UrbanBaby - I did the post asking what you are most ...

new post » see more posts »

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?
19 replies
[ Reply | Watch | Options ]
11.20.09, 06:48 PM [ Flag ]
- 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
  [ Reply | Options ]
  11.20.09, 06:57 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
- used my boyfriends amex to pay for my ivf :0 presto twins
  [ Reply | Options ]
  11.20.09, 07:09 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
  - Cool. I would have put that in the accomplishments post, not the regrets/do-overs.
    [ Reply | Options ]
    11.20.09, 07:12 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
  - what would you have done differently?
    [ Reply | Options ]
    11.20.09, 07:34 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
  - What did he do when he found out? Is he still in your life?
    [ Reply | Options ]
    11.22.09, 10:49 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]
- Losing my temper with my kids. On a couple of occasions, I really blew it.
  [ Reply | Options ]
  11.20.09, 07:11 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
- 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.
  [ Reply | Options ]
  11.20.09, 07:15 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
  - Wow - what did you say???
    [ Reply | Options ]
    11.20.09, 08:57 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
- trying to "ferberize" dc
  [ Reply | Options ]
  11.20.09, 07:49 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
  - Ferberizing dc was one of the best things we did
    [ Reply | Options ]
    11.20.09, 10:02 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
  - at first i read that as Febreeze!
    [ Reply | Options ]
    11.21.09, 04:34 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
- Accidentally tipping db out of stroller. I still hear that thunk noise.
  [ Reply | Options ]
  11.20.09, 07:57 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
- 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.
  [ Reply | Options ]
  11.20.09, 08:56 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
- 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
  [ Reply | Options ]
  11.20.09, 09:05 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
- Lost my virginity to the wrong guy!
  [ Reply | Options ]
  11.21.09, 05:18 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
- 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.
  [ Reply | Options ]
  11.21.09, 07:25 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
- 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.
  [ Reply | Options ]
  11.22.09, 10:14 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]
- 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.
  [ Reply | Options ]
  11.22.09, 11:37 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]
- 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.
  [ Reply | Options ]
  11.22.09, 12:01 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]