What's something you were told you'd regret in the future, but you still don't regret at all?

@actionjbone@sh.itjust.works 2026-04-20 22:23

Not wanting kids.

@iamericandre@lemmy.world 2026-04-20 22:25

Getting tattoos. Parents, grandparents etc all said by the time you’re 30 you’ll hate them. Well I’m in my mid 30’s now and I still get new ones.

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@sneakypersimmon@lemmy.today 2026-04-20 22:43

Being content with “good enough”

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@Mulligrubs@lemmy.world 2026-04-20 22:52

Not having kids, every time I have any remorse I spend some time around kids and their parents, in about 5 minutes I’m good

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@spittingimage@lemmy.world 2026-04-20 22:55

Not having kids. I have hobbies, and money/time for them. One of the previous popes called childless couples selfish. I say a never-married 70-year old operating the world’s largest paedophile welfare programme has nothing to say to me about child-rearing.

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@disregardable@lemmy.zip 2026-04-20 23:04

Not going to prom. Really don’t know on what basis people would say that.

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@i_stole_ur_taco@lemmy.ca 2026-04-20 23:14

Cracking my knuckles. Still waiting on that arthritis I was promised.

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@thatradomguy@lemmy.world 2026-04-20 23:23

I was told I would regret not enjoying and living up high school. To this day, still do not regret doing more with my shitty life in high school. College? Yeah, probably. High school? Nah

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@ada@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2026-04-20 22:41

Transitioning. Tattoos. Joining the Fediverse

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@Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 2026-04-21 00:09

Getting divorced and married. (The second time)

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@grue@lemmy.world 2026-04-21 00:47

My mom didn’t think I should buy a house. In 2009. I would have been absolutely screwed by now if I’d listened to her advice.

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@PixeIOrange@lemmy.world 2026-04-21 01:58

Not making sport. My mum told me im gonna get fat like my dad but im still thin

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@kreskin@lemmy.world 2026-04-21 03:38

spending time playing video games.

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@HootinNHollerin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2026-04-21 03:48

Not going to church

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@SmokeInFog@midwest.social 2026-04-21 14:21

Getting tattoos

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@zzffyfajzkzhnsweqm@sh.itjust.works 2026-04-21 10:18

Having kids. Maybe it is just communities I am in, however I fealt whole internet is against having kids. It was the best decision I ever made!

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@tenchiken@anarchist.nexus 2026-04-21 08:33

"stop wasting time with that Linux thing. Nobody will ever hire you unless you specialize in Windows" Linux has done far more for me professionally than being a Windows engineer ever got me, and it repeatedly keeps being proven.

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@Waldelfe@feddit.org 2026-04-21 08:19

In my 5th birthday my parents threw a party for me with friends from kindergarten. My father had a pretty good camera for the time and loved taking photos. This was during analog times, way before digital cameras, so you wouldn't just take a bunch of photos because it got expensive. He wanted to take a group photo and I, always being a little annoyed back then with the constant photos, stuck out my tongue. He tried to make me smile but I refused. So he told me he'd take the photo of me sticking out my tongue and I'd regret it when I'm an adult that I don't have a nice photo of me on my 5th birthday. I'm 40 and I don't regret it. Love that photo.

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@sharkfucker420@lemmy.ml 2026-04-21 08:05

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@backalleycoyote@lemmy.today 2026-04-21 00:52

Getting heavily tattooed, not having kids, not getting married/“settling down”. I grew up in an extremely conservative Christian home that pushed the standard “American Dream” plan but never embraced it. I’m aware there’s experiences that I’ll never have that are a source of joy and life defining for others, but I knew very early on those things weren’t calling me. Decades later I have zero regrets about what I didn’t do and what I did do.

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@FireWire400@lemmy.world 2026-04-21 15:54

Weirdly, not moving out. In Germany there’s still a bit of a stigma around living with your parents past your mid-20s but when I see what’s currently going on with, you know, the housing market I’m glad I made that decision. Plus I was able to save a bunch of money because of that, which is gonna come in handy for my move to Australia in September.

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@cheers_queers@lemmy.zip 2026-04-21 16:08

getting a hysterectomy. this last year has proven that my foresight was indeed correct, the post right above this one is an article about the government planning to reduce or remove access and no way in hell is anyone gonna make me be pregnant. i was extremely lucky to find a surgeon who would do it since i have no kids and was under thirty at the time.

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@Jakeroxs@sh.itjust.works 2026-04-21 16:52

Not going to college

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@vantablack@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2026-04-21 18:37

being extremely fucking transgender

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@RiverRock@lemmy.ml 2026-04-21 19:29

Not doing homework as a kid. Got to have a full childhood with lots of independent fucking around that has shaped my personality for the better. Tested out of school, and now me and those of my cohort who tried are all in the same boat anyway.

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@TubularTittyFrog@lemmy.world 2026-04-21 19:33

Not playing football, or being interested it it at all.

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@grumpusbumpus@lemmy.world 2026-04-21 19:37

Never getting a credit card.

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@Digit@lemmy.wtf 2026-04-21 23:34

Cannabis.

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@Digit@lemmy.wtf 2026-04-21 23:34

Leaving proprietary software.

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@lightnsfw@reddthat.com 2026-04-21 23:54

Not having kids.

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@Generica@lemmy.world 2026-04-22 00:28

Anal

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@Meatwagon@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2026-04-22 00:54

Refusing to learn cursive and long form division in 3rd grade. Never needed either.

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@ssfckdt@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2026-04-22 02:18

Becoming atheist

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@JennaR8r@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2026-04-22 07:25

Never trying alcohol or drugs or cigarettes or gambling. My whole life I’ve had a strong intuitive sense to avoid all that stuff, and I’ve never even had the slightest desire. When I was in the army my colleagues would tease me that eventually some day I would crack and give in to the dark side, but nah.

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@grandel@lemmy.ml 2026-04-22 10:45

Spending so much time at the computer

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@copyscam@lemmy.ml 2026-04-22 16:21

dropping out of highschool. best decision I ever made tbh

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@Cysioland@lemmygrad.ml 2026-04-22 21:14

Becoming atheist

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@mub@lemmy.ml 2026-04-23 01:41

Came here looking for someone saying “face tattoo”. None so far.