One Time...

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I would stop my wifes Father from driving on the day that he had an accident that ended his life.  Lona was only one month old at the time so she had a tough life growing up without a poppa.  But that\'s what makes her the bestest chick ever........

Hah, Ryu, I thought you didn\'t like all this off-topic stuff .
Anyway, I\'ll take this one seriously. I\'ll tell you something that I usually keep into my secrets list, but maybe this is what I need. Maybe I need to talk about it a little, and is much easier to me to talk about it with people that I\'ll never meet, in an anonimous forum on the internet, than in real life. There it goes, and if you (the reader) aren\'t going to take this seriously, please skip this useless post.



To tell you the truth, there\'s only one "event" that I\'d want to change if I could.

Well, it hapenned about 8-10 years ago. At that time, my life was very chaotic (there\'re a lot of bad and strange things going on), and I was a bit lost to say the least. My mother were always at work (at least that\'s what I thought at that time, stupid me), and my father... well, I\'ve only seen him 4-5 times in my entire life so...

I was alone at home most of the time, and for some reason people\'s presence bothered me during those 2 years. I just wanted to be alone for some time, but I\'m not sure why.

That year, I started in a new class. It was the nicest group of people I\'ve never met, but I didn\'t care at that time (yes, I was kinda stupid). The situation was like that for a few weeks, until I started to talk with one girl (the sister of one of my friends).

How would I describe her? Have you ever met a person as good that makes you believe again in humanity? That makes you recover the faith?. That\'s her.

I was in a bad point of my life, and I wanted to keep everybody away from me, even her. At first,  I was totally indifferent with her. That worked well until then, but the only thing she did was smile at me, like if she knew that I was acting. That left me confused everytime I was with her. Then the things went worse, and I was quiet and distant continuously. But she never left me; she did and said some things that I\'ll never forget, and I think that she has changed me completely (it\'s hard to explain in a few words).

Some time later, I had to move to my granmother\'s house (family stuff, and not too nice), and I left her. I don\'t know what she\'s doing now, maybe she\'s even married, but I find it impossible to forgive her. If I had the chance, I\'ll go back in time, go to where I lived and had a great/long conversation with the little me until he stopped acting like a moron, and started to look at the right place.

But, maybe, I lost my chance.

PS: Hey, you did ask, didn\'t you?

1. Go back and tell my friend to stay away from this guy at school that eventaully almost got him thrown in jail for 5 years for car theft.....

2.  Go back and make more friends...I might not be as shy as I am now......

3.   Tried Asking more girls out in school.........I got shot down alot in Elementary School
That why I am shy........Rejected at an early age does that.....


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Mine without a doubt has to do with my dad, about 6 months ago he got 3 fingers cut off and they weren\'t able to reattach them.  We had always done sports together and now hes not able to do half of the things he could do before.  I just wish I didn\'t take for granite him being able to do all those things with me.  The whole sports thing isn\'t all though, I also have nightmares like every other night because of it.  For some reason it was about just as tramatizing to me as to him.  I\'ll never forget that day.

Things I would change (I hope nobody is reading these really close ) :

1) Save my first dog from being killed by a car (he was hit twice in two years, second time by a speeder).

2) Make myself keep up with pitching and baseball, and take up football (cause I grew 14 inches and put on 50 pounds from 18-19 years old).

3) Avail myself of the opportunity I had when I was 15 (and still believed in white weddings), to spend the evening with an 18 year old girl I had a crush on at a party.  What the hell was I thinking!??!  I think about that night allllll the time now, believe me.

4) Prevent me from breaking my arm in Spain.  It healed badly, and they had to re-break it (in front of my cryin\' eyes), and reset it.  It\'s still a wee bit bent.

1.)Would of never hurt an old g/f and my friends who I mean alot to and who mean alot to me

2.)Would of never let my relationship w/my father go down the drain and not be stuck here not have talked to him in over a year.

3.) Would\'ve never started doing drugs in the first place.

First off, I want to thank everyone who took the time to seriously think and then reply to this topic.  I know for a lot of you, this was a very difficult question to answer because it actually involved dropping your guard to a bunch of strangers for a minute and revealing a little sorrow in your life that you wish you could fix.  It increases my respect for the few who have replied seriously and for that, I thank you as well.

Hah, Ryu, I thought you didn\'t like all this off-topic stuff.

I actually don\'t remember saying that specifically, but if you could point me towards the quote, I sure could use the nostalgia.

