What do people regret most before they die?

My husband passed last December and we had many discussions during the last 3 months of his life. I asked him if he had regrets and his answers were surprising, but later when I really thought a…

Top stories for Long   What do people regret most before they die? Cindy Enright, lives in Colorado (2025-present) • Updated September 4, 2025 My husband passed last December and we had many discussions during the last 3 months of his life. I asked him if he had regrets and his answers were surprising, but later w... Read more » 7.5K 326   Your response is private Was this worth your time? This helps us show content you find valuable. Absolutely not Definitely yes   Why did some SS officers have a blank black patch on the right side of their collars, or was this just an error on the TV mini-series 'Generation War'? Hashim • Answered April 12 That blank collar patch is no accident in Generation War--it is certainly not there to be on the safe side. It’s a signal. A silent one, but lethal clear should you be awar... Read more » 354 13   Can you fail a Ph.D. thesis defense? Jan Jakubik, Test Tube Shaker at Maximegalon Institute for Slowly and Painfully Working Out ... • Answered July 10, 2025 Yes, it happened to one of my students. The excellent one. The recommended upper limit of a PhD thesis at our faculty is 20 pages for the introduction, elaboration of the h... Read more » 260 48   Why didn’t NASA leave a shuttle orbiter attached to the ISS when the fleet was retired, thereby significantly expanding the station's size? C Stuart Hardwick, Award-Winning Scifi Author, Analog regular • Updated January 19, 2019 Q: Why didn’t NASA leave a Shuttle Orbiter attached to the ISS when the fleet was retired, thereby significantly expanding the station's size? Because, among other reasons, ... Read more » 1.7K 64   Narcissists and Birthdays! Lori, Life Coach at Narcissistic Personality Disorder • Posted Apr 12 You can always tell if someone is a narcissist by looking at their birthday. And by this, I mean that when they act in this way on your birthday, you can see that they are narcissistic. Your birthda... Read more » 1.1K 300   When Sully's plane hit the Hudson, why did the plane not submerge as the wings should have come off? Preacher, former 11FX Fighter Pilot at U.S. Air Force (1977-1990) • Answered September 3, 2025 I'm a retired airline captain and former fighter pilot. I've come out of that airport many times, and I always chose the Hudson as my aim point if I hadn't reached a certai... Read more » 4.6K 158   Which form of alcohol is considered the worst for a human body: liquor, beer or wine? Daniel Brown • Answered February 7, 2021 As a current alcoholic and someone that has heavily drunk for intermittent periods but have varied my drinking substance, I feel it would be only to be able to answer with ... Read more » 7.6K 728   If Magnus Carlsen used 120 years of chess theory against 19th-century players, what specific aspects of his play would be most surprising to them? HalftimeLedger, Sports analysis and commentary • Updated April 10 If Magnus Carlsen played a 19th-century chess master, they would think he was throwing the game on move one. To them, defense was cowardly and pawns were just cannon fodder... Read more » 808 43   My blood pressure reads 133/90, is this too high? I have been feeling dizzy all week. When should I begin to worry? Mary Gebsony, studied at University of Melbourne • Answered April 15 To put it plainly, I will tell my patient that blood pressure is the one reading in all of medicine that lies to your face with a wide, innocent smile when your arteries ar... Read more » 510 109   What do a pot smoker's lungs look like? Addiena Carrier • Answered September 25, 2023 Just saw a recent chest xray of myself. I have smoked pot since 1979. Nice and clear lungs The cardiologist that ordered the xray didn’t believe me when I said I have been t... Read more » 1.5K 218   I am leaving my husband because I don’t love him anymore. He didn’t do anything wrong, but I don’t feel it. Is it wrong for me to just leave? Don’t most people do this? Michelle Gray, Consumer Finance Clerk (2015-present) • Updated February 1 Here is how this historically has played out: 1: You leave a good man who did nothing wrong. Mainly due to boredom. 2: You get back on the dating scene, to find a bunch of j... Read more » 11.2K 1.3K   Why are new USN ship hulls not adopting the ram bow and tumble home design if it proved superior to conventional hulls in stability and efficiency? OpenBlueprint • Answered April 16 The US Navy spent $22 billion developing sleek, wave-piercing warships that hide on radar like fishing boats. Yet they abandoned the design after discovering a terrifying g... Read more » 1K 69 Read more in your feed

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