If you could go back in time...

MJK2111 · 10-19-2010, 07:10 PM

...and change ONE thing you did, would you?

I've been pondering this lately, and my answer is...no.

It would be much too difficult to choose which 'thing' to change. That realization was embarassing.

desertgrandma · 10-19-2010, 07:14 PM

Nope.

Everything that has happened in the past has helped make you into what you are today.

Now........that being said........if you don't like the way your are today, that can still be changed

ShortNCuddlyAm · 10-19-2010, 07:17 PM

Yes...

montsnmags · 10-19-2010, 07:20 PM

Yes, I would.

poohbear_nc · 10-19-2010, 07:24 PM

Yes ....

Freeshadow · 10-19-2010, 09:33 PM

depends on, if you follow a single or paralell timeline theory

if single, no - every change makes a big crash (it already causes strange effects if you "spoil" a deja vù)
if paralell damn, since once d have checked how the timeline(s) develop(s) when change is done - yes.

Falcao · 10-19-2010, 09:41 PM

Yes si oui.

GraceKrispy · 10-19-2010, 11:49 PM

I would like to go back and change one thing I didn't do. I'm actually tearing up just thinking about it, and it was almost 20 years ago. It wouldn't have changed any outcomes or made really any difference for most people, but it would have meant the world to me. And now the tears come faster. Geez, haven't thought about it in a while, but it's my only regret.

Other than that, there are things I kind of wish I would have done, but they would have changed the things I did do and where I ended up, and I can't say I'd want them changed, so.....

happy_terd · 10-20-2010, 12:06 AM

I would bring him back to life. The guilt...the guilt.

lene1949 · 10-20-2010, 05:21 AM

I don't know if a 2-year old girl could do this, but I would try to love my mother for giving birth to me, and love her, when she collected me from the orphanage, where the matron had taken me into to own heart...

I never could... This 'matron' wrote repeatedly to my mother to see how I was, and my mother never answered...

Anyway.. I can't get into this..

astra · 10-20-2010, 06:06 AM

I would like to change quite a few things, but would I? No. All the mistakes I have made in my life led me to my better 2/3s. It was all worth it.

dsvick · 10-20-2010, 10:38 AM

Yes.

Even better, I'd like to be able to go back and pick up life at a certain point while retaining all my knowledge up to now. And that's not even referring to lottery numbers or super bowl winners or anything

jbcohen · 10-20-2010, 11:23 AM

Wouldn't change a thing but would love to go back and observe. Walk around and see what things are like, see how people live, what people do.

kindlekitten · 10-20-2010, 12:35 PM

I would go back to the day before we started our home re-model and fire the contractor!

ShortNCuddlyAm · 10-20-2010, 12:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kindlekitten

I would go back to the day before we started our home re-model and fire the contractor!

In kiln at a very high temperature?

10-19-2010, 07:10 PM	#1
MJK2111 FUBAR! Posts: 1,946 Karma: 15018767 Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Woodstock, IL Device: Kindle 3, Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 S	If you could go back in time... ...and change ONE thing you did, would you? I've been pondering this lately, and my answer is...no. It would be much too difficult to choose which 'thing' to change. That realization was embarassing.

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desertgrandma Enjoying the show.... Posts: 14,270 Karma: 10462843 Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Arizona Device: A K1, Kindle Paperwhite, an Ipod, IPad2, Iphone, an Ipad Mini & macAir	Nope. Everything that has happened in the past has helped make you into what you are today. Now........that being said........if you don't like the way your are today, that can still be changed

10-19-2010, 07:17 PM	#3
ShortNCuddlyAm WWHALD Posts: 7,879 Karma: 337114 Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Mitcham, Surrey, UK Device: iPad. Selling my silver 505 here	Yes...

10-19-2010, 07:20 PM	#4
montsnmags Grand Sorcerer Posts: 10,155 Karma: 4632658 Join Date: Nov 2007 Device: none	Yes, I would.

10-19-2010, 07:24 PM	#5
poohbear_nc Bah! Humbug! Posts: 63,468 Karma: 135239851 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Durham, NC Device: Every Kindle Ever Made & To Be Made!	Yes ....

10-19-2010, 09:33 PM	#6
Freeshadow temp. out of service Posts: 2,815 Karma: 24285242 Join Date: May 2010 Location: Duisburg (DE) Device: PB 623	depends on, if you follow a single or paralell timeline theory if single, no - every change makes a big crash (it already causes strange effects if you "spoil" a deja vù) if paralell damn, since once d have checked how the timeline(s) develop(s) when change is done - yes.

10-19-2010, 09:41 PM	#7
Falcao Banned Posts: 1,344 Karma: 1028477047 Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Nueva Andalucía Device: Sony PRS 650	Yes si oui.

10-19-2010, 11:49 PM	#8
GraceKrispy It's Dr. Penguin now! Posts: 3,909 Karma: 4705733 Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: (USA) Device: iPad mini, Samsung Note 3, Sony PRS-650 (rarely used now)	I would like to go back and change one thing I didn't do. I'm actually tearing up just thinking about it, and it was almost 20 years ago. It wouldn't have changed any outcomes or made really any difference for most people, but it would have meant the world to me. And now the tears come faster. Geez, haven't thought about it in a while, but it's my only regret. Other than that, there are things I kind of wish I would have done, but they would have changed the things I did do and where I ended up, and I can't say I'd want them changed, so.....

10-20-2010, 12:06 AM	#9
happy_terd Banned Posts: 13,045 Karma: 10105011 Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Finally made it to Walmart. Device: PRS 420	I would bring him back to life. The guilt...the guilt.

10-20-2010, 05:21 AM	#10
lene1949 Wizard Posts: 1,952 Karma: 213930 Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Middelfart, Denmark Device: Kindle paper white	I don't know if a 2-year old girl could do this, but I would try to love my mother for giving birth to me, and love her, when she collected me from the orphanage, where the matron had taken me into to own heart... I never could... This 'matron' wrote repeatedly to my mother to see how I was, and my mother never answered... Anyway.. I can't get into this..

10-20-2010, 06:06 AM	#11
astra The Introvert Posts: 8,307 Karma: 1000077497 Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: United Kingdom Device: Sony Reader PRS-650 & 505 & 500	I would like to change quite a few things, but would I? No. All the mistakes I have made in my life led me to my better 2/3s. It was all worth it.

10-20-2010, 10:38 AM	#12
dsvick Wizard Posts: 2,737 Karma: 635747 Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Northeast Ohio, USA Device: PRS-900	Yes. Even better, I'd like to be able to go back and pick up life at a certain point while retaining all my knowledge up to now. And that's not even referring to lottery numbers or super bowl winners or anything

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jbcohen Wizard Posts: 3,032 Karma: 11196738 Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Where am I? Device: Kindle Paperwhite Signature edition and a Samsung S24 Ultra	Wouldn't change a thing but would love to go back and observe. Walk around and see what things are like, see how people live, what people do.

10-20-2010, 12:35 PM	#14
kindlekitten Professional Adventuress Posts: 13,368 Karma: 50260224 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: The Olympic Peninsula on the OTHER Washington! (the big green clean one on the west coast!) Device: Kindle, the original! Times Two! and gifting an International Kindle	I would go back to the day before we started our home re-model and fire the contractor!