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If u could go back in time and change one event that happened would you and what would it be that you changed?

Asked by Lee_27 (348points) July 17th, 2008 from iPhone
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bugmenot's avatar

Do my best to delay Mary Elizabeth Winsteads birth so she’d be my age… We’d totally be hooked up.

busse's avatar

There are numerous choices I regret, but I don’t think I’d want to be able to go back in time to change anything. This would cause a cascade effect I’m not sure I could live with and make future decisions too easy to not choose carefully.

flameboi's avatar

I shouldn’t have seen the Matrix reloaded premier, that day my life changed forever, I should have stayed working instead of going :s I’m still facing the consequences…

rockstar's avatar

Are you talking about in our personal lives or in history?
If you are referring to personal, I don’t know if I would change anything. I have made a lot of mistakes but they are learning experiences.
If you are talking about historically, I would go back and make sure Hitler would have never came in to power.

SilentlyLogical's avatar

hmm… I’d go back to the moment my first crush made her move and ask her out instead of stepping back to think and watch another guy asked her out 2 seconds before I would have…

wildflower's avatar

One or two wrong turns that took some time to get over or come to terms with, I might change, given the chance.

Upward's avatar

There are a few….. Stopping Bush from winning in Florida in 2000 tops the list.
America and the World would have been so much better off with Al Gore!
If we only knew how bad it could get…..

shrubbery's avatar

Anyone seen The Butterfly Effect? I wouldn’t change anything..

Skyrail's avatar

Go back and change everything that you lot changed so nothing had changed.

One event? Mhmm…give me more time heh.

jrpowell's avatar

On a global (history) scale: No gunpowder.

On a local (personal) scale: I would have never had that first cigarette.

Allie's avatar

Two of mine can be found here.

Knotmyday's avatar

I wish I’d been nicer to my parents, growing up. I’m trying to make it up to them.

Sueanne_Tremendous's avatar

All I can say is it involved a nun, a notebook and a piece of chalk. Oh, you can bet I’d change that day.

flameboi's avatar

@shrubbery
Great movie, but now that you mention it, I wonder what would have happened if I could change what I mentioned above….

rj325's avatar

steal googles idea.

JackAdams's avatar

If it were possible (and it isn’t), I would have attempted to prevent the execution of Jesus Christ.

deaddolly's avatar

I would change many of the stupid things I’ve done; hard to pick just one…

World-wise…really have to think about that one. Good question…I’ll be back.

angelamp's avatar

I don’t want to change anything in the past because if I will, I know I will not end up where I am now. My life may not be perfect but I am fine with how everything turned out. If I could go back in time, I would just love to go back to the moments I had fun and re-live those moments again even just for a few moments… hahaha!

moorpheus's avatar

I would wait to get married and to give birth to my wonderful son until I was old enough to be a really super parent. Giving birth at 19 meant he was deprived of so much . . . a mature mom would have given him a better boost in life. I guess 38 would be the age I’d do it in a future life. And I’d want the same son I have!

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