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Philosopher B.
A moment I'd stop myself from doing ... hmmm ... I dunno, can't think of anything in that vein specifically. I do wonder what it would have been like if I'd been sent to school instead of 'homeschooled', but that's not really something I had influence over.
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Iaculus
Prevent myself from saying what I did in junior-school assembly when the local vicar came in to give us a speech.
... No, I'm not going to elaborate, but I think I gave a whole lot of people indelible scars that day.
... No, I'm not going to elaborate, but I think I gave a whole lot of people indelible scars that day.
Since you appear more secure that a redo would make a difference, you can have mine.
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Twitch
Since you appear more secure that a redo would make a difference, you can have mine.[/QUOTE]
Actually you'll have to keep it. It I spoke to the first friend a small series of events would stop me from ever meeting the second one.
I'd go back and undo staying in the second year of a two-year long distance relationship. Girl devolved into doing the same shit over and over without understanding why I was angry, and--as I'm loyal to a fault--I missed out on a couple great girls, including one smoking hot petite Norweigian girl I met in my ballroom dance class.
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Roxxoredizorz
I think we all can say, that sometime in our life, we'd use it, but we won't ever have the chance. Looking to the past is not moving forward.
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Wasabi Poptart
I've always wondered what would have happened if...
but I don't know that I would want to chance losing what I have in my life now just to find out.
but I don't know that I would want to chance losing what I have in my life now just to find out.
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meyoumeyou
I would go back in time and stop Charlie Don't Surf from reading this thread.
I'd go quite the opposite route -- "I wouldn't have told her how I felt."
Anyway, I can think of lots of little mistakes, but I'm not sure which ones would be worth avoiding or what moments would be worth redoing...
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Pojodan
I'd go back to the 7th grade when I had a girlfriend and slap myself for not realizing it and make myself pay more attention to her so that I might be in a relationship today.
Jacenta was beautiful, smart, and funny, and I was an idiot for being so socially inept
Jacenta was beautiful, smart, and funny, and I was an idiot for being so socially inept
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Le Quack
I would stop myself from acting like a pussy about sleeping with the ladies. When it gets to a point, you just gotta buck up and whip your junk out.
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lafftaff
I would go back & take up all those opportunities I had to learn Spanish. My father even spoke it but I never bothered to learn. I don't think my life would be much different having learned it. Of course, the only thing stopping me now from learning is my own laziness.
The other one I'm never sure about is college. I always wonder how choosing to go to a 4-yr college might have changed my life. But the path I've gone now isn't terrible either, just harder. Tough call.
The other one I'm never sure about is college. I always wonder how choosing to go to a 4-yr college might have changed my life. But the path I've gone now isn't terrible either, just harder. Tough call.
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Chazwozel
I would slap myself for ever getting into science as a career and instead focus myself towards ice hockey and med school if hockey didn't work out.
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Rubicon
being born
Mine's the exact opposite, actually.
I knew I wasn't her type. Heck, I didn't even think she was mine. I knew that there could be no relationship. I knew her family would never like me, and my mother warned me away from her. I knew that it would complicate an already awkward social circle. And I know that, if by some cataclysmic accident we both got on the same page and started dating, it wouldn't have lasted anyhow.
But I told her anyways, and now 'shit is whacked' as the youngsters say.
If I could go one better, I'd consider preventing myself from going to that conference where I realized I was crushing on her, but there's no guarantee that I wouldn't just be delaying the inevitable.
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JCM
I never did for the past 20 years, Im supposed to have dead sperm with less than 0.1% of getting the girl pregnant.
Might be my only kid I'll ever get.
I never did for the past 20 years, Im supposed to have dead sperm with less than 0.1% of getting the girl pregnant.
Might be my only kid I'll ever get.[/QUOTE]
Good lord man! Just how many girls have been on the receiving end of your "holy scepter"?
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JCM
I never did for the past 20 years, Im supposed to have dead sperm with less than 0.1% of getting the girl pregnant.
