Are you sorry that you didn't tell them how you felt?

There are no mulligans or do overs when it comes to real life. When the moment passes, it is gone for good. Dwelling on the past or worrying about what could have been is unhealthy and unproductive. We can only correct what we have control over. Taking chances and risks can be hard things to do. When you take risks, results are immediate and any mistakes become quickly apparent. Not taking chances is easier, often the more comfortable option, and one usually doesn't learn that inaction is a mistake until much later on when it is too late. I appreciate your honesty. History does tend to repeat itself. The truth is, that looking back at the past and playing the "what if" game may be tempting. It's an activity that is certainly easier than dealing with one's reality, making honest assessments of oneself and applying any necessary adjustments. In the end, one can never know how things would turn out if decisions were made differently anyway. Things could have been better. They may have become worse. There is also the chance that a different outcome of a specific event would create a new path that lead to the same result. Thanks for sharing ratyz. Cheers.

Seizing the day is not really something most of us are good at when it comes to chances that appear infront of us. Sometimes, we really don't know that they were actually chances until we find out later on. Of course, thinking about something that would not change is useless. We just have to go on and be prepared the next time a similar event happens to us with a different person. Your welcome~!

Regret is a powerful emotion. Perhaps it would be of great comfort to get a second chance or one more opportunity to set things right. Does anyone think that life would be less special if we couldn't make mistakes? What if we always had the ability to correct our decisions? Would that really be fair to others? Would it not be preventing them from moving forward/onwards? I have heard the same sentiments as the ones you have posted, meandmy3, come from others. I don't want to give the impression that I know how you feel/felt toward(s) your family. Only you can truly know that. I try to understand as much as I can. Humans can have very strong connections with one another. Other animals are capable of this too. Even humans and some other animals can have a strong bond to one another. We are lucky to have deep and detailed memories. Our memory may not allow us to redo the past, but through remembering we can relive it in a sense. Those that may have physically left us can always remain connected as long as we don't forget them.

That's a tough one. With the benefit of hindsight we can learn from our mistakes and change. We can't relive events, so there is only going forward. Some mistakes can be damaging. Others can seem like it at the time, only later to turn out to be the best thing that ever happened. You have a wife that you obviously hold in high regard. Who's to know if you two would have ever met if you never broke up with your first love or if you remained together for a longer period. Thanks for sharing.