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I Have Regrets

I do.

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Holiday Sidewinder
Dec 13, 2021
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Edith Piaf famously sung that she had no regrets. Non, je ne regrette rien.

A badge of honour. A brave declaration. Admirable in a defiant, brazen, callous and proud kind of way. Camp really.

Admitting you have regrets is not something looked kindly upon. It’s not sassy or fun. Fruitless even. The past is the past, you lived you learned! I mean, let’s be …

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