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Interesting_Rich_643 , Eric Astrauskas Report

30 Things That People Thought They Wanted So Much, Yet Regretted After Finally Getting, As Shared In This Online Group I bought a collection of lockdown gym equipment I had all good intentions for. It turns out a lack of free time wasn’t really the reason I wasn’t ripped.

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324points

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FABULOUS1 2 years ago

I feel you, my stationary bike is now a very sturdy coat hanger.

154points

Maenbrot584 , Franklin Park Library Report

30 Things That People Thought They Wanted So Much, Yet Regretted After Finally Getting, As Shared In This Online Group Being an adult...

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311points

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Russ Kincade 2 years ago

As a child I couldn't wait to grow up. As a working adult, I couldn't wait to retire and I'm finding it isn't what I had hoped. It is easy to focus on the what you will gain in the next phase of your life, but you don't realize what you will lose. Just enjoy the good things in each day.

180points

30 Things That People Thought They Wanted So Much, Yet Regretted After Finally Getting, As Shared In This Online Group Marine fish tank. They look absolutely gorgeous when clean and running well however I didn't bank on how difficult it would be to have it clean and running well..

dannyrj91 , David Stanley Report

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305points

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Kookamunga 2 years ago

Ex husband had one of these. I really didn't want a small section of ocean in the living room, OK. A year later: SO MUCH MONEY. SO MANY DEAD FISH. SO MUCH FREAKING OUT OVER MONEY AND DEAD FISH. Then he got into reptiles.

172points

30 Things That People Thought They Wanted So Much, Yet Regretted After Finally Getting, As Shared In This Online Group Taking out student loans to achieve a degree that will never pay me enough to pay back the student loans.

tailzknope , Hobbies on a Budget Report

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301points

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HIROX 2 years ago

Anyone in the US that reads this. Very few professions care about what school you went to. Or even physical locations. The few I can think of are doctors, hyper specific job that are also based at MIT, ect. For everything else. Get your generals done through a community college. History and math 101 are the same there as they are at Harvard only way cheaper. Do as much online as possible. And if you are still in highschool. See what programs/classes your school offers that will count as college credits. If you stack your classes right you could walk out of HS with an associates degree. Also also, once you start the Bachelor's degree things at least get funner. They are classes you care about. Because they are in the field you are interested in.

208points

30 Things That People Thought They Wanted So Much, Yet Regretted After Finally Getting, As Shared In This Online Group Working a job that involves skills from one of my hobbies. Now it feels more like work than the hobby.

isaacthememeboi , Linda N. Report

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276points

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Eat Dirt Crow 2 years ago

I found the opposite to be true. I'm a metal fabricator that I started as a hobby. I now do it for a living and now I have access to equipment that I would never have been able to afford let alone have room for. I have also become so much better (there's so many people who are better than me) than I would have if I had kept it just a hobby

148points

acefrosting , Sergey Rodovnichenko Report

30 Things That People Thought They Wanted So Much, Yet Regretted After Finally Getting, As Shared In This Online Group A business. Supposedly my dream job….but I haaaate it.

Yes, I own a bakery that I’ve run for 13 years. It’s successful, always paid its bills….but it’s definitely zapped the joy out of a hobby. Anyone that has worked with the public knows it’s taxing. I’ve lost the creative aspect and just feel like a slave to it honestly. Bakery hours can be rough, so maybe it’s the lack of sleep catching up to me, lol. I just know that I was already feeling burned out, but now with the insane increase to costs of supplies - and the unpredictability of finding certain things altogether, I’ve decided this will be my last year in business.

Final score:

250points

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LagoonaBlueColleen 2 years ago (edited)

This is sad. I wonder if finding a different way to structure the business would be better. Such as making products upon order. So you have a menu of a few products that can be made with a more limited ingredients list and get customers to place a order for that product to be made and ready for pick up. That way ready-made products aren't going to waste. I always wonder how much of the products I see in bakeries get sold.

85points

flyinggarbagetruck , The Unwinder Report

30 Things That People Thought They Wanted So Much, Yet Regretted After Finally Getting, As Shared In This Online Group Being single

I’m a 25 y/o gay male that was dating an older man. We had a great life together. I thought I wanted to be single because I needed the experience of living on my own/having other partners, but now realizing I lost something truly special. It’s hard learning to date again

Final score:

248points

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Sareaesque 2 years ago

The experience of living alone is a valuable one to have, if you are fortunate enough to be in a position to manage it. It's possible to have that experience and still be in a committed relationship though.

116points

30 Things That People Thought They Wanted So Much, Yet Regretted After Finally Getting, As Shared In This Online Group Go pro.

I don’t even go on a picnic. What the f**k did I need a go pro for.

Duuuuude_WTF , Ludovic Péron Report

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238points

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LagoonaBlueColleen 2 years ago

Put it on your dashboard and catch all those bad drivers.

