If you're indecisive, the fear of regret is what keeps you from making a decision. You hope it'll work out this time, but if your strategy in life is, "I hope it will work out for me," those outcomes are going to be 'crap,' he says. It's not about how you play out the relationship; it's about picking the right thing. The idea that I can make the choice and find the perfect person means my relationship will be successful.