What's the biggest regret of your life.

[ThailandRyan 16,696]

14 minutes ago, ThailandRyan said:

As far as regrets go, and thinking outside of the box, I am sure that Prayut and his Government must feel like Rodney Dangerfield did right about now.  Rodney was haunted by regrets of days gone by. So Prayut must view his life just as Rodney did as I am sure Prayut and staff quite often get caught up in a perpetual cycle of unconscious thoughts that lead them to believe that success and happiness is somewhere in the future or when the goal is achieved.  A goal they will never achieve.

So here is the regret I have.  Thinking of the above I regret thinking this country could be different with them at the Helm....that is a big regret

[RichardColeman 26,423]

Marrying my first Thai wife and also Not meeting my currently Thai wife when she was 18. (have to say this - she may look at my browser history)

[onekoolguy 388]

2 hours ago, thaibeachlovers said:

Took me years before I realised that some parents actually love their children and want them around in their life.

 

That's not a regret in my life though, as I never really knew them- banished to boarding school and worked in the holidays.

Some of us believe that we do chose our parents. Sad that yours did not work out? But you still ended up here!

[olfu 356]

...biggest regret?---being  born. 

[Golden Triangle 5,533]

I'm pretty sure that I have some regrets, but, I look at it this way, if at point U I hadn't done V then I wouldn't have ended up at W, which in time would not have led to me to go to X and booking a flight to Y, which in turn led me to be living Z for the last 9 years.

 

What I'm trying to say is that what we do and when we do it has consequences, if I had not gone to my local on a particular night, met a mate who had a house and a bar here & was on a short visit to the UK I may never have discovered Thailand.

 

I feel sure we can all relate to this in one way or another, the actions and thoughts we make and do today can and will impact on our future lives.

[Susco 5,500]

4 hours ago, worgeordie said:

in there, I still feel truly sorry I ever took him to she her,and still regret it to this day.

Reading your story really touched me, and I think farang pub is not the right place for it

 

I have a similar regret, but I'm not gonna post it on a forum full of cynics.

[keith101 12,626]

Marrying my first wife became an absolute skank .

[steven100 20,426]

2 hours ago, Grumpy one said:

Not having told my Mother how much I loved her

 

yes ... i can relate to that ...i miss mum.

[steven100 20,426]

49 minutes ago, ThailandRyan said:

As far as regrets go, and thinking outside of the box, I am sure that Prayut and his Government must feel like Rodney Dangerfield did right about now.  Rodney was haunted by regrets of days gone by. So Prayut must view his life just as Rodney did as I am sure Prayut and staff quite often get caught up in a perpetual cycle of unconscious thoughts that lead them to believe that success and happiness is somewhere in the future or when the goal is achieved.  A goal they will never achieve.

you really need to get a life outside.    lol   

 

 

 

 

Edited October 30, 2020 by steven100

[polpott 5,234]

11 minutes ago, keith101 said:

Marrying my first wife became an absolute skank .

I was married to my first wife for 7 weeks. Not seen her since so I never really got to find out.

[Rookiescot 11,534]

16 minutes ago, Susco said:

Reading your story really touched me, and I think farang pub is not the right place for it

 

I have a similar regret, but I'm not gonna post it on a forum full of cynics.

Cynics?

Here?

Surely some mistake has been made. 

[nausea 4,637]

Not joining the paras, or the royal marines, or the french foreign legion; I actually got a red beret in the territorials, so the physical thing wasn't really a problem. Instead I spent a dumb amount of time running around for free, and studying something that had little interest to me at the time. Later, it would prove useful, I admit.

[CharlieH 28,605]

Reported post and response quoting it have been removed.

[Jack Hna 628]

3 minutes ago, polpott said:

I was married to my first wife for 7 weeks. Not seen her since so I never really got to find out.

You have made some wise decisions, it is clear.

[Aussiepeter 436]

Regrets ? In 1972 during the Vietnam War at age 20, I bought then the world's fastest ever 4 door production sedan - an Australian made Ford Falcon GTHO with a 351 Cubic Inch motor, 4 speed gearbox, 36 Imperial gallon fuel tank, 500 BHP, 140 mph plus and then, after losing my virginity in that car I sold it to get married in 1973 to the same lazy, useless, adulterous farang witch. Divorce cost me everything ten years later. That car, if you can even find one for sale now, is around 1.5 million $US. Maybe more. Should have kept the car and never married her. Try these stats - 55 mph in first cog, 85 mph in second, 110 mph  in third and whatever you want in forth. Mind you, petrol (gas for Americans) was only 20c a gallon back then. Same price as a glass of beer. It did about 5 miles per gallon when pushed hard. I think I hold the record for the fastest 75 mile trip on a two lane highway between two NSW towns - I did it in 34 minutes flat in 1972. I'd be jailed now if I even tried it. Back then, I probably assumed I was going to die in Vietnam soon anyway. I didn't. My lovely 11 y.o. half-Thai daughter constantly reminds me that if all the %**t in my life had not happened, I'd have never have had her and her mum. She's right of course and, I just had my 68th birthday.