If you could travel back through time, what single mistake would you correct in

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   sriramapriyaposted 10 years ago

   If you could travel back through time, what single mistake would you correct in life?

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   ohic32posted 10 years ago

   Studying to become a teacher instead of studying for something in the business field. I regret that every single day.
   
   I'll get my business degree, but since I really do not enjoy spending extended periods in school I can't help but think how much I would have had my business degree already and going on to do my masters now.

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   KatyWhoWaitedposted 10 years ago

   Actually, I have many mistakes in life.  However, I think you're looking for one single defining moment that we feel we made a decision that changed our lives negatively forever. That decision, for me, was the decision to make a phone call at the precise moment I did.  It was a phone call I had made to my husband who had left for a friend of mine.  He had come back, a year later, to tell me he made a mistake.  I said we'd have to go to counseling. That phone call is my greatest regret. To cope with my grief over that decision, I re-wrote the scenario with a GOOD outcome in a short story that I call "Crack in the Sidewalk."  (I have several versions of this and the one on  hubpages still needs editing- the ending needs expanding - that's my writer's embarrassment speaking here.) ANYWAY,  In the story, I go over to the other woman's house and confront her telling her what our marriage means to me and being quite strong in fighting for my marriage.  In real life, when I made the phone call and heard my husband say, "Can I call you back later?" I knew she was at his apt.  After a series of soap-opera events that fortunately did not turn tragic, I told the other woman "Fine, you can have him." and was done.  I really didn't mean to leave her with that impression, nor my husband.  I wanted my family and didn't fight for it hard enough.  If I hadn't made that one phone call, we would have continued with counseling and I think we could have made it.  As it turned out, many lives were terribly emotionally destroyed - especially the children.  My point is, don't try to save face when you happen to be in a situation like this by denying how much you want your marriage.  People will tell you, "Move on with your life,"  "He'll do it again," and on and on.  They're not comfortable with ambiguity.  But rational, honest dealing with the situation is what's called for and if you need help going about it with reason and dignity, get the help.  Don't let people convince you of something you know in your heart is not right for you.  Don't  play games or try to save face.  Too much is riding on your decision.  "Measure seven times, cut once."

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   wqaindiaposted 10 years ago

   I will like to start afresh from the day ZERO as my parents used to tell me that I did not cry at the time of my birth and they had to wait for it.

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   wvugirl2007posted 10 years ago

   I would go back to age 20. I would stop my weight problem when it started instead of letting it get to this point. Over the last 10 years I have gone from very skinny to unhealthy. I know I need to lose the weight and while I have lost some of it recently I am no where close to where I was at 20. My life might be very different if I had not let get to his point.

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