How much of life is regret?

[MrPerson]

Just asking.

[AlCzervik]

1. 29%.

[SidneyCarton]

5. Depends.

Religious guilt can change your mileage

Jewish 37%
Catholic 43%
Mormon 68.253%

[arcadian]

2. When you have a white penis, you have no regrets.

n.r

[Sky Masterson]

3. It depends

on the person and the actions.
Or maybe the inaction's.
Who knows? :shrug:

[Lil Missy]

4. What would be your estimation?

[MrPerson]

6. When I was young - 5%. Now - 75%

[Lil Missy]

7. Why? You want to talk about it. So spit it out.

[Lorien]

23. At least 75% here too

and it's true; one regrets what one didn't do more than what one did.

[My Good Babushka]

8. Everything but the pooping.

:shrug:

[sammythecat]

12. Ha Ha

Yep. no regrets there :smoke:

[Inchworm]

9. define regret

:D

[CaliforniaPeggy]

10. My dear MrPerson...

I've heard it said, and I agree, that you should never regret anything that once made you smile...

Regret, like worry, is a useless emotion. IMHO anyway.

I've also heard it said, and again I agree, that you should only regret the things you didn't get to do...

I refuse to regret.

I wish you the same...

:hug:

[sammythecat]

11. That's so dependent on personality.

I think if you could somehow have 5 different people live the same life I bet percentages of regret would vary significantly. An action I take might cause me a lot of regret while you, or someone else, might have very little regret. Or none. A perfectionist is going to have a lot of regret.

[Lil Missy]

13. Geeze. You are such a ray of sunshine.

[sammythecat]

17. Yes, that I am

:smoke:

[grasswire]

14. a very interesting question

....and I have a lot of regrets.

[SPKrazy]

15. If you mean do I regret some actions? Yes

do I regret the path my life has taken? No, because it is just one of many paths that it could have taken and I have no idea where it is really going. I have ideas, but 5 years ago I didn't think I'd be living in a 1 bedroom apartment, divorced, and wondering if I will be able to own a home again in the near future...or wonder if I'm really better off single because I have come to enjoy the freedom of it, however a pillow to snuggle with isn't the same, so now and again it is nice to have a person to snuggle..., but all the time? Haven't decided that one yet, and it may not be my decision. Just trying to go with the flow and not fight the river.

:hi:

[RagAss]

16. In what respect, Charlie?

[lightningandsnow]

18. There's only us, there's only this. Forget regret, or life is yours to miss.

No other road, no other way. No day but today...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jbljhS4xDlU

[Lil Missy]

19. I'm listening ...

[960]

20. Whatever is left over after the rage and depression.

[BarenakedLady]

21. I try not to regret

As I sit here at age 40 after being married and having children, I don't regret a thing. Of course, I'm about to get divorced and move on to the next chapter in my life, but all I can do is look forward to my future. I realize that nothing is ever too late to change. My life isn't over yet. I'm looking forward to what comes next.

[MrSlayer]

22. Very little, the past is the past.

Can't do anything about it, so why worry about it? Enjoy the moment.

[Iggo]

24. Some of it, sometimes.

But don't dwell on it.

Every now and then do a "Well, shit. Ya know, I probably should've..."

And the do an "Oh well" and then move on.

[Wapsie B]

25. Sometimes way too much.

I used to regret so much.Thing is though that living nothing but regrets takes away from you enjoying the here and now. Life is lived in the present.

[Fleshdancer]

26. none if you like who you are right now

Everyone screws up and for many of us, that's how we learn the big lessons. If you're happy with who you are today, then there's nothing to regret because every mistake, every perceived missed opportunity leads you to where you are right now.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

27. I only have one regret but, I carry it with me forever. n/t

[Taverner]

28. Funny thing about regret, son. It's better to regret something you HAVE done..

Than something you HAVEN'T

And if you see your mom - tell her I said

SATAN!
SATAN!
SATAN!
SATAN!
SATAN!
SATAN!

[nomorenomore08]

30. I always wondered who that was talking on the track...

The voice of the "dad" sounds like it could be Gibby, but I really don't know. :shrug:

[Taverner]

35. I do think Dad was Gibby

Son may have been too...they played a lot with pitches and speeds

[Lucian]

29. For me...95%.

:(

[nomorenomore08]

31. A significant amount, but a lot less than half. Then again, I'm still young (24).

I just hope it doesn't pile up with age, to the point that I'm one of those bitter old guys (a lot of them alcoholics) who live completely in the past. Better to die young than be miserable later, I suppose...

[RFKHumphreyObama]

32. For me about 98%

Probably

[Forkboy]

33. I don't know yet. Get back to me on my deathbed.

So far I have very few.

[raccoon]

34. For years, I bitterly regretted a job/career path I took.

I don't now. Maybe I've just accepted that's what I did, and can't change it now.

But I know where you're coming from. :hug: