i'd go with not winning the lottery or being bad at math

I don't regret the things I have done, I simply regret the things that I have not done yet.

Not many regrets here but the time I shat the bed was a pretty rum affair.

LegacyDL: I don't regret the things I have done, I simply regret the things that I have not done yet.

In the nicest possible way, you sound like an obnoxious sociopathic cockhole.

Not having a childhood.

I had a girl once,...

Trying to rub one out on my lunch break yesterday.

LegacyDL: I don't regret the things I have done, I simply regret the things people that I have not done yet.

Hmmm, it used to be if you ask a woman "how's it going" she will tell you about her relationship whilst if you ask a man, he will tell you about his work. So no, I disagree with the conclusions of this studyresearch survey.

Dow Jones and the Temple of Doom: 1. Being born in the US
Oh you poor, poor man! It's hard too imagine anything worse! If only you would have been born in a country that offered you more opportunities to succeed, think what you would have accomplished!

student loans

Iron Chef Scottish: LegacyDL: I don't regret the things I have done, I simply regret the things that I have not done yet.

In the nicest possible way, you sound like an obnoxious sociopathic cockhole.

The obnoxious part, you're probably right if you spoke to my close friends, but what I simply mean is the past is the past and no matter what we do we can't change it. So why kill myself over something that is not within my control?

However the present moment is always changing and if we don't take advantage of it then we simply waste our time to our eventual demise, whether it be 6 days or 60 years from now. So it's better to regret the things you could have been doing moving forward than to look back at the past as if by sheer force of will it can changed.

I just ended my relationship today so I am getting a ki...

..no, not really. :(

Thought I had an idea of how awful people can be, before I started reading r/WTF.

/So much rape

I regret that I didn't pull out of your mom all those years ago

Came for "My Way".

Leaving with no regrets.

Notabunny: fta Women were more likely than men to have regrets about romantic or family relationships.

This isn't surprising. "Why oh why did I keep chasing away the nice guys and stick with the assholes?!"

altinos: Notabunny: fta Women were more likely than men to have regrets about romantic or family relationships.

This isn't surprising. "Why oh why did I keep chasing away the nice guys and stick with the assholes?!"

As a person who has spent his life alone and has done extensive reading on this subject... it basically boils down to timid vs aggressive and not nice vs asshole. Woman want to be pursued and the nicest guy in the world looking down at his shoes will always lose out.

/You don't have to like it, but that's the way it is

I regret turning down Katy Perry and Salma Hayek for a threesome.

Fail in Human Form: altinos: Notabunny: fta Women were more likely than men to have regrets about romantic or family relationships.

This isn't surprising. "Why oh why did I keep chasing away the nice guys and stick with the assholes?!"

As a person who has spent his life alone and has done extensive reading on this subject... it basically boils down to timid vs aggressive and not nice vs asshole. Woman want to be pursued and the nicest guy in the world looking down at his shoes will always lose out.

/You don't have to like it, but that's the way it is

Nope. Women date assholes because they want an excuse to have short term relationships. In other words, they want to be a slut without the stigma attached to it.

OgreMagi: I regret turning down Katy Perry and Salma Hayek for a threesome.

I am glad you did....i learned from your mistake

OgreMagi: Nope. Women date assholes because they want an excuse to have short term relationships. In other words, they want to be a slut without the stigma attached to it.

I disagree and I can prove it. Head out to the club but be the timid guy who's a prick. Then go out the next night and be the nice guy who's confident. See which one gets you laid more.

Fail in Human Form: OgreMagi: Nope. Women date assholes because they want an excuse to have short term relationships. In other words, they want to be a slut without the stigma attached to it.

I disagree and I can prove it. Head out to the club but be the timid guy who's a prick. Then go out the next night and be the nice guy who's confident. See which one gets you laid more.

For that to work I would have to have the looks that women are interested. Since I am merely average looking, they don't give me a second thought. And I have done the nice guy and confident thing. It didn't work since I had to compete with mister chiseled jaw.

Oh goodie, the misogyny thread. This should make me feel better about being single.

Being young, I think having regrets may be a good thing at this point in my life. You can use it to define a path you do want to take.

OgreMagi: Fail in Human Form: OgreMagi: Nope. Women date assholes because they want an excuse to have short term relationships. In other words, they want to be a slut without the stigma attached to it.

I disagree and I can prove it. Head out to the club but be the timid guy who's a prick. Then go out the next night and be the nice guy who's confident. See which one gets you laid more.

