If you could change you're past would you?
 

I read a post recently that made me think...if you could go back to you're teens and apply what you know now about life in general would you?

Certainly.

Sometimes the best lessons are the ones learned the hard way. :-)

Yes
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BUT...that would change you're future entirely...

first in with the you're and your.

No way .. had too good of a time in the 70s ... life in general I missed a couple good deals that would of helped my retirement but thats life ...

waiting for a "gochiefs" star trek example...

Yes I would. I would have told myself to stop f n around, stop smoking, and don't take people so seriously.

bite me...:p

Of course. People that don't live their life w/ regrets are the ones that don't learn anything from their mistakes.

I think wisdom comes with experience, so what we learn throughout our lives or today can certainly make an impact on tomorrow...I would have made better decisions based on my knowledge I have today.

Absolutely. Without a doubt.

I have thought long and hard about this many times due to several significant things that happened in my life that were neagatives.

I eventually decided that I am mostly happy with who I am and if you change on thing in the past you may take away some of the positives.

For example my daughter was born out of wedlock and her mom and I were never married and that is a good thing. I change 1 thing before that and she wouldn't exist.

It's a slippery slope.

:thumb:

well stated...I guess it's just one of "what if" things that went through my mind...

munkey would go back in time a few minutes and use "your" instead of "you're"

As for me, I'd kiss the blonde girl in my hotel room 8 years ago instead of being a pussy.

ROFL

There are lots of things I'd like to go back and change. But, if doing that changes everything, (and it probably would) then no. The most important thing in my life is my two boys. They're my best friends. (even if we do bump heads from time to time)

I don't have a hell of a lot, but I've got that... and it's pretty cool.

:banghead:

i no...i all ways mispell stuf...damit. at leest i can cownt on mi friends at cheefsplanit to point that owet.

LMAO

I thought about saying something about that, and following it up with "/Rausch"

I figured I'd let it slide, and take the serious route.

Hell yes

At 34 I'm still paying dearly for mistakes I made in my teens and early 20s. Took me a long time to "grow up."
I'd change about 4 big dumb decisions I made, and I don't think they would negatively affect the parts of my life I'm happy with right now, but would almost certainly enhance them.

**** YEA IN A HEARTBEAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I screwed up my life and I take full responsibility for that. :(

This.

Back to the beginning of '03 is enough for me, hell I'm not greedy.

The 5 years of sticking various substances in my body with needles I could do without. :banghead:

Other than that, I don;t think about the past since my son's been born, only the future. :thumb:

Without a doubt I would. I'd like to go back to just before I was 13 and prevent my best friend from getting killed in a car wreck, and for that alone, I'd go back.

I definitely would. And then I definitely wouldn't. I don't know what I could change or not and still end up with the same beautiful baby girl. I feel like all my mistakes and all of my good decisions have led to this amazing priceless pinnacle of my life. She's my world.

If you could change you're thread title, would you?

Well, lets see, I went to college to become a mechanical engineer, got drunk and ****ed everything that walked for two years insted of studying and getting a degree, and now jack off pigs for a living.


:hmmm:

honestly, no. who and what I am is the result of every decision I've made my whole life. now, I'm not happy or proud of every single choice. however, I'm pretty damned happy with the overall picture of who I am. if I change even one small little thing, that fundamentally changes who I am right now--and I wouldn't do that for all the tea in china.

Fate is not without a sense of irony.

Seemed appropriate...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KtwXlIwozog

LMAO

I probably would go back and get more involved in theater in high school (I dabbled) and become a theater arts major in college...if that led to sucking dick so be it.

I know one thing I wouldn't change, and that would be my rejection of religion. I guess you can't have everything, though.

If I could go back to my are teens and apply what I know now about life in general would I?
Indubitably!

Here's my take:

This is my life and I'm living it. Taking the bad with the good is what makes it a real life. I tend to look forward, not backward, because the future is where I can change things, not the past. I want to live out the rest of my life over however many years I have left.

Now, once I'm feeding the worms, would I like to jump back to when I was 12 and live it all over again, knowing what I know now? Hell yes, sign me up for another ride.

I helped to commit manslaughter at 6
can I go back to age 5

Absolutely, Mr. munkey. Absolutely. And what a kick-ass life it would be, too.

