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post 1677690583 02-21-2023, 06:13 PM
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What is your biggest regret? [SRS]

Mine?

In graduate school, a friend of mine from Dusseldorf was rolling a cigarette in the lab. I asked him "What's that like anyway?" and he said "want to have one?" I said: sure.

I thought in my mind that I'd cough like crazy, that it'd be disgusting, you know - the expected reaction. But when I lit the ciggy up outside the lab, from the first drag I loved it.

I was 27.

I think back, 15 years ago, and wish I had never tried that cigarette. Might sound like a very minor regret to you guys, but it's the biggest regret I can think of right now.


What's yours?
post 1677690703 02-21-2023, 06:15 PM
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Replace cigarettes with fuking my own ass, and also yeah cigarettes as well.
post 1677690833 02-21-2023, 06:18 PM
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Fuking Getter_done's ass

Spoiler!
prob starting smoking too lmao
post 1677690883 02-21-2023, 06:19 PM
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Bought a time share
post 1677691763 02-21-2023, 06:37 PM
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Going on a “healthy diet” over the span of just 3 months from a naturally lean starting weight of 170 lbs that resulted in me being hospitalized with anorexia, dropping to literally 0 ng/dl of test, losing all muscle mass, nearly dying from cardiac arrest. It also left a lifelong impact on my relationship with food. I’d also add being in a string of relationships with BPD girls (including & especially the one who helped push me into my diet), putting up with abuse & adhering to insanely high standards from my parents my whole childhood, never admitting I thought I had AIDS from being molested to anyone til I was almost an adult, getting addicted to cigs/alch, getting addicted to flavored drinks to the point I lost my adult teeth, getting a useless degree, & agreeing to a parentally-imposed “mental health” protocol that included taking supratherepeutic doses of Prozac from ages 14-18. I lost all ability to orgasm, had nearly 0 emotions, & delayed my puberty from it.

I have a lot of fuking regrets.
post 1677691823 02-21-2023, 06:38 PM
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Originally Posted By Narrator02⏩
Bought a time share
Lol
post 1677692003 02-21-2023, 06:44 PM
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Originally Posted By koreannoodles77⏩
Fuking Getter_done's ass

Spoiler!
prob starting smoking too lmao
Damn lol
post 1677692083 02-21-2023, 06:47 PM
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Probably drinking so much, waste a lot of time doing nothing. I do love that liquor though.
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post 1677692133 02-21-2023, 06:48 PM
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Originally Posted By Getter_done⏩
cigarettes
Damn.
Originally Posted By koreannoodles77⏩
starting smoking too lmao
And damn.

I'm on vaping now, trying to wean myself off again. It's hard brehs.
post 1677692173 02-21-2023, 06:49 PM
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Drinking for sure. Waste of money, not even that fun, spending days rotting with hangovers.
post 1677692273 02-21-2023, 06:52 PM
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Not starting skin care in my 20s

Now I look 23 at 33 when I could have looked 19
post 1677692423 02-21-2023, 06:55 PM
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> selling my house in 2019. was paid off and is now worth $125k. would have given me a chit ton of peace of mind knowing that if chit hits the fan, i always have a place 100% free and clear to go back to. oh well thats life son.

> had a crush on this chick who had started picking me up for work but i never got the ballz to ask her out, well she died in a car wreck a couple weeks after. taught me to give way less fukks aobut life

> should have played college ball but i let fgts talk me out of playing in HS so i only got 1yr in - not quite enough to gather a bunch of scouts. moral of the story: fuk everyone and you do you.
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post 1677692433 02-21-2023, 06:55 PM
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Can't say

maybe moving to a better network sooner. Not that I knew how. I just need to from the present as a more reasonable focus


I wish I started in a better network Not really a 'regret'
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post 1677694143 02-21-2023, 07:30 PM
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Originally Posted By mtor91⏩
Prolly not getting drunk more often and smashing more htc hoares before I got wifed up srs
Heh, well you can get your wife drunk and smash her? But yeah, I slooted for a while before I got married. I reached the stage where "random hookups" left me feeling "empty" inside instead of "woah man I smashed this hot babe". Hope you're okay.
Originally Posted By Strawng⏩
Going on a “healthy diet” over the span of just 3 months from a naturally lean starting weight of 170 lbs that resulted in me being hospitalized with anorexia, dropping to literally 0 ng/dl of test, losing all muscle mass, nearly dying from cardiac arrest. It also left a lifelong impact on my relationship with food. I’d also add being in a string of relationships with BPD girls (including & especially the one who helped push me into my diet), putting up with abuse & adhering to insanely high standards from my parents my whole childhood, never admitting I thought I had AIDS from being molested to anyone til I was almost an adult, getting addicted to cigs/alch, getting addicted to flavored drinks to the point I lost my adult teeth, getting a useless degree, & agreeing to a parentally-imposed “mental health” protocol that included taking supratherepeutic doses of Prozac from ages 14-18. I lost all ability to orgasm, had nearly 0 emotions, & delayed my puberty from it.

I have a lot of fuking regrets.
My God man. A lot of that is 'in the past', how much of that currently affects you? Sounds like you have been through a world of pain, I'm sorry to see it.
post 1677694363 02-21-2023, 07:34 PM
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Originally Posted By gbullock32⏩
Probably drinking so much, waste a lot of time doing nothing. I do love that liquor though.
Originally Posted By GaryRidgway⏩
Drinking for sure. Waste of money, not even that fun, spending days rotting with hangovers.
I have a very addictive personality, and honestly - I hit 'rock bottom' at a period of my life many years ago. I can remember dropping a bottle of Grey Goose and it shattering on the ground, and some random guy said "Hey they sell that in plastic bottles" and I went and bought one. This lasted....about a week.

