What's your biggest regret - Page 2

BeardofPants · 05-31-2002, 11:14 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Anduril
New Years 2001.

And no, BoP, I'm not telling.

Dammit!

Quote:

Originally posted by Blackheart
I regret eating that last slice of pizza.

ooooog

Pig...

Quote:

Originally posted by Lady Midnight
Therefore regret nothing. Regret only brings pain.

Yes. That's just what I'm trying to stick by. I've made a couple of stupid mistake, which I'll always eternally regret. But if I spent every waking moment regret them, it'd sent me nuts. I wish things could have been different, wish that I didn't leave home so young (16), or that the family thing was all peaches and cream, or waking up drunk next to some skanky drug addict... yeah... I wish I could change somethings, but I can't. So I've moved on. Hopefully to better things. *fingers crossed*

afro-elf · 06-01-2002, 01:31 AM

galadriel 88

i don't think LM or i were even close to flaming all we have done is express our differences
there has NOT been a been a personal attack by either of us

read some of the other earlier threads for flaming

disagreement does not equal flaming

Eruviel Greenleaf · 06-01-2002, 03:08 AM

Ugh. I'm only 18, and I've done quite a few things I've regretted, but reflecting on it, it's not, well, too bad. Yet there are quite a few times when I look back and wonder why on earth I didn't do something differently. To prevent myself from going around in circles with my thinking out loud-er, typing...whatever, I think I will end this now.

Lady Midnight · 06-01-2002, 07:10 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by galadriel88
*sigh* Guys, can we just have ourselves a nice, calm thread here? Please? AE and LM, I can see you disagree on some things HOWEVER all we want to do here is talk about regrets we have. Everyone makes mistakes - everyone. And we learn from them. That's all we're doing. So could you please try not to turn this into a flame war here? Thank you.

As for me, I don't have anything too major, but I have made plenty of mistakes in my short lifetime of 13 years. I guess my biggest regret is the way I treated my parents before I became a christian. I lied to them half the time, disrespected their authority and was just plain rude to them. I'm not as bad as I was, but I'm still working on it.

Who said anything about a flame war? I certainly haven't flamed anyone. I'm just making the point that what I've been through has made me stronger.

Some good did come out of it because if it hadn't happened I doubt very much that I'd be able to do the work that I do. I work at a helpdesk in a church where we basically provide help to whatever walks through the door. We deal with alchoholism, drug addiction, mental illness, homelessness, anything really.

I don't think I'd be there if I hadn't experienced what I have. I doubt very much that I'd be able to relate quite so well to people in difficulties had I not been in similar difficulties myself.

Of course it is different for everyone but that is my personal experience and how it affects me. Can anyone honestly say that they know more about my personal experience than I do?

Okay so maybe regret is good for some people, maybe for some suffering does not make them stronger but, in the experience of myself and indeed a lot of people I know, it does.

That's all there is to it.

Lizra · 06-01-2002, 08:17 AM

(makes note, Lady Midnight very touchy!

) I have a zillion regrets, many dumb choices made, but the biggest is probably... I regret that my only sibling, big brother, died when I was 15. I've missed him so many times in so many ways and it makes me so lonely and there is nothing, NOTHING! I can do about it to improve the situation. Boo hoo, this thread is sad!

StrawberryIcecream · 06-01-2002, 03:08 PM

That's awful. It must have been hard. *sigh*
wow life is hard.

galadriel88 · 06-01-2002, 03:40 PM

Sorry guys, I guess I was just a little ticked off last night. I understand it's not a flame war, sorry for calling it that. I did (and still do) feel that the argument got a little out of hand though. All I want is to be able to keep this thred to what it's suppose to be - talking about the things we regret in our lives and how we learned from them, what good things happened because of them, etc. It just kind of bothers me when there's a big argument in the middle of what would otherwise be a normal, peaceful thread

Blackheart · 06-02-2002, 02:05 PM

*Pours gasoline upon the troubled waters*

err... anyone got a match?

or am I gonna regret this?

Lady Midnight · 06-02-2002, 02:49 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Blackheart
*Pours gasoline upon the troubled waters*

err... anyone got a match?

or am I gonna regret this?

*LM looks round confused*

Troubled waters? I don't see any troubled waters.

Anyone see any troubled waters?

galadriel88 · 06-02-2002, 03:04 PM

Maybe we should build a bridge.

Lady Midnight · 06-02-2002, 03:50 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by galadriel88
Maybe we should build a bridge.

LOL that might be an idea.

BeardofPants · 06-02-2002, 03:50 PM

*Jumps in ankle deep puddle*

Eeee... fun!

galadriel88 · 06-02-2002, 08:44 PM

OK, hate to be the party pooper here, but...while making jokes about troubled waters is fun, we need to get this thread back on topic or it'll be closed.

Please, don't all beat me over the head at once....

Starr Polish · 06-02-2002, 10:00 PM

::sobs:: BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATER...::sobs:: Sorry, sang it at my best friend's graduation, I'm a little emotional

Tried to think of my 'biggest regret'. It is a superficial one, but...

