Childhood
You regret never learning to play an instrument
I wish I had learned how to play an instrument
You never were very good at math
I ought to have studied harder
My first boyfriend cheated and then broke up with me.
I wish I had broken up with him instead.
I ate McDonald's after the gym
I ought to have eaten something healthier
I really think that I can get a good job in the next five years.
You were a fat child
I should have exercised more when I was younger.
You didn't study a language at school.
I wish I had studied a foreign language at school.
It's been three years since my last relationship and I'm still single.
I ought to have found a boyfriend by now.
I didn't go to the gym this weekend.
I wish I had gone to the gym this weekend.
I don't have any money in my bank account - I did too much shopping!
I shouldn't have done so much shopping.
You had no friends as a child
I ought to have tried harder to make friends when I was a child.
I hope to get into university next year
By next year, I hope to have gotten into university
In the next five years I really need to settle down and get married.
Five years from now, I will have gotten married to a wonderfully rich man.
I'm working really hard on getting my "summer body," and I'll be ready by July I hope
By July, I will have gotten back my "summer body."
I don't have a car but I am going to buy one this year
By the end of the year I will have bought a car.
Your dog ran away
I wish I had taken better care of my dog
My college was too expensive
I ought to have gone somewhere less expensive
My friends are all getting married this year.
By next year, all of my single friends will have gotten married.
I plan on running at least one marathon this year
By the end of the year, I will have ran at least one marathon
The car I bought was too expensive and now I'm broke!
I wish I had bought a less expensive car.
I want to adopt a child in a few years.
In a few years I will have adopted a child of my own.
I have so many student loans to pay off in a few years.
I missed my own wedding because I overslept!
I wish I had double-checked my alarm clock!
I think I hurt myself at the gym yesterday, I exercised too hard!
I shouldn't have exercised that hard.
____ ______ I hadn't spent all of my money on new clothes I wouldn't be so broke.
If only I hadn't spent all of my money on new clothes I wouldn't be so broke.