Drinking/alcoholism is one thing I could never get behind. Were you guys drinking to get wasted, or do you mean buying fine bottles of whisky etc. and enjoying those?
post 1677695143 02-21-2023, 07:52 PM
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I gave in to despair and did literally nothing but sit on a couch and browse the internet for years of my life after college. I've made a lot of strides since then but the reality is you never get back the time you wasted.

That's the biggest regret. The second biggest is probably not taking full advantage of my time in college. This regret lead into the second one.

But honestly, I have a lot of other big regrets too.
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Originally Posted By LogicalLifts⏩
I have a very addictive personality, and honestly - I hit 'rock bottom' at a period of my life many years ago. I can remember dropping a bottle of Grey Goose and it shattering on the ground, and some random guy said "Hey they sell that in plastic bottles" and I went and bought one. This lasted....about a week.

Drinking/alcoholism is one thing I could never get behind. Were you guys drinking to get wasted, or do you mean buying fine bottles of whisky etc. and enjoying those?
Drink to get drunk, usually Jack, Jim Beam, Smirnoff, Amsterdam, Kraken, Bacardi.... whatever is ~$12-25/bottle. Not exactly a good thing but I can slam a full bottle of whiskey (750ml) in one go; won a few bets doing it.

Cut way back the last few months but 1-2 bottles a week if I have nothing going on; racing to see what gets me first, heart attack or stroke from work stress, or liver failure.
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The deepest irony is that I regret ever having a serious girlfriend and I also regret all the 8+/10 chicks I could've sniffed. Oh well, still got time, but I do like sweets so I gotta be careful or I'll turn into one of these bloatmaxxed hinge skanks.
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Originally Posted By LogicalLifts⏩
I have a very addictive personality, and honestly - I hit 'rock bottom' at a period of my life many years ago. I can remember dropping a bottle of Grey Goose and it shattering on the ground, and some random guy said "Hey they sell that in plastic bottles" and I went and bought one. This lasted....about a week.

Drinking/alcoholism is one thing I could never get behind. Were you guys drinking to get wasted, or do you mean buying fine bottles of whisky etc. and enjoying those?
Drinking to get wasted and escape whatever emotions that were haunting me. I cut back alot this year, maybe drink about twice a month. Used to drink atleast half a bottle of vodka a day. But yea its super easy to lose years of your life to the bottle. Life just becomes a haze. Unfortunately it bites you in the ass, and I hit some bottoms. Reality is a bitch and you cant really escape it no matter how hard you try.

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Originally Posted By Mikuljordan⏩
Not starting skin care in my 20s

Now I look 23 at 33 when I could have looked 19
You might be trolling, but in all honesty skin care for guys matters. Especially if you smoke. I swear by Dermalogica, and hydration basically, srs.
Originally Posted By friesbruh⏩
> selling my house in 2019. was paid off and is now worth $125k. would have given me a chit ton of peace of mind knowing that if chit hits the fan, i always have a place 100% free and clear to go back to. oh well thats life son.

> had a crush on this chick who had started picking me up for work but i never got the ballz to ask her out, well she died in a car wreck a couple weeks after. taught me to give way less fukks aobut life

> should have played college ball but i let fgts talk me out of playing in HS so i only got 1yr in - not quite enough to gather a bunch of scouts. moral of the story: fuk everyone and you do you.
God damn. Yeah, I do well on property investments and that peace of mind is very valuable.

Honestly think that if you had a crush on a girl who died, it could have taught you to 'make your move instead of waiting'. Why take it as 'give less fukks', srs?
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Not ever knowing what I wanted to do with my life. Being more focused on money at a young age and maybe I wouldn’t be financially ****ed like I am.
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Originally Posted By LogicalLifts⏩
Damn.




And damn.

I'm on vaping now, trying to wean myself off again. It's hard brehs.
Worst idea.

You’re trying to wean off an addiction by using an alternative method that pumps you with 50x the nicotine and you can smoke them pretty much anywhere.

I should have just stayed with regular cigs.
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Originally Posted By DomMJr⏩
Can't say
maybe moving to a better network sooner. Not that I knew how. I just need to from the present as a more reasonable focus
I wish I started in a better network Not really a 'regret'
I don't really understand. A social network?
Originally Posted By Silencespeaks⏩
Not standing up to my ex and fighting in my divorce is my big life regret.
Also MAJORLY regretted buying a fixer upper house with constant problems. But ended up selling for a good profit so that kind of made up for it. Never again though.
Why didn't you fight during the divorce? From what you shared about your relationship, you should have hired a shark as a divorce attorney and fought tooth and nail in the settlement.
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Originally Posted By Kaliconic⏩
I gave in to despair and did literally nothing but sit on a couch and browse the internet for years of my life after college. I've made a lot of strides since then but the reality is you never get back the time you wasted. That's the biggest regret. The second biggest is probably not taking full advantage of my time in college. This regret lead into the second one.

But honestly, I have a lot of other big regrets too.
Not taking full advantage of the time in college is reasonably common - I hope you've made significant strides as you say. You're right that you can't get that time back, which is why it is important not to beat yourself up over mistakes in the past. Just try to learn from them, and shape future behavior.
Originally Posted By gbullock32⏩
Drink to get drunk, usually Jack, Jim Beam, Smirnoff, Amsterdam, Kraken, Bacardi.... whatever is ~$12-25/bottle. Not exactly a good thing but I can slam a full bottle of whiskey (750ml) in one go; won a few bets doing it. Cut way back the last few months but 1-2 bottles a week if I have nothing going on; racing to see what gets me first, heart attack or stroke from work stress, or liver failure.
I can't imagine downing a bottle of whisky and not projectile vomiting everywhere. Is the work stress leading to the drinking? Or even on a Saturday morning if you slept for 10 hours you just want to down more?
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