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Old 02-08-2018, 07:04 PM
 
Location: Midwest
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OP, you clearly are the most ossumest person around! Too bad your friends quote unquote are a bunch of losers and dunces!

You should find a new crowd to hang out with!

And maybe start an advice column. Isn't "Dear Abby" Abigail Van Buren getting on in years now?
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Old 02-08-2018, 07:22 PM
 
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No, I wouldn't say I "love" it. That would be mean.

And I try very hard not to explicitly say "I told you so."
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Old 02-08-2018, 07:27 PM
 
Location: Texas
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Often, there are reasons why people can't take the advice given to them. Their situation may be more complex than you realize. I get unsolicited advice from well meaning people who have no clue. I appreciate them trying to help but they actually have no idea what's going on.
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Old 02-08-2018, 07:52 PM
 
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What I mean by that is if someone asks for advice about something, or asks me what I think about something, I tell them, and then they go ahead and do what I advised them not to do. If it works out for them, that's great, but I really like it when it doesn't so I can say "Hey, I told you so! Should've listened to me!"

Basically, I love it when people think they know better and it ends up blowing up in their faces! People on the opposite side with cry "But I did what I wanted so that's what REALLY counts!" Sure, keep telling yourself that while you complain to me about things not going the way you wanted, or worse, expecting ME to swoop in and fix it after they didn't listen to me.

Does anyone else ever feel like this?
You're a *******. I HATE it when I've told someone not to do something, they do it anyway, and they suffer. I feel BAD for them when that happens, and frustrated that no matter how I tried to counsel them, I couldn't get them to avoid their suffering. You're worse than a sociopath, who doesn't care how his actions harm others, so long as he gets what he wants. You seem more like a psychopath, who derives pleasure from other people's suffering.
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Old 02-08-2018, 08:56 PM
 
Location: Avignon, France
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Maybe your advice is t as good as you think.... maybe your advice sucks!
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Old 02-08-2018, 10:27 PM
 
Location: 415->916->602
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dude....you got issues.
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Old 02-09-2018, 01:17 AM
 
Location: Canada
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....... If it works out for them, that's great, but I really like it when it doesn't so I can say "Hey, I told you so! Should've listened to me!" ............... Basically, I love it when people think they know better and it ends up blowing up in their faces! .........

So what you're really telling us is that you're a self-appointed know-it-all with a raging inferiority complex and anger issues who can only feel better about yourself when you see other people fail.

I call BS. I'm thinking that nobody ever asks you for any advice because they all know you're full of BS and you resent that. So you make up these vengeful scenarios about them in your own head and then you post about it to strangers on internet forums.

Your warped imagination is failing you and you will be a danger to your future self when one of your stories will blow up in your own face and get you into serious trouble with other people who actually know you. You should go see a psychiatrist so the psychiatrist can tell YOU what to do to try to fix yourself before you get yourself into trouble.

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Old 02-09-2018, 08:40 AM
 
Location: Finally the house is done and we are in Port St. Lucie!
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So what you're really telling us is that you're a self-appointed know-it-all with a raging inferiority complex and anger issues who can only feel better about yourself when you see other people fail.

I call BS. I'm thinking that nobody ever asks you for any advice because they all know you're full of BS and you resent that. So you make up these vengeful scenarios about them in your own head and then you post about it to strangers on internet forums.

Your warped imagination is failing you and you will be a danger to your future self when one of your stories will blow up in your own face and get you into serious trouble with other people who actually know you. You should go see a psychiatrist so the psychiatrist can tell YOU what to do to try to fix yourself before you get yourself into trouble.

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That'll never happen. He would end up telling the therapist how to do their job.

This person's threads are all about how superior he is to everyone he comes into contact with. Ego much? Most likely will not get far in life and will become one of those bitter, angry old people left in nursing homes with no visitors.

I stay away from people like him and I'm thinking he doesn't have any true friends.

Very sad and I feel pity for him because he is so full of himself that he will not change.

As to the original question: No. advice is asked, advice is given. Whether the other party takes it or not is their choice.

Getting gleeful on someone else's pain is just wrong and shows a level of serious psychological issues. You scare me in fact.
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Old 02-09-2018, 08:55 AM
 
Location: Atlanta area
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I don't rejoice in people's misery. Sure, it gives me a good feeling when I give them advice, they follow it, and it works out, but I don't derive joy from someone not following my advice and failing.
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Old 02-09-2018, 10:28 AM
 
Location: Bel Air, California
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What I mean by that is if someone asks for advice about something, or asks me what I think about something, I tell them, and then they go ahead and do what I advised them not to do. If it works out for them, that's great, but I really like it when it doesn't so I can say "Hey, I told you so! Should've listened to me!"

Basically, I love it when people think they know better and it ends up blowing up in their faces! People on the opposite side with cry "But I did what I wanted so that's what REALLY counts!" Sure, keep telling yourself that while you complain to me about things not going the way you wanted, or worse, expecting ME to swoop in and fix it after they didn't listen to me.

Does anyone else ever feel like this?
huh?
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