writing prompts for regret

regret rereads everything. these prompts let you look back on purpose, once, instead of all night by accident.

• what do you miss that has nothing to do with them as a person. like their dog. or their car. or their kitchen.
• what's something small that still ruins you. a song. a street. a food.
• what did they say that you still hear on repeat
• what's the most pathetic thing you've done since it ended. no judgment here.
• what's the last thing that made you cry about it. like actually cry.
• what's the thing you wish you'd said before they walked out the door
• there's a text you never sent. what's in it
• what would you give to have one more ordinary tuesday with them
• what's the apology you keep rehearsing for no one
• finish this: i should never have
• what did you pretend not to care about that you actually cared about so much
• what's the last thing you lied to them about. and why
• there's a version of you that fought harder. what would they have done
• what do you reread late at night that you know you shouldn't
• what did you take for granted right up until it was gone
• finish this: if i'd only
• what's the thing they asked you for that you didn't give them
• what street do you go out of your way to avoid now
• what's the smell that drops you straight back into their bed
• what did you say in the last fight that you can't take back
• there's a moment you keep going back to. which one. what would you change
• what part of them do you still talk to when no ones around
• what's the gift of theirs you still keep in a drawer
• what did you stop doing for them that you wish you hadn't
• finish this: i was too proud to
• what's the order you can't place anymore because it was theirs too
• what did you almost tell them and then didn't
• what's the date on the calendar that still wrecks you
• what would past you be furious at present you for
• what's the song you put on just to feel it open back up
• what did they warn you about that you ignored
• what's the chore you used to hate that you miss doing with them
• what did you assume you'd have more time for. and then you didn't
• finish this: the last thing i ever said to them was
• what do you still buy at the store out of habit for two
• what's the thing you broke that you can't fix now
• what side of the bed do you still not sleep on
• what's the night you wish you had just stayed
• what did you let get cold and small instead of saying it out loud
• what number do you still know by heart that you can't call
• what did you do the day after that you still cringe about
• what's the plan you two made that you can't unmake in your head
• finish this: i keep thinking if i'd picked up the phone
• what's the show you still can't watch the rest of without them
• what did you blame on them that was really on you
• what's the seat at the table that's still theirs in your head
• what would you say if they walked in right now and you had ten seconds
• what did you wait too long to forgive them for