I've looked at the Do-Over stories in Category Search and can't find this one. Sure it was on SOL.
MC in 1st life spent his time, money and effort working for wife and kids ? (daughters ?), and getting taken for granted. Resolves on do-over from age 10 to make sure he that he doesn't miss out this time on what life offers him.
Ian
ETA it is not 'Emend by Eclipse'
Not that one, but thanks for the pointer
Ian
https://storiesonline.net/s/58144/abort-retry-ignore
Not that one either. But thank you for the suggestion.
Ian
https://storiesonline.net/s/51085/retreads
You may want to look at https://web.archive.org/web/20201111205344/do-over.wikifoundry.com/ to see if something rings a bell.
As best I can check, it is not one of the SOL stories listed on that site. I don't look at LIT, so did not check any of the LIT stories. I'm sure it is not one of the for-sale stories, either.
Looks like I have mis-remembered things. Maybe it's a manifestation of the *dreaded* CRS that comes with increasing age :-(
Ian
Maybe it was the John the Genius series you're thinking of
https://storiesonline.net/series/1434/omniscience
A fresh Start by RLFJ has an MC go back to age 13 in the 1960s. IIRC he was a genius but ended up selling trailers for most of his life, with a wife he loved and a special needs daughter.
Gets a do-over and decides to keep the wife but change everything else, including serving in the military.
I believe that you are looking for the hindsight series by SmokinDriver. One I read every couple of years.
https://storiesonline.net/series/1047/hindsight-20-20
Sounds right:
In my old path, I had a wife, three kids, a dog, a cat, a house and a mortgage. I had put one child through college, had one in college and one ready to start. I had just spent over $120,000 on my oldest to get her through school and now all she wanted was a wedding so she could stay home and have babies
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I loved my wife and kids but felt like everything I did was for them. I lived to make them happy. However, now that I had a new string I could try the path less traveled. I had a fresh canvas to paint my new life story. I would have to choose, starting with my ten year-old string, where to go.
I'm pretty sure you are correct ! I had a look at the beginning and it seems right.
MANY THANKS
Ian
