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AloeVera

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9. I have regrets too.

Reply to UTUSN (Reply #8)

Thu Feb 26, 2026, 12:38 AM

Thursday

Wish I had said no to the rat race. It gave me and mine a comfortable life but not one truly well-lived. Oh well, it's a common story and mine is not finished yet!

I laboured in finance and policy in government. Looking back on it now - just ugh..

Hope yours was not so painful.

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1993 rock hit "What's Up" [View all] UTUSN Feb 25 OP

Pleasantly surprised. AloeVera Feb 25 #1

For me (out of touch), knew the song back then without knowing who-what-whatever. Now know. UTUSN Feb 25 #2

I was "out of touch" for most of the nineties! AloeVera Feb 25 #3

Hah! - for me, name the decade I was out of touch. Just hear things that pick me. UTUSN Feb 25 #4

Now that you mention it, I don't seem to do lyrics much either. AloeVera Feb 25 #5

Oh, allow ME! - my other prob is being a LibArts/EngLit type, so when words UTUSN Feb 25 #6

Well HELLO fellow liberal arts type! AloeVera Thursday #7

I hope you did more with our Major than I did! - UTUSN Thursday #8

I have regrets too. AloeVera Thursday #9

Oh, thanks for the good wishes. Don't know who has it not-painful. Survival. UTUSN Thursday #10