Life's biggest regrets?
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Juan-sheet
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Not moving heaven & earth or paying a small fortune to be at the league cup final we won like I did with every other cup/playoff final the Boro have been in
boroboy6872
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******* away the money I earnt whilst in the Forces
Came away with virtually nothing to show for 10 years of service
Came away with virtually nothing to show for 10 years of service
Sammysmiths
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Not trying harder at school
Pee'ing my money away in the forces and not buying a house as an investment
Selling all my old Hot Hatches. They'd be worth a fortune now.
Pee'ing my money away in the forces and not buying a house as an investment
Selling all my old Hot Hatches. They'd be worth a fortune now.
HarryVegas
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Wasting years, trying to fit into crap jobs until my mid-30s.
Johnny Vincents Motorbike
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stopping at the chippy in Wetherby after a Boro away game and not buying a portion of curry sauce as well as the fish patty & chips, i was still hungry at dishforth. - lifes never been the same, my biggest regret in life is a carton of curry sauce that i didnt buy..
i'm joking.
i'm joking.
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Pak_Doo_Ik
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Other than marriage
Football related same as this but the Uefa Cup Final (I stupidly thought I'll go next time).
Probably far too many throughout real life to even list!!!
From a financial perspective not getting involved in an import idea. I was working at a venue at the Edinburgh Festival and one of the staff at the restaurant operator was looking for 5 grand to import a drink from Italy. He had enough stock to last the festival, but the Italians wanted quite a large order next time if he wanted to continue. I couldn't lay my hands on 5k at such short notice. The drink was San Pellegrino, unknown here at the time. Everyone who was involved is now at least a millionaire.
Glover_elbow
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Not standing up and reporting a bully of a boss. It's over 10 years ago since I worked with him and it still affects me from time to time. In my 20s and single at the time being too scared to have a fling with a milf at work when she was keen. Not studying harder at uni to get a better degree. Too many to mention whilst drunk
S7DiscoDown
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The single biggest one for me was not buying a house in the late 90s-00s before the 'boom'. I was making more than enough money and sp*nking it on cars and booze.
Also living down in Portsmouth (area) they always seemed expensive compered to up north. I remember looking at a brand new 2 bed house on a new estate thinking 'who the f*ck pays 85k for a two bed house?'. I think they were about 45-50k in Boro.
I could easily have got a mortgage as they were throwing around 120% ones then (mortgage and money to set up new gaff). I would have paid it off now and they are worth around 170-180k
Also probably listened to parents about cleaning teeth. I have so many fillings and that's down to me eating sweet stuff and rubbing toothpaste around my mouth before bed so it smelled like I'd cleaned my teeth.
I guess neither are life changing. I imagine if I had a long think I'd find more life afferming ones. These two always spring to mind when asked.
Also living down in Portsmouth (area) they always seemed expensive compered to up north. I remember looking at a brand new 2 bed house on a new estate thinking 'who the f*ck pays 85k for a two bed house?'. I think they were about 45-50k in Boro.
I could easily have got a mortgage as they were throwing around 120% ones then (mortgage and money to set up new gaff). I would have paid it off now and they are worth around 170-180k
Also probably listened to parents about cleaning teeth. I have so many fillings and that's down to me eating sweet stuff and rubbing toothpaste around my mouth before bed so it smelled like I'd cleaned my teeth.
I guess neither are life changing. I imagine if I had a long think I'd find more life afferming ones. These two always spring to mind when asked.
red_harrington
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Same here, I'd be minted by now if only I'd bought in 1990 instead of renting for the next 10 years
Careerwise, I took a course at Uni cos a girl I fancied was doing it. I should have taken the course that I was actually interested in.
Needless to say, I didn't do well, and nor did I get off with her
Otto42
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Boro wise, giving up my season ticket to my old fellas mate in summer 1996, because I was buying a house with my then girlfriend down South and wouldn't be travelling up every weekend.....ended up going to more games than I care to mention in 96/97 and wasted a fortune on cup final tickets, eventually married the girl and got divorced......Life wise marrying said girl rather than the love of my life a few years earlier! As one of my mates used to say after getting blown out on a Saturday night.....all part of life's rich pageant!
