Random Moments Men Regret Letting A Good Woman Get Away (14 items)

• (#10) 10 Years Ago, He Left A 10/10 For A 10/10 Crazy

  From ajame5:

  I became good friends with a girl at 18 and we started meeting up a lot. We'd laugh and chat for hours, but we just kind of bumbled along, not really making anything official of it.

  Then a fun, wild girl comes along and I decide this new one is the one for me.

  Turns out the one I picked was a sociopath - cheating and all the things you expect. She had such a silver tongue though - when I look back now she was so manipulative it's unreal, but I just didn't see it.

  Part way through this relationship, girl 1 could see how toxic this relationship was and offered me a lifeline. She said I should leave and maybe in the near future we'd give it a go when things have died down and my head was right. I stupidly didn't take it, girl 2 had got so far inside my head that I wanted to 'give it a go' and 'make it work'.

  It ended naturally anyway 6 months later when I decided to go to university and get away from it all. By this point though, girl 1 was also in a relationship and would live hundreds of miles away so we went our separate ways and didn't really speak again.

  Fast forward 7 years, girl 1 was crowned Miss 'large city where she lives' and had blossomed into a real 10/10, in looks and as far as I could tell, personality. She was also studying to advance her career, doing volunteer work and all-round goodness. To contrast that, Girl 2 (crazy one) has just had a child named my name in real life. Totally weird but 100% not mine - phew.

  10 years have now passed and we don't speak anymore. In fact, the last time I spoke to her was 6 years ago congratulating her on appearing on TV.

  I probably think about it more than is healthy and it's probably through rose-tinted glasses but what I wouldn't give to relive that and make the opposite choice or even to relive those first few months and see what could be done differently.
• (#2) He Let Her Go Because Of ONE Flaw

  From V*ginalRiptide:

  I had a single issue with one of my girlfriends. ONE flaw I didnt like. Holy sh*t, nowadays I probably accept 5-10 flaws as not bad. Godd*mn I wish I knew how quickly the good women would get snatched up! Nobody to blame but me...

  I was 22 years old and she was 19. She wasn't jaded yet from bad relationships. Nothing but fun, loyalty, love, trust, appreciation, all of that. Nowadays I am involved mostly with women 25+ and goodness me, most of them just are not quality to be honest with you. Lots of baggage and issues and expectations. All the really beautiful and fantastic women got quickly wifed up, and for good reason.
• (#6) This Guy Didn't Know How Good He Had It Until It Was Too Late

  From SantasDead:

  The women I've dated in the years since. She was amazing, never once did I not trust her. We made an amazing team and our kids got along great. I think I knew she was awesome when we went on a road trip, 5 hours in the car felt like 5 minutes.

  I f*cked that relationship up, not a day goes by that I don't regret it.
• (#1) He Thought He Was Too Good For Her... Until He Saw The Other Options

  From Xlukethemanx:

  I was a little sh*t who thought I was too good for her, and left. She was my first real girlfriend so I didn’t really understand what I was getting into. Then I have 9 months of HORRIBLE relationships and hookups and realized the mistake I made. I waited until she was single again and got her back, promising that I wouldn’t let her go this time.

  We celebrate our 9 year anniversary this weekend, bought a house, and are getting married next year.
• (#8) He Traded Her Out For A Hotter Girl Who Was A Dud

  From monarch_j:

  I was a stupid kid. Really hot girl decided she wanted to date me, broke up with the other girl so I could date the hot girl. Hot girl was shallow as hell and we broke up not long after starting. Other girl ended up being basically my dream girl. Absolutely beautiful, smart, funny, great personality, down to earth... etc.

  Me and her stayed friends for a long time, but even though she still had feelings for me, she wouldn't actually get with me because she never trusted me again.
• (#12) He Never Manned Up And Committed To Her

  From Chris Kmieciak:

  One of my biggest love regrets was a relationship I had after my second serious one. I started to see a girl and we got along great. The romance felt like something out of ‘Gossip Girl.’ We were basically Chuck and Blair. We'd fight about stupid things, fall apart, but the lust to be together was always there. The whole thing fell apart after I wasn't ready to give her the full commitment she wanted.

  Thinking back on it maybe if I had committed more we would have had it all and gotten past our other issues.

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