10points

#10

30 Things That People Thought They Wanted So Much, Yet Regretted After Finally Getting, As Shared In This Online Group Buying a new ski boat. Expensive, too big to keep in the garage and burned $80 in gas in an afternoon (when gas was still affordable). Mostly I pulled the kids and their friends on wake boards or kneeboards around and around in circles while the air temperature was close to 100 and came home dehydrated and with a headache. A happy day is when you buy a boat. A happier day is when you sell that b***h.

BreakingBad2014 , pxhere Report

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230points

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Eat Dirt Crow 2 years ago

It's a hole in the water that you throw money into.

99points

#11

30 Things That People Thought They Wanted So Much, Yet Regretted After Finally Getting, As Shared In This Online Group To get off my meds. Did. Was absolutely terrible . Went back on them probably for the rest of my life

rurubarb , goblinbox_ Report

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199points

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Frances M 2 years ago

Depends on the meds, some are literally to keep you alive, but some like pain meds need frequent dry spells, and steroids can be similar.

112points

#12

30 Things That People Thought They Wanted So Much, Yet Regretted After Finally Getting, As Shared In This Online Group Joining the military.

I miss my hearing.

DukeOfJokes , Evan Delshaw Report

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191points

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Mistralok 2 years ago

My loss was a bit more pleasant: Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, Aerosmith; the list goes on. :)

81points

#13

30 Things That People Thought They Wanted So Much, Yet Regretted After Finally Getting, As Shared In This Online Group Waterbed. Biggest waste of money. Spent 1k on the most uncomfortable bed ever. Practically broke my back and sold it for 100 after just a year of using it.

TallAFTobs , Bluyten Report

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188points

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May 2 years ago (edited)

I had one when I was a kid, they were all the rage back then and I loved it. Haven't tried one as a grown up, but you're laying down on water, how can it be uncomfortable?

65points

#14

30 Things That People Thought They Wanted So Much, Yet Regretted After Finally Getting, As Shared In This Online Group Nose ring. Once I got it, it just felt like I had a booger in my nose that I couldn’t get rid of

Zmanoside , AbbyD11 Report

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184points

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Kona Pake 2 years ago

And it kept getting in the way of picking your nose, didn’t it?

103points

#15

30 Things That People Thought They Wanted So Much, Yet Regretted After Finally Getting, As Shared In This Online Group Nicotine

LostInRealityForever , Lydia Report

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158points

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Dash Blue 2 years ago

Day 12 without a cigarette. I sure would like to smoke a cigarette.

196points

#16

30 Things That People Thought They Wanted So Much, Yet Regretted After Finally Getting, As Shared In This Online Group My art degree from a private institution. It’s “nationally accredited“ which means its useless

cesinsf , Redmond Report

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155points

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May 2 years ago

I don't understand this, can someone explain?

27points

#17

30 Things That People Thought They Wanted So Much, Yet Regretted After Finally Getting, As Shared In This Online Group I won't have to work another day in my life!

I became disabled in 2019

drunky_crowette , Richard Drdul Report

Final score:

139points

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Mistralok 2 years ago (edited)

I can't understand this attitude. I, unfortunately was forced into disability myself. My culinary career was my entire life. I would get up in the morning, dress and head off to work. I would spent the entire day, often until late at night there, go home, shower, go to bed and wake the next morning to gladly start it all over again. This was my way of life and I adored it. My health improved a bit, so I began volunteering in one of the local kitchens cooking for the homeless. Last summer alone I put in over 100 hours for them and others and was happy as a clam again. Things have taken a bit of a downturn again, but I still look for ways to help.

91points

#18

30 Things That People Thought They Wanted So Much, Yet Regretted After Finally Getting, As Shared In This Online Group Massage chair. I enjoyed the demo in the shop, that's about it.

General-Permission-5 , HS You Report

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134points

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Kona Pake 2 years ago

$2995 later…

72points

#19

30 Things That People Thought They Wanted So Much, Yet Regretted After Finally Getting, As Shared In This Online Group an open relationship

cutepuppybutts , MAMJODH Report

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134points

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Lisa Valen 2 years ago

My husband and I agreed to having an open relationship. It was one of the WORST decisions I ever made. If anyone is contemplating trying an open relationship, DON'T!

138points

Zorro-the-witcher , Carl Nenzén Lovén Report

#20

30 Things That People Thought They Wanted So Much, Yet Regretted After Finally Getting, As Shared In This Online Group A house in the country. Was fun at first, have land, can do what I want. But now it’s a pain to get anything serviced on the house, deliveries take longer, and it’s a pain to go grocery shopping or just into town in general. And the upkeep on the land is now a time waste, and sometimes I just want someone to deliver me pizza! Moving into town this summer.

