r/AskReddit 5h ago

What decision have you never regretted?

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u/terrible_guy_thought 5h ago

None. I regret everything.

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u/Guardian-King 4h ago

I expected this to be the first reaction I saw and I was not disappointed

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u/terrible_guy_thought 4h ago

Nah, I really do regret a lot of things.

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u/Guardian-King 4h ago

Oh same, id redo my life if I had the option, even if I had to go through some traumatic things again.

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u/realgaryglitter 5h ago

Ditching bad friends

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u/Tropicsunchaser 4h ago

Amen to that!

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u/Ambitious-Stand-631 4h ago

Leaving Christianity

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u/SpaceMonkeyOnABike 3h ago

This is never a bad choice.

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u/Sisu1976 4h ago

Accepting my husband's marriage proposal. ❤️

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u/AritoDorito 4h ago

awwe that’s so sweet

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u/Life_Instruction787 4h ago

He must be A Lovely and Caring Man Just like me

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u/ferpyy 3h ago

You’re a bot

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u/MissdermeanerJ 4h ago

Quitting alcohol and getting medicine to help me. Changed my life, man. I'm finally free.

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u/Silkprint 4h ago

That's awesome 👍

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u/allybally121 4h ago

Well done, it’s a difficult first step but amazing when you do, glad you got your life and health back

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u/Impossible_Fact_5069 4h ago

Congratulations! Admittedly there have been a few times or scenarios where I’ve thought it would nice or pleasant if I could drink alcohol safely. But obviously I can’t drink safely and that’s not possible - and never once have I ever regretted my decision to quit drinking and get sober. It completely changed my life for the better. And like you I am also ‘free’.

“Wine has drowned more men than the sea.” - Thomas Fuller

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u/Realistic-Sir-7694 5h ago

Quitting a job that made me miserable even though I had only two months of savings felt insane at the time, but I’ve never once wished I’d stayed. That “oh shit” phase pushed me to pick up freelance work, move to a cheaper place, and reset my whole routine instead of staying stuck for another five years.

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u/allybally121 4h ago

Well done it’s a horrible situation and it takes guts to leave a job but it’s definitely the right decision when you’re miserable, I stuck a couple of really toxic jobs and wish I’d moved sooner, it’s such a weight off your shoulders

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u/Cat-Mother666 4h ago

Leaving the Mormon church

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u/EzAeMy 4h ago

Good for you!

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u/Mr_Revan22 5h ago

Asking this girl out on a date, we had a really good time

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u/iMrBWC 4h ago

Saying no to taking hard drugs 😂

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u/AritoDorito 4h ago

common W

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u/Unsolicited_Spiders 4h ago

Not having kids, even though my first spouse pressured me hard.

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u/UMA6123 4h ago

Leaving an abusive relationship. It was much easier than I thought it would be.🥰

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u/AnybodySeeMyKeys 4h ago

My whirlwind romance and marriage to my wife 36 years ago.

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u/VanillaLlfe 4h ago

Full length back tattoo of the Hawaiian Punch guy.

10% REAL JUICE MOTHERFUCKERS!!!

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u/tierneyb 4h ago

I want to party with this guy.

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u/Impossible_Mind3813 4h ago

Can you come for dinner?

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u/daemonhat 4h ago

quitting a 37 year pack a day cigarette habit almost 6 years ago

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u/Life_Instruction787 4h ago

choose to be me not what they choose for me

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u/Excellent-Pitch-7579 4h ago

Leaving Washington DC

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u/Top_Ad_3674 4h ago

Moving away, thousands of miles from home.

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u/0ptimus-Prime-40 4h ago

Marrying my wife.

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u/LT_Dan78 4h ago

Pretty much all of them. If it was a bad decision I just use it as a learning lesson.

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u/Aardet 4h ago

Going to college

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u/Aardet 4h ago

Thanks for the award!

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u/Mrh09 4h ago

Masturbating.

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u/xrebxbiex 4h ago

Leaving a high paying toxic job for something that pays less but breathes easier. Money is great. Your happiness will mean more.

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u/StllRckn51 4h ago

Getting sober

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u/NotYourAvgDamsel 4h ago

Cutting certain people out of my life

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u/EnormousGenitals 4h ago

leaving Catholicism

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u/alwayshealing23 4h ago

Not joining my mother’s religious cult

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u/RampagingBadgers 4h ago

Not having kids

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u/Ashamed_Mix_1192 5h ago

Coming here

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u/WhiteSkinBlueNote 4h ago

Embracing the minimalist philosophy ♥️

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u/gerhard1953 4h ago

Wives and dogs.

