If You Could Turn Back Time, What Would You Do Differently? - Page 4

Kenna · 08-20-2010, 09:56 PM

During a crisis I faced in 2001/early 2002...I wouldn't have put "it" back in "it's" place. Things would have been much better for many people had I handled that crisis in a different way and not shut down emotionally or allowed myself to get completely and utterly overwhelmed.

Blade · 08-21-2010, 12:14 PM

wouldn't have married and idiot. oh wait that's right I wouldn't have married at all, STUPID ME!

SuperFemme · 08-21-2010, 12:36 PM

i would do nothing differently.
except maybe that tragic pair of ditto jeans in 8th grade could have gone unpurchased...

Guy · 08-21-2010, 12:39 PM

I would have said yes to the chocolate bread pudding!

Soft*Silver · 08-21-2010, 12:50 PM

I would have waited

skeeter_01 · 08-21-2010, 12:51 PM

I would have allowed myself to come out at a MUCH younger age..I wouldn't have waited so long..I wouldn't have lied to myself about WHO I was/am..

I would have gone back with my ex when she tried to get us back together...

but things happen the way they do for a reason...and I am lovin' life now adays!!

Abigail Crabby · 08-21-2010, 01:30 PM

Nothing

Everything I've done, I've gleaned a valuable lesson from.

Life is a learning lesson - gotta learn to roll with the punches.

lipstixgal · 08-21-2010, 03:15 PM

Seriously I would have c come out earlier but I am here now so that is all that matters!

Blade · 08-21-2010, 08:21 PM

I would have accepted that interview with UPS 25 yrs ago and just taken my chances of being punished at my present job for missing inventory

DamonK · 08-21-2010, 08:24 PM

I've learned from everything.

I would have listened to my gut about my ex.
During a conversation, when I knew what was wanted, I would have done it.
I wouldn't have taken that first pill that sent me spiraling into the abyss.

Rook · 08-21-2010, 08:27 PM

I'd do a lot of things different, but most of all...
I'd probably smack myself with a bunch of red Flags, warn Myself to be a Lot more cautious with my heart, and friendships.
Now Me: "don't be so gullible" -slap-
Past Me: "Ok!"
Now Me: "Heart on sleeve, IX-NAY !!!" -slap-
Past Me: " I get it !!"
Now Me: "Slap slap slap"
Past Me:

Now Me: "Just making sure it sinks in...."

Duchess · 08-21-2010, 08:40 PM

I would have given my grandparents the attention they deserved instead of giving in to my teenage selfishness.

Isadora · 08-21-2010, 09:14 PM

Not much of anything. I would keep it the same. I have learned a great deal from my mistakes: how to say no, how to set boundaries, how to recognize dishonourable people, how to discern those who have great ethics and those who do not and most importantly how to love someone with my whole heart unconditionally. I was never a great believer in unconditional love. Hy showed it to me. A great role model. If I turned back the hard times, I would not have this amazing devotion and love now.

ruthie14 · 08-21-2010, 09:21 PM

lots of things... but right now... getting a higher college education and coming out earlier.

Massive · 08-21-2010, 09:32 PM

Not let all the baggage from the past stay stuck to my coat-tails.
Learn that I'm only human.
Been born with the side of my family that stayed in the US all those years ago.

Kenna · 08-21-2010, 11:12 PM

I would have agreed to purchase COBRA insurance so I wouldn't be stuck in my current situation with multiple trips to the hospital, new prescriptions and my Lupus kicking my ass (among other things wearing me out).

Soft*Silver · 08-21-2010, 11:15 PM

I would have run away instead of been thrown away

SuperFemme · 08-21-2010, 11:19 PM

NJFemmie · 08-22-2010, 06:42 AM

If I knew then what I know now, I would have asked better questions.

SelfMadeMan · 08-22-2010, 08:46 AM

I would have moved home to spend as much time as possible with my Mom before she died... then stayed home to take care of Dad and spend those last two precious years with him 24/7. I miss them. Then, I would have met Stacy about 10 years sooner to avoid a whole lotta heartache and start my forever sooner. But that said... I absolutely love my life the way it turned out.

08-21-2010, 12:14 PM	#62
Blade Infamous Member How Do You Identify?: TG Preferred Pronoun?: He Relationship Status: once in a while someone amazing comes along...and here I am! Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Down on the farm Posts: 5,492 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 9,850 Thanked 14,401 Times in 4,049 Posts Rep Power: 21474856	wouldn't have married and idiot. oh wait that's right I wouldn't have married at all, STUPID ME! __________________ Yeah so what if I'm triple dipped in awesome sauce? The best way to predict the future, is to create it.

