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You chose the most expensive "routing", otherwise you would only have spent cents to send any amount.
Knowing that is part of “figuring it out”. A lot of people wouldn’t expect something that harsh to be possible and/or don’t keep up with news about gas fees. A mistake that will never be repeated but a mistake most of us have done the first time.
The first and last time I'll ever pay "gas fees". I can wire arbitrary amounts around the world for a fraction of that gas fee with the full backing of the global banking system.