Alternate Scenarios?

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Okay so here's the deal. There's a question that I'm curious about. But before I get to my question, let me tell you all a bit of my past:-

Way back when I was still very young, I was diagnosed with Autism, though it wasn't specific at the time. Then in 1999, when I was 9-10 years old and my bro Rayvin 6-7, my parent's divorced. That day, my dad gave me and Ray (Rayvin) a choice whether I wanted to stay with my mom or dad. Me and my bro chose to stay with our mother. Then in 2000, when I was 10 going on 11, my Mom got me a second diagnosis and was officially diagnosed with Asperger's Syndrome. My mother, being the dumb idiot she is (yes, I called her an idiot. But trust me when I say she's not exactly the brightest bulb, and everyone who knows me and her would agree with me.), though that my Asperger's was nothing and the fact that it's form of Autism is more important. So she went about telling everyone her thoughts and felt the same as her. My Dad and his side of the family understood me. Then in 2004, on the 10th of August, I decided to stay with my dad after the abuse and suffering I went through with my mother. Currently, my relationship with my brother is very strain due to his ego that I'm "ret*d" because of my condition.

Now the questions that got me really curious is........:-

1. What if, back in 1999, me and my bro decide to stay with our Dad instead?
2. What if, back in 2004, I decided to continue to stay with my Mom?

Anyway has any of you ever wondered what if an event in you life happen differently and about outcome of this alternate scenario? Feel free to comment. Personally, if me and Ray decided to stay with our Dad, I probably wouldn't have been diagnosed with Asperger's and my bro wouldn't be the beeyotch he is now. And if I had continued to stay with my Mom, my Asperger's would have turned out way more severe that it is now.

What if I kept my Beatles obsession to myself? It would be The Beatles, instead of The Kinks that you'd continuously read about, here at WP, and I'd identify with Paul McCartney.

What if I hadn't decided to watch Edward Scissorhands for the 1st time back in January?

I wouldn't care about Johnny Depp or Tim Burton or their movies. I would still be struggling to find a new obsession to replace my Hellsing one, and I would be a lot unhappier.

what if i have never joined the army way back when, instead settling on protracted homelessness and being disowned by my family? where would i be now? probably pushing up the daisies in an unmarked grave but then i'd be in heaven several decades ahead of time. so which is the better road to have taken?

What if I was a male? Things would have been a whole lot easier, especially if I did some sumo wrestling in the spare time.

What if ---

I really got into Kansas State University at age 16, with an ACT score of 25, instead of slogging it out in a bad-ass JC? (Thanks XJC, now I am NOT going NTU!)

I really got into Princeton or Newcastle or Auckland under scholarship, if I went to ZJC (not XJC), taking all the good courses I like and majoring in architecture/urban studies INSTEAD OF hearing discouraging things from my father and mother?

I really get diagnosed as Asperger's Syndrome by the doctors? I will be serving NS and doing good for the nation (though I admit this could be crap).

I chose to bang my way into Broward College Singapore using MY own money, instead of being burdened by loans by my parents (to get to a bad-ass uni)?

I did not hold the hope that I can find a friend who could inspire me? I would definitely be hurt less by unfair remarks that would be detrimental to my 'future' if SHE had been more careful.

Before you criticize your bad points, look at ourselves. Are we really bad? If we can still live, this means we still have some things to do in life --- it is best that we do some other good things instead of rubbing salt to our wound.

Please!

What if I was a NT?
What if I was born in US?
What if I was born 10 years earlier? Or later?
What if anybody cared about my AS when I was a kid?

I have some Restore Points in my life, but I can't go back in time

What if I had worked a little harder throughout all four years of high school? Then I would have made it into the top 20% of my graduating class. As of now, I'm in the top 26%. It's frustrating knowing that I'm only one percentage point away from being in the top quarter.

I also wonder what life would be like if I were a girl, or if I were born at an earlier time period.

What if I took after my mum's "French" side of my family? Would I have coffee with my lunch, instead of making some afternoon tea, in 5 minutes?

Okay guys it's great you all came up with rather "interesting" ideas but the kind of scenarios are the kind which a really important real-life event happened in your life, the kind that changed the course of your life completely like when you got diagnosed, and back then there were 2 ways it can go in and only went through one. I'm asking what if your life took the other path.

I would be a crazy, little hippie if I had all those therapies thrust upon me.

What if I had been given a choice to live with my dad when my parents divorced? What if I had been diagnosed before college? It doesn't matter because it's a moot point. It doesn't matter if things would've turned out different for me, because the past is already set in stone.