What lesson(s) did you learn too late in life ?

[winjim]

Understanding ASD how to use it and cope with it.

If I'd known thirty years ago that I was autistic, my life would have turned out very differently. I can't help but feel some resentment about that.

 

[midlife]

Low cost endowment

 

[BoldonLad]

I retired at 48 and lovely Wife at 41 in 2004 - we spent a year doing some things that we had been meaning to do for a while and after that we both became bored.

So I started a small part-time lifestyle business and Lovely Wife took a part-time job as a PA which was going back to the roots of her career.

We have been much happier since with a nice balance of leisure time and work time - the latter not really feeling like work as we know we can switch it off at a moments notice if we want to.

I think we missed some of the sense of purpose that a job brings as well as the wider social contact.

Would agree with the social contact, part. It was the only part of work I missed on retirement, and that from a "non-people person" IT. worker

 

[kingrollo]

Low cost endowment

Brilliant !!!- I fell for that one ! - thankfully a chance conversation with an old friend in a pub - put me right before too much damage was done.

 

[kingrollo]

I retired at 48 and lovely Wife at 41 in 2004 - we spent a year doing some things that we had been meaning to do for a while and after that we both became bored.

So I started a small part-time lifestyle business and Lovely Wife took a part-time job as a PA which was going back to the roots of her career.

We have been much happier since with a nice balance of leisure time and work time - the latter not really feeling like work as we know we can switch it off at a moments notice if we want to.

I think we missed some of the sense of purpose that a job brings as well as the wider social contact.

For years I've longed to retire - but now I feasibly could the thought terrifies me.
Been working for almost 40 years - the system has ground me into a machine - now I have the option to stop I just can't. Sad but true.

 

[Broughtonblue]

My 1st wife was a sl@g

 

[Drago]

That Mrs D mark 1 might not like catching me in bed with her sister. It's a good thing she didn't know about her other sister, or she'd really have done her nut!

 

[iateyoubutler]

I wish I had appreciated my family more, as I lost 2/3 of my immediate family last year

I wish I knew that all friends weren`t genuine, and in fact were utter sharks

If I had my time again, I would never have bothered learning to drive. You live and learn.....

 

[nickyboy]

Even if you came from humble beginnings, if you're good enough you deserve to be there

 

[Ming the Merciless]

That Mrs D mark 1 might not like catching me in bed with her sister. It's a good thing she didn't know about her other sister, or she'd really have done her nut!

or done your nuts

 

[ColinJ]

Low cost endowment

Ha - I got caught by that one too!

I had a crappy endowment mortgage for £24.5 k. The performance of the investments became so bad that it was looking like I would get about £12k at maturity rather than the £24.5k needed + a £15-20k bonus promised.

I ended up getting compensation for being mis-sold the mortgage and cashed the endowment in. I switched to an interest only mortgage and upped it to £60k. The interest payments on that turned out to be less than those on the endowment mortgage!

 

[Kryton521]

Recently diagnosed, [found out?] I'm slightly autistic, which explains why I felt disconnected at school, so wasn't lazy!

Except myself for who I am. Still trying to love Me.

Should have learned a trade

 

[roadrash]

I wish I had learned to look after my spine and not become a butcher

 

[clid61]

Look after your teeth

 

[roadrash]

Look after your teeth

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