I did the post asking what you are most proud of, thinking of a big accomplishment that you worked hard to achieve. Now the opposite question: what single thing did you do as an adult/parent that you most regret or are most ashamed of? Some one thing you could go back and get a "redo" on if it were possible?

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  • I did the post asking what you are most proud of, thinking of a big accomplishment that you worked hard to achieve. Now the opposite question: what single thing did you do as an adult/parent that you most regret or are most ashamed of? Some one thing you could go back and get a "redo" on if it were possible?

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    • totally lose it with my ds when he was about two and would run around the apartment until 11 p.m. against all eefforts to put him down

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      11.20.09, 06:57 PM Flag
    • used my boyfriends amex to pay for my ivf :0 presto twins

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      11.20.09, 07:09 PM Flag
      • Cool. I would have put that in the accomplishments post, not the regrets/do-overs.

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        11.20.09, 07:12 PM Flag
      • what would you have done differently?

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        11.20.09, 07:34 PM Flag
      • What did he do when he found out? Is he still in your life?

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        11.22.09, 10:49 AM Flag
    • Losing my temper with my kids. On a couple of occasions, I really blew it.

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      11.20.09, 07:11 PM Flag
    • Said really hurtful things to my dh early on in our marriage that still affect us today. I wish I would have kept my mouth shut about past relationships. I think he still resents things I've said.

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      11.20.09, 07:15 PM Flag
      • Wow - what did you say???

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        11.20.09, 08:57 PM Flag
    • trying to "ferberize" dc

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      11.20.09, 07:49 PM Flag
      • Ferberizing dc was one of the best things we did

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        11.20.09, 10:02 PM Flag
      • at first i read that as Febreeze!

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        11.21.09, 04:34 PM Flag
    • Accidentally tipping db out of stroller. I still hear that thunk noise.

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      11.20.09, 07:57 PM Flag
    • Keeping a babysitter I knew was subpar longer than I should have. She subsequently lost my dc at the park. Luckily my dc made it home alone, safe, but it was so awful.

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      11.20.09, 08:56 PM Flag
    • i'm not a parent, but the two bad things i did were ruin my gpa by working too much. i didn't save any money like i should have, and it was not worth the drop in GPA. with my 2.7, I am having a really hard time applying to any grad school, even conditionally. I have a 1400 GRE score but everyone looks at my GPA. I'm unemployed, and I can't even get a job as a grocery store bagger...sometimes I wish I chose a more 'vocational' field. I don't really care about being 'well rounded' when I don't have money to pursue any interests at all

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      11.20.09, 09:05 PM Flag
    • Lost my virginity to the wrong guy!

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      11.21.09, 05:18 PM Flag
    • I was a bit of a mean girl in junior high and I have been embarrassed about it for years. Now I'm worried about karma and girls picking on my dd.

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      11.21.09, 07:25 PM Flag
    • Thinking - wrongly - that if I was a great parent, my kids would be great. Believing that "nurture" can always trump "nature", and underestimating the importance of genes/biology and the power of peers as kids get older. In sum, naively thinking that love and diligent parenting conquers all. WRONG. On the other hand, this is not a regret and even with a "redo," honestly can't think what I would have done differently.

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      11.22.09, 10:14 AM Flag
    • Having ever smoked. I smoked btwn ages of 21 and 33 and it was such a waste of money. Hope I don't have long term health effects.

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      11.22.09, 11:37 AM Flag
    • Waited too long to lose my virinity. Generally, too much of a "goodie two shoes." Wish I had taken more risks, done more things that my parents may not have approved of, wish I had cared less about what they thought vs what I wanted to do with my life.

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      11.22.09, 12:01 PM Flag
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