Would You Go Back?
By LindaOH
@LindaOHio (197331)
United States
August 8, 2025 11:27am CST
Would you go back in time? So many people I've talked to have said no. What's done is done. I'm a better person because of what I've gone through. My past has shaped who I am You can't go back.
BUT what if you could?
Suppose you were given the opportunity to change just ONE thing in your past. Would you do it? What would it be?
I made a huge, gigantic, enormous mistake in my past; and that's the one thing I would change. I would prefer 100 do-overs because there are things that I didn't say, things that I did say, things that I didn't do and things that I did do that I would change. But in this scenario I am only given one chance.
What about you?
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28 responses
@LindaOHio (197331)
• United States
9 Aug
If I eradicated my mistake, it would not change the future. It would alleviate me of a lot of guilt.
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@LadyDuck (481307)
• Italy
9 Aug
@LindaOHio - It is possible. I remember that years ago I read a great book by Stephen Kind, a man traveled in the past to save JFK... well nothing good happened later.
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@Manasha (2866)
• Pondicherry, India
9 Aug
you’re touching on something a lot of people wrestle with — that tension between acceptance of the past and the fantasy of a single, surgical edit to it.
If we’re speaking hypothetically (and without any time paradoxes or butterfly-effect disasters), choosing just one thing can feel almost impossible because every decision is tangled with others. But it’s also revealing — the thing we’d change usually points to a moment we still carry deep in our hearts.
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@LindaOHio (197331)
• United States
18h
@TheHorse I searched and read the lyrics. I definitely made one wrong move.
@LindaOHio (197331)
• United States
9 Aug
I carry a lot of guilt because of this one thing.
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@snowy22315 (194310)
• United States
9 Aug
@LindaOHio Well one thing was I could have gone to Temple to get an MSW, but I didn't do it, because I wanted to stay in the State College area with my then boyfriend..Huge mistake. Actually, if I had really leaned into career prep, I would have studied speech path to begin with..would have been a much better option..but I didn't even know anything about it until I was a junior in college.
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@LindaOHio (197331)
• United States
9 Aug
@snowy22315 Thank you for sharing that. I'm sorry you have regrets.
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@marguicha (228135)
• Chile
9 Aug
The only thing I want from the past is my husband.
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@LindaOHio (197331)
• United States
9 Aug
If I had more than one do-over, I would not have asked my husband to get the package off of the porch.
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@NJChicaa (124197)
• United States
9 Aug
@LindaOHio You need to let it go. That accident was not your fault.
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@LindaOHio (197331)
• United States
18h
@NJChicaa That is definitely one thing I would do differently; but that's not the really bad thing that I did.
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@LindaOHio (197331)
• United States
9 Aug
My mistake, if eradicated, would not change my future...it would just alleviate a ton of guilt.
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@AmbiePam (101417)
• United States
8 Aug
Man, I don’t know. I don’t want to have to go through the same hardships. Not that I’m doing great now. I know a lot of my mistakes would be getting medical help long before I did. If I had been married though, I’m sure I’d have a lot of mistakes going through my head.
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@AmbiePam (101417)
• United States
9 Aug
@LindaOHio Oh, I can’t even manage how that hurts. I just want to hug you so badly.
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@LindaOHio (197331)
• United States
9 Aug
I'd like to fix that one mistake and also not ask my husband to get that package off the porch. He might still be with me.
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@LindaOHio (197331)
• United States
18h
@AmbiePam Thanks. I know that it wasn't my fault; but the idea that he still would be here just haunts me.
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@LindaOHio (197331)
• United States
9 Aug
What I did, if undone, would not change my future. It would alleviate a lot of guilt.
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@LeaPea2417 (38202)
• Toccoa, Georgia
8 Aug
Oh yes, there is one thing in my past that I wish could be changed.
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@LeaPea2417 (38202)
• Toccoa, Georgia
9 Aug
@LindaOHio I can't go into details here.