08-21-2010, 12:50 PM	#65
SoftSilver Infamous Member How Do You Identify?: femme Preferred Pronoun?: she Relationship Status: Married Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: rose cottage Posts: 5,507 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 8,449 Thanked 15,637 Times in 3,982 Posts Rep Power*: 21474856	I would have waited __________________ Pole bachit, a lis chuye. The field sees, the forest hears

08-21-2010, 12:51 PM	#66
skeeter_01 Member How Do You Identify?: stone butch Preferred Pronoun?: Hey you! Relationship Status: Sleeping single in a double bed.. Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: ann arbor, michigan Posts: 195 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 288 Thanked 477 Times in 130 Posts Rep Power: 3007275	I would have allowed myself to come out at a MUCH younger age..I wouldn't have waited so long..I wouldn't have lied to myself about WHO I was/am.. I would have gone back with my ex when she tried to get us back together... but things happen the way they do for a reason...and I am lovin' life now adays!! __________________ Texting while driving is a real KILLER!!! ‎"It takes hundreds of nuts to hold a car together...but it takes only one nut to scatter them all over the highway..." Jeff PARAMEDIC

08-21-2010, 01:30 PM	#67
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08-21-2010, 08:21 PM	#69
Blade Infamous Member How Do You Identify?: TG Preferred Pronoun?: He Relationship Status: once in a while someone amazing comes along...and here I am! Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Down on the farm Posts: 5,492 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 9,850 Thanked 14,401 Times in 4,049 Posts Rep Power: 21474856	I would have accepted that interview with UPS 25 yrs ago and just taken my chances of being punished at my present job for missing inventory __________________ Yeah so what if I'm triple dipped in awesome sauce? The best way to predict the future, is to create it.

08-20-2010, 09:56 PM	#61
Kenna Senior Member How Do You Identify?: Fiery, Sassy, Tough As Nails, Femme Tomboy Preferred Pronoun?: She Relationship Status: I am your favorite hello and hardest goodbye. Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: NC & CO Posts: 4,784 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 4,613 Thanked 12,109 Times in 3,757 Posts Rep Power: 21474855	During a crisis I faced in 2001/early 2002...I wouldn't have put "it" back in "it's" place. Things would have been much better for many people had I handled that crisis in a different way and not shut down emotionally or allowed myself to get completely and utterly overwhelmed.

08-21-2010, 12:36 PM	#63
SuperFemme Timed Out How Do You Identify?: Permanently Banned 10/24/2010 Preferred Pronoun?: She. Relationship Status: Married (one of 18,000) Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Atascadero, CA Posts: 4,933 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 2,309 Thanked 7,109 Times in 2,327 Posts Rep Power: 0	i would do nothing differently. except maybe that tragic pair of ditto jeans in 8th grade could have gone unpurchased...

08-21-2010, 12:39 PM	#64
Guy Senior Member How Do You Identify?: . Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: . Posts: 1,858 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 2,258 Thanked 2,574 Times in 889 Posts Rep Power: 21474852	I would have said yes to the chocolate bread pudding!

08-21-2010, 03:15 PM	#68
lipstixgal Senior Member How Do You Identify?: femme Preferred Pronoun?: She Relationship Status: coupled Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: New Jersey Posts: 3,028 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 201 Thanked 1,690 Times in 1,064 Posts Rep Power: 1494760	Seriously I would have c come out earlier but I am here now so that is all that matters!

08-21-2010, 08:24 PM	#70
DamonK Senior Member How Do You Identify?: . Preferred Pronoun?: . Relationship Status: . Join Date: May 2010 Location: . Posts: 2,199 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 1,527 Thanked 7,762 Times in 1,881 Posts Rep Power: 21474853	I've learned from everything. I would have listened to my gut about my ex. During a conversation, when I knew what was wanted, I would have done it. I wouldn't have taken that first pill that sent me spiraling into the abyss.

