[ WP ] You 've managed to create a `` what-if '' machine . This allows users to analyze past decisions and receive a read out of alternative events .

She's standing in the corner of the dance hall, glancing over at me every few seconds. She's holding down a conversation with her friend, but her constant looks away from her indicate she wants someone to go up and talk to her. 
 
 I'm running through all the reasons it wo n't work. I'm thinking of all of the horribly embarrassing ways she can reject me. It's a pretty big hall. What if she makes a scene? I know some of these people here. Will there be a backlash? 
 
 Now I'm over thinking this. She would n't actually make a scene. Would she? I do n't date as much as my friends. Maybe she would. No, no way she would. 
 
 *This is it. This is the moment where I decide to go talk to her. * 
 
 She's stopped looking over here. Oh no, she's lost interest. I blew it. Keep it together. Keep it together. Go to the bathroom, fix your hair, and then come out when you're a bit calmer. I just need to take the edge off. 
 
 *I ca n't believe I would whiff on a decision like that. Fix my hair? Really? I guess it is only a simulation. Hopefully I can get it together. * 
 
 Okay, hair fixed, time to go back out and make this happen. Wait, where did she go? She was standing right over by the door, now she's gone. I can see her friend, but not her. She was tall and wearing a bright pink dress. There's no way I could miss her, even in this crowd. 
 
 *Well, I blew it. Kind of scary to think that I was an inch away from missing the love of my life. Hang on, why is it fast forwarding? * 
 
 Round two, there's got to be another girl who comes here. They have this kind of dance every week. Surely there will be another in a pink dress. 
 
 There's a tap on my shoulder. 
 
 `` Hey, I saw you looking at me last time I was here. You want to take me for a dance cowboy? I promise this pink dress wo n't get in the way much.'' 
 
 Sidenote: I do n't believe in love at first sight/destiny type stuff. However, I do believe that a significant portion of relationships arise from both parties partaking in similar activities, and if you had missed that first opportunity, you would have gotten a second. Obviously not a blanket rule, but I like to think that situations do n't really happen where you had one shot to make something happen, and then the other person would be gone forever. I think you get a fair amount of second chances.
