Well, the decision I made that I regret, that I give people more opportunity than what they deserve. So that decision, I made that decision, and three years ago when I was young, without experience. And to be honest, my personality, my character, it wasn’t perfect that time because of course because of you know my childhood wasn’t that perfect. So the consequences that I give a lot of opportunity and I forgive a lot and the other starts seeing me nothing because of that. So I humiliate myself a lot by not taking a step to stop them. And I regret because that was wrong. You know, I just figured out that if If you didn’t respect yourself, if you didn’t protect yourself, nobody will protect you, even if it’s your partner. I mean, don’t expect your partner to protect you. I mean, this word is like a forest full of wild animals and you should survive. So you should do that by your own self, now depending on other. So this is what I figured out after a while. Now I am 22 years old and my personality is much better than how it was.
Band 6+: Describe a decision you made that you now regret. You should say: - What the decision was - When you made the decision - What the consequences were And explain why you regret making that decision.
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Well, the decision I made that I regret is that I gave people more opportunities than they deserved. I made that decision three years ago when I was young and without experience. To be honest, my personality and character weren't perfect at that time, partly because my childhood wasn't ideal. The consequences were that I gave a lot of opportunities and forgave a lot, and others started seeing me as nothing because of that. I humiliated myself by not taking a step to stop them. I regret that because it was wrong. I figured out that if you don't respect yourself and protect yourself, nobody will protect you, not even your partner. Don't expect your partner to protect you. This world is like a forest full of wild animals, and you have to survive. You should do that on your own, not depending on others. This is what I figured out after a while. Now I am 22 years old, and my personality is much better than it was.
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