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"I don't regret anything about my life" Who can actually say that?

Asked by flo (13313points) March 24th, 2011

Everyone must have things they regret. It is one thing saying that they don’t want to reveal everything but saying that there is nothing?

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Written's avatar

I honestly can. Never made such a bad choice that would affect my life, my future or my present. And I hope it continues that way.

Decisions. The ones you make matter the most.

12Oaks's avatar

Nothing worth regretting, anyway.

JmacOroni's avatar

I can. Not because I’ve never made bad decisions or done stupid things, I’ve done plenty of that. You don’t learn from regret. You learn from mistakes.

JilltheTooth's avatar

I think it’s all about how one perceives the concept of “regret”. I’ve made some stupid decisions, but I learned a lot from them, and they helped to shape my life, so I don’t regret them. To my knowledge, I’ve never irreparably harmed someone, which I probably would genuinely regret.

nir17's avatar

I regret tons of things. Regretting something doesn’t always have to be big. I regret every time I’ve told my parents I hated them, and that’s just one little thing. As for the big decisions in my life, some days I regret them, some days I don’t. I think not-regretting is a state of mind that you reach when you get to the point in life where you are truly happy. Then, everything that you might have regretted, actually played a role in putting you where you wanted, and you don’t regret it anymore.

Scooby's avatar

I don’t even go there, it’s all in the past, onwards & upwards I say! :-/

Coloma's avatar

Yep, I can too.

I expend zero energy thinking about the past. It’s pointless and serves nothing.

Blueroses's avatar

Everything that happens leads to where you are.
I wouldn’t turn my nose up at going back 10 years as long as I could retain my memory.

CaptainHarley's avatar

I honestly don’t see how you can live to be as old as I am ( almost 68 ) without having SOME regrets!

wundayatta's avatar

I think a Buddhist could say that.

We would do well to learn from their example.

MyNewtBoobs's avatar

If I regret something, it means I wish I could change it. If I change it, I might not have my life now – and I like my life now. That doesn’t mean I think my decisions were smart, just that despite them, things turned out ok, and I don’t want to change things now.

cak's avatar

I regret not going to Spain, when I had the chance. Instead, I listened to the doctors. Guess what, those rounds didn’t cure me, it took two more years! I could have gone to Spain.

I regret not staying in and watching that game with my dad. He had a stroke the next day. My husband sensed something was up, but I was too busy with holiday crap. Sorry, Dad.

I regret taking the bet to stand up on the bike seat, barefoot…on a bumpy road. Man that hurt when I knocked my tooth out! Wait, I only sort of regret that one, Everyone left the pipsqueak alone, after that one!

I don’t linger in regrets, though. I grow from them, how else do you evolve, as a person?

flo's avatar

@JilltheTooth ”...never irreparably harmed someone,...” I don’t mean necessarily mean something that big.
Anyway, Public figures seem to say that. I understand not verbalizing it in public for purposes of not being sued for eg. Isn’t it shame and regret that helps us to try and atone for our mistakes and just become fairer people? And we can regret something without dwelling on it I think. And we forgive people when we see that they sincerely regret what they have done. It is a good thing to regret. I agree with @CaptainHarley

JilltheTooth's avatar

And again, I think it’s about perception, because the concept of “regret” is entirely a subjective one.

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