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bigwillq Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-27-10 07:54 AM
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78. Come of the proverbial closet sooner
I am still not "out" to everyone, but when I did "come out" it was the best decision I have ever made. Totally changed my life. Such a freeing experience.
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  -If you could turn back the clock and change one decision, have one_voice  Apr-20-10 01:56 PM   #0 
  - Taking on the stoners by dissing 420 in GD  Richardo   Apr-20-10 01:57 PM   #1 
  - You'd better watch, Richardo, they're coming to get you!  Bunny   Apr-20-10 02:27 PM   #2 
  - !!  Richardo   Apr-20-10 02:42 PM   #7 
  - Having stoners coming after you is like being chased by those  old mark   Apr-23-10 12:36 PM   #52 
  - They've probably already forgotten about it.  Blue-Jay   Apr-23-10 12:38 PM   #53 
  - I never would have smoked that first cigarette  MrCoffee   Apr-20-10 02:28 PM   #3 
  - Hear! Hear! n/t  BethCA66   Apr-20-10 02:36 PM   #5 
  - Oh that's a good one..  one_voice   Apr-20-10 02:37 PM   #6 
  - Good one! Me too. n/t  Blue Diadem   Apr-20-10 02:53 PM   #10 
  - mine. nt  seabeyond   Apr-21-10 09:09 AM   #15 
  - So true!!!  Old Troop   Apr-21-10 08:28 PM   #23 
  - Yes indeed. That was my dumbest decision. n/t  sarge43   Apr-23-10 01:57 PM   #59 
  - The trouble with this is that we always assume the change would make things better  elocs   Apr-20-10 02:35 PM   #4 
  - Nice post.  Richardo   Apr-20-10 02:44 PM   #8 
  - Your goddaughter is lucky to have you  Crystal Clarity   Apr-23-10 05:46 PM   #61 
  - I should have AUCTIONED those Honolulu - Oakland tickets I had on World Airways  av8rdave   Apr-20-10 02:47 PM   #9 
  - I bet I know what THIS guy's answer would be....  Richardo   Apr-20-10 03:09 PM   #11 
  - Over the years, I have regretted leaving a job I had about 20 years ago.  raccoon   Apr-21-10 08:54 AM   #12 
  - walk on at ASU  blueamy66   Apr-21-10 08:57 AM   #13 
  - I would have lived with my father instead of my mother when I was a kid.  Deep13   Apr-21-10 09:05 AM   #14 
  - Listened to my mother when she tried to tell me that my sister  iris27   Apr-21-10 09:26 AM   #16 
  - made a couple of bad ones  dembotoz   Apr-21-10 12:42 PM   #17 
  - Problem is..if you change that one decision...  Tikki   Apr-21-10 12:49 PM   #18 
  - agreed  unpossibles   Apr-21-10 01:43 PM   #19 
  - Yeah, the whole 'butterfly effect' thing really can have those kind of repercussions  Rhythm   Apr-26-10 07:53 AM   #69 
  - Marriage #1  Auggie   Apr-21-10 02:23 PM   #20 
  - I would have gone to the Chicago show at soldiers field  Rambis   Apr-21-10 02:27 PM   #21 
  - More than anything else I regret returning to Germany.  tango-tee   Apr-21-10 02:29 PM   #22 
  - School  owlsayswoot   Apr-21-10 08:31 PM   #24 
  - I would not have gotten married.  Pool Hall Ace   Apr-21-10 09:18 PM   #25 
  - attending a better college  klm55500   Apr-21-10 10:18 PM   #26 
  - I would never have left Alabama.  Tuesday Afternoon   Apr-21-10 10:34 PM   #27 
  - You're a very unusual person, TA. nt  BlueIris   Apr-22-10 07:34 AM   #38 
  - Its hard  quakerboy   Apr-21-10 10:35 PM   #28 
  - Slacked off less in high school.  Odin2005   Apr-21-10 11:25 PM   #29 
  - To stop the Munich Agreement.  Robeson   Apr-21-10 11:32 PM   #30 
  - Would have gone to college right after high school  BuelahWitch   Apr-21-10 11:37 PM   #31 
  - only one?  keroro gunsou   Apr-22-10 12:20 AM   #32 
  - I would've taken lessons. (n/t)  Iggo   Apr-22-10 12:25 AM   #33 
