DH and I talked about our regrets yesterday. Probably would have changed the course of our lives traumatically.
DH’s regret (nothing he could do about it): After post doc he was approached for a professorship at Yale. It was his position to take pretty much. But he was so sick to even go for the interview. And it was a chronic disease that caused a lot of inconveniences. It was so bad at the time, he had to work from home for most of that year due to the disease. He has managed to have it under control for many years now and our lives are good. But apparently this missed opportunity is still haunting him to this day. Poor DH. I told him he would probably make a lot less being a professor at Yale.
Mine: I was so young and naive and incredibly stupid - DH was invited to attend a Chemistry Nobel prize ceremony (btw the person that invited him, who won the chemistry prize, is now dead). I could have come along. But I didn’t go b/c I didn’t want my boss to be mad at me for taking a week off only after 2 weeks into the new job. My boss would have let me go. When will I ever get this opportunity again?? Probably never!