Do you have any regrets?

Question

Did you make a long term commitment to something or someone and later find yourself wondering if it was the correct path to choose?
What would you do if you found someone or something years down the road that could bring you happiness, but conflicted with a prior commitment?

Answer 1

always look for the future - in your case if you are sure the newly found person is better - will make u happier , then take the decision of leaving the first one - only if you are not yet married to him or engaged....... also consider the effects that it will have on the first one - he may kill himself and even worse the number two might be married already and only heading for a good time with u

Answer 2

Many, many, many times.

I found out a couple years ago that the guy that I had been in love with for more than eight years actually DID have feelings for me. Great, right? Wrong. I've been married for almost four years.

I love my husband, don't get me wrong, and I would NEVER do anything to end my marriage with him, nor would I ever have an affair on him. But I still wish I'd known before I married him that the other guy did have feelings for me. I wish I'd waited just a little longer for the other guy to come around. But it's okay. I'm still happy with the life I chose.

Answer 3

Regret is pointless it doesn't accomplish anything positive and doesn't serve a purpose of any kind.
I try and learn from my mistakes and the mistakes of others and I do my best not to repeat them.
If something I'm currently doing isn't working I try and figure out a different way to do it that might be more effective.
But deep down I would have to admit that I do have one regret that will probably stay with me for the rest of my life.
My mother never wanted me.
And I would have wanted more than anything to have a mother that loved me and cared about me.
But that's just wishful thinking and not even worth thinking about.......

Answer 4

First, I am not wondering. Second, I am far enough down the road that I can see clear to the end of it. Third, I have already experienced about all the happiness a body could hope for. So, I suppose my answer is No, I do not have any regrets.

Answer 5

No regrets. I am with the person I chose for better or worse. I have never wondered. The person I am with brings and give me all the happiness I could ever have asked for thus far in my life and I know we will continue to do so as we journey through this our life committment.

Answer 6

Well, I don't have any regrets about any of the long term commitments that I have made! If your own happiness is your life's goal, then you are very selfish.

Yes, I have regrets, but they are different.

Answer 7

Good question.
I did do this and have regrets but tell myself that I can't look backwards and be sad. I must look to the decisions I made and stick to them. We always make choices we regret but the real test of character is how we deal with the decisions that we've already made.

Answer 8

Drop the prior commitment. Life is too short to be unhappy.

Answer 9

I regret having wasted so much time praying for things that never happened, like sick loved ones to recover, or a way to escape poverty or for world peace.

If you are making a pitch for people to convert to your religion, save your breath.

Answer 10

No regrets. The only regret I would have if I died today would be the time I have wasted by not loving my Lord as well as He deserves. As to the rest I would have to cross that bridge before I can answer.