Tuesday GTKY on Wednesday

[HeartofCheese]

1. If you could right one wrong from your past that you committed, what would it be?

2. If you could dress up as anything you wanted for Halloween with absolutely no trouble, no cost, no time getting ready - what would it be?

[HeartofCheese]

1. I would have recognized earlier on that my children's mistakes bothered them more than they bothered me and shown them greater compassion from the very beginning.

2. Zuul or a pretty, pretty princess.

[rere]

1. I would have explored careers, majors, just overall put more time into planning and experiencing college.

2. I would just like someone to put together a fantastic, kind of ghoulish costume that I can freak people out with at a Halloween party where no one would have any idea it was me. My height and boobs always give me away.

[supertrooper1]

1. I would not have planned my life around men. My first fiancé in college was my main reason to not play softball in college and I wish I would have. I have also made some career decisions based on DH.

2. I haven't been into dressing up for Halloween since I was a kid. The last time I dressed up was over 15 years ago and I threw on an old graduation cap and gown.

[rere]

Just a quick confession. I will be dressing up again for Halloween this year. I will be part of Old McDonald's farm on Saturday for a dance. I am lobbying for the chicken or the donkey.

I dress up as much as I can for Halloween as an adult. I have been KISS (won a prize for that one), Cheerleader, Hippie, deer, random old man, Charlie Brown's ghost, and various costumes just thrown together. DH dresses as well, but he will wait until 3:00 Saturday and decide he needs a costume. I trying to get him to be an old lady with hair rollers, a house coat, slippers and knee socks, but so far, he is not going for it.

And a vampire. Forgot that one.

[traveltheworld]

1. Not work as much during college so that I'd actually have a college experience. I worked almost 40 hours a week and made no real friends. In retrospect, I could have taken out a small loan which I would have paid off.

2. Matching princesses with DD.

[waverly]

1. I think in the past I was a black and white thinking as far as friendships go. I think I would have liked to have the more gray view that I have now. It might have helped me realize some things and help me embrace friend gestures.

2. I am not a fan of dressing up anymore. But maybe go super glam like Kate Middleton with a Tiara and a fancy evening gown.

[mae0111]

1. I feel like I have so many regrets. The biggest is not acting sooner to remove DD1 from her situation last year. Also, there was a guy I used to work with that I did not treat well. I don't remember his name, I don't stay in touch with anyone that I worked with at the time, and the company shut down about 10 years ago. I have no way of tracking him down to apologize, and I think about my actions a lot.

2. Voldemort. My DD would freak (in a good way).

[186momx]

1. If I would have had the information I know now about DH's childhood/mental illnesses/family disfunction I would have never married him.

2. A royal renaissance lady. Fancy dress, fancy hair, corset, the works.

[mustardseed2007]

1. If you could right one wrong from your past that you committed, what would it be?

I've let almost every relationship with a guy I've ever had interrupt my relationship with friends and that's a huge regret of mine. To do things differently probably would require me to do a bunch of therapy, ha ha.

2. If you could dress up as anything you wanted for Halloween with absolutely no trouble, no cost, no time getting ready - what would it be?

I'm not into dressing up but I like the idea of coordinating with my DD. She's a dinosaur this year so I'd dress to coordinate with her. I'd coordinate with DS except this year he's going as a grim reaper with glowing eyes and I don't think he needs anyone to coordinate with him.

[justcheckingin73]

1. I wouldn’t have gotten a credit card in college. I tend to be an emotional eater, shopper, spender so with all of the insecurities I had at the time, I shopped my worries away and set myself up for a debt filled adult life. Also, like rere, I wish I would have put more time and thought into colleges, majors and what I really wanted to do after college. Too bad the Internet wasn’t around then, I think it would have helped me.

2. I’ll have to think about this. Nothing comes to mind.

[waverly]

I was thinking about the college thing since I went from teacher to librarian. Maybe it would have worked out if I had not double majored and graduated a semester earlier. He could have gotten a bigger apartment from the beginning and paid off debt faster. I was thinking a whole year wouldn't have worked since he moved from DC to NYC, but graduating 6 months earlier could have worked where I joined him 6-9 months earlier when he first moved to NYC.  I am a steadying influence on him.   Well only sometimes.   

[mommyatty]

1. I would have been more compassionate toward my mom. She’s very difficult and has no boundaries. For mental health reasons, I had to get space from her, but I think I could have done it more kindly.

2. I would love to be Minerva McGonagall and let DD be Hermione. DD loves Harry Potter.

[librarychica]

1. I wish H and I had travelled more before we had kids. We could have pushed it back a few years easy. I married/had children fairly young and while I do not regret the marriage or the kids I could have waited.

2. I would like to have a fancy party to attend with the full-on fancy evening gown and feathered mask outfit.

[ilovelucyvv]

1. I got too drunk at college from time to time and did some stupid things because of that. Honestly i was lucky nothing dangerous ever happened.

2. Hmmm maybe something to match my daughter who is going as a pretty dragon this year