ursula's blues
The night before my dad died, I rolled my eyes and gave an exasperated sigh when he asked me to go to the kitchen and get him a glass of water, but I can't remember if I told him that I loved him.
2010-03-16 12:54:27 / Rating: 57.25 / 
Story archives - tag: "regret"
Dad
I can't stop the tears as I shuffle through a box under the our bed and find a tattered letter to Santa, written by my now drug addicted son.
2010-03-15 14:38:33 / Rating: 162.5 /
AwkwardTruths
Afterwards, I deeply regretted telling my hairdresser that my mother had had a nose job.
2010-03-02 13:13:33 / Rating: 43.25 /
Miss Tara
We were only sixteen when he asked me to marry him and now, after two kids, a mortgage, and sixteen more blissful years together, I wish I had said yes because it was the only time he ever asked.
2009-11-12 09:07:22 / Rating: 340.5 /
>.<
As I listened to my friends joke about bulemia, I wondered what they would say if they knew what I did every night after dinner.
2009-06-22 15:26:10 / Rating: 144 /
Lester
I can't get to the library card in my wallet because your picture is in there too.
2009-03-12 13:00:14 / Rating: 267 /
njn118
If I had only gotten out of bed when my alarm went off, she might still be alive today.
2009-03-05 11:39:37 / Rating: 182 /
A. R.
I still wish I had taken the F instead of the A on the online test I hurried to finish while I could hear my dog dying on the kitchen floor.
2009-02-17 16:10:32 / Rating: 354 /
Mineral
I hugged your mom and your girlfriend at your funeral, but when your family bashed me in your eulogy I instantly wished I hadn't.
2009-02-06 14:17:24 / Rating: 311.5 /
(katie)
The worst part about the rape is the way it's made the rest of my life about that one night.
2009-02-02 11:52:09 / Rating: 451 /
ps
As she walked away, the words never came out.
2009-01-09 11:20:59 / Rating: 245.25 /
IV
I never knew how much he loved me until he showed me the pictures of us he kept in his Army helmet for 4 years.
2008-11-19 13:56:30 / Rating: 539.25 /
Blackfeather
When the doorbell rang at four o'clock in the morning, I knew the cop had seen my license plate.
2008-05-07 11:16:24 / Rating: 318.75 /
Steve
It wasn't until I handed the bouncer my ten dollars that I realized how pathetic it was to be at a strip-club on prom night.
2008-03-06 11:47:26 / Rating: 290 /
ray.
If I had known it would've been the last piggyback ride, I would've asked you to carry me much further.
2008-03-03 12:59:02 / Rating: 451 /
Murphy's Lawyer
I got scammed out of $70 by two Chinese strangers in a teahouse in Shanghai, but I still had more fun with them than I have with any other members of my American study abroad group.
2008-01-22 18:12:40 / Rating: 240.25 /
Regretful Lack of Attention
My best friend hung himself on a Friday afternoon, and when I checked my cell phone the morning of his funeral I realized he had called me that day at 3:24PM.
2008-01-02 15:30:08 / Rating: 860.5 /
Why?
Why did I ever get into the car with them that night?
2008-01-01 11:55:27 / Rating: 357.25 /
feelslikerain
As we carried the fishing rods to the dock, it never occurred to me that the punch I had landed on the back of his head had started the end of my longest friendship.
2007-12-28 13:52:49 / Rating: 241 /
Anathema
Only after being caught having an affair with her husband did I regret betraying my best friend.
2007-11-07 13:15:25 / Rating: 227.5 /
Ken
I thought she was just joking, but I really should have gone to the prom with her.
2007-10-30 14:19:37 / Rating: 329.25 /
Nameless
Laying in bad with my girlfriend and child as they slept, I felt deep in my gut that my divorce was not because I became a lesbian at all, but because of post-partum depression.
2007-10-29 10:11:45 / Rating: 255.5 /
Noel
Hearing that she got engaged over the weekend, I decided it was time for me to stop regretting not kissing her that night six years ago and for her to start.
2007-10-08 17:30:50 / Rating: 312 /
That one guy
The girl I've had a crush on for six years asked me for advice and I told her to stay with her boyfriend because I knew that would make her happy.
2007-10-03 10:06:39 / Rating: 545.5 /
ivana
My first kiss happened just months after my mother died.
