie, TV show, habit, car, article of clothing, food, you name it, do you regret most ever getting involved with?"
I most regret asking the Hot Blonde[sup]TM[/sup] in that beach-side bar to dance back in Panama City in '62. Wound up marrying her and it cost me a helluva lot of time, money and trouble before she finally cleared out. :mad:
I would not have bought my fishing boat. I overestimated my enthusiasm for fishing, and I have used it very little. It has cost me a lot of money to license, insure, and store it. I’m going to sell it in the spring.
My second wife. Quite easily the single worst mistake I have made in my life. We divorced in 1979 and the financial devastation she caused me still lingers on.
If I had it to do over again, I would have taken better care of my health during my 20’s - I’m not saying I would have been “supermodel thin” but I certainly woudn’t have put on the tonnage that I did. (which would have made my 30’s and 40’s MUCH better)
If I had it to do over again, I would have paid attention to the clues that “schmucko” was never going to fully return my attentions, in spite of the fact that he welcomed the attention I lavished upon him (grumble grumble - that’s a BIG one)
(most of mine are “woulda/shoulda”'s nto “wish I hadn’t”'s)
I don’t know what I’d have done instead - worked, travelled, something. But I wouldn’t have done two years of university in a field I turned out to have little interest in, just because I had a minor aptitude in it.
Would probably have gone once I figured out what I was interested in…
I would have gone with my romantic dream of the Navy right out of HS. I don’t know if it would have helped in the long run - but I can’t see it making things any worse.
I wouldn’t have bought my current house. It had been a rental for years before I rented it. The previous owner’s maintainance was shaky at best and now I get to pay for all the piss poor patch work fixes.
I suppose if someone looked over my life they could find many things that I should regret, but the only thing I DO regret is not pursuing an education. I know it’s trite, but it’s very true, “A mind is a terrible thing to waste.”