08-21-2010, 08:27 PM	#71
Rook Senior Member How Do You Identify?: A.G - Stone Butch - GenderFuck Preferred Pronoun?: Hym, Hyz...or, just b respectable, it's not that hard.. Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Columbus Posts: 2,280 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 2,227 Thanked 3,183 Times in 1,287 Posts Rep Power: 21474853	I'd do a lot of things different, but most of all... I'd probably smack myself with a bunch of red Flags, warn Myself to be a Lot more cautious with my heart, and friendships. Now Me: "don't be so gullible" -slap- Past Me: "Ok!" Now Me: "Heart on sleeve, IX-NAY !!!" -slap- Past Me: " I get it !!" Now Me: "Slap slap slap" Past Me: Now Me: "Just making sure it sinks in...." __________________

08-21-2010, 08:40 PM	#72
Duchess Senior Member How Do You Identify?: Absolute Femme Preferred Pronoun?: She Relationship Status: Toe curling :-) Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Atlanta Posts: 2,382 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 1,792 Thanked 5,591 Times in 1,521 Posts Rep Power: 21474853	*I would have given my grandparents the attention they deserved instead of giving in to my teenage selfishness.* __________________ *無料のライブ*

08-21-2010, 09:14 PM	#73
Isadora Member How Do You Identify?: Momma, Ma'am Preferred Pronoun?: She/Her Relationship Status: I am in love. Truly Madly Deeply Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: California Posts: 997 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 502 Thanked 2,128 Times in 560 Posts Rep Power: 2369287	Not much of anything. I would keep it the same. I have learned a great deal from my mistakes: how to say no, how to set boundaries, how to recognize dishonourable people, how to discern those who have great ethics and those who do not and most importantly how to love someone with my whole heart unconditionally. I was never a great believer in unconditional love. Hy showed it to me. A great role model. If I turned back the hard times, I would not have this amazing devotion and love now. __________________ "I have a respect for manners as such, they are a way of dealing with people you don't agree with or like." Margaret Mead Read me! www.leatherati.com

08-21-2010, 09:21 PM	#74
ruthie14 Member How Do You Identify?: femme Preferred Pronoun?: she Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: NJ Posts: 844 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 1,904 Thanked 1,243 Times in 461 Posts Rep Power: 5731586	lots of things... but right now... getting a higher college education and coming out earlier.

08-21-2010, 09:32 PM	#75
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08-21-2010, 11:12 PM	#76
Kenna Senior Member How Do You Identify?: Fiery, Sassy, Tough As Nails, Femme Tomboy Preferred Pronoun?: She Relationship Status: I am your favorite hello and hardest goodbye. Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: NC & CO Posts: 4,784 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 4,613 Thanked 12,109 Times in 3,757 Posts Rep Power: 21474855	I would have agreed to purchase COBRA insurance so I wouldn't be stuck in my current situation with multiple trips to the hospital, new prescriptions and my Lupus kicking my ass (among other things wearing me out).

08-21-2010, 11:15 PM	#77
SoftSilver Infamous Member How Do You Identify?: femme Preferred Pronoun?: she Relationship Status: Married Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: rose cottage Posts: 5,507 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 8,449 Thanked 15,637 Times in 3,982 Posts Rep Power*: 21474856	I would have run away instead of been thrown away __________________ Pole bachit, a lis chuye. The field sees, the forest hears

08-21-2010, 11:19 PM	#78
SuperFemme Timed Out How Do You Identify?: Permanently Banned 10/24/2010 Preferred Pronoun?: She. Relationship Status: Married (one of 18,000) Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Atascadero, CA Posts: 4,933 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 2,309 Thanked 7,109 Times in 2,327 Posts Rep Power: 0	i'd straddle more big guns..

08-22-2010, 06:42 AM	#79
NJFemmie Senior Member How Do You Identify?: The original lime-twisted femme Preferred Pronoun?: I answer to most things, especially lesbian. Relationship Status: Still loving my Mare ;) Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: New Jersey Posts: 4,683 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 1,343 Thanked 11,424 Times in 2,978 Posts Rep Power: 21474854	If I knew then what I know now, I would have asked better questions. __________________

08-22-2010, 08:46 AM	#80
SelfMadeMan Member How Do You Identify?: Transsexual Man Preferred Pronoun?: Male Relationship Status: Married to The Woman of My Dreams <3 Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Minnesota Posts: 802 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 796 Thanked 2,669 Times in 527 Posts Rep Power: 18972344	I would have moved home to spend as much time as possible with my Mom before she died... then stayed home to take care of Dad and spend those last two precious years with him 24/7. I miss them. Then, I would have met Stacy about 10 years sooner to avoid a whole lotta heartache and start my forever sooner. But that said... I absolutely love my life the way it turned out.