What is your biggest regret in life?

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What is your biggest regret in life?

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  1. PresentPresence7012 Avatar

    Getting impregnated with my ex🥲I swear, it was my biggest regret also a guilt to my life

  2. SkyteLP Avatar

    Falling for the same trap multiple times…

  3. lostlookingforamap Avatar

    Not transitioning in my teen

  4. Sure-Chart-3903 Avatar

    Hating myself growing up until I was 27 to finally come out and come to terms that I’m gay. I wasted my youth trying to be straight when I could never change who I really was.

  5. AlternativePrize7333 Avatar

    Not getting divorced earlier.

  6. Business-Chard-7664 Avatar

    Not taking investing seriously when I was young. Would have changed my financial situation.

  7. Aggressive_Corgi3140 Avatar

    Not getting better grades

  8. KMaG_ Avatar

    Loving her

  9. Blazer_CT-2913 Avatar

    Resenting my parents for a good part of my childhood, I’m still a teen but looking back it was completely unjustified and they were just doing what was right for me I love them so much

  10. _Beautifully-Broken Avatar

    Loving him and giving myself to him completely to be accused of being a cheat constantly when he was in fact the cheat 🤯 projection is REAL af
    I’ll never trust another man as long as I live

  11. TwlightPrincess Avatar

    Putting my problems aside & focusing on others instead. Now I have no choice but to face my problems & it feels overwhelming

  12. Goldie_Locks_NL Avatar

    Nothing, because everything is a learning curve and my former choices have lead me to where I am now and were the best choices at that time. Don’t think about the ‘what if-s’. Look at what you’ve become and change that whatever you don’t feel good about.

  13. Even_End5775 Avatar

    Not hugging my grandmother one last time before she passed.

  14. kingofhopeful Avatar

    Having children

  15. G_Spotterr Avatar

    Letting Low Self Esteem Rule my life Wasted 15 years of my life and counting, battling with my own self

  16. peipz Avatar

    Believing in good

  17. createwhateveriwant Avatar

    Not being more confident in my looks as a teenager. I limited myself to so little opportunities

  18. bobapiee Avatar

    Giving someone a second chance

  19. Anonymous-source101 Avatar

    Not knowing self-worth a long, long, long time ago. Could have saved me a lot of time and mistakes along the way.

  20. Slon26 Avatar

    All of my ex girls

  21. h3llosunsh1n3 Avatar

    Not spending enough time getting to know myself in my younger years. Things like “what do I genuinely enjoy?” “What brings me joy?” Because I for one reason or another was pushed into things I “need/ should” do.

  22. Additional_War_7481 Avatar

    Having a family at young age and not financially ready

  23. daHaus Avatar

    Trusting my parents

  24. Small_Tax_9432 Avatar

    Going to college straight after highschool (and staying at home). Biggest mistake of my life. Ruined my mental, emotional, physical, and financial health.

  25. Silent-Friendship860 Avatar

    Staying with my ex-husband.

  26. limited_interest Avatar

    not fucking more when I was younger.

  27. Gorumna Avatar

    Constantly being too much for people, even to those who love me. I am a broken person who people should avoid in all honesty.

  28. karlmarkz321 Avatar

    Sticking to echo chambers of misery and self loathing because as long as others feel like shit why wouldn’t I be allowed to do so as well?

    Would have picked myself up by my boatstraps way sooner.

  29. aluaji Avatar

    Not spending more time with my father before he passed. It’s been 15 years and it still eats at me.

  30. starlightsleuth Avatar

    Not realizing that I had social anxiety most of my life.

  31. Crafty-Network5225 Avatar

    Did every possible thing for her

  32. qt4u2nv Avatar

    Getting on that plane in 2007.

  33. RadiantRos Avatar

    Taking for granted that my husband would be alive forever, that we would grow old together. I deeply regret the stupid shit I used to worry about because it took time away from just loving him and enjoying his company. I regret so much 😥

  34. MarchOk3754 Avatar

    Not getting out of a toxic relationship earlier.

  35. Nu11AndV0id Avatar

    I should have treated my girlfriend right out of high-school better.

