[Serious] What is your greatest regret in life?

At the age of 19, I stopped in my mother's workplace and she wasn't there. I almost left but stayed to see if she was coming back - she didn't. I met a man who I ended up seeing on and off for a long time. He was high up the social ladder and I was completely enthralled with him. Everyone respects him but I know him for who he is. He cost me many years of my youth and all of my self respect. Every once in a while he tries to see me but I have manage to stay out of his emotional grasp. I think about him every single day and wish I knew what love really is because I know it shouldn't involve lying, cruelty and withholding love.

I wish I had left my mother's office and never met him.

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