Brits make six terrible decisions in their lifetime… and STILL regret four of them

THE average Brit makes six bad decisions in their lifetime — and continue to regret four of them.

A survey found that six in ten of us are still trying to deal with, or overcome, wrong calls.

Financial mistakes are the most common, with one in three regretting wasting a large sum of money.

And 15 per cent had taken a job only to realise they hated it — while 13 per cent said they had married the wrong person.

Arguing with a relative to the extent they no longer speak to each other — eight per cent — also made the list.

It emerged 28 is the age we make our worst decisions — while the typical adult can expect to live with the consequences for 12 years.

The survey was commissioned to mark the DVD release of Helen Mirren thriller Eye In The Sky, about the moral values of drone warfare.

One in four people have successfully rectified a mistake we made earlier in life — but almost one in three said they attempted to make amends, but failed.

But the average Brit did claim to have got 13 things right — including having a child, for 37 per cent, being a good friend (34 per cent) and getting married (30 per cent).

Chris Lincoln-Jones, a military advisor on the film, said: "It's fascinating to see these results. Having been a soldier for nearly 40 years, I've had to make some incredibly tough decisions with far reaching and occasionally terrible consequences.

"Selecting the most favourable course of action is a constant requirement throughout any military commander's life and as you stand on the threshold of some of these decisions it can be hard to know if the one you select is going to be right or what the second and third order consequences might be.

"Sometimes the choice is taken out of your hands, which is a theme very much explored in Eye in the Sky. It's interesting to see that many people are still dealing with the consequences of having made what they think is a bad decision so many years later."