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@LindaOHio (197331)
• United States
18h
@LeaPea2417 Me neither. And I've never told anyone.
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@RasmaSandra (87859)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
8 Aug
Always too painful and too much on the mind I would not. Besides it is said that even if people could go back to a certain time and age they would just do all the same things again because that was how it had to be
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@RasmaSandra (87859)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
9 Aug
@LindaOHio I understand your thoughts but they say if it had to happen it would happen again not matter what and you certainly don't want to go through all that again do you? He is released from his wordly problems and now can watch over you and wait for you on the other side,
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@LindaOHio (197331)
• United States
9 Aug
Knowing what I know now, I would not make that same mistake...AND I would also not ask my husband to get that package off the porch...He might still be here.
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@LindaOHio (197331)
• United States
18h
@RasmaSandra I talk to him every day; and every day I cry. I'm sure you've gone through the same grief. It's tough being a widow.
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@moffittjc (125223)
• Gainesville, Florida
9 Aug
Your question does elicit great thought. Of course there are a million things I'd love to go back in time to change (especially knowing what I know now), but like you said all those past experiences (good and bad) have made us who were are today. Also, what if we were to go back and change one mistake we've made in our past, and it changes the entire future (who we are and where we are today)? I may be satisfied with that one thing I went back to fix, but I might totally be disgusted of what it made me become in current time.
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@LindaOHio (197331)
• United States
9 Aug
My mistake, if eradicated, would not change my future; and I would not have to carry a ton of guilt on my shoulders.
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@MommyOfEli2013 (85377)
• Rupert, Idaho
8 Aug
Well the only thing I would really go back to change is losing people I love, and I am thinking of specifically my uncle. That affected a lot
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@LindaOHio (197331)
• United States
9 Aug
Yes, but that wasn't based on anything you did or didn't do.
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@MommyOfEli2013 (85377)
• Rupert, Idaho
10 Aug
@LindaOHio Sorry....I misunderstood the assignment I guess...
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@MarieCoyle (47055)
•
9 Aug
Everyone has a regret or two, big or small. What has happened to us throughout the course of our lives has helped to shape the person we are today. If we could go back, would we be the same? Could we really ''fix'' what happened, or change it? Was it even possible?
If a person has a huge regret, did something or said something they now think they never should have done, going back won't fix it, even if we could. Would it alter our future? Would it make a difference, or improve our lives in some way? Sometimes, we just have to let things go...
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@LindaOHio (197331)
• United States
9 Aug
I just wish I could get rid of the guilt.
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@Juliaacv (54285)
• Canada
8 Aug
Yes, there is 1 single thing that I would redo if I had the chance to.
It was a place that I did not go to, but I do not really know if it would have changed things.
I am glad that for my mistakes that I have made, I take it to myself to learn from each mistake.
Overall, I am thankful for the lessons that I have learned-some the hard way, because it is not a mistake if we learn from it.
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@LindaOHio (197331)
• United States
9 Aug
I learned from my mistake; but I carry a huge load of guilt on my back.
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@wolfgirl569 (120584)
• Marion, Ohio
9 Aug
That's very easy for me. I would stop my son from driving that last day.
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@LindaOHio (197331)
• United States
9 Aug
Oh, Eva, I wish you could do that too. I am so sorry.
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@xFiacre (14099)
• Ireland
8 Aug
@lindaohio Loads of things I could have done much better but we’ll never know.
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@1creekgirl (44001)
• United States
8 Aug
Very thought provoking. Yes, there's one of many things I would do differently that affected my marriage.
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@Deepizzaguy (112892)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
9 Aug
I would like to back in time before computers were used.
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@Deepizzaguy (112892)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
4h
@LindaOHio That is true since life was simple then.
@LindaOHio (197331)
• United States
18h
Yes. I loved the 60s and 70s. Some really good times and really good music.
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