For that to work I would have to have the looks that women are interested. Since I am merely average looking, they don't give me a second thought. And I have done the nice guy and confident thing. It didn't work since I had to compete with mister chiseled jaw.

Bullshiat, either you have too high of standards or you're timid and lack self-confidence. If you're lacking in the looks department, sure you'll lose out to a confident better looking guy, but you don't end up alone unless you want women who are obviously more attractive than you can get or you refuse to date women "beneath you" so you don't try. Remember, most women are average too.

/Hey man I'm a train wreck of a human being who lives in farking rural Appalachia, works 10+ hours a day at night, and has literally spent his life alone. I've done the homework on this and I've never seen anything to prove me wrong. It's just a matter of having the stones to go out and find a woman. The universe is literally setup to make you succeed
//Fark man, I'm literally dieing because the last time I tried to kill myself out of loneliness I farked up my liver. You are not behind in this game, you just have to go out and try

OgreMagi: For that to work I would have to have the looks that women are interested. Since I am merely average looking, they don't give me a second thought. And I have done the nice guy and confident thing. It didn't work since I had to compete with mister chiseled jaw.

Just a thought, but have you ever considered some woman who is not the female equivalent of Mister Chiselled Jaw? I have noticed the so called nice guys bemoaning that women don't want them also ignore the "nice" women out there who don't happen to be uber hot. Instead they beeline for the woman who has a number of guys who want them thanks to their good looks. It is human nature for her to choose the best looking one who is showing interest. Try the girl who doesn't have so many options.

Then there are the guys who get some uber hot chick who is an utter biatch that treats him like dirt, cheats on him and dumps him after which he complains that all women are biatches.

Actually hot guys and hot girls are both usually horrible people, thanks to the fact that having been blessed with good looks other people will put up with all sorts of bad behaviour that they would not tolerate in someone of average appearance.

Dow Jones and the Temple of Doom: 1. Being born in the US

Seriously.

vinnybang: I just ended my relationship today so I am getting a ki...

..no, not really. :(

It'll get better. Really. You might end up a bit bitter, though, and get really drunk 6 months later and text them and they'll tell you that you need help.

/or maybe that was me
//but no really, go watch a funny movie or something
///there are tons of people out there
////hot people!
//who don't suck in the ways your ex does!!

OgreMagi: ...

Question for you, do you look women in the eye when you speak to them or do you look off to the side, grin, and tell a story/make a joke?


/I farking hate your politics but there's really no reason for you to be lonely

Fail in Human Form: OgreMagi: ...

Question for you, do you look women in the eye when you speak to them or do you look off to the side, grin, and tell a story/make a joke?


/I farking hate your politics but there's really no reason for you to be lonely

I actually do look women in the eyes. I am also theatrically trained and was damn good at improvisational comedy (a hobby, not a career), which, in theory, should give me an edge.

/I suspect it's the old and bitter part leaking out despite my best efforts that puts them off

OgreMagi: /I suspect it's the old and bitter part leaking out despite my best efforts that puts them off

Meh, I call bullshiat. Who looks away first? Do you blush when you flirt? I've got a secret to tell you. They know you want to fark them and they want to fark too. Maybe not you specifically, but if you're as confident as you say you are then there's no reason to be alone. You're not hiding a damn thing by not perusing them. We all wear it on our faces like a neon sign. They know it, we know it.

I just regret not doing things I am glad I did sooner.

Fail in Human Form: ......
/Hey man I'm a train wreck of a human being who lives in farking rural Appalachia, works 10+ hours a day at night, and has literally spent his life alone. I've done the homework on this and I've never seen anything to prove me wrong. It's just a matter of having the stones to go out and find a woman. The universe is literally setup to make you succeed
//Fark man, I'm literally dieing because the last time I tried to kill myself out of loneliness I farked up my liver. You are not behind in this game, you just have to go out and try

Damn, I had to favorite you after that. I can so relate. I have an urge to send hugs which is not the usual thing for fark, so I am torn on that matter.

If you have any advice for a female, I'm all ears. I've tried pursuing guys myself since sitting around and hoping they pursue me never works. However that still only resulted in my being good enough to sleep with and nothing more. My standards are not high, I have tried dating more than one guy who still lives with his parents (one was in his late thirties other early forties) had no car, were overweight, had smoking and or drinking problems, one was balding and had no job. Yet they still dumped me. I know ..... this makes me sound fat, actually it makes me sound positively planet like.

