If you could time travel..

[Manic23]

Don't discover the sinner, it will consume your life and you will pay dearly

EDITED FOR DUMBASS SPELLING MISTAKES

[KateBush]

Don't listen to any of the Doctors. Don't go to Ninewells or Queen Margarets in Dunfermline, you will only do more harm than good. And don't even think about graduating next year--it ain't gonna happen.

[hr]a red rose is not selfish because it wants to be red rose. It would be selfish if it wanted all the other flowers in the garden to be both red, and roses. -Oscar Wilde

[Cain]

i would give my 19 year old self a list of people who are and who are not important and worth worrying about. he might be surprised about some of the names.

I would also advise him to lay off the tackles from behind so as to hang on to his teeth

i'd need to make him more sure of himself. A strict regimen of spiritual and physical work outs should sort him out.

lots of people are making this about regrets and avoiding mistakes.

i think that some mistakes need to be made, but there are definitely a few things that i would rather have turn out differently. some of the others were risks that were worth taking, but didn't come off, but they're worth enough that i would take them again.

[hr]
I will diminish, and go into fourth year, and remain Cain

[fluttery_by]

I would change very little the main thing being smile more often and maybe work a tad harder I wouldn't change any events because they have all been good in their own often strange ways. But yeah SMILE more

[hr]...everyone is a devil at heart

[Cain]

on a supplementary to my own point about making mistakes, i'm going to be all poetic/pretentious and quote Tom McRae

Falling feels like flying
Until you hit the ground

Even though hitting the ground is the most painful thing i've had to deal with, i wouldn't want to avoid the feeling of flying that comes before it.

smiling more is probably a good one too.

[hr]
I will diminish, and go into fourth year, and remain Cain

[random]

Don't invite her to Sweden, even if it is just a booze cruise with friends.

Don't use the words "We'd better be careful... we might end up falling in love.", even if you were only intending it as a flippant expression and even if she does kiss you hard afterwards.

Don't buy her a toy puppy dog and box of chocolates for Christmas, even if it is just a token gesture.

Don't send stupid 'missing you' txts or respond to them in kind.

Don't send a fucking gey txt like "Happy New Year babes!" on New Years Eve.

Don't slip into 'boyfriend' wet rag mode just because your friend makes you feel guilty and tells you you should.

Don't assume that just because she's a postgrad, she'll be somewhat mature and have the basic, common decency to dump you rather than disappear off the face of the earth.

Lastly, pre-emptively dump the bitch, because hose-beasts like that don't deserve an iota of your time.

I hope you, or one of your friends is reading this ****. It's good to know that karma will do it's wonderful work and someday, somehow come back and bite you in the ass.

Note the above- I was not infatuated with you. You got it wrong. Also, the assumption that we won't run into each other again at some point in the next 3 years was a school-boy error.

Rant over.

random

PS
For the rest of you- I'm not *that* bitter. It was a good learning experience. But God... hindsight is a real killer sometimes...

[harmless loony]

wow...there's a hell of a lot of angst on this board...I'm not all alone in all this shit feeling.

Another thing I'd tell myself is that the perfect guy doesn't exist.

In preperation for next year - I'd like to tell myself now that I need to move on and accept my lonely existence.

Maybe an arranged marriage with a guy I've never met might be a better idea then what I've had up till now.

Wow aren't I a cheerful soul today. Grrrr....

[Iain]

Keep up properly with those you know and don't go off on tangents, those you've been happy to spend time with will be the most faithful people in the end. (Just rediscovering this one...)

And whatever you do, don't do nothing all summer it doesn't pay!!!!!!

[Prophet Tenebrae]

No such self-pity here - I'd probably just use it for revenge and my own monetary benefit.