Might be my only kid I'll ever get.[/quote]
Good lord man! Just how many girls have been on the receiving end of your "holy scepter"?[/quote]60, 7 girlfriends, minus a weird orgy in Thailand and a girl's boarding school which I didnt manage to count in (and yes, I write down each lay, sue me, I Brazilian).
While I don't I match up to the average frat boy's count (or Calleja) I pretty much enjoyed my youth, specially in Thailand and Brazil.
Sometimes I do think how would it like to be, to win at a lottery or sell everything I have, then move to some remote country, get a new identity and start up again, but I wouldn't change nothing about my life about now, except for the balding hair.
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Chazwozel
Such melodrama . . . .[/QUOTE]
There is a quick and easy solution for those who regret being born:
I preface this by saying every experience in life likely shaped who I am today, and I would never, ever go back and "fix" anything that resulted in me ending up with a different wife and child, as they mean the world to me.
However, that said, there were many, many things I did early in life that I regret and wish I could change...
- I'd go back to my self in sixth grade and tell myself that being good in school and making an effort is not a character flaw, and that the most important thing about school is the learning involved. Whether or not I tried in school had no effect on my social life anyway. The letter on the report card doesn't matter, it's what I actually got out of it that counts.
- I'd go back to my self in high school and tell me to just stop all the self-editing. Being polite has its limits, and just being talkative is a lot friendlier and less creepy than sitting quietly and alone in order to prevent saying anything stupid. Oh, and women? They're just people too, so it's OK to talk to them as well.
- I'd go back to my self in college and tell me to go major in Computer Science because I love it and not consider the "future wealth" of the career choice ahead of time and go into electrical engineering. Because guess what, me? That future wealth will quickly vanish as soon as you graduate as the job market crashes anyway, so you might as well be left with skills and abilities you enjoy doing.
- I'd also mention to my college self that if she cheats on her boyfriend with you, no matter how many years I had a relationship with her, she was just as likely cheating on you the whole time, not just at the end.
- I'd go back and tell myself to be ecstatic and not be an idiot when I learn she's pregnant, because that child is the best thing that ever happened to me.
However, that said, there were many, many things I did early in life that I regret and wish I could change...
- I'd go back to my self in sixth grade and tell myself that being good in school and making an effort is not a character flaw, and that the most important thing about school is the learning involved. Whether or not I tried in school had no effect on my social life anyway. The letter on the report card doesn't matter, it's what I actually got out of it that counts.
- I'd go back to my self in high school and tell me to just stop all the self-editing. Being polite has its limits, and just being talkative is a lot friendlier and less creepy than sitting quietly and alone in order to prevent saying anything stupid. Oh, and women? They're just people too, so it's OK to talk to them as well.
- I'd go back to my self in college and tell me to go major in Computer Science because I love it and not consider the "future wealth" of the career choice ahead of time and go into electrical engineering. Because guess what, me? That future wealth will quickly vanish as soon as you graduate as the job market crashes anyway, so you might as well be left with skills and abilities you enjoy doing.
- I'd also mention to my college self that if she cheats on her boyfriend with you, no matter how many years I had a relationship with her, she was just as likely cheating on you the whole time, not just at the end.
- I'd go back and tell myself to be ecstatic and not be an idiot when I learn she's pregnant, because that child is the best thing that ever happened to me.
Such melodrama . . . .[/QUOTE]
There is a quick and easy solution for those who regret being born:
The larger percentage of them don't have the brass.
Not to mention it would also be a hassle for whoever survived you... at the very least, you'd be a bother to the city people who had to clean up your mess.
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Chazwozel
Such melodrama . . . .[/QUOTE]
There is a quick and easy solution for those who regret being born:
The larger percentage of them don't have the brass.[/QUOTE]
Of course they don't. Instead they mope and sulk about how unfair life is and how if they didn't have bad luck, they wouldn't have any luck at all.
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