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128points

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Fabian Meresse 2 years ago

I found a good compromise : living in a medium city, working at the country. Both benefits: able to find peace and calm on my daywork, and everything I need in the evening. But it's France, a human sized country

84points

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#27

30 Things That People Thought They Wanted So Much, Yet Regretted After Finally Getting, As Shared In This Online Group That 2 lb novelty Reese Cup. I regretted how good it was.

UnusualPost , Mike Mozart Report

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107points

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Kookamunga 2 years ago

I don't like Reese's and I don't like peanut butter. I've been called a freak.

43points

OrangesScareMengl , OakleyOriginals Report

#28

30 Things That People Thought They Wanted So Much, Yet Regretted After Finally Getting, As Shared In This Online Group the haircut i gave myself yesterday

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103points

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Lynne Hammar 2 years ago

LOL ... it will grow back in no time

55points

#29

30 Things That People Thought They Wanted So Much, Yet Regretted After Finally Getting, As Shared In This Online Group A $1200 versace watch to impress a girl that I met off Facebook that I never ended up meeting in real life

kuzya3k , Joe Haupt Report

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99points

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Theoretical Empiricist 2 years ago

Anyone impressed by an expensive watch is not someone I want to know.

337points

#30

30 Things That People Thought They Wanted So Much, Yet Regretted After Finally Getting, As Shared In This Online Group Nickelodeon Video Now. I paid $70 for one and two discs. Then Video Now Color came out just a few months later and made it obsolete.

supremedalek925 , ClawGrip Report

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80points

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Brittany Morrison 2 years ago

I still have mine! I only ever had one disk that played 2 episodes of spongebob, but I watched those two episodes like 10 times a day as a child. I randomly find it sometimes and it surprisingly still works great

31points

jack sprat 2 years ago

Were they at least really great episodes of SpongeBob?

0points

Priscilla Reshell 2 years ago

Never heard of this before is it from the 90s?

6points

Brittany Morrison 2 years ago

Early 2000s, 2002 or 2003 I believe

5points

Ozymandias73 2 years ago

Mine was SEGA Dreamcast. It was Sony Playstation's debut. I had been a SEGA fan for the longest time and only knew Sony as stereo equipment etc. So I stuck with what I knew. 2 weeks later I no longer had a Dreamcast and thus started my journey into the land of the PS. Which, I have a PS4 now. LOL

3points

Alexis Bleu 2 years ago

Sounds like cell phone upgrades!

0points

Keisha 2 years ago

I haven't played video games since Atari and have no clue what this is.

0points

Omnipotent Goddess 2 years ago

I remember those, and I did the same thing with the gameboy advance and the Gameboy advance XP

0points

TheReader19 2 years ago

I bought these for my girls, I know that there still in the house somewhere. They've got the ones in colour

0points

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Eat Dirt Crow 2 years ago

I think having a lawn can be on this list. The time, money, energy and water that is needed for a lawn (especially a front lawn) is such a waste. We now have mulch with a pathway going through it with some perennials and a couple bushes. Looks so much better and it is so much easier to maintain. So much less wasted water.

18points

Nikki Sevven 2 years ago

Our "lawn" is a mix of several types of clover, wildflowers, and various mosses. I think it's beautiful, and it requires no maintenance except occasional mowing (and we always leave a patch unmowed for pollinators). It's always the first "lawn" to be green in the Spring while the fertilized, manicured lawns of neighbors are still brown.

13points

Keisha 2 years ago

I love my yard and it mostly covered with beautiful plants that I love caring for but yeah it's hard work.

0points

Quasar 2 years ago

im probably just gonna get a bigger apartment if i get a bigger home, tending to lawns suck

0points

Chucky Cheezburger 2 years ago

Having is not so pleasing a thing as wanting.It seems illogical but it is often times true.

10points

Lyone Fein 2 years ago

Thank you, Mr. Spock.

8points

Castles 2 years ago

Mines would definitely be an Echo Dot. All my friends were talking about it so I decided to get one. Lights turn on during conversations for no reason and it made me paranoid it was listening lol. It’s now unplugged and not been used for months

6points

Keisha 2 years ago

Nope,I don't need nor want any of that. I have something like that on my phone and the first thing I did was disable it.

2points

Ivanka van der Reest 2 years ago (edited)

What I regret is getting my earlobes pierced with a piercinggun at the jewelry store at the age of 16 instead of with a needle at the piercing shop. I'm now almost 32 and even though I have had earrings for half my life now, it never healed properly. I still sometimes experience inflammation. And on one side if I don't wear any earring in it for more than a week it will have actually partially closed. The skin trauma from getting pierced with a gun is really so bad it can leave lasting problems. I also advise parents who want to give their daughters earrings to not get them done with a gun. Go to a good piercing shop and get them done with a needle. It's actually less painful and doesn't give skin trauma.

