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    Stupid Advice That Everyone Gives

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      St4rFire wrote: »
      "You JUST gotta this, you JUST gotta that..." -- thanks for making my struggle seem trivial with a single word. 👍

      I hate that saying in general. Most problems aren't as simple as people want them to be.
    • Posts: 12,344 Member
      SnackherBarrell wrote: »
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      just ignore them

      I hate when people tell me to just ignore things.
    • Posts: 12,344 Member
      Boba_14626 wrote: »
      Girls like nice guys.

      Some girls really do, but then watch those nice guys chase girls that treat them like garbage, until they get bitter and start acting like jerks.
    • Posts: 945 Member
      jennifer_417 wrote: »
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      Some girls really do, but then watch those nice guys chase girls that treat them like garbage, until they get bitter and start acting like jerks.

      Right about that too.

      Humans.
    • Posts: 928 Member
      "You'll be alright."

      My husband says this to me all the time, and the way he says it is more like 'get over it' than it is sympathetic. I want to slap him in the mouth every time he says it... (Ok, not really, but it does majorly irk me.)
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    • Posts: 3,864 Member
      Don't think of it as a problem, think of it as a challenge to be overcome.
    • Posts: 945 Member
      CoffeeAndContour wrote: »
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      Why? When I ignore my problems they magically disappear.

      Happiness is paying attention to the 90% of life that is going well, and not the 10% that is upsetting you. Because it is rare that all spheres of life are perfect at any given time. If you are always focused on fixing your problems, you won't have any time to enjoy the solutions to the other things you've figured out.

      Ignoring problems is actually a good life strategy in SOME ways. If you can't change the problem, then focusing on it is just going to make you miserable.

      Ignoring other problems can make them worse, however. It takes wisdom to figure out what to address and what to ignore.
    • Posts: 2 Member
      edited September 2018
      "You can't love somebody else until you love yourself."
      I've always hated this statement. I really have never liked myself much at all, but I have loved and cared about many people above myself.
    • Posts: 11,962 Member
      KrissyBean615 wrote: »
      "You can't love somebody else until you love yourself."
      I've always hated this statement. I really have never liked myself much at all, but I have loved and cared about many people above myself.

      I think the more accurate version would be “you can’t expect people to love you if you won’t even love yourself”

      I find that to be more accurate
    • Posts: 1,049 Member
      Sleep when the baby naps during the day!
    • Posts: 2,480 Member
      Humans weren't meant to eat _________. Lately, it is grains with a lot of people trying the No Sugar No Grains diet, even though humans have been estimated to eat grains for as long as 100,000 years :|
    • Posts: 2,540 Member
      Cassandraw3 wrote: »
      someone else has it worse

      Yeah, like that ever helps you when you are in the *kitten*.
    • Posts: 21 Member
      "Why don't you try losing some weight?"
      As if we will go like
      "Great idea!! Never thought of that before!"
    • Posts: 3,323 Member
      "well, don't feel ___________________(PUT ANY EMOTION IN THERE)
    • Posts: 20,506 Member
      "Grow Up!"


      ... nope, ain't going to happen.
    • Posts: 1,053 Member
      Don't cry

      (when you're bawlin')
    • Posts: 945 Member
      Bry_Fitness70 wrote: »
      Humans weren't meant to eat _________. Lately, it is grains with a lot of people trying the No Sugar No Grains diet, even though humans have been estimated to eat grains for as long as 100,000 years :|

      Oh, yes, only eat caveman foods, nothing so PROCESSED as bread, and also buy the specific brand whey protein powder. Because cavemen loved their powdered protein shakes.

      (Strong sarcasm, in case anyone didn't notice.)
    • Posts: 222 Member
      Calm down.
    • Posts: 2,540 Member
      LiveInLeggings wrote: »
      Calm down.

      A surefire way to start a fight with your partner.
    • Posts: 2,540 Member
      This won't hurt a bit. Bull$hit
    • Posts: 7,074 Member
      Boba_14626 wrote: »
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      A surefire way to start a fight with your partner.

      Especially if you do that arm gesture, Omg look out. 😁
    • Posts: 222 Member
      Boba_14626 wrote: »
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      A surefire way to start a fight with your partner.

      Never in the history of calming down has anyone ever calmed down by being told to calm down.
    • Posts: 2,119 Member
      My mother in law just told me to jiggle my belly fat so that it can move the fat cells around and burn faster. I don't know if this is the best advise or not, but I sure went to the bathroom and jiggled all the flab I had.. J/S, can't knock it 'till you try it. ;)
    • Posts: 2,540 Member
      LiveInLeggings wrote: »
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      Never in the history of calming down has anyone ever calmed down by being told to calm down.

      I have firsthand anecdotal and observational evidence to back your hypothesis.
    • Posts: 2,540 Member
      If you love something, set it free. If it comes back, yadda yadda yadda....
    • Posts: 7,074 Member
      "just be positive"

      I'm positively a realist. Some sht just sucks and that's that.
    • Posts: 2,540 Member
      ToniLeeAnn82 wrote: »
      My mother in law just told me to jiggle my belly fat so that it can move the fat cells around and burn faster. I don't know if this is the best advise or not, but I sure went to the bathroom and jiggled all the flab I had.. J/S, can't knock it 'till you try it. ;)

      Here's her reference:
      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iet33fqk9OE
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