IF YOU COULD HAVE ONE DO-OVER
#91
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Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Barnesville GA
Posts: 3,181
Originally Posted by dreamer2009
Originally Posted by Lisanne
What about you, Dreamer?
I would have come from a family
that loved and cared about me...
that would have formed a completely different me...
a me I would probably like today.
#93
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Join Date: Sep 2011
Location: Cheyenne, Wy.
Posts: 200
I would take back nothing, but reading this I see that many of us have the same thinking about 'waiting.' We were expected to finish school, get married and have babies. BUT...if i knew what I know now I would of waited! I love my kids, am proud of them and who they have become but I would of married later than 20 and had my kids at a later age.
#95
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Join Date: May 2011
Location: Folsom, CA
Posts: 1,548
Well I have few regrets in life. I did go to college and taught 35 years. I successfully raised two kids. I had no issues with rebellion or worries with them. My son became a software engineer and was still very much a part of our lives. Then one of my former students who knew him asked about him. I casually told my son she asked about him. Well long story short, she nabbed him, didn't like his family from the minute she got the ring on her finger. Now 7 years later, he has two sons that we have only seen twice. No pictures, no phone calls, no emails or texts, we were thrown under the bus. I cried for years and tried to continue to have him and his family in our life. Not.
The good is I still have my wonderful daughter. She is kind, sensitive and we are proud that she is finishing up as Chief Resident for Pediatrics. She continues to be a delight and we are happy she is in our lives.
The regret is opening my mouth about this girl. She is a lying, manipulative b...h. I have heard that this has happened with other families. I think I would rather have had a little stress raising him and still have him in my life. I wonder if he will ever regret throwing his family away?
Well, done with my pity party.
The good is I still have my wonderful daughter. She is kind, sensitive and we are proud that she is finishing up as Chief Resident for Pediatrics. She continues to be a delight and we are happy she is in our lives.
The regret is opening my mouth about this girl. She is a lying, manipulative b...h. I have heard that this has happened with other families. I think I would rather have had a little stress raising him and still have him in my life. I wonder if he will ever regret throwing his family away?
Well, done with my pity party.
#98
The first words I ever spoke must have been, "when I graduate from high school, I'm leaving home, going far away, and never coming back" and, except for occasional visits, that's what I did. I would not change a thing about the decision I made.
My do-over would be: I would NOT have had surgery on my left hand forefinger to remove a ganglia cyst. Not only will it never get back to its pre-surgery dexterity, it's developed arthritis and often hurts like the dickens when I'm piecing quilts. Now that I know more about ganglia cysts, I am confident that the cyst would have just gone away on its own.
My do-over would be: I would NOT have had surgery on my left hand forefinger to remove a ganglia cyst. Not only will it never get back to its pre-surgery dexterity, it's developed arthritis and often hurts like the dickens when I'm piecing quilts. Now that I know more about ganglia cysts, I am confident that the cyst would have just gone away on its own.
#99
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Join Date: May 2010
Location: Jacksonville, Florida
Posts: 859
Originally Posted by valleyquiltermo
I have found that the road I traveled has made me who I am today, so since I like who I see in the mirror I wouldn't change anything I've done. I would love to have my son back.
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