Regrets...

[NoMercy]

Following on from JJ's... err.. follow on...

My friend one said to me, "Never regret the things you do. Only regret the things you don't [didn't] do."

What do you regret not doing with your life?

I regret...

1. Never going on Concorde whilst I had the chance.
2. Not following my dreams of becoming a Doctor.
3. Not travelling the world when I was younger.

[craft1948]

My biggest regret is that I started smoking.........

[NoMercy]

Tell me about it, matey. I quit on 19th Jan this year and resumed the goddamnawful habit at the end of May.

[saxy_jag]

I regret not telling my teachers where to shove it!

[craft1948]

My problem is that I actually enjoy smoking, it's not just a habit. I've tried to stop several times but could honestly commit murder without a cigarette....how sad is that!

[askyourgran]

I regret I didn't travel the world when I was young, I wanted to be an air hostess but I believe you had to have 2 languages I only knew French.
I wanted to go to Art College but being the oldest of four I had to go out to earn money instead.

[boxtops]

Now that I am older I feel that I would have like to have done something with perhaps civil engineering, and I've always liked geology. I have done well in what I've done in my jobs though, so I can't complain too much.

[Jan1957]

I regret getting into so much debt when I was young. Took me over 20 years to pay it off. Won't have a credit card even now.

[NoMercy]

Craft... I'm the same... I bloody enjoy a glass of wine or other drink with a nice ciggie.

When I quit earlier this year, it suited me to do so. It helped enormously with my breathing and I haven't used an inhaler since. Right now, I don't feel inclined to quit again.

AYG... I don't think you need other languages now, but the problems is, when all's said and done, it's still a very image-conscious business. One should hardly think about entering the profession at the grand old age of 33. :-(

[China Doll]

Not buying a big enough saucepan!

[Yolanda]

Not making another go of things with my ex boyfriend. He begged and pleaded and I said no so he went on a last minute holiday with his friends to clear his head and died a week later. I've always blamed myself for that.

[askyourgran]

The dreams one has NoM, Air hostessing was a very glam job in the late 50's and 60's. Things look much different nowadays.
When I was 19 or so I wanted to be a model I was 5'5" way too short, they are usually 5'7" - 6'. Then I wanted to be an archaeologist.But that meant university degrees and anyway if I got down now I wouldn't be able to get up without a struggle. Eventually, I chose the safe route and became a Civil Servant.

[razza]

Yolanda.How sad but you cannot blame yourself for that.

[NoMercy]

I worked with a Danish archaeologist for a while, AYG.. she taught me some fascinating stuff.

As for the modelling... I was never eligible at my height. However, my mother was hounded in her younger years, twice by guys who wanted her to model for Pretty Polly tights.

[Sqad]

I don´t regret anything.

I was a crap father...........don´t regret that.
Crap husband for 80% of out marriage......don´t regret that.
Lousy grandad............don´t regret that.

What is the point of regrets? What is done is done........don´t look back.

[NoMercy]

No one is faultless, Sqad... ergo.. most of us wish we'd at least handled things better.

Can you honestly say you wish you hadn't done certain things differently?

[askyourgran]

I always found archaeology fascinating.

[Sqad]

NoM..I never look back to question that....what is the point.....anguish won´t change anything.If I had it all to do again, then I would almost certainly do the same things.

[Sqad]

NoM

<<<Not following my dreams of becoming a Doctor<<<

If you really wanted that so badly, then nothing or nobody would have stopped you.