The most common deathbed regrets thread

[p38arover]

And I don't blame you, Ron. Life is full of sweet temptations.

It was. She was a honey!

[V8Ian]

Wish I'd stopped at the stop sign.
Wish I'd waited to overtake.
Wish I hadn't mixed up my capabilities with my ambitions.

[Saitch]

I wish I'd let a bit more drag off, with that huge Cobia!

[cuppabillytea]

Not going to bed with a neighbour’s wife when she offered herself to me. 🥲

I told him recently that I’ve always regretted that (he’s known for years about the offer).

You can't have lived next door to my MIL then.

[cuppabillytea]

I reckon the biggest regret I'll have on my death bed will be getting into the bloody thing.

[Tins]

I wish I had learned that "no" sometimes means "yes", and when that might be.

[Tombie]

I regret not having regrets….

I’ve long ago learned that life flows its own path. And it’s far too short for regrets.

After all nobody gets out alive, so why worry about looking in lifes rear view mirror

[prelude]

I had to think about this one for a while.

At this point I can't say that I'll have regrets since I find that I am still too young to go there, unless I end up in my deathbed tomorrow I choose to, perhaps naively, at this point think that I will still live forever and that I will have a chance to work any regrets that I might have out of the door.

However, here goes as a point-in-time list:

• I wish I had traveled when I was younger
• I married too young as it turns out so I would wish for that to be corrected

Funny thing is, what I hear most from pensioners is that they wished they had travelled more and a very wise thing I heard at some point from a 92 year old man was "I have no regrets about the things I did, only regrets about the things I didn't do"

Cheers,
-P

[workingonit]

...why worry about looking in lifes rear view mirror

Isn't that the definition of senility?

Someone said "it's OK to remember the past, just don't stare at it"

[POD]

I think the list of death-bed regrets recorded by the palliative care nurse sadly suggests that Australia is generally a nation self-obsessed people and that this does not magically change as we face death.

I haven't been privy to many people's death-bed regrets; on the other hand, I have been present at a great many unexpected deaths, so have been privy to the reactions of those who have suddenly and unexpectedly lost loved ones. They often yearn for a chance to say the things they didn't say, for one last embrace, to take back harsh words.