Women Have More Romantic Regrets

What's Your Biggest Romantic Regret?

March 24, 2011

The one that got away. A one-night stand that wouldn't go away. Regrets? You may have had a few. A new study found that among women, romance is the most common source of regret.

The most cited specific cause of anxiety, explains the author's study, is "a missed opportunity or someone you knew in college [with whom] it didn’t quite work out." Not divorcing sooner was another. As for non-love-related regrets, not being kind enough to a family member, choosing money over your dreams, and not going to college were also cited. Now I'm curious, what's your biggest love-life regret?

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11 Comments

JanetG0307 2 years 8 weeks

my only romantic regret is staying in a relationship too long....i hadn't been in love with my ex for quite some time, but i still stayed. it took me about 8 months, but i finally did it and love being single!

wolfpackgal 2 years 8 weeks

Choosing a college based on where my "true love" went. It was over a month after I got there.

snarkypants 2 years 8 weeks

ahhhhh i've made so many mistakes! i'd love to take many of them back. given, they led me to where i am now, so they might not be so horrible after all.

snarkypants 2 years 8 weeks

ahhhhh i've made so many mistakes! i'd love to take many of them back. given, they led me to where i am now, so they might not be so horrible after all.

GregS 2 years 8 weeks

If I had a chance to go back and restart knowing what I now know, I would. In a NY minute.

2 years 8 weeks

i definitely do not regret any of my past relationships. i feel like i am better able to communicate my wants and needs in a relationship because of them. were there relationships that weren't all that great? sure, but again i look at it as a learning experience; i never want to be with someone like those guys again. and i'm happy that all those relationships have led me to the man i'm currently engaged to :)

jadenirvana 2 years 8 weeks

Anytime I wasn't true to myself. Hate that feeling!

Gdeeaz 2 years 8 weeks

My biggest regret is a missed opportunity.

onlysourcherry 2 years 8 weeks

Leading a really nice guy on for four years, on again off again etc. Pretty sure I turned a nice guy into another jerk who thinks women are the devil. Sorry, everyone.