I missed the opportunity to buy in 2019 and I am having the same dilemma now.

In early 2019 bitcoin was trading around 3400-3500 USD and I remember it was my son’s birthday in January and I had money to buy a whole bitcoin. I remember I spent a few days thinking whether or not I should buy him one bitcoin on his birthday, put in a hard wallet and just let it sit until he turns 18. Unfortunately I did not buy and I still can not believe to this day.

Fast forward 5 years I am in a similar situation. In January 2024 it will be his birthday again. Although bitcoin is now 10x more expensive but on the positive side I am also in a financially sound position compared to what I was in 2019. I also earn few times more than what I was earning in 2019 and its pretty much same for me to afford a 38000 USD bitcoin now vs a 3500 USD bitcoin back in 2019. Regret of not buying in 2019 is overwhelming and I dont know if I should buy now or let it pass again. If I let it pass I may see a 350k price in few years again. Any suggestions to overcome my hesitation to either buy or let it pass would be appreciated. Thank you

Edit 1:On an additional note: I do hold some amount of BTC and some top 20 altcoins. I am not a no coiner.

Edit 2: Thank you everyone for your time reading the post and replying. Some are positive, some are, of course, brutal. I should have clarified one more time that I own a decent portfolio containing bitcoin and some shitcoins since 2017 and 2018 (mostly from early 2018 after the 17xxx peak). I had not touched my portfolio and luckily I never needed to sell for cash. Thats my regular portfolio.

What I specifically wanted to talk was about that missed opportunity in 2019 where I actually had transferred money to an exchange and for some strange reasons I did not buy the bitcoin. After that I forgot about this until now where I feel like FOMOing so I wanted to really put out my story out there and see what others had to say.