New poll says the thing Americans regret most is romantic relationships, and a big chunk — 37% — say their top regret is something they never did. I riff on how we obsess over the road not taken while somehow surviving the dumb roads we actually drove. So I throw down a quick Morning 6-Pack of the most common, wonderfully embarrassing regrets we all hoard. I tease a few classics — burning your mouth on a Hot Pocket, telling the Supercuts person to “get creative,” and the eternal horror of stepping on the bathroom scale. I don’t give away the #1 here (no spoilers, you’ll laugh), but I do punch through the poll stats — 22% claim zero regrets, nearly half say their biggest regret can’t be changed, and money regret clocks in at just 7% — which is either blissful ignorance or avoidance of retirement statements.

Takeaways:

• I riff on a poll where 22% say they have no big regrets, either emotionally healthy or spectacularly lacking self-awareness.
• We point out romantic relationships top the regret chart, then career, family, money, education, kids, friendship, and health follow.
• I note 37% said their biggest regret was something they never did — the road not taken haunts way more than dumb mistakes.
• Nearly half admitted their top regret can’t be changed now, and yeah, that’s the cruelest kind of regret to carry.
• Money regret only hit 7%, friendships and health clocked 4% each — so bad knees and bad friends apparently tie.
• I run a speedy Morning 6-Pack of common regrets — think scorching a hot pocket, Facebook politics blowups, and questionable haircut requests.
• Regret, I joke, is your brain opening a closed browser tab and insisting you think about it again for no reason.

It's haystack.

And there's a new poll that asked Americans about their biggest regret in life.

And the number one regret, at least the answer kind of encouraging if I'm being honest.

22% Said they do not have any big regrets, which is either emotionally healthy or spectacularly lacking in self awareness.

For the rest of us, the biggest regret category, romantic relationships.

Well, of course, of course it was.

Nothing leaves a longer emotional paper trail than somebody you should not have dated.

Next, when it comes to regret categories were career and then family, money, education, kids, friendship, and health.

That's basically life's greatest hits, isn't it?

The more interesting question was this.

Do you regret something you did or something you did not do and did not do?

Won by a lot.

By a landslide.

Over a third, 37% said their biggest regret was something they never did.

Which makes sense.

We torture ourselves way more over the road not taken than the dumb road we actually drove down.

That bad day you survived it.

The job you never applied for.

Well, that one may live in your head forever.

And nearly half of us said our biggest regret cannot be changed now.

And that is the cruelest part.

Regret is basically your brain opening a closed browser tab and saying you want to think about this again for no reason.

Your brain is weirdly forgiving about mistakes and absolutely ruthless about opportunities.

Money regret was only 7%.

So I think that means some people still have not looked at their retirement accounts.

Friendships and health Both clocked in at 4%.

So bad knees and bad friends have equal staying power.

I bet.

I bet a lot of us have have stockpiled at least a dozen or so regrets just this week, most of which could be found on my list of the top six most common regrets.

Best way to start today, these six Jo.

My list of the top six most common regrets.

Number six, not giving the hot pocket enough time to cool.

Five, asking our spouse how their work day went.

Number four, blowing an entire evening arguing over politics on Facebook.

Three, Telling the girl at Supercuts to get creative.

Uh oh.

Number two, stepping on the bathroom scale.

And the number one most common regret, not betting your mortgage on a certain local college football team to not cover the spread again.