Do you have a time in your life you wish you could go back too.....

[glo]

and change???


I think I would have liked to have gone back twenty some odd years and maybe done things differently. Things may not have worked out, and things maybe have turned out exactly how they are now, which is not bad at all but sometimes don't you just wonder?

What would you do different?
WOuld you go back and change the past?
Anything or anyone you wonder about?

 

[Towncrier]

I've seen way too many science fiction movies about someone going back and changing just one little thing about their life only to find that when they return to the present, they have really messed things up. Although I have many regrets in life, I wouldn't change a thing.

As for wondering about friends with whom I've lost touch, that is an entirely different matter. I often wonder what became of my childhood friends. I have had the fortune to cross paths with a couple of them, but there are many more that I just have to wonder about. I know that a few of the people that I've known have passed away and I am curious as to how and why they died. Probably because the ones that I'm thinking about were in much better shape than myself and I worry about my own mortality from time to time.

Very good question Glo. Thanks for making me take time to remember old friends.

 

[preshi]

Everything I've done in my life had made me who I am today I can't think of one significant thing I'd go back and change because it would alter what I've seen and been through and all those things have made me a strong person which I am very proud of.

Pretty much the only thing I can think of is that I wish I had been a better friend to and ex botyfriend. We had stayed in touch for a long time until I got married and then I wasn't so pleasant to him. He was a good person and died the day after my birthday driving his drunk friends home ( he was sober) Makes me sad to know that I lost someone I cared abotu and he probably didn't even know that I did care!

 

[imgoingtodisney]

yup - wish I could change what happened at 3pm Nov 27, 2002

 

[helenabear]

Truthfully there is nothing "major" that I would like to go back and change about my life. In all honesty, everything that I did or had happen to me, makes me who I am today. I wouldn't want to change any of this for the world. Even some of the little things that happen usually help to bring about better understandings of people or myself. Even though sometimes I think I'd like to change them, I am usually much happier knowing the final result is what came to be.

 

[nativetxn]

I don't think I would go back and change anything. If I changed even one little thing, I wouldn't be me, I would be a different person. I might be a better person but I don't think I would take the chance. Who knows what would change. I like my life the way it is and I pretty much like myself.

 

[Lars624]

Glo-You should read this book I read about three 40 year old women who get that chance and what they do with it. It's by Jude Deveraux called the Summerhouse.

I wouldn't change anything in my life but I would love to relive the days when my kids were tiny babies

 

[Blondie]

DH and I ponder this all the time.

Would we still have moved from our family and friends to Maine had we known ahead of time what it would be like?

Would we still have waited 10 years before having kids? Should we have started sooner?

Years ago I used to think that had I known...I would've stood my ground and not relocated to Maine...but that would have made me a different person...I may not have had my sons, I probably never would have gotten to know what it's like to live in New England, made the friends I did, had the experiences (some good, some not so good) etc, etc, etc!

Hindsight is 20/20.

So....I would not go back and change many aspects of my past.

There may be one or two minor things, but nothing in the grand scheme of things.

I believe in fate. Everything, bad and good, happens for a reason, even though we may not appreciate it at the time.

 

[CamColt]

Nothing major, but I do regret NOT doing a few little things. Dont laugh but I really wish I had gotten a tatoo back in my wild days. I dont know why, I just do. Its little things like that, nothing really life altering.

 

[Kteacher]

Nope. I've had a pretty good life so far.

 

[Serena]

I'm like the rest of you. I made a few mistakes, some bigger than the others, but it all made me who I am today and I can say that right now I like who I am.

 

[Snow White]

Lars, I read that book too, I was thinking the same thing!

I wouldn't change anything...I'd be afraid that it would mean I wouldn't end up with my 4 boys...and that just wouldn't do at all!

I would however manage my money better...spend a lot less on the unnecessary things.....as I look back those things I bought that I thought I HAD to have were all pretty stupid!

And maybe I would have gone to Disney a few more times....

But, nope, I like things just the way they are...guess I'll pass on any changes.

 

[snoopy]

I probably would have said no, until I read Preshi's post.

I wish I had the opportunity to go back to 8th grade and right the wrong I did to a friend. It was typical teenage stuff, but I hurt him tremendously, of that I have no doubt. Too late to make up for it now, unfortunately.

That would be the only thing I would really want to change. It was the only time in my life I can recall being truly unkind. I immediately recognized it after I did it, but the damage was already done. It did teach me lesson about gossip, though, and now I will keep a secret to my grave. So I guess it was a good thing in that I gained the experience when I was young, but I still could have altered this friend's life.

 

[Mskanga]

Some things are painful, I'd rather not look back or go back. Would I change something? I couldn't if I wanted, the bad experiences in my life were not something I did, it was just the way some people were. Mistakes and all I will take life the way it is now, even if I could go back and do things all over again, I wouldn't.

 

[JohnTBap]

I would like to go back 15 years because now I know exactly where to look.

 

[pumba]

I would of probably gone and learned how to drive...instead I left it until I was a wee bit older ......then when I was learning ...my dear husband thank goodness was driving and some nut smashed us ....I have been very nervous since then.......I still shut my eyes at intersections......maybe I should make an appointment and take driving lessons from a professional......but that is what I would change.......Brian I love dearly....have since I was a freshman in high school.......I doubt that I could of loved anyone else as much.........nice post though.......

 

[Kitty 34]

25 yrs ago my 1st DH asked me if I wanted pizza or go swimming first. I chose swimming. He had a diving accident, became paralized from the neck down. We had only been married two months and it became too much for both of us so we split up.

I wonder what my life would be like now if I had said pizza.

 

[holycow]

I've been thinking about this alot lately...and yes I probably would want to go back and change things but the key is could you know what you know NOW and go back....LOL...

HC

 

[PandyPaws]

I agree with what some others have said...the road I've taken, with both good and bad experiences, has led me to who I am today. If I changed things I would not be this 'me', may not know some of the wonderful folks I know, and may not have had some of the experiences I've had, heck...I may not even have found the DIS... Nope...things happen for a reason, I really believe that

yup - wish I could change what happened at 3pm Nov 27, 2002

 

[Michelle]

Every moment in my life leading up to today has made me who I am today. Are there things I wish I had done differently? Sure. Would I go back and change them? No.

I'm a firm believer in everything happens for a reason, and although you may not know or like the reason at the time, it is what it is.