FAX

Some things definetly....I've made some mistakes that have helped me grow though. i'm still paying for one, but hopefully things will work out. it could be worse

The thing about this idea is the "Do-Over Effect". If you go back to say ... age 16 and you know all that you know now, you will likely make certain decisions differently along the way based on what you know now, but since each decision that you make would take you down an alternate life path that is different from the previous path which originally resulted in you knowing what you know now, each of these decisions would place new, unforeseen, and different circumstances before you that you don't know now and you wouldn't know then and this, of course, means that, since you know what you know now based on what you did then, when you change what you did then, what you know now doesn't apply.

The Do-Over Effect will bite you right in the ass if you're not careful.

FAX

Absolutely. I've done some brilliant things and some dumbass things in my life. Wouldn't mind correcting some of those.

Congrats on the second decision. Its good to have logical thought processes.

There are a few things that I would have done differently, so yes.

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I'd only attempt to make changes after my son was born.

I'd have not cared what people thought in high school. Other than that, where I'm at right now is mostly due to my reaction to external factors beyond my control.

If I could go back and change things, one thing I would have done differently is that instead of enlisting in the Navy, I would have enlisted in the Grammar Police.

There are 2 different arguements. 1, you can better your life. 2, your life will change because you change your past.

Both are valid. My wife is my world, and I wouldn't give her up for anything. I think there is a pretty high probability that she is ONLY girl alive that could live with my dumbass. If that's the case, odds are we would have gotten together anyway.

However, given my desire to improve my life, if given the opportunity, I think I would go back and change things. I just couldn't live with passing up the opportunity to improve my life.

Yes I would.

Like many I have several regrets, that said I would not change anything as it would change the events that led to my two kids and there is nothing in life I would trade for them~

of course it depends on whether you would remember what you need to change

if you are just going to go back to a certain date and then do the same dam thing you did before then it's pointless.

not if it meant chaning the present. my wife is awesome.
and I met great friends in the military - which I joined because I was p*ss poor academically in H.S. and had zero desire to go to college.

As much as I would like to, I wouldn't want to change my entire future just to fix a few specific things.

No I wouldn't I really can't bitch. I have been very fortunate.

Of course, I've made some really stupid decisions in my life.

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There are some things I'd change to eliminate the pain of learning some lessons. I'm happy with my life right now, but there were a couple of detours through hard territories that I could've avoided with the benefit of hindsight.

There are some things that I would love to change... but if it meant NOT getting with my wife and having my kids, then it would be worthless to do.

Well, I'm sure I could find many cool wives... but I doubt I could have my same kids, if I went back and made changes.

So, I probably wouldn't go back

The short version of the story is this: Christina and I were engaged on New Years' 1991/1992, but she called it off in April because I was selfish and stupid and unmotivated and didn't try hard enough. She went on to marry a guy who didn't treat her very well, but he held a job and was respectable enough, but she had told her family that she wished she'd stayed with me. I went on to grow up, become stable, and marry another girl who I thought was similarly sweet and kind and loving, but in reality it was all about her, she made unreasonable demands of everything, and sported a temper she couldn't control, so we've since divorced. In all likelihood, if I had done more, finished school, worked harder at keeping her, Christina and I would have stayed together, and we'd be completely happy (which we were when we were together), and maybe we'd have her three kids together, rather than the zero I have with my ex-wife.

Christina died on May 5 of last year from brain cancer, age 38. So, the answer is "in a heartbeat".

Every once in a while I get clobbered by a post, and this is one of them.

change just about everything.

THIS

But in all reality my mistakes and problems are what mad me into the man I am. So good, bad and all the flaws are what make me...me.

SO no, I'll play the hand I was dealt

I think most people would go back and change stuff. Some people have major mistakes and misgivings (marry a different person, pursue a different career, etc.,.). But even those without major misgivings would probably go back and do little things like apply themselves harder in school or take better physical care of themselves. I certainly would.

hell yes I would

I would go back and choose a different NFL team to be a fan of.

BOOOOOOO!

You should find a new college team while you're at it. :D

BOOOOOOOOO!

I would.. but I never would have landed in Kansas City or at Chiefsplanet.

You had your chance. :harumph:

True this. Some mistakes previous to this i regret. But could not jeopardize the experiences I've had with my son. Told him many times, he was the best thing I've ever done.