# Regrets **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [August 28, 2003, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/regrets/198206 "2003-08-28T15:16:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac8455/32.png) [@Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bippy_the_Beardless)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2003, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/regrets/198206/1 "2003-08-28T15:16:42Z")
If you were to die today, what would you regret not having done? Please exclude anything to do with family or friends. ---
**Author:** ![Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac8455/32.png) [@Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bippy_the_Beardless)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2003, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/regrets/198206/2 "2003-08-28T15:18:55Z")
I would regret not having visited the Pyramids in Egypt. ---
**Author:** ![scout1222](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/34f0e0/32.png) [@scout1222](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scout1222)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2003, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/regrets/198206/3 "2003-08-28T15:26:13Z")
Never visiting much of Europe. Never going on a hot-air balloon ride. Lots of other stuff, but they fall into the family/friends category. ---
**Author:** ![Violet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/ebca7d/32.png) [@Violet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Violet)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2003, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/regrets/198206/4 "2003-08-28T20:12:31Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Bippy the Beardless \* > \*\*If you were to die today, what would you regret not having done? > \*\* Cannot think of anything! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Finagle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@Finagle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Finagle)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2003, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/regrets/198206/5 "2003-08-28T20:46:23Z")
Not having looked left and right before crossing the street, I suspect. ---
**Author:** ![Black\_Train\_Song](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4da419/32.png) [@Black\_Train\_Song](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Black_Train_Song)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2003, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/regrets/198206/6 "2003-08-28T20:49:27Z")
Same as Bippy. ---
**Author:** ![Giraffe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giraffe/32/129_2.png) [@Giraffe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giraffe)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2003, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/regrets/198206/7 "2003-08-28T20:59:59Z")
I wouldn’t regret how I’ve lived my life up to now one bit. However, I would regret all the stuff that I currently plan to do that I would miss out on, including traveling the world (particularly Africa, New Zealand and Europe), raising two big dogs from puppies, and growing old with Mrs. Giraffe. ---
**Author:** ![Kal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9de053/32.png) [@Kal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kal)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2003, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/regrets/198206/8 "2003-08-28T21:04:45Z")
I would regret not perfecting my plans for immortality. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2003, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/regrets/198206/9 "2003-08-28T22:58:29Z")
I suspect this thread is going to somehow merge with the “Olsen Twin” thread in Cafe Society. * * * How is Rap like Porn? Both are better with the sound turned off. ---
**Author:** ![Casey1505](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dc4da7/32.png) [@Casey1505](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Casey1505)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2003, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/regrets/198206/10 "2003-08-29T00:27:03Z")
Regrets? I’d have a few. But then again, too few to mention. ---
**Author:** ![Alereon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecd19e/32.png) [@Alereon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alereon)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2003, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/regrets/198206/11 "2003-08-29T00:52:06Z")
Not having ruthlessly smited my enemies. ---
**Author:** ![Rabid\_Squirrel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Rabid\_Squirrel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rabid_Squirrel)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2003, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/regrets/198206/12 "2003-08-29T00:55:29Z")
Never having crazy monkey sex in a moving vehicle. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2003, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/regrets/198206/13 "2003-08-29T03:18:39Z")
Not taking some evil s.o.b. with me, to hell. ---
**Author:** ![ArrMatey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/arrmatey/32/3522_2.png) [@ArrMatey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ArrMatey)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2003, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/regrets/198206/14 "2003-08-29T04:59:45Z")
Not having lived my life a little more healthilly. Not having finished the stories I wanted to write. And I would regret estranging myself from my brothers. ---
**Author:** ![CanvasShoes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/74df32/32.png) [@CanvasShoes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CanvasShoes)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2003, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/regrets/198206/15 "2003-08-29T05:11:32Z")
I did that **rabid squirrel** , it’s kind of scary!! (ever see or read “Thinner”???). I can’t honestly think of any regrets. I’ve gotten to do some really neat stuff. All in all, in spite of not being rich etc. I’ve had a good life. Loved some great people, done some wild things, some good things (helping people-wise) and even some things I’m proud of and for which I got some kudos. The only thing I’d regret, was not having been easier on myself during a certain horribly rough time I had back in the 90s. I’d have started being kinder to myself back then. Not let certain people walk all over me. Would have started travelling sooner. Been a bit more bold in insisting upon not being buttonholed into one task at my job sooner, my career would have taken off SO much earlier if I hadn’t been so afraid and shy. But, I did do all those things, and life’s been pretty “fair to middlin” (as my dad would say) since then. ---
**Author:** ![dwc1970](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a183cd/32.png) [@dwc1970](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dwc1970)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2003, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/regrets/198206/16 "2003-08-29T12:17:31Z")
[ul] [li]Not having visited Alaska, The Grand Canyon or Las Vegas.[/li][li]Not having gotten the ultimate revenge against my lifelong enemies.[/li][li]Not having written my life story to leave some kind of legacy behind for future generations[/li][/ul] ---
**Author:** ![sumwunsumwer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3e96dc/32.png) [@sumwunsumwer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sumwunsumwer)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2003, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/regrets/198206/17 "2003-08-30T05:39:27Z")
I would regret not ever living alone. In my more mature years ( I turn 30 in 3 days) I have learned the value of time with just your self, it is quite enjoyable. And the biggest and best dream I have is a huge road trip, traveling here and there, with no plans, no rules, just pure adventure. I want a little bit of it all. It is amazing out there. Oh and there’s the private stuff too but you dont wanna know about that! ---
**Author:** ![AngelicGemma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/439d5e/32.png) [@AngelicGemma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AngelicGemma)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2003, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/regrets/198206/18 "2003-08-30T14:33:17Z")
If I died today I’d regret not going to university. (I start in 2 weeks) ---
**Author:** ![AngelicGemma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/439d5e/32.png) [@AngelicGemma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AngelicGemma)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2003, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/regrets/198206/19 "2003-08-30T14:34:35Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Bippy the Beardless \* > \*\*I would regret not having visited the Pyramids in Egypt. \*\* They’re really amazing! You should go!