QOTW: Regrets from your past

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Did you ever do something when you were younger (your teens/20s) that you now regret having done? Did you drop out of school or not taken a particular job or got too many piercings or tattoos or ran around with a fast crowd? If a young person, such as a son, daughter, niece, nephew, grandchild, one of your students, was talking to you about doing the same thing, would you discourage them from doing so? Would you point to your own experiences and try to dissuade them from doing the same thing? Or would you have them learn from their own mistakes?

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Nov-2 1:38 pm

What a great question! Looking back, the thing I regret the most is dating some guy I had met on the internet back when I was 20. My parents disliked him greatly, but I wouldn't listen. I also found out years later that none of my friends liked him (though not one of them told me at the time). I should have seen a lot of red flags with him, but when you're in love, you're blind. He told me he had been charged with rape when he was younger (but he was innocent) and that his parents had filed charges against him for breaking into their homes and stealing some things (that he admitted to). I was on his side no matter what. After I broke up with him and he started stalking me and vandalizing my car is when I really realized what a situation I was in. Still, I'm not against internet dating, but I think I would advise someone younger to listen to their parents. I know when you're that age, you think your parents are too protective and they don't know the person like you do, but sometimes an outsider can see things you're blinded too. I would also recommend that they ask their friends what they think of the guy and encourage their friends to be honest. Again, outsiders can pick up on vibes we choose to ignore.

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Nov-2 1:51 pm

Yes, I got married (1st marriage) way too young, had a baby, and I didn't go to college right after HS when my parents offered it on their dime. Instead, I ended up starting school on grants and loans as a single parent of a 2 yo and was working two jobs. I always offered myself as an example of the "hard way" to my nieces, nephews, and DDs on how to go about starting your life - even if you're just sick of "going to school". Take a year off, sure, but don't do anything massively life changing right away :)

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Nov-2 11:11 pm

I did drop out of high school, get married, and had a baby, at the age of 17. Looking back, I do not regret what happened, but it was very difficult at times. I did get my GED by time I was 21, have had really good paying jobs over the past 20 years. After I was diagnosed with RA and Lupus, I looked back, was actually thankful that I had my children as young and healthy as I was. I know there is no way I could have enjoyed, played with my children the way I did if I had them later in life.

I do use myself as an example to my children, especially my DD's that my life was really tough and difficult, I do not want that for either of them. I stressed it very much to my DD and her BF when they seemed to be getting serious after dating a year, with both of them at the same ages that I and her father were.

No regrets, just very difficult at times, but that has made me the very strong woman that I am today.

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Nov-6 7:55 am

I have many regrest, dropping out of college to have my first son and I was so young, marrying my hope to be ex, but that is in the past and helps define who I am today...and I quite enjoy the woman I have become....Hugs

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