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What's the worst advice you were once given?

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  • Teasaidh - 26-30 years old - female
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    "You're just not good at math, so Med school isn't the right choice for you…
  • Xinman - 41-45 years old - male
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    Talked into taking a ski trip to Colorado a few years ago... …
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    Sex without a condom is safe and too much pleasure... I wish I could turn b…

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  1. Teasaidh - 26-30 years old - female

    Posted by Teasaidh Oct 17th, 2012 at 1:48AM

    "You're just not good at math, so Med school isn't the right choice for you. You should focus on what you are good at, like english." -- my high school guidance counselor

    followed his "advice" and got a degree in english that i have never used and owe $50,000 in loans. have since gone back to school for nursing where i graduated top of my class (oh, and i passed my algebra class with 103%. turns out i had an undiagnosed learning disability). am now planning to go on to med school...10 years later.

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  2. Rookie009 - 18-21 years old - male

    Reply by Rookie009 Oct 17th, 2012 at 4:12PM

    AH-mazing.

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  3. BabzEsq24 - 46-50 years old - female

    Reply by BabzEsq24 Oct 17th, 2012 at 5:43PM

    I heard that too. Went to law school instead.

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  4. Xinman - 41-45 years old - male

    Posted by Xinman Oct 17th, 2012 at 11:53AM

    Talked into taking a ski trip to Colorado a few years ago...

    First, the car we traveled there in, had a flat tire in a Kansas blizzard (yeah, I walked to get help), then on the very last day, I tore my knee ligaments. The hospital in Vail would not give me any pain meds, so I went to the liquor store in an ambulance.
    Missed the car ride back home to Oklahoma, so I booked a flight.
    Drunk that morning, I missed the flight.

    I can't ski.

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  5. Bloo - 22-25 years old - female

    Reply by Bloo Oct 17th, 2012 at 1:16AM

    My god, that sounds like a horrible experience. I will admit that this made me laugh, I hope that you can forgive me. I should state it was just the 2nd part, the knee thing sucks, I hope you're all better.

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  6. stankadiddlehopper - 51-55 years old - male

    Reply by stankadiddlehopper Oct 17th, 2012 at 7:09AM

    This sounds like a John Candy movie.

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  7. benetal - 70+ years old

    Posted by benetal Oct 17th, 2012 at 3:56PM

    "Never, never never give up"!....There comes a time when you must assess the situation and say....this is not working for me .

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  8. vibrante - 41-45 years old - female

    Reply by vibrante Oct 17th, 2012 at 3:00PM

    Yes, thank - you. So true. That is where wisdom comes in.

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  9. thenewestdaughter - 31-35 years old - female

    Posted by thenewestdaughter Oct 17th, 2012 at 4:37AM

    A teacher telling me with my disabilitys i was never going to be anything so i should drop out of school. Graduated highschool went to college and am now an in home care giver for elderly

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  10. paskyno - 41-45 years old - male

    Reply by paskyno Oct 17th, 2012 at 1:46PM

    What the hell kind of teacher would say something like that? Good for you for proving him or her wrong!

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  11. thenewestdaughter - 31-35 years old - female

    Reply by thenewestdaughter Oct 17th, 2012 at 1:52PM

    I actually had two like this my first grade teacher and one in hs. Thank you

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  12. Colonattus - 26-30 years old - male

    Posted by Colonattus Oct 17th, 2012 at 1:23AM

    Sex without a condom is safe and too much pleasure... I wish I could turn back the time and punch that ******* in his face..

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  13. Colonattus - 26-30 years old - male

    Reply by Colonattus Oct 17th, 2012 at 4:34AM

    that moron I bumped into 9 years ago when i was about to go through first sex experience

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  14. Colonattus - 26-30 years old - male

    Reply by Colonattus Oct 17th, 2012 at 3:54PM

    yes I proudly did that, i was 18 years old and i wasn,t mature enough,i dont have to defend my self nor justify, i wanna tell you that knowledge isn,t a thing we have since birth,, we gain experience from making mistakes to the utmost..we can,t define who we are if we don,t go though all of these lessons i guess..just one more thing, i guess if you didn,t like my answer why bother and dethrone your ""smartest person"" inherent title?

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  15. Connifer - 56-60 years old - male

    Posted by Connifer Oct 17th, 2012 at 3:50AM

    Dude. Invest in Betamax. That's the way to go...

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  16. WildSpectrumArts - 46-50 years old - female

    Posted by WildSpectrumArts Oct 17th, 2012 at 9:25AM

    Get married. This is what my mother told me about my first husband. Really bad advice.

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  17. ErieHandyMan - 46-50 years old - male

    Posted by ErieHandyMan Oct 17th, 2012 at 4:55AM

    Pull my finger.

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  18. NixieKei - 26-30 years old

    Posted by NixieKei Oct 17th, 2012 at 2:20AM

    You only live once, or "YOLO" as the retarded new generation holds dearly.

