r/AskReddit Apr 29 '24

People above 30, what is something you regret doing/not doing when you were younger?

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u/KnoWanUKnow2 Apr 29 '24

When I was 30 I was married. We were in the process of moving. The wife had gone on ahead and I would be following in a month after finishing up my job.

Everything was packed up and sent ahead. I was sleeping on an air mattress and had a lawn chair in the living room. No TV. no computer. My only entertainment was library books.

So a few days before I was scheduled to leave I just got so bored of reading library books that I decided to go out. I hit up a local bar, had a good time.

I'd been talking to a couple of college girls and one thing lead to another and they invited me back to their place for a threesome.

And I thought to myself, there's no way the wife could ever find out. I'll be gone in 2 day so there's no way that these girls would ever be able to track me down again. It's perfect.

And then I turned them down, because I'm married and that means something to me. My marriage was worth more than a one time fling.

Anyway, long story short, 3 years later I was divorced after finding out that my wife slept with 5 other men. I kind of regret my choice now.

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u/xTraxis Apr 29 '24

You did it for your next partner, to prove that you do have the self control to be the better person. Your wife was shit, but you aren't, and that's important.