Thinking that people have the 'right' to know that someone likes them.

Blackheart · 06-03-2002, 11:34 AM

Regrets are something that can usually be avoided by sufficient planning and the lack of a conscience.

Rána Eressëa · 06-04-2002, 01:46 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Starr Polish
I'd say at 16 I'm far too young to have any major regrets. Many are superficial.

You and me are totally different people, but I have to highly disagree with that comment because I am only 15 and can name a good deal of major regrets. And no, they aren't superficial.

Quote:

Originally posted by Lady Midnight
Therefore regret nothing. Regret only brings pain.

I must have one very odd form of regret, because it doesn't bring me any pain . . . *scratches her head*

Starr Polish · 06-04-2002, 11:30 AM

Yes, we are very different people. I should hope so, wouldn't it be boring if everyone was the same?

I suppose, in my life, I haven't been given any real experiences to regret something immensley.

And even if I did, I'd probably not talk about it here. ::shrug::

StrawberryIcecream · 06-04-2002, 11:54 AM

ooooohhhhhh! Handbags! *runs off to get popcorn*

Starr Polish · 06-04-2002, 12:01 PM

What?

Garina · 06-04-2002, 12:10 PM

Any time there is a duel on the Moot, someone (usually Arathorn!) goes to get popcorn.

At the moment the thing I regret most is being really nasty to my brother before he went on a sailing trip, cos he's in hospital with appendicitus at the moment.

They think he's going to be ok though.

06-01-2002, 01:31 AM	#22
afro-elf Hoplite Nomad Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 3,931	galadriel 88 i don't think LM or i were even close to flaming all we have done is express our differences there has NOT been a been a personal attack by either of us read some of the other earlier threads for flaming disagreement does not equal flaming __________________ About Eowyn, Does anyone know what her alias Dernhelm means? She was kown as dernhelm because of her exclaimation when she realized that the rider's headgear was heavy and obscured her sight. 'Dern Helm" Culled from Entmoot From Kirinski 57 and Wayfarer.

06-01-2002, 03:08 AM	#23
Eruviel Greenleaf Alcoholic Villain-Fancying Elf Pirate Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Lyonesse Posts: 4,547	Ugh. I'm only 18, and I've done quite a few things I've regretted, but reflecting on it, it's not, well, too bad. Yet there are quite a few times when I look back and wonder why on earth I didn't do something differently. To prevent myself from going around in circles with my thinking out loud-er, typing...whatever, I think I will end this now. __________________ Eruviel Greenleaf in a past life. "Whoever has come to understand the world has found only a corpse, and whoever has found a corpse is superior to the world." -The Gospel of Thomas SQUAWK!

06-01-2002, 08:17 AM	#25
Lizra Domesticated Swing Babe Join Date: May 2002 Location: Reality Posts: 5,340	(makes note, Lady Midnight very touchy! ) I have a zillion regrets, many dumb choices made, but the biggest is probably... I regret that my only sibling, big brother, died when I was 15. I've missed him so many times in so many ways and it makes me so lonely and there is nothing, NOTHING! I can do about it to improve the situation. Boo hoo, this thread is sad! __________________ Happy Atheist Go Democrats! Last edited by Lizra : 06-01-2002 at 08:35 AM.

06-01-2002, 03:08 PM	#26
StrawberryIcecream Elf Lord Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: In my jeans Posts: 915	That's awful. It must have been hard. sigh wow life is hard. __________________ www.foolofatook.com for all you pippin's out there.

06-01-2002, 03:40 PM	#27
galadriel88 Halfwitted Queen of Lothlorien Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Far off in a dream Posts: 1,166	Apologies Sorry guys, I guess I was just a little ticked off last night. I understand it's not a flame war, sorry for calling it that. I did (and still do) feel that the argument got a little out of hand though. All I want is to be able to keep this thred to what it's suppose to be - talking about the things we regret in our lives and how we learned from them, what good things happened because of them, etc. It just kind of bothers me when there's a big argument in the middle of what would otherwise be a normal, peaceful thread __________________ The beuatiful mind/The beautiful heart/Doesn't deserve the pain/How can I stop the rain? -How Can I Stop the Rain? by Kessid, my new favorite band +Every good thing that comes into my life is only a reflection of the greatest gift of all; the offering of yourself, dear Son of God+ Always remember, you're uniqe, just like everybody else! "The one constant through all the years has been the Trombone. America has rolled by like an army of steamrollers. Its been erased like a blackboard, rebuilt and erased again, but the Trombone has marked the time. This field, this section, this band is a part of our past. It reminds us of all that once was good, and could be again. Oh, people will come . . . people will most definitely come."

06-02-2002, 02:05 PM	#28
Blackheart Elf Lord Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Darkness Posts: 1,211	Pours gasoline upon the troubled waters err... anyone got a match? or am I gonna regret this? __________________ I have harnessed the shadows that stride from world to world to sow death and madness... Queer haow a cravin' gits a holt on ye -- As ye love the Almighty, young man, don't tell nobody, but I swar ter Gawd thet picter begun ta make me hungry fer victuals I couldn't raise nor buy -- here, set still, what's ailin' ye? ...

