# What do you wish you never discovered? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [November 26, 2003, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-wish-you-never-discovered/215317 "2003-11-26T03:35:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Rysto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ecccb3/32.png) [@Rysto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysto)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2003, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-wish-you-never-discovered/215317/21 "2003-11-26T21:05:49Z")
That my grandmother was once an alcoholic and addicted to morphine.(She died from a heart attack years later, shortly after my grandfather was prescribed morphine) In grade 10, finding out that one of my best friends had been dating a 21-year-old, who sexually assaulted her days after her 15th birthday. ---
**Author:** ![Casey1505](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dc4da7/32.png) [@Casey1505](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Casey1505)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2003, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-wish-you-never-discovered/215317/22 "2003-11-26T21:25:47Z")
The joy of smoking. ---
**Author:** ![shannablu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8baadc/32.png) [@shannablu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shannablu)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2003, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-wish-you-never-discovered/215317/23 "2003-11-26T22:48:54Z")
I would have to say the joy and pain of love also. The joy is great, I just wish I had never discovered the pain. ---
**Author:** ![AngelicGemma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/439d5e/32.png) [@AngelicGemma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AngelicGemma)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2003, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-wish-you-never-discovered/215317/24 "2003-11-27T20:59:37Z")
After last night, I’d also like to add- alcohol. ---
**Author:** ![mascaroni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/dc4da7/32.png) [@mascaroni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mascaroni)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2003, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-wish-you-never-discovered/215317/25 "2003-11-27T21:44:43Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by jjimm \* > \*\*That fecal vomiting actually happens. \*\* I wish I’d never discovered this thread… ---
**Author:** ![Algorithm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/algorithm/32/12204_2.png) [@Algorithm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Algorithm)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2003, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-wish-you-never-discovered/215317/26 "2003-11-28T02:10:11Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by NoClueBoy \* > **Whoever said " 'Tis better to have loved and lost, than never to have loved at all" should be strung up like a piñata and swung at repeatedly.** [Hmmm…](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=225836) ---
**Author:** ![Herge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a183cd/32.png) [@Herge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Herge)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2003, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-wish-you-never-discovered/215317/27 "2003-11-28T02:16:01Z")
Ha! That is uncanny. I never even looked at this thread before I started my linked thread. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2003, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-wish-you-never-discovered/215317/28 "2003-11-28T05:13:35Z")
Huh. Weird. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Horseflesh](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horseflesh/32/7502_2.png) [@Horseflesh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horseflesh)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2003, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-wish-you-never-discovered/215317/29 "2003-11-28T05:45:00Z")
Junk food I’m addicted to: Pepsi, Cheez-its, Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups, and M&Ms. Benson & Hedges Menthol Lights 100s. LSD. ---
**Author:** ![danceswithcats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9e8a1a/32.png) [@danceswithcats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/danceswithcats)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2003, 7:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-wish-you-never-discovered/215317/30 "2003-11-28T07:07:07Z")
That my grandfather molested my Mother and her sisters, and his Christian behavior was a big crock of shit. ---
**Author:** ![ParentalAdvisory](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/53a042/32.png) [@ParentalAdvisory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParentalAdvisory)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2003, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-wish-you-never-discovered/215317/31 "2003-11-28T13:44:12Z")
When I was 13, walking in on my mom screwing some other dude. I’m 23 now, my parents are still together. Would this have anything to do with me being not being able to talk to women? If I ever see this guy again, assuming he’s not dead already, I’ll kill him. ---
**Author:** ![Wilhemina](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/db5fbb/32.png) [@Wilhemina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wilhemina)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2003, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-wish-you-never-discovered/215317/32 "2003-11-28T14:03:52Z")
That one of my best friend’s SO is cheating with somebody really kind of disgusting. ---
**Author:** ![Podkayne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/edb3f5/32.png) [@Podkayne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Podkayne)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2003, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-wish-you-never-discovered/215317/33 "2003-11-28T15:15:10Z")
That I’m not nearly as smart as I thought I was when I was, oh, say, 23 or so. Oh, to be a smug, arrogant, self-satisfied know-it-all again. ---
**Author:** ![joyfool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@joyfool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joyfool)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2003, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-wish-you-never-discovered/215317/34 "2003-11-28T18:31:32Z")
Religion born of a life-altering epiphany. Hard-to-overcome mental illness. The depth of my mother’s (and a couple other people’s) hatefulness, pettiness and revenge. Overeating to a horrible degree as a compensation and coping mechanism. Having one’s spirit completely broken. ---
**Author:** ![congodwarf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e36b37/32.png) [@congodwarf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/congodwarf)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2003, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-wish-you-never-discovered/215317/35 "2003-11-28T20:03:12Z")
Credit cards ---
**Author:** ![congodwarf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e36b37/32.png) [@congodwarf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/congodwarf)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2003, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-wish-you-never-discovered/215317/36 "2003-11-28T20:03:18Z")
Credit cards and overdraft protection ---
**Author:** ![WILLASS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/54ee81/32.png) [@WILLASS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WILLASS)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2003, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-wish-you-never-discovered/215317/37 "2003-11-28T20:41:10Z")
Dicovering that my mum was having an affair when I was 6 and the subsequent guilt I felt after telling my father and ending their 22 year marriage. Speedballs. ---
**Author:** ![Hanna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b3f665/32.png) [@Hanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hanna)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2003, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-wish-you-never-discovered/215317/38 "2003-11-28T20:50:36Z")
Online shopping ---
**Author:** ![Horatio\_Hellpop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Horatio\_Hellpop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatio_Hellpop)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2003, 5:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-wish-you-never-discovered/215317/39 "2003-11-29T05:31:21Z")
What the water in my health club’s sauna tastes like. ---
**Author:** ![Call\_me\_Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/90ced4/32.png) [@Call\_me\_Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Call_me_Frank)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2003, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-wish-you-never-discovered/215317/40 "2003-11-29T05:47:51Z")
I could have lived a much happier life had I never “discovered” (read: realized) my mortality… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-wish-you-never-discovered/215317.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-wish-you-never-discovered/215317.md?page=3)