Have You Ever Made A Decision..

gettysburgfreak · 10-27-2008, 05:59 PM

that you regret? This summer I turned down a job in Gettysburg working for a non profit organization because I didn't think I was ready to leave home. Well I am kicking my self in the ass for not taking it. The constant sorry we don't have anything available and watching the news on a daily basis and seeing the economy problem is really starting to get to me, I feel like I will never find a job in my field. Sorry for the pointless thread but I needed to vent.

Skywalker · 10-27-2008, 06:07 PM

Sorry!!!

You never know it could turn out to be a good decision maybe that non-profit is about to go belly up???

10-27-2008, 06:33 PM

I can't say I really regret anything, I just learned it the hard way.

There is a bunch of things I would rather redo, but if I did well I wouldn't understand why.

Best of luck though.

kgraybill · 10-27-2008, 07:12 PM

Yep, I'm 1/3rd into my first Gurka.

Clampdown · 10-27-2008, 07:19 PM

Hindsight is 20/20.

So far I regret not hitting checkout on this order, I need someone to hit enter for me...Any takers?

10-27-2008, 07:22 PM

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Originally Posted by gettysburgfreak

that you regret? This summer I turned down a job in Gettysburg working for a non profit organization because I didn't think I was ready to leave home. Well I am kicking my self in the ass for not taking it. The constant sorry we don't have anything available and watching the news on a daily basis and seeing the economy problem is really starting to get to me, I feel like I will never find a job in my field. Sorry for the pointless thread but I needed to vent.

Why regret that????? Looking over your shoulder, and all the what if's.....Not worth your time Bro. You make decisions based on the now and foreseeable future.

Live by this rule,

You can't take back or change yesterday, You can only make tomorrow better

Ron

10-27-2008, 07:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Clampdown

Hindsight is 20/20.

So far I regret not hitting checkout on this order, I need someone to hit enter for me...Any takers?

I got ya covered Brother!!!! Now let's go to another website and do it AGAIN!!!!!

SmokeyJoe · 10-27-2008, 07:29 PM

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Originally Posted by kgraybill

Yep, I'm 1/3rd into my first Gurka.

Ha!

Don't have many regrets... most of my decisions I would not change.

Given the circumstances and what you knew at the time, you would probably have made the same decision if you had to do it again. Don't allow yourself to live in "what if?" You can't change the past... all you can affect is what you do from here.

Hang tough, bro!

Ashcan Bill · 10-27-2008, 07:43 PM

Do ex wives count?

Blueface · 10-27-2008, 07:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ron1YY

Why regret that????? Looking over your shoulder, and all the what if's.....Not worth your time Bro. You make decisions based on the now and foreseeable future.

Live by this rule,

You can't take back or change yesterday, You can only make tomorrow better

Ron

Tio Gato · 10-27-2008, 07:51 PM

I can think of so many decisions I've made in my life that I second guess now. I've been such a "good boy" my whole life, sometimes I wish had chosen to do the bad things. What keeps me from regretting them is that I had to make all these decisions to wind up where I am now. (Fat and happy with a great wife and a spare bedroom full of cigars.)

It's my sincerest hope that you will look back upon this in future and see it as a positive. The past is the past, don't look back and focus on a great future. Best of luck.

Don Fernando · 10-28-2008, 04:12 AM

Regrets, Ive had a few;
But then again, too few to mention.

icantbejon · 10-28-2008, 04:38 AM

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Originally Posted by Don Fernando

Regrets, Ive had a few;
But then again, too few to mention.

Don clearly knows that whenever doubts creep in, call on Old Blue Eyes to find clarity.

I tend to not believe people that say they have no regrets in life. They cover it up with pretty phrases that all essentially mean the same thing.

Don Fernando · 10-28-2008, 04:59 AM

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Originally Posted by icantbejon

Don clearly knows that whenever doubts creep in, call on Old Blue Eyes to find clarity.

you got to know your classics Fergie.

