April 22, 2025 | 03:10 pm PT
An employee hands over a gold bar to a customer at a bank in Ho Chi Minh City. Photo by VnExpress/Quynh Tran
Readers from several generations shared what they regret most in life, like not buying gold when prices were lower.
I was born in the 90s and my biggest regret is not buying gold back in early 2020.
Reader Nguyen Hoai Bao
The comment was left on an article about a survey on Reddit, a social media platform, which found that the five most common regrets for people born in the 80s and 90s were not following their dreams, letting their parents have too much control over their lives, staying too long in unhealthy relationships, having children too soon, and not enjoying life in their twenties.
Besides financial and investment regrets, other readers also shared:
Reader H.Nguyen:
“My biggest regret is not having the internet when I was young to study and explore the field I was passionate about. I missed that opportunity. Now that I am older, learning is just a way to satisfy my passion, not something I can turn into a living anymore.”
Reader Kanon agreed:
“The Internet came too late. I did not get access to dial-up connection until I was 13. When I was younger, I also was not aware of the importance of learning English, so now that I am older, my pronunciation is not accurate and my reflexes are slow.”
Reader lxtung89:
“I was born in 1989, and it is true that most people around my age had a tough time growing up. We were not as fortunate as the younger Gen Z or the older millennials.”
Reader Ta Linh:
“I regret making all five mistakes mentioned in the Reddit survey. If I could go back, I would not marry so young or maybe not do so at all. Instead, I would focus more on making money, traveling, adopting children, and doing more charity work.”
What is your biggest regret in life?
*These opinions were translated into English with the assistance of AI. Readers’ views are personal and do not necessarily match VnExpress’ viewpoints.
