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Group of men and women aged between 70-100 all have similar answer when asked their biggest life regret

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Published 08:53 8 Nov 2024 GMT

Group of men and women aged between 70-100 all have similar answer when asked their biggest life regret

Some answers given were nearly exactly the same word-for-word

Gerrard Kaonga

Gerrard Kaonga

A video featuring a range of people has highlighted a clear theme when it came to life regrets

While you might think your views might be set in stone in your younger years, as you get older things do tend to change.

What was important when you were in your 20s might not be as important when you are knocking on the door of your 50s.

The answers given makes sense when you think about (Getty Stock Image)
The answers given makes sense when you think about (Getty Stock Image)

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With that in mind, TikTok user Yair has taken it upon himself to speak to people in their older years to get their perspective on life, and hear the things they wish they'd known when they were younger.

Some of the most poignant interviews were shared in a thread on Twitter, where a common theme soon began to emerge.

One 79-year-old woman spoke about what the things she'd thought were important when she was younger, and expressed belief that while money 'makes it easier', it doesn't 'guarantee joy'.

Another man shared a similar opinion as he pointed out that 'material goods' and 'more money than one really needs' are not that important.

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He continued: "As a younger person I think we tend to want to make a lot of money and acquire a lot of material things, have a big house, great car, all those things and, I realized that's not what life is about.

"Life is about your relationships, love and being able to know what abundance really is and what enough means."

Another couple as well as a 78-year-old man agreed almost word for word, saying 'material things' were not that important.

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"We live on a boat and we sold pretty much everything. We thought we would miss it, regret it, whatever - no, [we] don't," the woman in the couple told Yair.

Her partner added: "We spent our youth trying to get bigger and bigger houses and nicer cars and all this kind of stuff, and a lot of that stuff now is meaningless."

When asked what is meaningful to them, the couple answered with 'relationships, health [and] friends'.

The interviewees stressed the important of relationships. (TikTok/@yairbrachiyahu)
The interviewees stressed the important of relationships. (TikTok/@yairbrachiyahu)

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The 78-year-old interviewee told Yair he'd tell his younger self that the 'desire to have material possessions, to compete in that very artificial, empty world is a waste of time'.

"It's useless and it's very negative. And then [I'd tell him] to look for relationships," he added.

A 93-year-old man also expressed regret at having lost the friends he'd made throughout his life, as well as his wife.

"I go places, do things and then I haven't got anybody to tell about it," he said.

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Viewers have praised the interviewees for sharing their thoughts, with one X user commenting on the thread to point out that 'listening [to] elders' advice [is] always powerful'.

Featured Image Credit: TikTok/yairbrachiyahu

Topics: Community, Social Media, TikTok

Gerrard Kaonga
Gerrard Kaonga

Gerrard is a Journalist at UNILAD and has dived headfirst into covering everything from breaking global stories to trending entertainment news. He has a bachelors in English Literature from Brunel University and has written across a number of different national and international publications. Most notably the Financial Times, Daily Express, Evening Standard and Newsweek.

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