I am happy with where I am in life and where I am going. As such I have no regrets except with regards to those actions of mine that hurt other people.

For example, I had a difficult time being blunt with girls in high school. I would make friends with a girl and we would start hanging out and then I would realize that she wanted to be more than friends. Sidenote: This never happened with a girl I was actually interested in. Cruel, cruel, fate.

Anyway they would come on more and more strongly but I just didn't have the balls to tell them that I only wanted to be friends. I don't think I led anyone on, but it seemed that in the absence of an explicit rebuke, the girl would think there was a chance. Back then I thought I was protecting them by not telling them how I felt, but now I see I was only protecting my own fear of confrontation. This would play itself out over the course of weeks and get to the point where I would actively avoid the girl, or, if I could not avoid her I would be cold and distant. This of course was much more painful for the girl than if I had simply told her the truth from the start. I really feel like a heel when I look back on that.

Oh and ok ONE regret. the summer before my senior year of high school I did this study abroad thing in Mexico. My classmates and I were in the same program as college kids and there was this one absolute dime that lived in my dorm. She came onto me pretty strong, but I was already hooking up with this girl from my high school on the trip and I liked her so I didn't move on it. This girl became my long distance girlfriend freshman year and then we broke up and now we hate each other. So basically I passed up a chance with a super sexy college chick for a high school girl that led me down a path to an ugly breakup. That's a regret, I have to admit.