10-28-2008, 08:39 AM

There was this redhead one time in Italy.... her name was Mary. She was so incredibly beautiful, hot, gorgeous, athletic, and a redhead. I was absolutely madly passionately in love with her, but never could explain it to her. I was a young kid and didn't want to screw it up. We met while playing for the base soccer teams. We went down to a soccer tournament in camp Darby, 9 days. for 9 days we hung out, and we got closer and closer. One of the last evenings at the tournament we sat out on a bench and talked for 3 and a half hours, eventually it got a little cold, I held her close to keep her warm. She said to me "you're such a good friend, I hope I get to keep you." Time passed we remained friends, hung out all the time, One night I stayed at her house in her bed, with her, but was too afraid to make a move other than the friend hug. Too scared that she might destroy me with the "just friends" I didn't sleep a wink. We ran into each other on the streets of Rome with our respective families, laughed at the randomness of the moment. We met again that night (planned) for a pub crawl, and danced and drank the night away. The Kenny Chesney song "anything but mine" had just come out, odd her name was mary too, I sang her that on as we stumbled to her hotel, were I left her at the door, and for the first time she kissed me, drunkenly on the cheek. A few months later I had PCS'd and we lost touch, never having crossed the boundry of friends. Time passed, YEARS passed, I'm older and wiser as is she. Thanks to the miracle called "facebook" we actually started talking again, and being older and thousands of miles away from each other I figured hell I'll tell her how I felt and see what she says... She always wondered why I never made the move, and how much she wanted me to make the move, but she was such a young kid, and didn't want to get her feelings hurt if I just wanted to be friends...

!!! Looking back, I don't think much would have ever come of it, as young love tends to always flame the fastest, and the hottest, but dies down the coolest. She has changed now, as have I, and honestly we probably wouldn't even date each other if we met now. I couldn't be happier than I am now with my Fiance, and beautiful friend Amy. I love her more than anything else in this world. But looking back, knowing the good times that could have been had, I wish I had, but then knowing where I wound up, with the love of my life, who cares? I'd have done a lot of things different... but then I wouldn't want to change a thing. chew on that last line

renton20 · 10-28-2008, 09:59 AM

Almost no regrets. As they say, "if you stand with one foot in the past and one in the future you're sh**ing all over the present"

10-27-2008, 05:59 PM	#1
gettysburgfreak Patriot Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: The Mitten Posts: 1,442 Trading: (2)	Have You Ever Made A Decision.. that you regret? This summer I turned down a job in Gettysburg working for a non profit organization because I didn't think I was ready to leave home. Well I am kicking my self in the ass for not taking it. The constant sorry we don't have anything available and watching the news on a daily basis and seeing the economy problem is really starting to get to me, I feel like I will never find a job in my field. Sorry for the pointless thread but I needed to vent. __________________ Author ofeath, Disease, and Life at War: The Civil War Letters of Surgeon James D. Benton, 111th and 98th New York Infantry Regiments, 1862-1865.

10-27-2008, 06:07 PM	#2
Skywalker BABOTL Join Date: Oct 2008 First Name: Dice Location: Galaxy Far Far Away Posts: 10,168 Trading: (18)	Re: Have You Ever Made A Decision.. Sorry!!! You never know it could turn out to be a good decision maybe that non-profit is about to go belly up???

10-27-2008, 06:33 PM	#3
Ace$nyper Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Have You Ever Made A Decision.. I can't say I really regret anything, I just learned it the hard way. There is a bunch of things I would rather redo, but if I did well I wouldn't understand why. Best of luck though.

10-27-2008, 07:12 PM	#4
kgraybill Still Watching My Back Join Date: Oct 2008 First Name: Ken Location: Ellenwood, Georgia Posts: 181 Trading: (0)	Re: Have You Ever Made A Decision.. Yep, I'm 1/3rd into my first Gurka. __________________ Ken

10-27-2008, 07:19 PM	#5
Clampdown I Cut Like a Buffalo Join Date: Oct 2008 First Name: Brian Location: Noneya Posts: 868 Trading: (12)	Re: Have You Ever Made A Decision.. Hindsight is 20/20. So far I regret not hitting checkout on this order, I need someone to hit enter for me...Any takers?