  36. WishIWasYounger Avatar

    Ok . There’s a serial killer in my urban city that killed my best friend . I didn’t connect all the pieces until too late . I fell short , I failed my inner circle . To be fair to myself , I’ve never investigated a homicide . So I need to give myself some grace , yet everyday it wears me down . I’m sure the mf is long gone , maybe dead himself . I could never get much support from the Homicide division or ancillary services . I tried but not hard enough .

  37. mikuuup Avatar

    Well I’m only 19 but I regret being so quiet and caring so much what others think. I let it consume me and I missed some opportunities

  38. yuutij Avatar

    Living life with no regrets!

  39. Bluets1010 Avatar

    Assigning value to any of my experiences!

  40. divinesoul7 Avatar

    Not thinking about pursuing something that I really wanted. Didn’t even try. Just went with the flow for a ‘successful’ career path defined by the society.

  41. ReneeDevereux Avatar

    Not buying Bitcoin in 2010.

  42. Training-Rain-3172 Avatar

    Not telling someone how I really felt before it was too late.

  43. Visible_Sleep_9343 Avatar

    Being born.

    Being born with a small PP.

  44. Think_Stop_4390 Avatar

    I’m a horrible boyfriend
    The real reason I broke up with my gf was to be a hoe I broke up w her to be free so that night I went to the club w an old friend then after i decided to get on tinder and other dating apps and I’ve been lusting over women since. I hung out with 2 girls drank with them made out with one of them and almost had sex with one of them. I hung out with another girl later that day and went to the movies w her and went to go get froyo with her and a week later i invited another girl to my house she spent the night and went had sex then I also made plans w another girl. All this happened in less thann2 weeks and i regret all of it now. Ik this is all my fault she doesn’t want to get back together but it’s not for any of this I lied and told her that I made it all up but that was a lie because everything was true so now she only thinks I went to the bar w my old friend but she doesn’t know anything else. I love her so much and I want to tell her but if I do she’ll never talk to me ever again. I want to cry so bad but there’s no point i caused all of this to happen because I let social media and ppl tell me what to do with my relationship . I regret doing all of this and I miss her so much. And now she’s friends w these guys and I’m pretty sure one of them likes her but she doesn’t know that but she wants to be friends with them cuz she doesn’t like females anymore cuz they’re just fake to her and I can’t even be mad at her cuz for one I caused all of this and two I did so much worse.

  45. Prettychilledoutguy Avatar

    Not immediately moving to a more modern city where there are much better opportunities for career, dating and general more suitable for me.

    It’s so hard to keep getting hard stuck in both dating and career for all these years, if only I moved immediately from New Zealand to Australia.

    I finally moved 6 months ago, I am reminded of my regret everyday. At least it’s over.

  46. Saltysockies Avatar

    Not properly paying attention to my cat as she was nearing death.

    I was really ill as a child and missed out on a lot of social activities so I didn’t have any friends. All I had was my cat.

    In my mid teens my health improved so I went out all the time to catch up with everything I missed out on.

    During that time my fat cat was getting old and became ill. She could control her bladder so had to stay in the kitchen (it had a tiled floor so it was easy to clean) and lost all her weight.

    The few times I went to see her she ran up to me like an excited puppy for cuddles and didn’t want me to leave.

    She was there for me when I needed her but I wasn’t there for her.

  47. PsychoSmurfz Avatar

    Not learning taxes and investments. There is a reason school doesn’t teach this shit 🫠

  48. Few_Elephant_6576 Avatar

    Spending 2 years studying for a test and failing in the last exam.

    2 years lost

  49. Similar_Employer_212 Avatar

    Not breaking up with my partner after he cheated but trying to make it work instead. Took me nearly another 4 years to leave that relationship. Dreadful.

  50. YoungManYoda90 Avatar

    I stopped working out in my late 20s. Paying for it now

  51. tytomasked Avatar

    Choosing to love people who made me a shadow of myself

  52. LatteAndEarlGrey Avatar

    There’s a few things.. trusting before really getting to know someone. Trusting after someone screws you over. Being too nice. Not being more outspoken. Letting someone break your heart only for them to say you meant nothing to them. That really hurts.

