What’s Your Biggest Regret and Why? | People Stories #1044

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[TheLiamster]

I was in high school when a girl (who I had a massive crush on and was really attractive) confessed that she loved me but I was too much of a coward to ask her out. It’s the single biggest regret of my life. This was nearly 3 years ago and I still think about it often. I just wish I had the courage to have spoken to her, I feel like we could have an amazing relationship together and my heart aches just thinking about it. I still remember the day it happened like it was last week and I’ll never forget it.

[joshuasharpe]

Being a doormat for all of my youth. I'm slowly untraining my people-pleasing tendencies, but I still catch myself being apologetic for every tiny screwup I make.

[thebystanard]

Me and my brother had an apartment together. He was a recovered addict. One night he came home and thought he was acting weird. I remember thinking if I should say something to him. I didnt. He was suppose to bring my mother to the doctors the next day. When he didn't answer she went to my apartment while I was at work and found him overdosed. I wished I would of said something. Worst part is he got the drugs from my childhood best friend that I was also trying to keep clean. Please don't do drugs.

[Snicketbar]

Going to college to get a bachelor's in computer science. I'll be paying for that for the rest of my life.

[Anne_Onymous]

Trying opioids.
Just don't try them, period.
If I handed you some dice and said "Rolling these gives you the chance to lose everything you cherish and possibly your life, " would you roll them? NO!

[eyesofwater]

It used to be not standing up to my a**hole classmates when I was in middle school. I'd probably gotten in more trouble but they would've left me tf alone. Sometimes keeping the peace isn't worth it.

[skyironplow]

I loved college and was on full academic scholarship. I regret going for a "safe" major instead of going for what I was passionate about.

[tangerine]

In 2014, December, my brother lost his almost 2 year battle with cancer. He was 5.

I would tell him this story, about the evil moon and the kind sun, it’s a pretty long story, but he wanted me to tell it every single day, for his whole life. And I did, every time I could, I would. I would even sleep in the hospital with him, he was really the only one for cared about me.

I didn’t get to finish the story that night, I wasn’t fast enough. It was my fault. He did everything for me, and I couldn’t even tell him the story, he wanted. I regret that more than anything.

I’ll have to wait, tell him when I see him again,

Fly high baby 🕊

[therickeffect]

That i never saw my friend in his casket. The guy was like an older brother to me and he had died in a motorcycle accident, he lived with us for awhile and he would always hang out with me. When we went to the funeral i stood outside the open room that the casket was in, i couldn’t bring myself to see him like he was, i just stood there trying to hold back my tears. I wish i would have seen him one last time and i think about it alot. My family probably thinks i have forgotten my now since it was maybe 4-6 years ago but i regret not seeing him.

[PrincessofPower]

Not jumping. I had the opportunity to do it back in June and was out on a parking ramp for 20 minutes, but I didn't do it. Had I done it, I wouldn't have had to endure the pain of losing my boss who was like a father to me, having a 40th birthday where virtually no one, including my own family, cared about it and dealing with my crippling depression and realization that I will die alone and unloved.

[entirelypsycho]

Spending so much time as a kid messing myself up. Did drugs when I had no real reason just to. Pushed everybody out of my life and was a dick to anyone that tried to help me. Tried to kill myself more times than I can count. Slit my wrists. Spent years of my life in hospitals and residential facilities. Cut ties with my family as soon as I moved out at 18. Didn’t go to college. Dated really bad people who hurt me a lot but I allowed it because I felt like I deserved it or worse. Ran away from home as a kid many times. Went to jail for stealing for about a week. Shoplifted like crazy. Hung out with a bad group of people at school. Vaped and smoked to be “cool”. Drank like 3 cups of coffee a day. Lost my v card young, like middle school young. So many things.

[jayamarillo]

A few months ago I was terminated from my job, not for reasons relating to me. I was just sitting in my car for like a half hour, very disappointed, during which I texted my mom about this. One of the things she said was “I made you a dinner I know you like. Maybe that will cheer you up a little.” I still don’t know why I did this, but when I started driving I went straight to McDonald’s. I got home and my mom was wondering why I wasn’t eating her dinner she made for me, so I told her about McDonald’s. She was not mad, but her voice broke when she said “I made dinner for you”

[kendoruslink]

Not knowing what the fuck I wanted to do after leaving school.

[CG-ybzj]

The first story makes no sense to me in those cases.

WHY do all that, convince her to go w you, just to announce, at a time she can't just turn back n cut you off from there, that you have ZERO intentions w her n she's just supposed to deal w it??

[ObscureHistory-je]

Not playing more sports honestly. On reflection as an adult, I've never had any regrets about playing a sport. Even when I lost. I only wish that I'd played more sports.

[wtfro]

Man... fallout of a broken relationship ends just when you find another one, it seems...

[TheCaptainFatBelly]

I don't have regrets. Life's to short to be dwelling on the past. Plus regrets and mistakes make you the person you are today. Regretting your past is to deny who you are as a person.

[tinkrtailr]

Not calling the other vet for a second opinion on my cat because I'm a fucking coward and have panic attacks when I talk on the phone. I got that second opinion months later, found out the lymph node could have been removed, but my cat was now too weak to undergo the surgery. I'd had him for 14 years, he was the only thing keeping me sane, and I could have saved him and didn't because I'm a fucking coward. I'll never forgive myself. He saved my life and I refused to do the same...

[dariusreedo]

A regret to learn and a opportunity not to miss.

[RustFox]

Didn't ask my dad to teach me to code before the alcoholism rotted his brain and killed him. :P