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Marrying the wrong person because I was over 30 and panicked about still being single. I paid dearly for that mistake.
I almost posted " picking the wrong man" several time over lol.....but then I remembered the gasoline incident. Wish my dad was alive so I could have gotten the details....I have no memory of it.
Yet another mistake! Hitch-hiked to California in June, 1968, right after high school, to start a new life. Unfortunately, I hadn't learned the value of persistence, back then, and gave up too quickly, crying to my parents , would you please send me a one way ticket back to Minnesota?
I've kicked myself, too many times, for giving up too quickly!
I would say that my biggest mistake was getting together with my ex but if I hadn't made that mistake I wouldn't have my daughter, maybe it was just sticking with him for so long.
If we don't make mistakes we don't learn anything. So far I've still got a ways to go before I learn more things so I guess I'll be making more mistakes.
So true, Askarben. I too, made the mistake of marrying so young, but that doesn't make my ex an a$$....it just means neither of us were really ready. Fresh out of school, haven't even lived the outside world yet, etc etc. If I were to change anything in my life, I wouldn't have the blessings I have now, namely, my kids and grandkids, though there are a few episodes of life I wish could have been different. But like you say, we learn from our mistakes.
Bayarea4, I understand some having that desperation and the desire to be married before its 'too late'. But I hope things are better for you now.
-saying I could swim in 10th grade on a school picnic...didn't turn out well
-thinking at 8 it was a good idea to drop matches between the floorboards
of the barn to see mice...didn't turn out well
-thinking it was ok for our (my girlfr) 2 boyfriends to drag race in our 2 cars...didn't turn out well
-drinking for first time skipping school at 12 with same girlfriend...did not turn out well
-Well, I should ad another big mistake was when looking for the mice...
thinking that if I reached for some hay it would make it better to see the mice...
big mistake....
I've made more huge mistakes in my life than I could recount here but one that really jumps to mind is trying to be a landlord for a few years. We sold everything last year and haven't looked back.
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, would you please send me a one way ticket back to Minnesota?
