Looking Back What Would You Have Changed???
By Susan
@HazySue (39264)
Gouverneur, New York
January 2, 2016 11:56am CST
As I look back on my life I wonder what would have happened if I had gone on to further my education. I had thought about but ended up getting married instead.
At first I thought I would change getting married the first time. Then thought that it would mean that I wouldn't have my daughters. That is something I would never change. They have all been a blessing.
So, even though my first instinct is to say I would not have gotten married to my first husband and gone further in my education, I think I would say I can safely say I would still marry him.
I would have kept up working towards furthering my education no matter how hard it became.
What would you have changed?
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13 responses
@AbbyGreenhill (45496)
• United States
2 Jan 16
There is not one thing I would change, everything that I did, good or bad, made me who I am today.
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@HazySue (39264)
• Gouverneur, New York
2 Jan 16
@AbbyGreenhill that's true, if you changed anything you wouldn't be you.
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@AbbyGreenhill (45496)
• United States
2 Jan 16
@HazySue If I did change I might be worse...and I don't want that.
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@Juliaacv (48583)
• Canada
2 Jan 16
I think that if I could have changed anything, it would have been when we started our family. It would have been a little nicer if we started during our first year of marriage instead of a year later. But I would have only changed it by a matter of months, so otherwise I am pleased.
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@inertia4 (27961)
• United States
26 Feb 16
I would change everything. Believe me. Well, mainly getting married. Not to the woman I did marry. She turned out to be bad. I also would have taken better care of myself. But we cannot go back, at least not yet. So, we deal with the choices we have made.
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@inertia4 (27961)
• United States
27 Feb 16
@HazySue I know. I am one of them. And my girlfriend tells me. I do worry about my kids and always put them ahead of me. And I also put my girlfriend ahead of me. I guess I feel that if they are fine I will be. I know that's not a good way to look at it. I am in the process of going to doctors and getting checked out and being fixed.
@xstitcher (30227)
• Petaluma, California
2 Jan 16
A lot of the mistakes I've made, which would be too long of an answer to list.
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@HazySue (39264)
• Gouverneur, New York
3 Jan 16
@xstitcher we all make mistakes, some big and some little. My mistake was to not further my education.
@sueznewz2 (10409)
• Alicante, Spain
2 Jan 16
It's a difficult one, I wish I was a bit brainier, perhaps paid more attention in class, but even if I was branier...I would still want to be exactly where I am now.... I would not want to change any of those things. 
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@Marilynda1225 (79495)
• United States
3 Jan 16
I don't know if there's a heck of a lot I'd change but maybe I would have learned to take more time for myself instead of running myself ragged all the time
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@HazySue (39264)
• Gouverneur, New York
3 Jan 16
@Marilynda1225 I think me time is important. I failed to take it when I needed it.
@Missmwngi (12927)
• Nairobi, Kenya
2 Jan 16
When i got my son at that point i would said i wish i did not but now i am all into him and i am so glad he came into my life
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@Missmwngi (12927)
• Nairobi, Kenya
3 Jan 16
@HazySue We kind of don't see the better side of something when it happens and later we realize it was the best
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@HazySue (39264)
• Gouverneur, New York
3 Jan 16
@Missmwngi it's wonderful that you are happy to have him now. I think things usually do turn out best in the end.
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@HazySue (39264)
• Gouverneur, New York
4 Jan 16
@cintol there are those who believe that everything or most everything is preordained. I like to think that we have a little bit of control in the decision making. I wish I could see how things would be if a made a few different decisions. I think it would be interesting.
