People like to say they don’t have any regrets in life. If that is true, that’s great for them. I have a few and here are some of them:
One of my greatest regrets was when my friends wanted to go skydiving right about the time we were all getting married. It sounded like fun to me and I got Mama’s permission. However, the cost was going to be like $150. I had a little money, but I wasn’t spending very much money at the time, knowing that the wedding was coming up soon. Part of me was also just a tightwad as well.
So, I told my friends I was going to have to pull out. I wanted to go, but couldn’t justify the cost.
My best friend in the world who was also getting married at the same time (and admittedly not awesome with money), called me up and asked what price I thought I could pay. I thought he was going to try to talk the facility down to a lower price. I said $100. He said he would work it out and didn’t want me to miss out on it.
The day of the trip, I had an envelope on my bed with around $50 in cash. I still don’t know if he gave it himself or if he got all the other guys to pay a little more. Either way, I felt like the biggest chump in the world. I had the money to do it, but I didn’t and I forced my friends to pay more.
I learned how horrible it is to feel like that and vowed not to be in that situation again. I’m thankful for my friends for teaching me that lesson, but I completely regret making them do it.