5points

Sam Wizer 2 years ago

A six figure year. I finished my masters and had the goal of making 6 figures. I was in a car accident 2 months after graduating. My settlement was six figures, but now I'm disabled for life.

3points

D20 Games 2 years ago

I don't regret the things I have done. I regret the things I should have done.

3points

SilverSkyCloud 2 years ago

number 23, she says "he was a wonderful guy" even though he played with her feelings🙄🙄🙄

2points

Bryan With a Why 2 years ago

Some people never learn...

0points

Scarlett 2 years ago

My life. There should be a return policy on this thing.

2points

Ivanka van der Reest 2 years ago

Technically life has a return policy. At some point death comes for everyone and the world will keep spinning without you just as it did before you were born. No need to commit suicide. You can just wait it out. After some time on earth it will happen anyway. Best to make the most of it before that happens. Enjoy life a little. Make friends. Follow ambitions. Enjoy good meals. Maybe travel a bit. Life is maybe quite pointless. But that doesn't mean it's pointless to be a good person and do right by others and yourself.

2points

William Teach 2 years ago

How about all those bikes people bought during lockdown? The greenway is right behind me, and, as soon as things started opening up people stopped biking. Now there are tons sitting in garages. I regret buying a device that makes my Android Auto wireless. Still need a charger, and, my new car really isn't set up for having a wireless charger easily.

2points

L1z 2 years ago (edited)

I thought I wanted a full time job with health benefits and company pension. It turns out what I actually want is casual employment with the freedom to say no to any shift I don't want to work, and the freedom to do whatever I want when I get out of bed in the morning. I don't need health benefits from work because we have free health care. I don't need a company pension because I'm good with my money and I know how to save it properly. Having had COVID for the last whole month has really shown me how much I value my freedom, hobbies, and time with my dog.

1point

Michael King 2 years ago

So basically you want to be independently wealthy... must be nice.

5points

Metallicd3ath 2 years ago

I don't want those first things you mentioned but I sure do need them, because as good as I am with my money, just living is expensive and I'm *not* good with my time

1point

Bryan With a Why 2 years ago

There's no such thing as "free" anything. What you mean is someone else paid for it.

0points

Buck Up 2 years ago

At least three of these posts seem to affirm traditional marriage and not "sleeping around." Go figure.

0points

Virginia Hartzell 2 years ago

FITBIT WATCH! The thing would never sync to my phone. It's now a nice addition to the junk drawer.

0points

Rick Seiden 2 years ago

One of my great regrets in life is not taking over my Uncles' shop in Westwood, NJ (J&J Stationary, if any of you out there remember it). But I know that if I had, I would have regretted doing it, because I'm not the type of person who can get up every day, open a store, work all day, close it, go home, and feel rewarded by it. I would have hated it. So I regret not doing it, even though I know I would have regretted doing it.

0points

LuCa 2 years ago

Lol. WHY? More money than sense clearly..

0points

It's Me 2 years ago

I can honestly say that 2/3rds of everything I have ever done or had is like this for me. I just don’t get that climatic high from anything. Except flying. That’s about it.

0points

Sumaira Shahid 2 years ago

Spicy Chicken BBQ | Chicken Barbeque | Eid special recipe https://youtu.be/VP5lm_f0RgU

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Eat Dirt Crow 2 years ago

18points

Nikki Sevven 2 years ago

13points

Keisha 2 years ago

I love my yard and it mostly covered with beautiful plants that I love caring for but yeah it's hard work.

0points

Quasar 2 years ago

im probably just gonna get a bigger apartment if i get a bigger home, tending to lawns suck

0points

Chucky Cheezburger 2 years ago

Having is not so pleasing a thing as wanting.It seems illogical but it is often times true.

10points

Lyone Fein 2 years ago

Thank you, Mr. Spock.

8points

Castles 2 years ago

6points

Keisha 2 years ago

Nope,I don't need nor want any of that. I have something like that on my phone and the first thing I did was disable it.

2points

Ivanka van der Reest 2 years ago (edited)

5points

Sam Wizer 2 years ago

A six figure year. I finished my masters and had the goal of making 6 figures. I was in a car accident 2 months after graduating. My settlement was six figures, but now I'm disabled for life.

3points

D20 Games 2 years ago

I don't regret the things I have done. I regret the things I should have done.

3points

SilverSkyCloud 2 years ago

number 23, she says "he was a wonderful guy" even though he played with her feelings🙄🙄🙄

2points

Bryan With a Why 2 years ago

Some people never learn...

0points

Scarlett 2 years ago

My life. There should be a return policy on this thing.

2points

Ivanka van der Reest 2 years ago

2points

William Teach 2 years ago

2points

L1z 2 years ago (edited)

1point

Michael King 2 years ago

So basically you want to be independently wealthy... must be nice.

5points