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MuseRider

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8. Had the chance to get my Masters

Mon Jul 8, 2019, 09:04 PM

Jul 2019

in music performance and could have either traveled and played as a soloist or found a good orchestra gig. Instead I stayed here where I am happy but always wonder about that other life. I would have loved a life on the stage as a soloist. Even if I would not be good enough I could have tried and I stopped before I found out. 65 years old with one wonderful son and another who got married and decided we were not useful to them so I do have a granddaughter but have never seen her. Wish we knew why. Yes I have regrets.

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Hey Fellow Boomers, I Am 60 And Have Lots Of Regrets, I Will Share Mine, Share Yours [View all] ChubbyStar Jul 2019 OP

Had a chance to get my graduate degree paid by my employer. Comatose Sphagetti Jul 2019 #1

I let a wonderful lady slip through my fingers Cartoonist Jul 2019 #2

Yes the love that we let go ChubbyStar Jul 2019 #4

I regret I never learned another language. kacekwl Jul 2019 #3

May I suggest... Hotler Jul 2019 #11

Thanks, I'll take a look. kacekwl Jul 2019 #15

I regret I only started to learn another language in my 40s DBoon Jul 2019 #31

This is kind of like auditing in Scientology. Funtatlaguy Jul 2019 #5

Yeah that's exactly what I had in mind ChubbyStar Jul 2019 #17

I hope no one here is consumed by regrets True Dough Jul 2019 #6

No dwelling here, just shedding ChubbyStar Jul 2019 #18

Good. Shed away! True Dough Jul 2019 #22

FFS did you just say that? ChubbyStar Jul 2019 #24

I feel much the same way. I had to give my granddaughter a little Arkansas Granny Jul 2019 #19

I regret not staying out of the sun DUgosh Jul 2019 #7

Had the chance to get my Masters MuseRider Jul 2019 #8

I regret not finishing college, too. Laffy Kat Jul 2019 #9

I've been thinking of a 'nostalgia' topic? angstlessk Jul 2019 #10

Same age as you...I wish I had my kids earlier so I could loaf now BeyondGeography Jul 2019 #12

I married a women for all the wrong reasons. Hotler Jul 2019 #13

Hey, fellow Boomer. I am 72 and I regret beating myself up for things I did Arkansas Granny Jul 2019 #14

I married my college girlfriend CanonRay Jul 2019 #16

Wow, Corgigal Jul 2019 #20

30 horses died at Santa Anita this season. We use to go there but never again. wasupaloopa Jul 2019 #52

I'm aware. Corgigal Jul 2019 #55

I wish I had tried more to help my brother Skittles Jul 2019 #21

Hey There, My Sister 13 Months Older Died From The Same Thing ChubbyStar Jul 2019 #23

it's hard Skittles Jul 2019 #25

Skit I Know ChubbyStar Jul 2019 #33

exactly Skittles Jul 2019 #35

We bought a Ford Pinto. GP6971 Jul 2019 #26

I regret not going for my RN. Lunabell Jul 2019 #27

66 year old Boomer here leftieNanner Jul 2019 #28

I regret posting deeply personal stories about myself on an open internet platform. Midnight Writer Jul 2019 #29

LOL! I'm with you. fleur-de-lisa Jul 2019 #64

Listen to Edith... regret nothing... (but of course I do) dawg day Jul 2019 #30

Good Lord Edith Was Magnificent ChubbyStar Jul 2019 #37

Isn't that wonderful? dawg day Jul 2019 #39

Yep. Dropped out of college to work susanr516 Jul 2019 #32

But that's still a triumph-- dawg day Jul 2019 #40

I gave up 3 years of a 4 year college scholarship to marry a sinkingfeeling Jul 2019 #34

I regret nothing Generic Brad Jul 2019 #36

That is fucking amazing ChubbyStar Jul 2019 #38

Well....you aren't dead yet, there's still time to make big mistakes. AJT Jul 2019 #41

I wish I had seen James Brown, Michael Jackson and Prince perform live in concert kimbutgar Jul 2019 #42

Oh... I had tickets to see the Stones, dawg day Jul 2019 #46

I hired a dog to mow my lawn. It did not work out. Sneederbunk Jul 2019 #43

OMG - KT2000 Jul 2019 #47

Kk You Win The Thread ChubbyStar Jul 2019 #48

Oh, that's rough. OnDoutside Jul 2019 #54

I wish I had learned diplomacy skills much earlier in my life Bayard Jul 2019 #44

I wanted to be a forest ranger, Mendocino Jul 2019 #45

I regret not dealing with abusive parents sooner cpamomfromtexas Jul 2019 #49

You hang on darlin' ChubbyStar Jul 2019 #50

No real regets, but... I could have been an astronomer... Rollo Jul 2019 #51

I wanted to be rich and famous. Things worked out o.k. anyway. Our decisions are the best we emmaverybo Jul 2019 #53

This message was self-deleted by its author Freelancer Jul 2019 #56

I wasted at least 10 years MFM008 Jul 2019 #57

Staying too long in both marriages mnhtnbb Jul 2019 #58

dropping out of grad school....but my dtr needed attn at the time... samnsara Jul 2019 #59

Back in the Reagan years, we didn't become expatriates like we wanted. We saw all Nay Jul 2019 #60

In '94 we had a chance to move to New Zealand mnhtnbb Jul 2019 #65

I don't regret anything. hunter Jul 2019 #61

76 here, Silent Generation sarge43 Jul 2019 #62

Didn't study Computer Science in undergrad in the 80s. Yavin4 Jul 2019 #63