2007-10-03 10:01:33 / Rating: 364.25 /
CheeseCorn
I'm committed to making lemonade, but I often wish I could pinpoint the moment when I settled for lemons.
2007-10-02 10:28:21 / Rating: 347.75 /
Theoretical Theory
I'm convinced that if I had just asked her to prom she wouldn't have moved away and we would be together.
2007-10-01 13:50:08 / Rating: 243.5 /
Spankella
She ruined my haircut within four seconds of making her first snip.
2007-08-30 16:44:22 / Rating: 246.25 /
Sharpe
It was only after adopting a cat that I realized I was more of a dog lover at heart.
2007-08-28 23:06:07 / Rating: 335.75 /
too common
I looked up at his face, dripping sweat onto mine and suddenly looking so much older, and wondered if I was a better lover than my mother.
2007-08-07 16:21:12 / Rating: 275.75 /
scum
I was her babysitter, her superhero, her mentor, her protector, her beloved father-figure all her life up to the day I molested her.
2007-07-16 15:27:26 / Rating: 355.5 /
Chris
I will always regret not being by the side of my 9 year old brother, my best friend, the day he died of Leukemia.
2007-06-05 17:13:52 / Rating: 381 /
XT_Momma
I wouldn't have been such a bitch if I had known I would never see you again.
2007-05-31 14:50:19 / Rating: 347.5 /
Failure
I was the smartest person on my floor of my dorm, and probably the richest too, but I was also the only one to flunk out.
2007-05-21 10:16:25 / Rating: 359.25 /
Pearl
My freshmen year of college isn't even over yet and I'm already wishing I could start it over again.
2007-05-09 11:24:59 / Rating: 387.5 /
your wife
I chose him, but now that I have him I frequently entertain thoughts of doing him bodily harm.
2007-04-27 16:32:30 / Rating: 272 /
Miss.NoName
Though I was only 6, I knew how wrong I was to let my grandparents dog rapidly hump my pelvis, behind his dog house that spring.
2007-04-25 15:55:07 / Rating: 393.75 /
JJ
As I listened to the audience cheer, I realized how much I wish we were speaking so I could tell you how brilliant you are.
2007-03-30 09:37:26 / Rating: 388.25 /
It Burns
The regret came not when I chopped chilli for tea but much later on, when I picked my nose.
2007-03-27 17:12:16 / Rating: 450.25 /
Jean
At the age of 12, I found a wallet in a department store and lied to the owner when asked if I'd seen it.
2007-03-20 16:40:20 / Rating: 309.5 /
Holly
The one thing I thought I had enough of turned out to be my addiction.
2007-03-20 16:38:41 / Rating: 281.75 /
hip
The scattered ticket stubs and empty bottles still don't hide me from your anger.
2007-03-20 16:37:43 / Rating: 221.5 /
thelorax
I told myself I would hug him next time.
2007-02-27 09:33:07 / Rating: 338.25 /
Rev
Although it took me some time to learn how to properly smoke tweak using the glass pipe, I have spent longer attempting to discover how to reverse the effect that it's had on my life- to no avail.
2006-11-05 18:40:34 / Rating: 351.5 /
row
Reading through last year's journal, I see the words I can't even remember thinking.
2006-11-04 14:08:36 / Rating: 278.25 /
KC
I stared at the bucket of stale cheese puffs in disbelief and thought, "I can't believe I paid 9 bucks to eat at this lousy Chinese buffet!"
2006-11-01 16:17:48 / Rating: 296.5 /
Chris
I spent three years wishing for the one thing I thought I wanted, and have spent all the time since wishing I hadn't wasted so much time in doing so.
2006-10-10 19:43:11 / Rating: 249.75 /
cz
She embraced me with the warmth of her skin, the wine on her breath and the smile on her lips and I felt absolutely nothing.
2006-10-05 10:56:08 / Rating: 395.25 /
Lewis from North Carolina, USA
President Bush killed my father, a soldier whose burned remains are now a part of the Iraqi desert landscape, and I, longing to fit in by supporting something I did not understand, was stupid enough to vote for him the previous year.
2006-09-11 23:06:50 / Rating: 1620.5 /
Steve Brettult
I'm happily married with a family, but I still pine for the girl who died in high school.
2006-09-11 12:27:17 / Rating: 445.5 /