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I am also not a lawyer, but I seriously doubt a court would accept "I didn't expect to actually have to live up to my end of the deal!" to be a valid change in circumstances. By this logic almost anyone could back out of a long term contract: "I didn't expect to still be in business 24 years later when I gave you that 25 year warranty!"

To quote the top few results I got searching online for "law of frustration":

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frustration_in_English_law

> it is "not lightly to be invoked to relieve contracting parties of the normal consequences of imprudent bargains"

https://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/frustration_of_purpose

> when a later and unforeseen event impedes the buyer's purpose for entering into the contract

https://www.upcounsel.com/frustration-of-contract-definition (emphasis mine)

> However, frustration of contract is not acceptable in all circumstances nor in all types of contracts. It is acceptable when the law finds it unfair to force a party to comply with the contract terms ___due to events that are outside of or beyond their control___.



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