  53. No-Vacation9110 Avatar

    Marrying my ex wife

  54. No_Breakfast_8983 Avatar

    not leaving certain places and situations early

  55. uelvet Avatar

    listening to my parents too much. gotta have your own life and not worry about what they want for you/ think is best for you.

  56. Icy-Specialist9952 Avatar

    All the cash I’ve spent on drugs.

  57. latina_lover699 Avatar

    Not giving time to love myself always thinking about how to help my family to survive

  58. spluv1 Avatar

    not being brave enough to pursue my passions

  59. Consistent-Classic69 Avatar

    Marrying my ex husband .

  60. wantstolearnhowto Avatar

    Never doing anything in my teenage years. Now in my twenties I am hopelessly behind in life.

  61. Main-Character-Vibe Avatar

    Going to my best friend’s wedding. We’ve been friends for about 15 years, but the last 5 years I’ve been living abroad. We talked online a lot since I moved, but the wedding showed exactly how much distance affected us. After that we just got in fights, and I felt more and more distant. Now we don’t talk at all. I still miss her and think about her every day despite everything that happened.

  62. imsorriee Avatar

    Not talking a scholarship or applying for anymore

  63. ChicAndCheerful Avatar

    Not giving important to things that i think aren’t important 

  64. Abject_Control_7028 Avatar

    Not taking up the hobbies I have now when I was way younger

  65. CL4P-L3K Avatar

    My job. I had a chance to get out 8 years ago and didn’t take it. Now I’m too deep in to get out.

  66. Blackpearlbby Avatar

    Not loving myself more. My whole life would have been different if only I loved and believed in myself.

  67. pawwmpkinn Avatar

    I’m 17 yrs old and my regret in life is andami ko sinayang na opurtunidad. Growing up narealize ko na kaya ko naman pala makipagsabayan sa ibang tao sa school and kaya ko maging top honor and even a leader kaya ko rin sumali ng competitions and activities in club pero lahat yon sinayang ko kasi nahihiya ako and wala akong self confidence and sobrang unfocus talaga ako sa schools academics kaya ngayon nasasayangan ako kasi kaya ko naman pla bat hindi ko pa ginawa and sa mga skills related ko Hindi ko sya nagamit to benefit me lalo na pagdating sa college I was into arts kaso ayun ulit problema wala akong self confidence kaya lahat ng artworks at kaya ko dinededma ko kaya ang hirap magipon ng portfolio ngayon for college and application

  68. RaptureInRed Avatar

    In Ireland, you get to choose what subjects you study twice during the equivalent of High School. I got an A in Music in the Junior Cert. I dropped the subject for Leaving Cert, because it required a practical performance, and I was too nervous to sing publicly.

    Now I’m involved in high profile music gigs, and always struggling because of my limited musical theory knowledge

  69. Desperate-Cloud7593 Avatar

    that I got the phone too early and couldn’t enjoy the child’s life more

  70. SteadfastEnd Avatar

    Not buying bitcoin in 2009-2013

  71. reditornot-hereIcome Avatar

    Thinking that working hard and following the rules would actually lead to happiness and success

  72. Sufficient_Ad5438 Avatar

    Not texting my uncle back last week because I was too busy to say “thanks, love you too”. He died two days ago. You’re never too busy to tell your loved ones you love them, you never know when someone will be gone.

  73. Amazing-Ad1223 Avatar

    getting unlimited access on the internet at such a young age

  74. themisfitvoyager Avatar

    Not any so far fortunately

  75. Delicious_Echidna516 Avatar

    Not telling my high school crush I liked him and never had the chance to date him I still dream about him and for a long time I always wanted to go back in time to all those memories I had just seen him walking at the school.

  76. BMWMpower77 Avatar

    Not spending enough time with my grandpa when I was younger. Now he has lung cancer and I live in another country, so I cannot see him that often. This is the biggest regret of my life which I will probably never overcome.