Originally Posted By Lisann22 I did this question in the "Interview The Person Below You" thread but I thought hmmmm, this might be interesting for more than just one person to answer. If you could go back in time, what period in your life would you go back into to make that ONE change you wish you could that will affect the rest of your life when you dropped back into the here and now (wow, was that a long fragmented sentence or what)? I'll give you 1 month to make that change and poof, you are right back here today.
Originally Posted By Kar2oonMan I would go back to my late 20's, when I was much more in shape than I am now, and I'd do what it takes to stay in shape. Then, when I returned to the here and now, I'd have to go buy a bunch of new clothes.
Originally Posted By Disneymom443 That is a hard one cause I love where I'm at right now and if I could change something it would not have me where I'm today. Like the butterfly effect. So... I wouldn't change a thing.
Originally Posted By jasmine7 I would go back and keep myself from messing up financially. I wouldn't have gotten those credit cards. I'm better than I was a couple of years ago, but I'm still far from where I want to be.
Originally Posted By mele When I was 18, I went to our school Vice Principal to ask him to help me apply for a few of the many college scholarships available at our small school. He told me that he wouldn't help me and that I would just be taking money away from my friends who really deserved it. (At the time, I had straight A's.) I wish I would have told him to cram it where the sun didn't shine AND I wish I had made the school district aware of what he did AND, I wish I had applied for as many of those scholarships as possible. Around that same time, I stopped filling out college applications. I wish I hadn't let him affect me that way. But things in my life would be different and I wouldn't have my kids. I wouldn't change that for anything in the world.
Originally Posted By stagemomx3 I was going to say last Thursday, but reading other responses it reminded me that sometimes the best things come after those moments you want to change. Endings bring new beginnings right?
Originally Posted By Big Thunder I cant honestly say that I have no regrets in life, but I also don't know if I would want to go back and change anything because it all made me who I am today, which for the most part I am happy with. I suppose my concern would be... if I went back and changed significant things from my past, would I still have met my wife and had our wonderful daughter? Also, many of the mistakes and regrets of my past I have since accepted and dealt with and they have shaped who I am now and affect much of my lifestyle and what I do in my life today. So putting those concerns aside for a minute with the premise that my family would stay the same, I will play along with this fantasy... I would go back to around 1972/73 when I was around 12 years old. I know I cant change my parents relationship, my wish would have been that they stayed together and we lived as Ozzie and Harriet or beaver Cleavers but that was beyond my control. I could however change my behavior and how I disregarded any authority back then, particularly my mom's pleas, wishes, and attempts. I would have paid more attention to school and not take off down the dangerous path that I chose at that time.
Originally Posted By LVBelle I wish I had bought a house when I first moved to Vegas, the market was SOOO much better then!
Originally Posted By wahooskipper There were some women/girls that I had relationships with back in the day. I most cases I was the one and the receiving end of the break up. But, there were a couple of girls who I initiated the breakup with whom I wish I had treated with more respect. You just can't get that back...but I wish I could.
Originally Posted By DlandJB I don't have any regrets either, but I would love to go back to high school circa 1976-79 with the sensibilities and "chutzpah" of a 45 year old woman. I'd probably get kicked out the first time I told a teacher what I thought of what they said, or corrected slammed the eraser back at the doofus who taught algebra (but was actually hired to be a JV football coach) who used to throw erasers at the guys in the class who were mouthy. One sat in front of me and had faster reflexes...I was routinely beaned by the eraser meant for him. I'd probably throw it back now and suggest an alternative location for it on his anatomy. Yup...I'd probably get kicked out the first week.
Originally Posted By jnemo DlandJB is feisty!! I can think of alot of things I would like to go back and change but then I would not have the wonderful things in my life that I have now.
Originally Posted By bloona I wouldnt have let the bullies at school pick on me relentlessly, making me too scared to go out! I'd have answered their taunts back to start with, then I wouldn't have been seen as such an easy target by all the other bullies!! On the plus side, one group used to tease me about the make up I wore, saying I could work on the make-up counter at Boots the Chemist, funnily enough I did work there when I left school ,so great advice there!...lol. One of them goes to the library group i go to with Connor, and she has the nerve to actually smile at me!!! lol....right like I've forgotten what you called me?...cow 1.2.3.4.5.6.7.8.9.10 ok, Im calm again....lol
Originally Posted By CrouchingTigger Back to 7th grade... "Study, study study. Get good grades and _finish college_, ya bum! You _can_ do math and you're actually _good_ at it. (You just need to get rid of those pesky numbers and get into algebra.)" Oh and "take martial arts lessons and don't take any bullying."
Originally Posted By ReadingMom If I had to choose one time in my life to change it would be my early 20's. I wouldn't have dropped out of college to start working full-time. There was really no rush for me to start working...I just wanted to. Now I'm in my middle 40's and going to school to finish my degree. Also....another thing I would change is that I would have exercized more and stayed in shape. Hindsight is 20/20.
Originally Posted By DVC_dad Okay I know someone will say this is lame, but there is NOTHING I would change about my life today. Not one damn thing. However, having the chance to go back, I would return to 1986, and instead of going to University of Georgia, I would have moved to Florida and have gone to University of Florida and lived with my dad on weekends. (He lived around 103rd and Hwy 23 on the southwest side of Jacksonville and) I could have esily commuted home on weekends. He died shortly after I graduated, but I would have had more time with him and would have made the most of it, knowing then, what I know now. I miss him so very much.
Originally Posted By Stacers76 Ok did the Cher song not pop into anyone else's head?! Anyhoo.... I'd like to go back to when my grandparents were still alive...up til I was about 16 and try and take in more with them than I did when I was that age. As I get older I miss them more and more and wish I remembered more.
Originally Posted By DVC_dad Cher song? Which one? I love Cher! Shakira has a bit of Cher in her voice if you listen closely.
Originally Posted By Stacers76 I think it's called If you could turn back time...or something to that affect...where she danced around on a big ship full of seam...I mean sailors in her electrical tape outfit....
Originally Posted By disney pete I don't even want to go near this one i will only get all angry and resentful
Originally Posted By BlazesOfFire I would take that scholarship to UT when I graduated instead of taking the long and hard route I am taking now
