Don't you just hate people who say they wouldn't change a thing?

Question

They say stupid things like "It made me who I am today". Yeah like how would I be the wonderful person i am today without all that suffering I went through. I think i would be a far more awsome, happier and richer person with out all those dumb mustakes.

Answer 1

As my Dad says, you don't have to experience everything to know it. He'll say stuff like, if you get hit by a car, you dam* well and know it's going to hurt! You see my sister does a lot of stuff, makes her mistakes and then says that's how you learn. When one makes mistakes and has bad things happen to them. My Dad doesn't buy it. I think in most cases, you don't have to directly go through the motions to learn the lesson.

Answer 2

Experience does shape a person. Obviously the difference between a child and an adult is experience. To advance, you learn. Learning inherently involves mistakes. Look at anyone in a leadership role, or doing anything worthwhile and I guarantee you they got there by experience, which involves mistakes. So yeah, the "I wouldn't change a thing" is cliche and good material for halmark cards. But, the only reason you can spell your name right is because you learned how, and I bet you made mistakes then too.

Answer 3

Yea, but you learned from making those dumb mistakes...which technically should play apart in who you are today. Everyone wants to change something from their past, but what good is it to dwell on something you can't change? What happened happened, you can only learn from the experience and hope that if the same situation presents itself again sometime in the future, you can do what you wished you should have done the first time around. Everyone suffers, just got to suck it in, move on, and work up the dedication to reach your ideal goal. You might not reach it, but you could get something positive out of trying. Here's a quote that helps: "If you shoot for the stars, be persistant and never stray. But if you can't reach the stars, you can still land on the moon."

Answer 4

We all know that some experiences can make people stronger, but everyone has some regrets, so people who say they wouldn't change a thing are usually lying.
However, the bad things that have happened in my life have helped to shape who I am now, and I like that person, so it's not all negative.

Answer 5

I don't like that either. It is such a lie! Cliches drive me nuts anyway. Nothing is perfect. There has to be something that when chanced would make a situation better. Though, Orlando Bloom is pretty darned perfect and I wouldn't change a thing on HIM! :o)

Answer 6

i agree in some ways. when i was 18 i realllly didnt want to move to flordia but i had to, i lived there 5 years and then moved back to jersey. im so glad i did move there though cause it opened me up to alot of other things. plus now i value the fact that i live close to those i care about.

Answer 7

It's a bunch of BS, and they are lying when they say that. I can count off at least a dozen things that if I could go back and do over, I would. I'd be a better person for it.

Answer 8

no i do not because life is a balance ,to know and fully appreciate
what you have you have to have known what its like to not have it builds character. as for the comment about being beaten i know a man that endured horrible suffering but he forgave us all

Answer 9

Ya some times but change is good

Answer 10

I disagree with you. With age comes wisdom. And I know that who I am today is the sum total of my experiences (good & bad) and what I have been able to accomplish in live because of, or inspite of, them.