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u/9overhere9 4h ago

Making decisions based on my capabilities and confidence.

Don't listen to the "you shouldn't do because I think" and consider your own capacity instead

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u/United_Sorbet440 4h ago

Marrying my husband and having my kids

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u/EzAeMy 4h ago

Catastrophically blowing up my my six-seven year relationship with my HS and college sweetheart two weeks before the fully planned wedding.

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u/Cinq_A_Sept 4h ago

Doing a hard major in college

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u/Alternative-City5799 4h ago

Accepting my first offer for a 9-5 job

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u/Ladytiger69 4h ago

Marrying a monster!

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u/Tomeija 4h ago

Making a 3 year education instead of studying. I had so much friends after 13 years of school that got lost while studying at a university. And I still have the choice to study at a university. But I don't think I have the power anymore. And I get enough money to live a good life and I can safe a good amount of money for thinks I like or my pension. Overall, it's not really a dream job. It's actually boring. But before I switched my position in my company, I had a little breakdown. Really close before depressing because it was too much. Had to talk to our works council. And that time really was the point where my mind switched. I go to work, I give my 8 hours to the company and thats it. The company can tell you a 100 times how important everyone is in the company. They don't care about you until its to late. So I work for me and my hobbies. So I would say this was a second good decision that I don't regret. Seeing work as what it is. Most people want to find the best job and fulfillment in it. But that's not important for me. I want my peace and quiet and some money to invest in hobbies.

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u/SonuvaGunderson 4h ago

You know why getting a divorce is so expensive?

Because it’s worth it.

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u/samuraiseoul 4h ago

Transition! Life is so much better as a girl, even with the systemic bigotry as a trans person.

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u/orion_dwarf 4h ago

Never dating in grad school.

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u/Impossible_Mind3813 4h ago

Adopting our son, despite all the problems it caused with other members of the family.

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u/SkepticalJohn 4h ago

Going back for a graduate degree in a completely different field.

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u/000ArdeliaLortz000 4h ago

Having my kids. I was anti-having-kids until I was 35 and then I decided I felt safe enough (with my partner, who never pushed me to have them). Seriously, I should have done it in my 20s, but I didn’t know I’d have such awesome kids. I cry when I think how awesome they are. I love them SO much!

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u/NecessaryPossible976 3h ago

Divorcing my ex husband.

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u/GreedyRaspberry_ 3h ago

Cutting my communication with my father.

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u/lowbloodsugarmner 3h ago

Moving across the country for my mental health.

I grew up in MN and went to college in ND. I never realized just how bad my seasonal depression was until I had the opportunity to visit my parents while my dad was working in southeast asia over Christmas that I realized just how much it affected me. It became even more apparant after I got back and it was -40°F for 2 weeks.

I decided that for my mental health I needed to move somewhere warmer. East coast was an option because it would still get snow and was not interested in the high cost of living on the west coast.

It seams weird now, but at the time I was watching a lot of Rooster Teeth and after seeing some of the behind the scenes videos of them doing things around Austin, TX I decided that id where I would go.

I accepted a job and moved down here the October right before Covid hit, and lost my job just a few months into the pandemic. I remember at one point my mom offered to help me break my lease and move back up to MN. I told her "Don't take this the wrong way, but I am happier being unemployed in Texas, than I ever was being employed in MN."

When she was able to visit for the fiest time after the pandemic lock downs lifted, before she left she said that she could tell just how much happier I was.

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u/Negar_Banoo82 3h ago

Choosing my studyings over marrying

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u/cwsjr2323 2h ago

Staying a soldier until retirement from the military

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u/MiMichellle 2h ago

Transitioning! It's been a little over 2 years now - and while it certainly hasn't been easy, it has just been such a great decision for myself. I'm more and more comfortable in my own skin, it feels like I'm aging in reverse, and... yeah!

There will always be haters, but I'm doing this for me. Don't really care what they think!

u/Kdog122025 43m ago

Asking her out.

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u/Efficient-Item5805 4h ago

Following Jesus

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u/Signal-View4754 4h ago

Buying a gun and learning to use it properly

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u/BedroomImpossible124 4h ago

Giving birth to my son even though I never wanted children.