I wish I hadn't turned down...

[swee'pea99]

We all have them - regrets.

I was thinking about one of mine on the way back from the woods, when some Bruce Springsteen came on, and it reminded me - as it often does - of when a group of mates went down to Wembley for the now-legendary Independence Day gig in 1985, and I turned down the offer, essentially out of pique about the fact that my then girlfriend seemed a lot more excited about Bruce than she was about me. What a wally.

So, d'you ever get all misty-eyed and think, 'if only I hadn't....'?

 

[Markymark]

About 5 years ago at Girls Aloud's height I was in a trendy Soho bar - they were celebrating after a gig. After a lot to drink, they invited me back to the house they were renting to 'continue the party'. Trouble was I was going for a nice 100k bike ride the next day.

It's a real shame and I will always think 'what if?'

I'll never know what the ride would have been like as the weather from their bedroom window the following morning looked lovely.

 

[Hill Wimp]

If only i had listened to my instincts and i hadn't allowed myself to give in to a complete **** and spent 4 dreadful years with him i would be £60,000 richer, have no mortgage, no injuries and well lots of things really.

However i didn't , i went through hell and i may be less well off as a result and scarred but i'm pretty happy with life and i learnt a heck of a lot about myself and my capability for resilliance and the things in life that actually matter.

 

[roadrash]

At the moment im thinking..... what if i hadnt had that spinal operation in may.... mainly because im worse off after having it

 

[Dayvo]

No regrets, no tears to cry...!

Nope, I'm pretty happy with my lot. Of course I've made mistakes and done things I shouldn't have done and not done things I should've done, but all in all I'm content where I am and how I've got here.

 

[SpokeyDokey]

We all have them - regrets.

I was thinking about one of mine on the way back from the woods, when some Bruce Springsteen came on, and it reminded me - as it often does - of when a group of mates went down to Wembley for the now-legendary Independence Day gig in 1985, and I turned down the offer, essentially out of pique about the fact that my then girlfriend seemed a lot more excited about Bruce than she was about me. What a wally.

So, d'you ever get all misty-eyed and think, 'if only I hadn't....'?

No.

 

[EltonFrog]

Crikey of got a few of them.

I turned down job in the very early eighties to work for a company selling what I though were very expensive diaries. "No one" I said with confidence " is going to pay between £40 and £80 for a diary"

The company? Filofax.

 

[Globalti]

Yebbut where would you be now? The Filofax is all but extinct.

 

[twentysix by twentyfive]

No regrets here.

They are such a waste of brain power and space. Just move on

 

[Lonestar]

If only I hadn't given away my 2007 Audax.

(not enough space at the time)

 

[EltonFrog]

Yebbut where would you be now? The Filofax is all but extinct.

Is it?

I would have made a lot of cash at the time though.

 

[Saluki]

If only i had listened to my instincts and i hadn't allowed myself to give in to a complete **** and spent 4 dreadful years with him i would be £60,000 richer, have no mortgage, no injuries and well lots of things really.

However i didn't , i went through hell and i may be less well off as a result and scarred but i'm pretty happy with life and i learnt a heck of a lot about myself and my capability for resilliance and the things in life that actually matter.

Ditto but 'only' got taken for £34,000

I wish that I hadn't turned down a date with a helicopter pilot in '98 as I was meeting the pillock that took me for £34k. That pilot was gorgeous.

 

[Profpointy]

Ditto but 'only' got taken for £34,000

I wish that I hadn't turned down a date with a helicopter pilot in '98 as I was meeting the pillock that took me for £34k. That pilot was gorgeous.

turned down date the guy with the big chopper

..

sorry, someone had to

 

[fossyant]

Wish I hadn't walked into that Doctor's surgery nearly three years ago for a minor op. Life of pain since.

Didn't want to go either. Pah.

 

[w00hoo_kent]

As a chunky (or, fat as my 'friends' would have it, I've seen the photos, nowhere near as fat as my brain thought) 17 year old at an all boys grammar, I was told the only way I could study my chosen A levels was to do the Geography course at the all girls school on the other side of town (I'd have had to have driven the car I had, JPS Ford Capri, to get there). I was sufficiently socially awkward that I turned the offer down and ended up taking a terrible choice of A levels that I failed quite comprehensively. I don't cry in my High 5 about it on a weekly basis, but as 'what if' questions go it's my biggie.