“I came this close to packing up and moving out to Hollywood to pursue an acting career.”

You wanted to be an actress when you were younger. Now, it's many years later. You're telling your niece the story of why you stopped acting. In part of the story, you say:

I came this close to packing up and moving out to Hollywood to pursue an acting career.

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“Yeah, well hindsight is 20/20.”

Your friend is upset because he fell for a scam and lost $4000 dollars. He's angry with himself because he thinks he should have known it was a trick. You agree that he should have known that, but you don't think he should be so angry at himself. You say:

Yeah, well... hindsight is 20/20.

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“I can't believe I fell for that.”

You lost $4000 because you were scammed by a fake book publishing company. You are really angry at yourself for getting tricked by it. You say to a friend:

I can't believe I fell for that.

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“In retrospect, I probably should have known it was a scam.”

You wrote a book, and sent it out to lots of different publishers. One publisher agreed to print it, but said that you had to pay $4,000 to cover publishing fees. You were excited to have your book published so you gave them the money, but now you've only sold a few copies of your book. You regret paying the company, so you tell your friend:

In retrospect, I probably should have known it was a scam.

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“We could have just ordered one dish and split it.”

You are having lunch at a restaurant with your husband. You each ordered one dish, but the dishes were huge and you couldn't finish your food. You say:

We could have just ordered one dish and split it.

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“Honestly, I don't regret quitting at all.”

You got angry at your boss and quit your job a few weeks ago. You haven't found a new job yet, but you're a lot happier now. You're talking to a friend that you worked with there. He asks if you are worried now that you don't have a job. You answer:

Honestly, I don't regret quitting at all.

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“If only we'd just waited there, this never would have happened.”

You wanted to go to a certain restaurant, but the wait to get in was long. You put your name down on the waiting list, but your girlfriend wanted to see if the wait at another restaurant nearby was shorter. You went to the other restaurant, but they had an even longer wait. So you went back to the 1st restaurant, but you find out that they already passed you on the list and you have to be added to the bottom of the list again. You wish you hadn't tried to leave, so you say:

If only we'd just waited there, this never would have happened.

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“Do you ever think 'what if'?”

You chose not to move to Hollywood to follow your dream of being an actor. Your friend asks you many years later:   

Do you ever think "what if"?

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