Fоr those of you whose father has passed, what are your biggest regrets?

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1. I can tell you what I *don’t* regret.

   My father and I had a conflicted relationship.

   It never got fixed.

   I and he tried several times. It didn’t work.

   I tried again when it became clear he was dying.

   I still felt a lot of strong negative emotions when he passed, but being able to tell myself that I *tried* my best to fix things before he went took a noticeable edge off of the pain.

2. He’s still alive, but we went on one trip together every year until he got too old for it. We talk/text/email regularly. I visit him every couple of months at a minimum and bring a 6 pack of some weird craft beer for us to try. I don’t expect to have any regrets, but I’ll surely wish we had more time.