What is the worst thing you've ever done

[Schneed10]

Whoa nelly! Great thread.

I'll get started. I was dating a girl through my first two years of college, got wind that her best friend (since age 4) really liked me, dumped my girlfriend and started dating the best friend.

I now call the best friend my wife, and we are very happily married and have a baby. Seems harsh when you sum it up like that.

It hit her pretty hard, and for a while I regretted it BIG TIME and so did my wife. In fact, we kind of had a laying low period where we just felt too guilty about it. But I didn't cheat, I was straight up about it. And I was never going to marry her anyway, we just weren't right for one another in the end, and we never would have worked out in the long run.

But now? I don't regret it any longer. I think, considering how great things turned out for me and considering the great life I have with my wife and child, the real shame would have been NOT pursuing that relationship. And it's been 8 or 9 years since that breakup; and my ex has moved on and has her own life. By now, I'm no longer a blip on her radar. So it all worked out in the end, but for a while there, there was serious regret. But my wife and I are very happy together, and I couldn't trade that for anything in the world.