Giving Unsolicited Advice

ariesathena
Wed, 03 Apr 2013 19:56:19 +0000

I tend to say things like, “The downside of X is Y, but that bothers some people more than others,” or “That course of action tends to be easier for people who do Z.”

But mostly, I try to listen to them and respect them - I’m a young-looking thirty-something, and the amount of patronising, condescending unsolicited “life advice” I get (often from obviously unhappy people) irritates me. I would have to be a nutbar to turn around and do that to other people.