  - Majored in Art instead of Biology.  Manifestor_of_Light   Apr-22-10 02:40 AM   #34 
  - I would have stayed in university and done honors and post-grad  RFKHumphreyObama   Apr-22-10 04:41 AM   #35 
  - I would have never  laylah   Apr-22-10 04:46 AM   #36 
  - I would have run, pell mell, from that sociopath I met in 10th grade.  BlueIris   Apr-22-10 07:33 AM   #37 
  - "For of all sad words of tongue or pen,  raccoon   Apr-22-10 08:36 AM   #39 
  - Stayed in college.  PassingFair   Apr-22-10 08:42 AM   #40 
  - I used to bemoan the same thing. However, I don't think that way now.  CTyankee   Apr-22-10 09:00 AM   #41 
  - I should have never sold this  guitar man   Apr-22-10 12:59 PM   #42 
  - Only one real one....  WinterParkDonkey   Apr-22-10 01:29 PM   #43 
  - I wish I had majored in history rather than English Lit. n/t  sarge43   Apr-22-10 03:36 PM   #44 
  - Delete  Jeff In Milwaukee   Apr-23-10 01:14 PM   #56 
  - I posted below about being an actress, but realistically, THIS is my exact same wish, to the letter.  WinkyDink   Apr-27-10 08:25 AM   #80 
  - different college, different major, different career  Blue_Tires   Apr-22-10 10:15 PM   #45 
  - I don't know if I could or even would change anything.  JTG of the PRB   Apr-22-10 10:21 PM   #46 
  - Getting married.  TheOther95Percent   Apr-22-10 10:24 PM   #47 
  - I would take the temporary job with no time off or benefits  csziggy   Apr-23-10 03:04 AM   #48 
  - Leaving the (first) love of my life.  BlooInBloo   Apr-23-10 03:36 AM   #49 
  - I didn't like what I picked out for lunch yesterday. I wish I'd made a sandwich & brought it to work  Bucky   Apr-23-10 06:01 AM   #50 
  - Getting help for being bipolar before my wife left instead of after.  Forkboy   Apr-23-10 12:20 PM   #51 
  - I would have told my husband to slow down  theNotoriousP.I.G.   Apr-23-10 12:40 PM   #54 
  - ...  fizzgig   Apr-23-10 12:55 PM   #55 
     - .  theNotoriousP.I.G.   Apr-23-10 01:32 PM   #58 
  - Clicked on this thread....  Jeff In Milwaukee   Apr-23-10 01:15 PM   #57 
  - Made a much larger investment than I did  REP   Apr-23-10 05:39 PM   #60 
  - Run off to Europe at 20.  Darth_Kitten   Apr-23-10 06:26 PM   #62 
  - I Would Have Never...  GirlAfire   Apr-23-10 06:37 PM   #63 
  - I would never have moved to North Carolina  Digit   Apr-23-10 10:50 PM   #64 
  - to not have attempted to move that exercise bicycle  dana_b   Apr-23-10 11:53 PM   #65 
  - I would have married Joe back in 1978  Skittles   Apr-24-10 01:26 AM   #66 
  - I know and she knows..........  PaddyBlueEyes   Apr-26-10 01:41 AM   #67 
  - I assume you mean a do over which would  ashling   Apr-26-10 02:55 AM   #68 
  - Turning the clock way way back...  hayu_lol   Apr-26-10 08:05 AM   #70 
  - I would've been born in a blue area. nt  raccoon   Apr-26-10 08:30 AM   #71 
  - I would've made that phone call on December 4, 1983  nuxvomica   Apr-26-10 08:51 AM   #72 
  - Taken the jobs overseas that I was offered during the 1980s  Lydia Leftcoast   Apr-26-10 09:32 AM   #73 
  - I would have tried to be more congenial from elementary school on  Art_from_Ark   Apr-27-10 02:01 AM   #74 
  - hard to say...  nickinSTL   Apr-27-10 06:34 AM   #75 
  - testing the temperature of my curling iron with my tongue...  mcctatas   Apr-27-10 06:38 AM   #76 
  - I would have never gotten involved with an alcoholic in my 20's. nt  Haole Girl   Apr-27-10 07:32 AM   #77 
  - Come of the proverbial closet sooner  bigwillq   Apr-27-10 07:54 AM   #78 
  - Become an actress instead of a teacher.  WinkyDink   Apr-27-10 08:20 AM   #79 
 

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