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Missing my kid's first day at school, sports days, etc. I always thought work was too important and I can't get those days back. I make my people attend their kids days now.

Not investing earlier. Being poor as a child left me too concerned with holding cash. I invested 10 years later than I should have.

Building a house. It's been problem after problem (and my issues pale into insignificance compared to my neighbours) and now I'm looking to sell for a £50k loss just to close the chapter.
 
Neglecting getting professional dental care for my teeth from my mid teens until relatively recently. (Basically 35+years of nothing besides cursory poke around annually whilst in the RAF over 25 years ago.)

As a small child I had a proper horrid NHS dentist. (Yes! You could pretty much walk in and get an appointment with one the same day or the next!) I had such a bad experience with her it caused genuine trauma in me.

Anyway, I kept up with cleaning etc and had no issues at all until early 50s. My Wisdom teeth (still in, obvs) in my lower jaw where still growing at a ridiculous angle (I'll try and find a pic of the x-ray) and caused cracks in both adjacent teeth. Result? Two wisdom teeth pulled and two root canals and crowns fitted to the adjacent/damaged molars.

My upper wisdom teeth grew at a correct angle but crowded my upper jaw making several teeth overlap. I basically have 4 teeth crammed into space for 3. I'm starting to get pain in one of the uppers next to the wisdom teeth so the dentist is saying they may need to pull that one over the wisdom teeth that seem fine. It will also make a bit of space for the orthodontist to realign my wonky uppers .

My teeth and gums are generally fine, just the neglect has come back to bite me (hahaha!) in recent years.

So.....

1) Find a dentist who isn't a knobhead
2) Use a water flosser. Once you get the hang of it and don't pressure wash your bathroom they're amazing. (A 20 quid version does just as good a job as a 300 quid model)
 

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