Frenchieboy Posted September 3, 2012 Report Share Posted September 3, 2012 I have done a great many things in my life that I have regretted at a later stage but after reading so many posts on here about fathers taking their sons out shooting, fishing, camping, etc and thoroughtly enjoying each others company the biggest thing that I regret in life (And i am not going to get into why) is not having children, especially a son that I could have taken out and spent some quality time with passing on what "life and country skills" I have to! What do you most regret either doing or not doing in your life guys? p.s. Keep it clean please guys. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markws80 Posted September 3, 2012 Report Share Posted September 3, 2012 I am not dead yet So i can still do thing, got two kids dont regret things Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oscarsdad Posted September 3, 2012 Report Share Posted September 3, 2012 (edited) She was older than me and married. Never again. Haha Edited September 3, 2012 by oscarsdad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walshie Posted September 3, 2012 Report Share Posted September 3, 2012 Don't really have any major regrets. Don't tell the wife as it will make her complacent, but I'm happy with my lot. A minor regret is that I didn't buy an e-type jag my friend was selling in the 1980's for £1000! Gutted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raja Clavata Posted September 3, 2012 Report Share Posted September 3, 2012 Not getting fit, proper fit, 20 years ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muddy Funker Posted September 3, 2012 Report Share Posted September 3, 2012 It's not something that keeps me up at night but I'd have liked to have done a small stint in the armed forces when I was younger. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rimfire4969 Posted September 3, 2012 Report Share Posted September 3, 2012 It's not something that keeps me up at night but I'd have liked to have done a small stint in the armed forces when I was younger. I'm with you on this one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catweazle Posted September 3, 2012 Report Share Posted September 3, 2012 I worked too hard and didn't play with my kids enough when they were young. Like many people, I thought the most important thing was to provide for them, whereas in fact all they really wanted was for me to come home from work early enough to take them for a kick-about. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yates Posted September 3, 2012 Report Share Posted September 3, 2012 (edited) Not getting divorced sooner. Staying with someone you can't stand for the sake of the kids was a major mistake and in hindsight didn't do anyone any favours. Not starting shooting until my mid forties is a major regret(darn't buy the gun til the wife had gone-to many temptations) Edited September 3, 2012 by yates Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vipa Posted September 3, 2012 Report Share Posted September 3, 2012 I've always lived on the premise that life is too short for regrets and one should always look to the future rather than dwell on the past... BUT.... as I get older and realise I am 'past it' in a lot of senses, I find myself wishing (rather than regretting) that I had stayed in the Army rather than coming out when I did... BUT.... if I try to work out what effect that would have had on my life, I most definately wouldn't have the kids or wife I have now and wouldn't swap any of 'em for the world! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reece Posted September 3, 2012 Report Share Posted September 3, 2012 (edited) I was always the nerdy one in school, always wanting to get on with things. I wish I'd just mesed around a bit and had some fun as well, like everyone else. I was a boring child. Edited September 3, 2012 by Reece Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
39TDS Posted September 3, 2012 Report Share Posted September 3, 2012 Je ne regrette rien Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Sweepy Posted September 3, 2012 Report Share Posted September 3, 2012 Messing up big time on my Education, Looking back on my life now being poorly educatated really has held me back and i now regret not having the confidence it would have giving me (if that makes sense) I like most people also regret all the loved ones i took for granted thinking they would always be here xxxxSuzy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wildtrax Posted September 3, 2012 Report Share Posted September 3, 2012 I worked too hard and didn't play with my kids enough when they were young. Like many people, I thought the most important thing was to provide for them, whereas in fact all they really wanted was for me to come home from work early enough to take them for a kick-about. as above for me as well Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaun4860 Posted September 3, 2012 Report Share Posted September 3, 2012 Not being able to go for a drink/shoot with my dad (died when I was 14, was an armourer in the RAF so had an interest in guns) When I see sons out for a drink/socialising with their fathers it makes me think what could have been Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
storme37 Posted September 3, 2012 Report Share Posted September 3, 2012 toyah saying no Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jasper3 Posted September 3, 2012 Report Share Posted September 3, 2012 my biggest regret was to pick up that 1st ciggy, ......... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadkill Posted September 3, 2012 Report Share Posted September 3, 2012 Not being able to go for a drink/shoot with my dad (died when I was 14, was an armourer in the RAF so had an interest in guns) When I see sons out for a drink/socialising with their fathers it makes me think what could have been Same as above , Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gimlet Posted September 3, 2012 Report Share Posted September 3, 2012 Not staying in Australia with my girlfriend 12 years ago. Her visa was longer than mine and we needed a break after a year living in each other's pockets. Once I got home things drifted and it never happened. Thing is she had leave to remain, and a job. I should have married her. We could have divorced by now and I'd have kept my green card. What an idiot. That and turning down the chance of a private education when it was offered to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WoodyPopper Posted September 3, 2012 Report Share Posted September 3, 2012 That's depressing - I just reached the limit on the number of words you can put in one post. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fuji Shooter Posted September 3, 2012 Report Share Posted September 3, 2012 Biggest regret was coming back to the UK after a few years living and working in the US. I was offered the chance to live like a king in South Africa but I was a little worried about getting my money back out so didn't take it. Stupid, stupid, stupid Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Breastman Posted September 3, 2012 Report Share Posted September 3, 2012 Going to university! Got a boatload of debt for a virtually useless degree. Not even worth the paper its printed on these days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buckaroo23 Posted September 3, 2012 Report Share Posted September 3, 2012 Not going in the forces, would of done me the world of good, but hayho life goes on, il make more choices that again one day il be saying I wish Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stokie Posted September 3, 2012 Report Share Posted September 3, 2012 Allowing my ex wife to complicate my life in such a way that I fell out with my own mum . Then not being there as she battled cancer . We made up before she died but it wasnt the same bond we had before Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul99 Posted September 3, 2012 Report Share Posted September 3, 2012 Going to university! Got a boatload of debt for a virtually useless degree. Not even worth the paper its printed on these days. Yep me too. I was pushed into doing it by well intentioned parents who never had the chance but they aren't the ones now left with the debt :(. Of course the social side of it was a good experience and I met alot of friends but educational wise it was a joke and was just a huge waste of 3 years. I turned down a bloody good job to go which makes it worse. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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