What is your biggest regret in life?

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That I was so reclusive when I was young. Part of it was not my fault, my parents were friendless recluses who didn't give a single shit about me socializing and weren't willing to spend any of their time or money for me to hang out with the friends I did have (when I had them), and I had such negative experiences in school I was legitimately afraid of everyone and everything, I thought everything I had to say was bad and stupid and could not hold a conversation, and I thought nothing good would come of it anyways, so I just sat by myself at home. But I missed out on a lot, and I wish I had tried. Discovering alcohol sooner would have helped.

I also wish I had realized what I wanted out of life and how to get it sooner.
 
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Agreeing to live somewhat near my family.

The area just seems completely dead, no one seems well adjusted and there's just not many people over 20 and under 60, and I just think I missed out on a lot because I have all these great connections in the nearest real city.
 
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Alright here are some actual serious ones, based on the premise I'm slightly risk averse and a fundamentally slow learner (i.e. I'm retarded):
  1. Not buying a shit ton of bitcoin in 2010 when I learned what it was and tried mining it on my shitbox laptop.
  2. Not throwing whatever was in my savings account at bitcoin in 2020 during the first lockdown.
  3. Not buying stocks earlier.
  4. Not going to the gym and working with a PT earlier.
  5. Not quitting the booze and cigarettes waaaay earlier.
  6. Not telling the normies to fuck off repeatedly.\
  7. Not telling the malignant parasite narcissists who infested my social circle to fuck off and die earlier.
 
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Señora Airi said:
I had a similar childhood. This is PLing, but the worst was moving cross country twice during my high school years.

As for regrets I could control:
1. Dating a serial cheater
2. Leaving an old when I could have stayed for at least a couple more months rather than grabbing a barely above minimum wage job
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Yes, I moved a few times in high school, cross country twice. I kinda want to move one last time as an adult but I don't know, I have things to do before I can make it a reality.
 
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Not joining the army when I finished high school.
I'm not american, so it wasn't like I missed shoveling dirt for years with a bunch of sub 80 IQ mystery meatbags.
Getting out of high school means the loss of structure, and I crave structure and order. Everyone gets pushed into university, but I hated the experience. I hated the partying, I hated the students, I hated professors. I wanted to study law, but my grades weren't good enough, so I had to study Economics writing about the usage and legacy of Kriegssozialismus and entered a shit job market where a bachelor means shit and you need a doctorate to use your degree.

Three years wasted, and it took years until I figured out that my passion is machinery. The army provides so many career paths that involve becoming an engineer of this and that.

I eventually became an armorer and love my job, but I wasted a good portion of my life because people are funneled into university with no proper guidance
 
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Duke Nukem said:
Yes, I moved a few times in high school, cross country twice. I kinda want to move one last time as an adult but I don't know, I have things to do before I can make it a reality.
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I understand that man. Personally I like the area of the country I'm living in rn, so I hope to not move so far if I were to.
RomanianSchizo said:
Missing out on events with friends because either I wasn't friends (merely acquaintances) with them at the time, or due to a misunderstanding. Could've made some fun memories and become better friends earlier, but hey, no time like the present, right?
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The worst is when you're with friends and hanging out, then you randomly disassociate
 
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Not eating a variety of foods when I was younger. I've become an extremely picky eater and I realize that eventually I am going to have to change my diet if I want to be healthier. If only I had done this earlier.
 
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Biggest regret I hold to this day is dropping fencing. Apparently I was so good at it, my teachers recommended that I just skip the classes for beginners and go right into the more advanced, serious classes which were usually reserved for adults who had been in the sport for years. I still often think about what would have changed in life if I kept up with it.
 
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Of all things, not getting a job at 18. It'd mature me, make me responsible, mature me, and ultimately lead me to choosing a degree of actual viability. That said, who knows if I had not been equally fucked over? Made some even worse choices? Other than having more job experience and money, it could've led to an equally bad place. Now however, I am in an okay spot, all things considered. I'd rather not risk the potential worsening of my life by reverting a simple choice.

Other than that I'd say not going harder for the boring brunette bitch who had no friends but her little brother who was busier sucking on his girlfriend. She had that quirky but smart appeal, like Peggy from Mad Men. However, alcohol touched her lips and she became a whore.
Dawdler said:
Thinking that work/education will improve my quality of life and putting too much faith into it
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I do not envy the rich man doing drugs and banging his male friends every other day. I envy the broke-ass failed teacher who works a hotdog stand because he got friends, social clubs and a fiance. Work is 1/3 our lives and most people make it 4/5.
 
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Übertroon said:
eventually became an armorer and love my job, but I wasted a good portion of my life because people are funneled into university with no proper guidance
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It sounds like you made a decent choice, and it’s just a few years . Many people never get a job they love at all. I’d say you tried it, and saw or wasn’t for you and that’s not necessarily time wasted, it’s time showing you that you tried a thing and learned what you do and don’t like. Maybe if you’d gone straight Into the army you’d always have wondered what uni was like.
Just to have found a career that’s a passion is a massive deal.
Totally agree that people get funnelled in without any real thought.
 
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I'll just say graduate school. It made sense at the time, since I've always had obscure intellectual interests and saw myself being a professor one day, but as an investment of time and money I can't say it was worth it. Academic culture and job market is fucked. I feel like a dupe.
 
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