1. Sometimes that's just the way it has to be.

Sure,
there were probably other options, but he didn't let
them enter his mind. It was done and that was that.
It was just the way it had to be.
2. There was a time when this wouldn't have bothered
her. The fact that it did actually bother her bothered
her even more. What had changed in her life that
such a small thing could annoy her so much for the
entire day? She knew it was ridiculous that she even
took notice of it, yet she was still obsessing over it as
she tried to fall asleep.