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Regrets, I've had a few

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Sometimes we all do things that we later cringe at and wish we hadn't done. What have you done lately that you regret?

― Penny Lane, Monday, 8 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

My latest regret is that I got rather pished on the weekend and snogged a close friend. That was not a good move. In the grander scheme of things, I regret letting a few of my friends go by the wayside lately. Too many stupid arguments that could've been sorted out if I'd approached it differently.

― Penny Lane, Monday, 8 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Lately? Snapped at a couple of people here and there after a long week.

― Ned Raggett, Monday, 8 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Posting things like "I only know one of those songs"...I wasn't really trying to be sarcastic! So, hmmmm, sorry about that!

― jel --, Monday, 8 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

penny, you seem somehow...familiar

― gareth, Monday, 8 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

I regret starting a couple of conversations with my recent ex, as it led to her saying things that I didn't want to hear. But that's about it - there's not a lot I regret at the moment. NOT doing things, that's a different matter.

― Mark C, Monday, 8 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Now I feel bad for posting "I only know of those songs" on jel's thread.

― bnw, Monday, 8 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

I regret letting last week go completely to shit as far as various important things (bill-paying, buying stuff, working on the site) are concerned. I'm blaming it on post-holiday downturn but I still feel a bit useless and will do until I get something done.

― Tom, Monday, 8 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

i regret having a bouzy lunch yesterday and then carrying on the red wine drinking till about 9pm, thus bringing total consumed to nearly 2 bottles. well actually i don't regret it but my guts do - they are SHRIEKING for some peppermint tea! i think that myself, Sarah and Emma must have had some kind of strange alcholic urge mind-meld last night... oh hang on it was prolly just normal behaviour :)

― katie, Monday, 8 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

I got pished too so count me in on the mind meld (though I got a doubel strike on my last ball bowling and really pissed off the bloke who was thirty points in the lead by winning - Yay!).

I regret posting the entire plot to the episode of Black Books I feverishly came up with last night.

― Pete, Monday, 8 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Don't worry bnw, I thought that is was funny when you did that!

― jel --, Monday, 8 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

I was doing a sort of suggestive dance to ABC with my headphones on. Not aware that Mother was watching. I kindof regret that.

― Evangeline, Monday, 8 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

I regret not making as much money as I used to. Financial trouble (even if it's very very mild, like mine is) is not sexy.

― Dan Perry, Monday, 8 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

I will imminently regret pissing about here, as if I don't write 12000 words worth of essays in the next three weeks I 'm not going to get a degree...

― owen hatherley, Monday, 8 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

I will regret pissing about here, if I don't finish my 2000 word essay for Wednesday morning.

― Mitch Lastnamewithheld, Monday, 8 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

My "How many people have you alienated ect" thread and the events therein. Still.

― Graham, Monday, 8 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

I've got a half dozen regrets I'm trying to deal with at the moment, some more than others. #1 is regretting allowing myself to get in so much damn debt..

― electric sound of jim, Monday, 8 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Crying at everything everyone says, for one.

― Maria, Monday, 8 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

six years pass...

Failure to bring camera to work while trees still blossoming white

― gabbneb, Wednesday, 23 April 2008 21:20 (eighteen years ago)

the years 1983-2008

― Oilyrags, Wednesday, 23 April 2008 21:24 (eighteen years ago)

Oilyrags OTM.

― Bimble, Wednesday, 23 April 2008 21:26 (eighteen years ago)

I have loads, but to name them all wouldn't be wise.
As for regrets about not doing things, i'm trying to put that right.

― not_goodwin, Wednesday, 23 April 2008 21:35 (eighteen years ago)

once again failed to organize my time effectively, ended up in a shitstorm of work.

― kenan, Wednesday, 23 April 2008 21:42 (eighteen years ago)

OMG Oilyrags are you another est. 1983 or did shit start weighing you down when cognizance faded in?

