I’ve asked for plenty of advice that I then ignored because honestly I didn’t want advice in the first place. (I’m not alone in that, I know.) “My boyfriend and I will never agree religiously. It’s a big deal to him. What do I do?” I didn’t want to hear “break up with him”, so I ignored all the people who said that, of course. Half of the relationship threads on the Dope are like that - “Please tell me what I want to hear!”
We’re still not married and I’m beginning to think we never will be. Maybe they were right.
I’ve never wished I hadn’t taken advice from imaginary people on the internet. However, when I posted here about an issue with my then-fiance, several people predicted that things wouldn’t get better, and I should break it off.
I ignored them.
They were right.
That would’ve saved me a hell of a lot of trouble.
I often poll my friends about advice for living. Some of them say, “No way am I going to tell you what to do and be responsible for the outcome.” Silly them.
Others will tell me what they think I should do and I usually ignore them and do what I want.
Asking for advice is a good way to hear options you may not have thought of, beyond that. . .
“When the Molly is dead, Kyla will eat her heart. Before she dies, Kyla will put her children under the knife, so the Molly will know her seed is wiped out forever.”
Oh, you will not end up wearing pleats. If only because I always go in and squawk about it. I’m not the only one - there’s a huge anti-pleat bloc. But I feel very strongly about it.
(continuing hijack; sorry Kyla) Hey Greg! Yep, I’m still here in AZ. I avoided the paid subscription before as a means of self-discipline to keep myself from goofing off here too frequently. Since they’ve allowed free posting again, I’ve been posting here and there, though not a whole lot. My understanding is that you’re no longer in San Diego.