10-27-2008, 07:43 PM	#9
Ashcan Bill Ol' Dude Join Date: Oct 2008 First Name: Bill Location: Henderson, NV Posts: 1,900 Trading: (6)	Re: Have You Ever Made A Decision.. Do ex wives count?

10-27-2008, 07:51 PM	#11
Tio Gato Uncle Kitty Join Date: Oct 2008 First Name: Jeff Location: Casa Grande, AZ Posts: 2,075 Trading: (11)	Re: Have You Ever Made A Decision.. I can think of so many decisions I've made in my life that I second guess now. I've been such a "good boy" my whole life, sometimes I wish had chosen to do the bad things. What keeps me from regretting them is that I had to make all these decisions to wind up where I am now. (Fat and happy with a great wife and a spare bedroom full of cigars.) It's my sincerest hope that you will look back upon this in future and see it as a positive. The past is the past, don't look back and focus on a great future. Best of luck. __________________ "You stink like cigars Uncle Kitty!" Said my Boo age 3. "Kid, take care of your family and the hell with anyone else" My Grandpa Bubba.

10-28-2008, 04:12 AM	#12
Don Fernando Postwhore Join Date: Oct 2008 First Name: Ferdinand Location: Singapore Posts: 10,068 Trading: (29)	Re: Have You Ever Made A Decision.. Regrets, Ive had a few; But then again, too few to mention.

10-28-2008, 08:39 AM	#15
theycallmedan'lboone Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Have You Ever Made A Decision.. There was this redhead one time in Italy.... her name was Mary. She was so incredibly beautiful, hot, gorgeous, athletic, and a redhead. I was absolutely madly passionately in love with her, but never could explain it to her. I was a young kid and didn't want to screw it up. We met while playing for the base soccer teams. We went down to a soccer tournament in camp Darby, 9 days. for 9 days we hung out, and we got closer and closer. One of the last evenings at the tournament we sat out on a bench and talked for 3 and a half hours, eventually it got a little cold, I held her close to keep her warm. She said to me "you're such a good friend, I hope I get to keep you." Time passed we remained friends, hung out all the time, One night I stayed at her house in her bed, with her, but was too afraid to make a move other than the friend hug. Too scared that she might destroy me with the "just friends" I didn't sleep a wink. We ran into each other on the streets of Rome with our respective families, laughed at the randomness of the moment. We met again that night (planned) for a pub crawl, and danced and drank the night away. The Kenny Chesney song "anything but mine" had just come out, odd her name was mary too, I sang her that on as we stumbled to her hotel, were I left her at the door, and for the first time she kissed me, drunkenly on the cheek. A few months later I had PCS'd and we lost touch, never having crossed the boundry of friends. Time passed, YEARS passed, I'm older and wiser as is she. Thanks to the miracle called "facebook" we actually started talking again, and being older and thousands of miles away from each other I figured hell I'll tell her how I felt and see what she says... She always wondered why I never made the move, and how much she wanted me to make the move, but she was such a young kid, and didn't want to get her feelings hurt if I just wanted to be friends... !!! Looking back, I don't think much would have ever come of it, as young love tends to always flame the fastest, and the hottest, but dies down the coolest. She has changed now, as have I, and honestly we probably wouldn't even date each other if we met now. I couldn't be happier than I am now with my Fiance, and beautiful friend Amy. I love her more than anything else in this world. But looking back, knowing the good times that could have been had, I wish I had, but then knowing where I wound up, with the love of my life, who cares? I'd have done a lot of things different... but then I wouldn't want to change a thing. chew on that last line

10-28-2008, 09:59 AM	#16
renton20 Still Watching My Back Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Minneapolis Posts: 212 Trading: (13)	Re: Have You Ever Made A Decision.. Almost no regrets. As they say, "if you stand with one foot in the past and one in the future you're sh**ing all over the present"