Juan-sheet
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Uefa cup final cost me £1600 just for 2 tickets no way was I going to miss that one. Watched our cup win in the back room of a pub in Leeds. nearly got turfed out when we scored first goal landlord thought I was kicking off I was crying my eyes out when Gareth lifted that trophy.Other than marriage
Football related same as this but the Uefa Cup Final (I stupidly thought I'll go next time).
Probably far too many throughout real life to even list!!!
As for life ones like you way to many to list.
Centralscrutinizer
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I've got a couple of regrets, both involving great girls/women. Don't like to dwell on it though 
I've had a few meals at the East Ocean though so I suppose it balances out
I've had a few meals at the East Ocean though so I suppose it balances out
Ingleby_Flash
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Regrets, I’ve had a few, but then again, too few to mention.
I will however regret not keeping in touch with people I worked with if I don’t make more effort now I’ve packed in.
I will however regret not keeping in touch with people I worked with if I don’t make more effort now I’ve packed in.
HundredRoom
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Queueing for hours at Flamingo Park zoo
There's another way at looking at life though.
Many years ago after my father in law had driven and taken my wife to all the new and cheaper housing estates that
were opening up in Sydney in the hope that I would give his daughter some security by buying one.
My wife and I gave it lots of thought but we had no friends in these new suburbs and would've had long distances to get to work.
I wanted to take my wife to my homeland and introduce her to my grandparents and ex school pals and she was more than happy
to do that as she was an English/ History teacher and had never been outside of Oz or seen any of which she had studied all her life.
Little did she know that the real reason for my anguish to return was to get to see the Boro play or that the entire trip was going to be
based on where the Boro were going to be playing.
It was left to me to break the news to her dad that the house wasn't happening and that we had decided to go to England.
I was expecting a bit of a bollocking for wasting his time but instead he just looked at me and said, " Well Son, when you get
old like me, you look back through all those years and you realise that you never regret the things that you did but you will always
regret the things that you didn't do. So you give my daughter that something that I didn't do and be sure to have a great time."
I'm now much older than he was when he spoke those wise words and many times I have thought, what or where would we be had we have
bought that first house at that time?
Would we still be together after having a mortgage at such a young age, with no friends close by or seen as much of the world or its remarkable places and peoples?
I guess we will never know but the fact remains that we are still together, alive and kicking and still happy with the route that we chose.
The same should be for you too, after all, you're still alive and kicking and more experienced and had you had chosen other paths ?
Many years ago after my father in law had driven and taken my wife to all the new and cheaper housing estates that
were opening up in Sydney in the hope that I would give his daughter some security by buying one.
My wife and I gave it lots of thought but we had no friends in these new suburbs and would've had long distances to get to work.
I wanted to take my wife to my homeland and introduce her to my grandparents and ex school pals and she was more than happy
to do that as she was an English/ History teacher and had never been outside of Oz or seen any of which she had studied all her life.
Little did she know that the real reason for my anguish to return was to get to see the Boro play or that the entire trip was going to be
based on where the Boro were going to be playing.
It was left to me to break the news to her dad that the house wasn't happening and that we had decided to go to England.
I was expecting a bit of a bollocking for wasting his time but instead he just looked at me and said, " Well Son, when you get
old like me, you look back through all those years and you realise that you never regret the things that you did but you will always
regret the things that you didn't do. So you give my daughter that something that I didn't do and be sure to have a great time."
I'm now much older than he was when he spoke those wise words and many times I have thought, what or where would we be had we have
bought that first house at that time?
Would we still be together after having a mortgage at such a young age, with no friends close by or seen as much of the world or its remarkable places and peoples?
I guess we will never know but the fact remains that we are still together, alive and kicking and still happy with the route that we chose.
The same should be for you too, after all, you're still alive and kicking and more experienced and had you had chosen other paths ?
Abel Tasman
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Regret not buying a property in NZ 4 years ago when I was here last. Property prices have gone up 40% minimum.