What is your single greatest regret in life?

Question: What is your single greatest regret in life!?

Sorry littluns, but if you're under 14 and haven't had any serious life hardships, I don't really want to hear about you not being able to get that shiny red bike!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

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My greatest regret would be to give up early, dwelling on the past, and ultimately regretting!.
My regret is to regret!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

I can't say I have a "single" greatest regret!.

But I can say that I regret a pattern of "giving up" in my life!. For a long time I gave up on all my relationships because I figured they were ultimately destined for failure anyway!. They probably were, but I think I missed some valuable experiences along the way!.

I've ultimately let almost every friendship I've had die away!. I dropped out of high school, and left college after two years!. I've learned a lot from my past, though, and I'm about to finish college with a school picked out for my masters and Ph!.D, but sometimes it bugs me that I could have started on grad school years earlier had I hung in there!.

But at the end of the day, if I could go back and change things, I wouldn't!. The sum of my experiences in life made me who I am today, and even if I had done things "right" earlier in life, who's to say I wouldn't be making those same mistakes today!?Www@QuestionHome@Com

I do have some regrets!. I regret not opening my mail in time, when I received back an email from a contest!. I went from 1600 girls to the final 100 for the face of a very important clothing line in Europe!. I opened it too late and I lost!. I made it in the finals, I could have won!. I learned from this mistake to trust myself!.
I'm not really into modeling and I'm not a die hard fashion addict or shopaholic, but it would have been a great opportunity and I missed it, because I knew I couldn't win!. Fate proved me wrong!.

You know what they say!.!.!.!. When you are on your death bed you regret the things you haven't done in life, not the things you did!.

I regret not opening that darn email!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Probably choosing soup over salad with my meal!. No I'll never know if that meal, that moment, was one deserving of salad!.

No, I'm kidding!. I think that was from a Simpsons episode, or maybe Family Guy!.!.!.

My it's hard deciding which my biggest regret is, having one too many drinks then cheating on a girlfriend, or actually admitting that I cheated!.!.!.

I think those people who have no regrets in life are happy with who they and where they are today and changing one instance in the past would change the present!. Kinda like a butterfly effect!.!.!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

This may sound weird!.!.!.!.but my BIGGEST regret (even though I have many) is never meeting my Grandfather!. This is strange because he died before I was born!. Still, all my life my dad used to tell me stories about him, and his accomplishments - and I feel as though I love him as much as anyone, even though I never even saw him/spoke to him in person! So I guess my biggest regret is never having that knee to sit on and be enthralled in the tales that would pour out of his mouth like honey!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

My step Grandpa died of cancer!.
I used to really shut people out because i was tired of always getting hurt and people leaving me!.
But him and his wife were the most loving and open people!.
Even though my sister and i weren't their blood grandchildren they were so good to use and loved us just the same!. They lived about six hours away and we drove up to see them about once a month!. I hated the drive and going up there because i always wanted to stay home!. Hank (my step-grandpa) would always tell me how much he loved me and how proud he was of me!. I never told him i loved him
he went to the hospital and i remember the last time i saw him
his face was yellow and had lumps because of tumors!.
he couldnt even talk because his mouth was so dry and wasnt eating!.
before i said goodbye he mouthed the words "i love you" and i told him i loved him too!.
i really just wish that i hadnt shut him out up until the end!.
he was so funny and so full of life!. Even while he was sick he had the best sense of humor!.
Hank was an amazing man and i just wish i would have taken the time to get to know him a little better!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

I don't think I would change anything for fear of screwing up where I am now!. I've gone through some really hard times with bulimia, self-injury, and still suffer from periodic major depressive episodes, but I've learned from those, and I wouldn't trade my knowledge for anything!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Ignoring a friend for several months, flaking on a date, in February, to catch up on old times, only to find out that by November she found out she had cancer!. She didn't make it to January!.

We never had time to talk at the end!. One of the last things she said was that she regretted our relationship!. I'd been stupid and she was hurt and there was nothing I could do about it!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Divorce is a one regret but given the circumstances and state of mind unavoidable, still regrettable though!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

my regrets!? my entire frecken childhood!.!.!. thank god I fixed my self before i ended up in jail!.!.!. actually, someone else would have wounded up in jail for me!.!.!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Dating a nutty fruitcake and a ex-con! By the way yes I'm single now and glad I got away from both of them!Www@QuestionHome@Com