― Abbott, Thursday, 24 April 2008 02:04 (eighteen years ago)

I have to say this is one of my favorite song lyrics in the thread title

Regrets, I've had a few

...But then again, TOO FEW TO MENTION!!!

― Abbott, Thursday, 24 April 2008 02:06 (eighteen years ago)

Tons of stuff I did/said/ways I thought about things 1990-2008.

― dell, Thursday, 24 April 2008 02:07 (eighteen years ago)

I can never think of any regrets! OTOH it isn't because I have lived a stainless life but bcz I have a bad memory about things when asked a direct question. Which is why I can never answer questions about meals or recent events.

― Abbott, Thursday, 24 April 2008 02:09 (eighteen years ago)

I regret not punching the guy next to me in the head.

― Autumn Almanac, Thursday, 24 April 2008 02:17 (eighteen years ago)

there's still time

― electricsound, Thursday, 24 April 2008 02:18 (eighteen years ago)

regrets. I don't think I can regret anything I have done, even the really bad things, because it would be pointless.

"regrets...Ive had a few.." is more about missed chances and missed connections, I think.

― aimurchie, Thursday, 24 April 2008 02:23 (eighteen years ago)

calling to mind that old butthole surfers song, of course. But seriously, regret of things you *have* done is not pointless. It keeps you from making those mistakes again, old friend.

― scott seward, Thursday, 24 April 2008 02:32 (eighteen years ago)

that was me (scott and I share one computer these days)

― Maria :D, Thursday, 24 April 2008 02:33 (eighteen years ago)

I regret posting drunken myspace comments. I regret spending instead of saving money.

― Maria :D, Thursday, 24 April 2008 02:37 (eighteen years ago)

I regret buying a Playstation II instead of a ticket to see my grandma.

― Maria :D, Thursday, 24 April 2008 02:37 (eighteen years ago)

Thanks Maria - old friend.

I guess what I was thinking is that regretting can become more than the event.
Maybe I'm associating it with guilt.

I just have learned that I HAVE to move on. And I probably have more regrets and guilt than...I don't know, Jesus?

And,if you want me to feel guilty again for any reason, I can do it! I am very in touch with my guilt.

― aimurchie, Thursday, 24 April 2008 04:41 (eighteen years ago)

I regret that I ordered a six inch eggplant parmesan grinder tonight, rather than the twelve inch grinder. because I have no fucking leftovers!

― aimurchie, Thursday, 24 April 2008 04:48 (eighteen years ago)

"And,if you want me to feel guilty again for any reason, I can do it! I am very in touch with my guilt."

You being the "general you", not you Maria.

I was trying to make fun of the fact that I have the ability to feel guilty for things I did not do.

― aimurchie, Thursday, 24 April 2008 04:56 (eighteen years ago)

I regret not having been born one of the crazy frog brothers

― El Tomboto, Thursday, 24 April 2008 05:06 (eighteen years ago)

in light of that all other mishaps that have befallen me whether deserved or not seem quite silly to even worry about

― El Tomboto, Thursday, 24 April 2008 05:08 (eighteen years ago)

It's hard to regret anything because every significant event enhances who you are in some way. I had a shit job that nearly killed me but I got a wife out of it. In the '90s I went out with a psycho; the experience taught me to never go out with anyone that crazy ever again. etc etc.

Unless you killed someone or something, obviously.

― Autumn Almanac, Thursday, 24 April 2008 07:26 (eighteen years ago)

three years pass...

gising ilxor get bent's current display name

― jhøshea nrq (nakhchivan), Thursday, 5 January 2012 21:47 (fourteen years ago)

The only regrets that bother me, decades after the fact, involve treating a person badly who did nothing to deserve bad treatment. Not going into the douchebag details here. Still ashamed.

― Aimless, Thursday, 5 January 2012 23:50 (fourteen years ago)

so so many, sadly

― ☆★☆彡彡 (ENBB), Thursday, 5 January 2012 23:53 (fourteen years ago)


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