Looking back:Is there anything you would have done differently?

What would I gave done differently?

Never regretted being self employed, married young, built my first house at 23! lived modestly worked hard, always been a risk taker.
I would have pursued more of the opportunities I saw, others developed them and made a lot of money. The business did change direction 3 times, all with the trend, that all worked out. Consolidated that at 65 still part time but my eldest daughter is going to share management this year.

I would have thought of myself and my needs before putting everyone else first. My health has suffered terribly because of it.

Lovemylife

I’m another grammar school girl who really should not have gone into teaching. I was not suited to it at all.

There seem to be a lot of us. I wish I hadn't been what's now called a 'people pleaser' for most of my life.

LadyBridgerton

Lovemylife

I’m another grammar school girl who really should not have gone into teaching. I was not suited to it at all.

There seem to be a lot of us. I wish I hadn't been what's now called a 'people pleaser' for most of my life.

But that was the whole aim of the grammar school education system for girls in those days - to produce another generation of teachers!

"If you don't want to teach, do not waste a place at university" was the careers advice.

Another one here who did not really enjoy teaching until I changed subjects and worked with students whose first language was not English. BUT then I would not have met DH as we met in the workplace.

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No, I'd have done the same.

I'm content with our children, GC, GGC. I'm content, happy really, I married who and when I did. I love our life, home, and family.

I would not have accepted all my mother said as gospel. Gone my own way rather more.

I regret that music fell out of my life when I married. Before and after the child-rearing years, we shared an expensive and exciting hobby which became the basis of DH's successful business.
As a widow I'm getting music back now. thanks to a school friend, also widowed.

Too much to mention

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I wish I hadn’t gone into nurse training at 18 it was more for my mum than me anyway, she would have loved it, but I hated it, I qualified but left and never went back.
Met my DH shortly after qualifying had the DC and never had a career after that.

Get that but they owned us especially if eldest as I was. I had a dreadful life. Sadly.

Oh HappyLady I do understand what you mean. My health is in a bad way too. Too many miles on the clock!

I was not given the education I deserved! Just a glorified slave to a large family!

A very ungrateful one at that! Feeling trapped!

Me too. I should have divorced. Selfish husband all round. His mother was very cold and father never at home. Older and wiser!

I would have had a third child.

You need a good partner to help get through the difficult times especially good health and rearing your family. I would love to have had a supportive OH but sadly too selfish and more about him than us.

I would have loved more children but unfortunately I was not destined too.

Allies agree with you. Being subservient is not the best way to live your life. I’m hoping things improve for today’s young women. This manosvere business is very worrying.

I wish I'd worked for longer before starting a family. I've got four children and would probably only have had two, our life would have been financially much easier.

I should have taken the opportunity to learn computers in the 70's when is was all new. This would've opened up the job market internationally for me. I only managed to learn computers in 2006.

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Too many to list and dwell on!!
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I wouldn’t have got married at 25 years old.
Far too young. What was I thinking?