Retrospective Determinism
When you say that because something happened, it must have been destined to happen. It's easy to say that something was definitely going to happen after the thing has already happened isn't it?
Example
We won the championship! From the moment I first saw you play footbal, I knew that you would bring us to victory.
Famous Examples
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Lovers don't finally meet somewhere. They're in each other all along.
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I refuse to feel guilty. I feel guilty about too much in my life but not about money. I went through periods when I had nothing, so somebody in my family has to get stinkin' wealthy.
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