Actually one of my favorite sad tales is that of a former bf trying to make me feel better about his dumping me by telling me the woman he was dropping me in favour of was not nearly as good looking, was fat and had really bad skin as well. Gee thanks, so what you are saying is my personality is so awful that a fat ugly girl with bad skin is preferable to me, yeah I feel so much better now.

On the bright side she dumped him later, kicked him out of their home and he was so upset he couldn't do his work properly so he lost his job too. He phoned me to tell me all this. I am not going to speculate on his motives at that point, but that news cheered me up more than anything else he had done. Schadenfreude ist die beste freude.

I regret everything.

Really, it's been a shiat life.

Bugger that there's only me to blame. Well fark me, then.

I regret letting people waste my time. But, no more. Just wish I could subtract those wasted years off my age.

/I'd be 22 again
//Oh to have known then what I know now.

Porous Horace: I regret everything.

Really, it's been a shiat life.

Bugger that there's only me to blame. Well fark me, then.

Chalk it up to learning experiences.

Porous Horace: I regret everything.

Really, it's been a shiat life.

Bugger that there's only me to blame. Well fark me, then.

Yeah, I have to say I suspect life is way overrated. Or it could be I am just doing it wrong, and I don't know what the other way is.

/looks around for that bottle of Fartitol

As a farkette, make me laugh, out loud, corny jokes, witticisms, knock-knock jokes, a good impression of Curly, be silly. Be yourself, be somewhat confident-not exactly alpha male material, but have your legs squarely under you, know something about lots of stuff-politics, the arts, world experiences, and be able to talk about it, and engage me as a listener for my own views as well. I don't want to hear about your ex, your litany of excuses for not suceeding at anything-ever, let alone feeling entitled to have a free pass in life.
Appearances do matter-stay trim, clean-including finger nails, the occasional splash of cologne (YSL's newest is amazing), a decent hair cut, are a few thoughts I have on this.
And yes, I can for myself match all of this word for word, other than the cologne-I tend to favor any fragrance by Chanel.

Nidiot: Fail in Human Form: ......
/Hey man I'm a train wreck of a human being who lives in farking rural Appalachia, works 10+ hours a day at night, and has literally spent his life alone. I've done the homework on this and I've never seen anything to prove me wrong. It's just a matter of having the stones to go out and find a woman. The universe is literally setup to make you succeed
//Fark man, I'm literally dieing because the last time I tried to kill myself out of loneliness I farked up my liver. You are not behind in this game, you just have to go out and try

Damn, I had to favorite you after that. I can so relate. I have an urge to send hugs which is not the usual thing for fark, so I am torn on that matter.

If you have any advice for a female, I'm all ears. I've tried pursuing guys myself since sitting around and hoping they pursue me never works. However that still only resulted in my being good enough to sleep with and nothing more. My standards are not high, I have tried dating more than one guy who still lives with his parents (one was in his late thirties other early forties) had no car, were overweight, had smoking and or drinking problems, one was balding and had no job. Yet they still dumped me. I know ..... this makes me sound fat, actually it makes me sound positively planet like.

Actually one of my favorite sad tales is that of a former bf trying to make me feel better about his dumping me by telling me the woman he was dropping me in favour of was not nearly as good looking, was fat and had really bad skin as well. Gee thanks, so what you are saying is my personality is so awful that a fat ugly girl with bad skin is preferable to me, yeah I feel so much better now.

On the bright side she dumped him later, kicked him out of their home and he was so upset he couldn't do his work properly so he lost his job too. He phoned me to tell me all this. I am not going to speculate on his motives at that point, but that news cheered me up more than anything else he had done. Schadenfreude ist die beste freude.

Well, sadly, there's an entire bunch of shiatty people out there and we all happen to encounter them at different points in their developmental life. If you're ahead of them emotionally relax, understand where they are, and don't beat yourself up if you allow them to treat you badly. Just make sure you bail out before it starts to change you as a person. We're wired to be together and sometimes that doesn't always work out to our personal benefit but it beats the alternative (most of the time). As for your personality, I don't know you. It's possible you have a bad personality, but there's a simple way to tell. If you get the same reaction from everyone you date, it's you. If not, he's just an asshole who you're better off without. If you're ever in SE Ohio though and don't mind a breakfast date let me know and I'd be happy to get to know you. =)

altinos: Porous Horace: I regret everything.

Really, it's been a shiat life.

Bugger that there's only me to blame. Well fark me, then.

Chalk it up to learning experiences.

You must be one of those "glass is half full" people. Well not only is my glass half empty, the f*#^ing thing is leaking.