Did you ever wish you could go back in time and reverse something that happened?

United States
November 17, 2009 1:50pm CST
Life is full of mistakes and regrets. Something happened in the past that I do not feel comfortable revealing, and I want to change it... Did anything happen to you that you desperately wanted to change, but had no power in doing so?
1 person likes this
6 responses
@HansonFan (1653)
• United States
23 Nov 09
Yep - and mine is probably the weirdest thing. I wish I had never worked at Garden Ridge or that I had quit early. Let me tell you first that I have had the worst problems with so called friends at college. I have been miserable here for 3 of my 4 years. This is the best year I have had but I can honestly say LET ME OUTTA HERE!!! lol. So, what does my job have to do with college? Well, my very last day there I met a girl named Shelby. Shelby and I met during our lunch break and found out we were going to the same college in the Fall. We swapped e-mails and e-mailed all summer. When we met back at the college she introduced me to Callie and Nicole, and the next year Allie. Everything went fine for awhile, but Shelby eventually became my roommate. BAD idea. She was so controlling, telling me that I had to watch TV with her (Im a music freak...always have headphones in, lol), when I had to come back from dinner, who I could be friends with...it was insane. I dropped her. Moved in with Callie. Not as bad...but a 24/7 disney person...she had to have it on to sleep! Couldn't see the floor on her half of the room...nightmare. I got my own room the next semester. Allie wasn't bad, I just didn't like her other friends. Shelby told lies to our coworkers (I was the Supervisor to make it even worse) about me and Allie at our summer job (A job I had gotten them, by the way). Allie went back to Shelby and we havent really talked since then. Callie and Nicole are drunks now and they constantly bug me and make me look like the bad guy because I dont drink and try to steal my one really good friend from me. So, really, if I had never met Shelby my college experience would have been a lot better. Ive considered dropping out so many times...glad I didnt though... Anyway, sorry about the Novel. lol. Its a sore spot and I can rant forever...
• Southend-On-Sea, England
20 Nov 09
Yes there are a couple of things I regret that if I were able to go back in time with the knowledge I now have, I'd love to change for the better. Probably best I don't say what those things are though.
• United States
17 Nov 09
Some people say that if you have no regrets you haven't lived. If that's true then wow, have I lived! I have many, many regrets and some of them would have been life changing to me and my family. I can say without hesitation that you must not dwell on your regrets or they will eat you alive and ruin your future. If you can change something for the better then do it. Otherwise, learn from you mistakes instead. Regret it, learn from it and move on. Start tomorrow with a smile first thing in the morning even if you feel like poo!
• United States
17 Nov 09
Of course I wish I could go back and change so many things that I did or did not do. And yes I so wish I could change things that maybe I said or did but what can we do but move on in life and learn from our past the mistakes we made down the road and at the same time I feel some of the mistakes we made we learn alot from.It'S just a part of our lives I guess I found there is nothing I can do about my past and god knows I wish I could but I learned to move on even though at times it is diffucult what else can we do?Move on to a better way of thimking and doing things right this time.Well Good Luck.;]
@getbrowser (1708)
• China
17 Nov 09
go back in time - When we have made a mistake, then we may want to go back in time and reverse something that happened.
Yes, I guess all people have wished they could go back in time and reverse something that happened someday. Although it is impossible completely for us to make it come true, we never cease to chase after our dream. Living in such a society, we have to face various difficulities under big pressure. Sometimes, for carelessness or other reasons, we may make mistakes and then, we may regret doing such a mistake and want to take some measures to make up for it. But usually, it is useless even if we have tried our best to retrieve the loss, so, what we can do is just to wish us could go back in time and reverse something that happened. In my eyes, wo should pay more attention to the current work instead of the past mistakes.
@Godmother (476)
• Indonesia
20 Nov 09
Of course I had bad mistakes, bad decisions, bad words spoken, bad behavior, and list goes on...! But never dwell on the "What if...." it's dangerous. You will be stuck in the past, and never get through your regrets. The bad experiences are there to correct your personality and make you wiser. So don't let it ruin you. Just be careful next time. Because you usually will face a similar situation in the future. Good luck.