For as long as I can remember, my mother has never been good with relationships.  It\'s not that they beat her or anything like that, it\'s just that every husband\\boyfriend that she has had for as long as I can remember has been a complete scumbag.  Even my father, which I only have one fond memory with when I was around 3 or 4 years old, was a complete asshole to my mother.  The only husband my mom has ever had who treated her right was her first husband, but he died in a truck accident shortly after my brother was born and if he hadn\'t of died, I wouldn\'t be here.

For those keeping score, my mom has been married four different times ending by being widowed once, and then three divorces following after that.  Let\'s just say, her luck with the male species hasn\'t been all that great, but all of the husbands and even now her current boyfriend, I\'ve had to deal with.  Honestly, I\'ve hated them all in one way or another.  It just bothers me so much to see her treated this way by the scum of the Earth all because she feels lonely.

So, here\'s what I\'d do:  I\'d go back in time and sit down with my mom and tell her that we\'re all better off without these people entering our lives and causing havoc.  I\'d want to sit her down and have her listen to what her grown up son has to say about these mistakes, that her tiny tot of a son would be better off without all this drama in his life.  Tell her that even though her other son is terminally ill, I will grow into my role and care for him as best as I can when I got older.  I\'d tell her that sometimes, rather than directing your care at your ill son, that she should sometimes take time out and encourage my aspirations and wishes, and when she can, to indulge herself with her wishes as well.

Then, I want to tell my small tiny self to listen to my mother more, always treat women right, don\'t be shy around anyone and speak your mind when you can.  I\'d also tell him that when oppurtunity knocks, but it involves a lot of work, just remember that sometimes more work can lead to an even greater life.  We leave so many things unfinished in life, to skip those oppurtunites for some meaningless excuse.

Regret is a hard thing to live with.  I kick myself everyday for missing oppurtunities, not taking the initiative and just being lazy overall.  I just hope that with the changes I\'d want to inflict, that the life accomplishements I have made today, will still be waiting for me in the future (or is it the present?).  I\'d hate to make a few changes here and there and end up in a different place then where I am now.  I just hope that after these few changes, my girlfriend and future wife will still be waiting for me with open arms.

I screw my ex a couple years back and later found out that I don\'t like her all that much, it was her first time so she was like crying and stuff about it *how traditional*.  Anyways, if I get a time machine I\'ll probably go back and tell myself to rethink about the situation.  *will I really gonna do this...?*....:rolleyes:

Go back in time and make fun of myself..

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Originally posted by 182Ways
Heh, this is such an easy choice for me.

I would return to this one day during the 5th grade back in early 1996.  I have yet to forget that day, and it has haunted me ever since it happened.  It basically consisted of me being pressured by my friends to say something... "bad"... about this one girl in my class... and she heard about it.  It ultimately brought an abrubt end to our friendship (we were actually pretty good friends).  Ironic how she was (and still is) the only girl that I\'ve thought myself to be in love with, even back when we were friends.  

God, I\'ve always felt such a deep regret for that day and what I said.  And now, because I couldn\'t resist the pressure from my dumbass ex-friends, I lost the only girl to conquer my heart.

So yeah, if I had a time machine, I would return to that day and convince my old self to never say what I said.  Nothing that has happened in my life compares to that single event, so it wouldn\'t be a tough decision.

ok.. anyone else here wanna know what he said about her?  i know i sure do.. c\'mooooon

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and Ryu.. sounds to me that its not so much regret that your living with.. not really too much you could have done to change the situation.. whereas other people here made conscious decisions to do things, you had no idea  :\\  mebbe im reading it wrong, and of course i dont know the full stories..

:fro: toot on

Oh boy would i have fun.

First off, would it not be rather funny to go back in time, have sex with your much younger mother, and be your own father? THAT WOULD SO RULE.

...at least I think so...

In all seriousness, the first thing I\'d do is travel back into the late fifties, and meet my Dad\'s parents. They both died before I was born, and my Grandpa was well-traveled, he was British, and he had lived in Egypt and Burma. I\'d like to see what kind of person he is.

I\'d also like to meet Robert E. Lee, who is probably one of my most admired historical figures.

I\'d also like to see myself being born, and be able to tell my parents exactly what to do so that we can all have a better life. Like investing in Microsoft

I would have done a few things:

Spent a bit more time with my dad before he died 5 years back (I was only 14) and changed my last words to him, which were \'Manchester United have just scored\'. Man that was stupid!

Worked harder for my A-Levels, and my degree, which I\'m still doing, but just cant be motivated!

Split with my girlfriend earlier, 4 years together now, shes too attached and its very hard to do.

Played soccer more as a youngster, then I wouldnt have been unfit and bust my knee in a trial for a team.

Thats about it