If I Could Do It Over...
Tonight we were out putting gas in the car when I managed to get one of the automatic sliding doors on the van stuck. We ended up with this annoying beeping sound that wouldn't shut off even after I yanked the door back on track and shut it. I really hate those doors. It's supposed to be a glamorous, helpful feature, but if I could do it over again, I would get a van with just regular old sliding doors. Much less headache!
It got me thinking though. What major decisions have I made in my life that I would choose differently if I could go back? I had a hard time finding things at first-- I'm happy with where I went to college and what I majored in, my decision to go on a mission, marrying Terence, quitting work, buying our home, having each of my babies, etc.
Then I struck gold. "Wait a minute!" I thought. "I NEVER would have dated Esmael!" That got me started. After all, I never would have dated Steve, Chris, Brent, Joel...and that didn't even include the list of guys I never would have kissed that I didn't actually date. (Yes, I know, it's really sad.) I would have told Armando he never had a chance before he tattooed my name on his arm. (Oh, wait, I did tell that guy that! I guess I would go back and word it a bit more strongly though. Obviously he didn't get it.)
Since all of my major regrets involve guys, it's a miracle I'm so happily married! Maybe that was the key though. I had plenty of horrible, embarrassing, or pathetic experiences so that I recognized the prince when I met him. What do you think? Would you go back and change who you dated, or do you think it helped in the end?
It got me thinking though. What major decisions have I made in my life that I would choose differently if I could go back? I had a hard time finding things at first-- I'm happy with where I went to college and what I majored in, my decision to go on a mission, marrying Terence, quitting work, buying our home, having each of my babies, etc.
Then I struck gold. "Wait a minute!" I thought. "I NEVER would have dated Esmael!" That got me started. After all, I never would have dated Steve, Chris, Brent, Joel...and that didn't even include the list of guys I never would have kissed that I didn't actually date. (Yes, I know, it's really sad.) I would have told Armando he never had a chance before he tattooed my name on his arm. (Oh, wait, I did tell that guy that! I guess I would go back and word it a bit more strongly though. Obviously he didn't get it.)
Since all of my major regrets involve guys, it's a miracle I'm so happily married! Maybe that was the key though. I had plenty of horrible, embarrassing, or pathetic experiences so that I recognized the prince when I met him. What do you think? Would you go back and change who you dated, or do you think it helped in the end?
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Tattoo? You never told me that. I'm impressed.
I was a missionary at the time. He was an investigator who proposed to me (even got me a ring.)