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Post by thanekrios on Sept 3, 2010 21:40:47 GMT -5
Your best friend gets dumped and you're the one he calls to ask for help. Thats what I'm going through, right now.
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Spellca
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Post by Spellca on Sept 3, 2010 22:25:55 GMT -5
Your best friend gets dumped and you're the one he calls to ask for help. Thats what I'm going through, right now. Being the resident advice hotline in my friendship circle, I know what you are going through. My motto: "Pull advice out of your ass as long as it is revelant to the issue." With no prior knowledge of giving advice, just be supportive...try to make them feel better about themselves and what not. Do not use the cliche "more fish in the sea" lines or things like that, that instantly shows you have no clue what to do and makes you seem incompatent. This could also snowball into making the person feel more isolated. There, hopefully that helped.
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Gothicjedi666
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Post by Gothicjedi666 on Sept 4, 2010 23:40:00 GMT -5
For me it sucks because my mates always ask me for advice and I give good advice which when followed does help BUT they very often ignore my advice do something stupid wind up in a worse situation and then ask for more advice which they will ignore and one of them actully said he was wrong to ignore my advice and then starts the whole thing off again.
I stopped giving advice now I just don't do it I use to say I told you so but in a nicer way and do they listen noooooo. I mean why ask if your no going to listen me, if people paid me for my services like a I was a counicler or soemthing I would be a rich man by now but they get it for and a shoulder to cry and only one of them has ever said thank you.
I didn't mind the 1st few time as I am not selfish person who needs to be rewarded for kindness but it has driven me MAD!
Sorry to rant on at you all but it needed saying.
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Post by Jedi Matt on Sept 5, 2010 9:21:42 GMT -5
I'm not good at that stuff, but I try my best to listen at least.
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