Morning 6-Pack - Life Regrets

New poll says the thing Americans regret most is romantic relationships, and a big chunk — 37% — say their top regret is something they never did. I riff on how we obsess over the road not taken while somehow surviving the dumb roads we actually drove. So I throw down a quick Morning 6-Pack of the most common, wonderfully embarrassing regrets we all hoard. I tease a few classics — burning your mouth on a Hot Pocket, telling the Supercuts person to “get creative,” and the eternal horror of stepping on the bathroom scale. I don’t give away the #1 here (no spoilers, you’ll laugh), but I do punch through the poll stats — 22% claim zero regrets, nearly half say their biggest regret can’t be changed, and money regret clocks in at just 7% — which is either blissful ignorance or avoidance of retirement statements.

Takeaways:

• I riff on a poll where 22% say they have no big regrets, either emotionally healthy or spectacularly lacking self-awareness.
• We point out romantic relationships top the regret chart, then career, family, money, education, kids, friendship, and health follow.
• I note 37% said their biggest regret was something they never did — the road not taken haunts way more than dumb mistakes.
• Nearly half admitted their top regret can’t be changed now, and yeah, that’s the cruelest kind of regret to carry.
• Money regret only hit 7%, friendships and health clocked 4% each — so bad knees and bad friends apparently tie.
• I run a speedy Morning 6-Pack of common regrets — think scorching a hot pocket, Facebook politics blowups, and questionable haircut requests.
• Regret, I joke, is your brain opening a closed browser tab and insisting you think about it again for no reason.