Unavoidable questioning

I suppose there was no escaping it as i have tried my best to avoid as many relatives' events as i possibly could in my current situation but CNY in my hometown, returning with 1 person short.

I tried my best to be as polite and gentle in answering their questions about what was going on. It was very uncomfortable but understandable that they would be needing to want to help or at the very least try to find out if they can help in any way.

A friend who returned from very far away chatted and helped me in getting some friendly legal advice. We shared our relationships ups and downs and sort of exchanged advices on how to improve. Quite emotional i would say, as we both ended up with teary eyes by the end of it. I was really looking forward for her return as she is one of the few people i can open up to.

The strangest question that i got was about regrets. I know i like to quote sayings but this time i disagree with it, "Live life without regrets". If you have no regrets then how do you learn from your mistakes, because it would be forgotten just like that and its as if you walked away with murder in a sense. You can have regrets but do not dwell on them until you cannot move on with your life. What has happened, have happened, there is nothing that can change it, well until there is a real time machine that allows you go and change the past BUT that is another thing entirely.

Of course for those who don't know will be asking the standard question of why i am alone, i can only smile and not really provide any good answers. Don't want them to worry when they are supposed to be having fun during this holiday season.