06-02-2002, 03:04 PM	#30
galadriel88 Halfwitted Queen of Lothlorien Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Far off in a dream Posts: 1,166	Maybe we should build a bridge. __________________ The beuatiful mind/The beautiful heart/Doesn't deserve the pain/How can I stop the rain? -How Can I Stop the Rain? by Kessid, my new favorite band +Every good thing that comes into my life is only a reflection of the greatest gift of all; the offering of yourself, dear Son of God+ Always remember, you're uniqe, just like everybody else! "The one constant through all the years has been the Trombone. America has rolled by like an army of steamrollers. Its been erased like a blackboard, rebuilt and erased again, but the Trombone has marked the time. This field, this section, this band is a part of our past. It reminds us of all that once was good, and could be again. Oh, people will come . . . people will most definitely come."

06-02-2002, 03:50 PM	#32
BeardofPants the Shrike Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: San Francisco, CA <3 Posts: 10,647	Jumps in ankle deep puddle Eeee... fun! __________________ "Binary solo! 0000001! 00000011! 0000001! 00000011!" ~ The Humans are Dead, Flight of the Conchords

06-02-2002, 08:44 PM	#33
galadriel88 Halfwitted Queen of Lothlorien Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Far off in a dream Posts: 1,166	OK, hate to be the party pooper here, but...while making jokes about troubled waters is fun, we need to get this thread back on topic or it'll be closed. Please, don't all beat me over the head at once.... __________________ The beuatiful mind/The beautiful heart/Doesn't deserve the pain/How can I stop the rain? -How Can I Stop the Rain? by Kessid, my new favorite band +Every good thing that comes into my life is only a reflection of the greatest gift of all; the offering of yourself, dear Son of God+ Always remember, you're uniqe, just like everybody else! "The one constant through all the years has been the Trombone. America has rolled by like an army of steamrollers. Its been erased like a blackboard, rebuilt and erased again, but the Trombone has marked the time. This field, this section, this band is a part of our past. It reminds us of all that once was good, and could be again. Oh, people will come . . . people will most definitely come."

06-02-2002, 10:00 PM	#34
Starr Polish Elf Lord Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Slow down and I sail on the river, slow down and I walk to the hill Posts: 2,389	::sobs:: BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATER...::sobs:: Sorry, sang it at my best friend's graduation, I'm a little emotional Tried to think of my 'biggest regret'. It is a superficial one, but... Thinking that people have the 'right' to know that someone likes them. __________________ “The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, but wiser people so full of doubts.” –Bertrand Russell

06-03-2002, 11:34 AM	#35
Blackheart Elf Lord Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Darkness Posts: 1,211	Regrets are something that can usually be avoided by sufficient planning and the lack of a conscience. __________________ I have harnessed the shadows that stride from world to world to sow death and madness... Queer haow a cravin' gits a holt on ye -- As ye love the Almighty, young man, don't tell nobody, but I swar ter Gawd thet picter begun ta make me hungry fer victuals I couldn't raise nor buy -- here, set still, what's ailin' ye? ...

06-04-2002, 11:30 AM	#37
Starr Polish Elf Lord Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Slow down and I sail on the river, slow down and I walk to the hill Posts: 2,389	Yes, we are very different people. I should hope so, wouldn't it be boring if everyone was the same? I suppose, in my life, I haven't been given any real experiences to regret something immensley. And even if I did, I'd probably not talk about it here. ::shrug:: __________________ “The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, but wiser people so full of doubts.” –Bertrand Russell

06-04-2002, 11:54 AM	#38
StrawberryIcecream Elf Lord Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: In my jeans Posts: 915	ooooohhhhhh! Handbags! runs off to get popcorn __________________ www.foolofatook.com for all you pippin's out there.

06-04-2002, 12:01 PM	#39
Starr Polish Elf Lord Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Slow down and I sail on the river, slow down and I walk to the hill Posts: 2,389	What? __________________ “The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, but wiser people so full of doubts.” –Bertrand Russell

06-04-2002, 12:10 PM	#40
Garina Elf Lord Join Date: May 2002 Location: Tring, Herts, England Posts: 582	Any time there is a duel on the Moot, someone (usually Arathorn!) goes to get popcorn. At the moment the thing I regret most is being really nasty to my brother before he went on a sailing trip, cos he's in hospital with appendicitus at the moment. They think he's going to be ok though. __________________ Entmoot Resident Bard #2 Wielder of the shiny fire extinguisher Worshipper of the divine cheesecake Hamsters and Rangers everywhere, rejoice!!! Minsc, Baldur's Gate 2 Children, don't take drugs. Become a pop star, then people give them to you for free!!! - Billy Mack, Love Actually. While I'm sure the nice people from the local archery club meant well, a moment's consideration would have made them realise that giving my friend and I lethal weapons was probably not a good idea! Dammit, eyeliner and dreadlocks should not be that sexy!

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