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AlwaysWorking

I've lots of handbags I bought but never used as I was keeping them for 'good' and now fashions have changed.


The biggest purchase I regret is my house. I bought it with an ex and remortgaged to buy him out when the relationship ended. I really couldn't afford it so worked two jobs for years to pay the mortgage but I'm now in a position where I have a large amount of negative equity.


When I think of all the years of working hard and the holidays I'll probably never go on...for nothing.

Rachel83

Surely your house will gain equity in the long run though

DKLS

I regret that I didn't buy a couple of cars when I had the opportunity.

The Lotus Cortina for £800 and the Escort Mexico for £1200 were a missed opportunity. I daren't google what they would be worth now. :eek:

ellesbellesxxx

I regret...laser hair removal. £200 for 6 sessions... for bog all difference quite frankly.
Of course she then wanted me to buy more sessions but I declined.
What a waste!

burlington6

Rachel83 wrote: »

Surely your house will gain equity in the long run though

Not always the case.

oystercatcher

Having surgery privately so I could return to work quicker. Supposedly, being able to work again would pay for the surgery. Five years later I still can't work . I so wish I had waited for the NHS .

minimacka

I regret buying a set of GHD curling tongs because I can get as good a curl with straighteners, I ummed and arred for ages about buying them because they were £130. I wish I hadn't of now.

SailorSam

This is a strange thread to start in the marriage Forum
but with it being here i suppose you must be referring to things like when i bought the missus.

DD265

Most recently a beautiful skirt - unfortunately the colour doesn't actually do anything for me. It was £50 but I shall be taking it back.

In the past, a £900 saddle for my horse which at the time was mid-range but most importantly it fit. I don't really regret buying it, but I regret how I afforded it. I saved up all the cash I was earning from my part time job in a takeaway which took 6 months plus the money from selling the old saddle, which is fine. The problem was that during that 6 months I lived on my student loan but that wasn't enough so I went well into my overdraft.

I kind of see that time as what started me off on the whole debt thing.

onomatopoeia99

My regrets are more personal than purchases.

i_was_taught_2b_cautious wrote: »

E.g - I regret buying my first car aged 18, taking a loan of 10k over 5 years to pay for it via Black Horse.

Blimey, when I bought my first car at age 18 (1988) it was £500 and I paid cash. I have only paid more than 10k for a car once (car parked outside the office today is 14 years old and cost me £4500, for example). Teenagers must earn a ton more in real terms nowadays :eek: , those of my school friends and university friends that could drive and bought cars for themselves all had things that cost under £1000. How times change.