Mistakes are the only thing you can truly call your own, which mistake of yours did you learn the most from?

Answer 1

Choosing to not go to college right out of high school. I have since gone back to complete my degree, but I see people my age, that possess degrees with a much more defined career path, more successful and making more money....

Answer 2

Everything that I learned from my previous marriage to my now ex-husband. He was a cheater, a liar, physically abusive, and verbally abusive. I learned a lot about myself during that time of what actually constitutes a healthy relationship (obviously my marriage did not) and what does not. I became very dependent on him and was convinced through hearing it so much that I wouldn't be able to make it on my own and that I would never find any one better then him. I never thought that I would ever have been in a situation like this because everyone that knows me, knows what a strong person I am but for some reason I allowed myself to be blinded and live in denial to what was really going on. The cheating was never really provable beyond heresay and some things that my ex was very good at covering up (or maybe he wasn't and I just wanted to believe so much that he wouldn't hurt me that I continued living in denial) so I always stayed. It caused a great deal of problems within our marriage because what is a marriage or any relationship for that matter, if there is no trust? However, we decided to give things one last go and surprise, surprise things didn't get better and I finally found the evidence I needed to wake me into reality and realize that he was never going to change and that if I ever wanted to find happiness on my own terms, I was going to have to leave and so I did. I learned from that marriage that you cannot change someone if they do not desire to change for themselves, that you should never ever have you own happiness become dependent on someone else, that if the relationship is bad and you have children it is better to let them see you apart and happy rather then trying to hold everything together when it is quite apparent that it is falling apart. I learned about the warning signs of what may lead to an abusive relationship and realized that I will never ever let anyone have a second chance when it comes to cheating or hitting because nine out of ten times they are going to do it again, that once the trust is gone...it will never fully return, what does constitute a healthy relationship, and that you only live once and you have to find your own path and find what makes you happy.

Answer 3

MY best and worst mistake rolled into one life learning experience!!! .......Quiting my very high paying job, moving over 500 miles from everything I knew, Building a house and depleting my bank account, Just to be with my EX fiancee. Thank god we didn't have children together! But while I was so far away after I had moved out I met my Husband. He is my best friend and the perfect guy for me. He treats me great.. I could not ask for more.

Answer 4

My wife and I bought two new cars within the same month. I learned that two car payments, plus a mortgage, is rough. Both are paid off now, I'm really glad neither of us got sick or laid off, or out of work during those five years of payments. I'll never do that again, even if I have to buy some $500 piece of junk to drive to work and back.

Answer 5

The mistake I learned the most from:

Never use Ben Gay as a personal lubricant

Answer 6

i kept on getting back together with a guy i thought I loved even though he treated me horrible..

I now called it quits after moving 1,500 miles away.. I needed the distance to realize he's a piece of crap!

I now have a new boyfriend who treats me fantastic :)

Answer 7

Marrying my Ex. Now he's a bankrupt loser and lives in the basement of someones house.

Answer 8

I was not choosy enough when I was married the first time and learned a hard lesson from that : )

Answer 9

going 85 on a 35 in my new car :( no liscence for half a year now

Answer 10

Disobedience.