Last night, my friend D shared a TikTok with me that said “I’d like to go back to 21 and make a new batch of bad decisions.” My initial response was ‘hell yes, I have a couple of bad ideas I would like to try!’ My first thought was that I would definitely drink more alcohol, not worry about my weight, and dance on a bartop at least once.
Then I thought about it and my practical brain started up. I would only wanna go back to 21 if I would end up without any major illnesses or permanent injuries. I like to imagine the trouble I could’ve gotten into if I had known the world was not as scary as I had been led to believe. Drive faster on those late night parkway trips home. No law school to crush my self-confidence.
At 21, I was dating my husband and I would not change that. However, I think we could’ve done things a little bit differently and had more fun along the way. I’ve ended up in a pretty great place, but more money and more pets would always make it a little bit better.
Really, I’d wanna go back to the spring of 1996 at Georgetown College. My greatest regret is that I did not Rush Sigma Kappa sorority when I made it to their second round of Rush. I often wonder how my life would have turned out if I had been a sorority girl. Would I have had better study skills and done better in my classes with the support system of a sorority? Would I have even met my husband or would I have been dating a fraternity boy? What kind of adventures could I have gotten into if I had a group of upwardly mobile, intelligent, fun Sisters? I think I would have had the college experience that I dreamed of having when I entered college.
Not joining that sorority is my one regret looking back at college. Not the boys I dated or didn’t date, not the trips I took or didn’t take. There are a couple of classes that I would like to go back and retake just because I enjoyed them; I enjoyed the mental gymnastics of school. But letting Sigma Kappa Sorority slip through my fingers is the one thing I would change.