Hey, If you could go back in time within your life and avoid something or do something differently, would you? For example, if there was part of your life where you met a guy/girl which turned out to be the boyfriend/girlfriend from hell, would you go back in time and decide not to get involved with them? Im asking this because some people think that everything happens for a reason. Like even if it was a huge mistake you are still glad you did it because you learnt from it. So please reply, it can include anything, like if you wished you lost your virginity to someone else or you wish you had sex at a different age, and how you would handle it differently. Thanks for reading.
Yes, lots of things. I would buy winning lottery tickets. I would have taken a different route home on the days I got into car accidents. I would have asked this girl out that I was too afraid to. I thought she was to beautiful. I later (when we were both involved with someone else) found out that she wanted me to ask her out. I hate when that happens. I don't think I would have had children as soon as we did. I know (now) that I wouldn't have gotten married when I was 21. I would have bought stock in all the major gas companies. I would have logged onto HIP FORUMS a lot sooner.
Can you remember any winning lottery numbers? because you wouldnt magically know them if you went back in time. Dont you think you were better off when you were involved with someone else? The beautiful girl might not have made you as happy as the girl you were with instead.
Sometimes there's things I want to change but I wouldn't, only because there's other things that happened because of that mistake you made, and if you changed that mistake ,then you would also be changing other things that happened based off of that mistake. So NO, I wouldn't.
Like Erze said, we are who we are, because of the path we take. Guys, I have visited the forum off and on for years, but I never joined until what was one of the most heartwrenching moments of my life, breaking up with a girl I had grown up with, and cared for for so long. If it weren't for that, all the pain, and the sleepless nights, I would have never came here.
Yes, I have a few old tickets around, and I write the winning number on it so I can check later to see if I matched any numbers. Do I think I was better off......? I don't know, but if I went back in time I would make different decisions so I could find out if I was better off then, or in makeing a new choice. I know there is no guarentee, but I would be dareing and give it a shot. You posed an interesting question and it caused me to think about things from the past.
Yes. I would of taken the camera phone away from my boyfriend before having to pee in the bushes. [We were on a camping trip.] But... Lesson learned.
I would not change anything. There are some things that were painful, but I have learned from them. There are happy memories that would never have happened had I changed the bad before it....and I do believe that everything happens for a reason. I dated a jerk years ago, but would not change it because I became a better person with him. How you ask.....I NEVER wanted people to think of me in the way that I thought of him. Sounds crazy, but it worked out.
Even relationships that were clearly terrible for my emotional well being, I'm still happy that I experienced them as I truly believe every dark cloud has a silver lining. Through these negative experiences I have learned, grown and gotten beyond my issues of trust. Now I feel capable of loving and receiving love better than I ever thought I could and I feel extremely fortunate that I am able to share this with a beautiful girl everyday. The only thing that I would change is how I treated certain people I dated in the past as I'm sure it wasn't always pleasant for them to experience my 'growing pains'. However, I hope all of them find a silver lining in having dated me too. All but one of them do and over the years have expressed this to me after time and the pain of the failed relationship faded. So, looking back, I might change some of my own behaviors, but never would I 'erase' someone I dated given the opportunity. I feel very lucky for the experiences I've had with all of my past loves, both the good and the bad experiences.
I wish I started adulthood and sat down and thought i'm going to enjoy everyday of life and relax, dont take life to serious. I now find it to late and aint really enjoying life without thinking of the consiquences all the time.. my life is boring xxx
Im only 15 and i am interested to know what i should/shouldnt do in life. What you said there is actually really important to me, and im glad you said it and i hope i remember it when im older. Where could i go to find more advice like that?
Hi darlin I'm glad my words of wisdom might help. Everything I have done in my life I have done for everyone else, and now my life is misrable. Go to america, get the hell out of england I wish I could, don't let anyone influence you, glad to hear you are focused on your future. Go for it, you can have my support if no one elses xxxx