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  19. paskyno - 41-45 years old - male

    Reply by paskyno Oct 17th, 2012 at 1:47PM

    Umm, how is that bad advice? Did you unlock some memories of your past lives or something?

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  20. NixieKei - 26-30 years old

    Reply by NixieKei Oct 17th, 2012 at 5:27PM

    If you are not familiar with this phrase as its commonly used now and was back when I heard it, it was used in pressuring adolescents into doing something that would either cause them trouble or a great chance at physical injury. In my case it was preceding something of injury.

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  21. CaliforniaViolet - 31-35 years old - female

    Posted by CaliforniaViolet Oct 17th, 2012 at 2:57AM

    "If you want to get his attention, ignore him." Pop psychology bull turds.

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  22. paskyno - 41-45 years old - male

    Reply by paskyno Oct 17th, 2012 at 1:54PM

    Sounds like they left out the part about how you need to get his attention FIRST, and only then you start ignoring him.

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  23. vibrante - 41-45 years old - female

    Reply by vibrante Oct 17th, 2012 at 3:02PM

    Yes, that part is important. The only problem with those that only want what they cant get, is when they get it, they don't want it.

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  24. KenWX - 61-65 years old - male

    Posted by KenWX Oct 17th, 2012 at 1:44AM

    Resist sex until you're married.

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  25. paskyno - 41-45 years old - male

    Reply by paskyno Oct 17th, 2012 at 1:48PM

    I took the advice of the Borg when it comes to that: "Resistance is futile."

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  26. vibrante - 41-45 years old - female

    Reply by vibrante Oct 17th, 2012 at 2:58PM

    I didnt..I now I am going to wait..I had many sexual experiences when I was younger, had lots of prenatal sex, got married, divorced. I wish I had saved myself, and now am trying to do find a life partner, not a shag. It reveals a lot about character when people choose to wait when extremely aroused. I want a man I can trust, who can trust me. I think that was good advice. Do you follow it?

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  27. truthseeker28 - 26-30 years old - female

    Posted by truthseeker28 Oct 17th, 2012 at 9:33AM

    he goes to my church you can trust him said by my sister. The guy slipped me something and I have a night that I cannot remember.

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  28. truthseeker28 - 26-30 years old - female

    Reply by truthseeker28 Oct 17th, 2012 at 11:57AM

    it happened 8 1/2 years ago but it changed my view on churches and people in them.

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  29. paskyno - 41-45 years old - male

    Reply by paskyno Oct 17th, 2012 at 1:50PM

    I never had any illusions about that one! Did someone actually tell you that only good people go to church? Growing up, I was told that church is more like a hospital for sinners than a club for saints -- and that was in Sunday School that I was taught this. The sad fact is, you need to be on your guard against predators in nearly every situation.

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  30. 1Booklover510 - 66-70 years old - female

    Posted by 1Booklover510 Oct 17th, 2012 at 6:34AM

    The worst advice I was ever given was to get married when I found myself pregnant my senior year in high school The only good thing to come out of that marriage is my 3 beautiful children,

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  31. Cachinga - 51-55 years old - female

    Posted by Cachinga Oct 17th, 2012 at 2:23AM

    Its too soon for u to get divorced...

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  32. BabzEsq24 - 46-50 years old - female

    Posted by BabzEsq24 Oct 17th, 2012 at 5:42PM

    go to law school

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  33. mrboot - 22-25 years old - male

    Posted by mrboot Oct 17th, 2012 at 1:38AM

    "Ladies and Gentlemen of the class of ’99
    If I could offer you only one tip for the future, sunscreen would be
    it. The long term benefits of sunscreen have been proved by
    scientists"
    Yeah I wore sunscreen 24/7 ever since and now everybody thinks I am a greasy weirdo who smells of coconuts. Thanks a lot.

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  34. laughinkatt - 31-35 years old - female

    Reply by laughinkatt Oct 17th, 2012 at 4:11AM

    but you probably gave great, ageless skin.

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  35. laleee - 26-30 years old - female

    Reply by laleee Jan 24th, 2013 at 2:36PM

    That's actually really good advise. I saw a case study in a medical journal, where there was a lorry driver for 30 years. On one side, the side to the window exposed to the sun, his skin was really bad and he looked really old and had skin cancer. On the other half he was almost wrinkle free and looked quite good for a 55 year old man.

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  36. hadyourchance - 31-35 years old - female

    Posted by hadyourchance Oct 17th, 2012 at 12:29AM

    Try it...you'll like it.

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  37. ScorpioSeven - 61-65 years old - male

    Posted by ScorpioSeven Oct 18th, 2012 at 2:21AM

    "Vote Republican"

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  38. jumbleofletters - 36-40 years old

    Posted by jumbleofletters Oct 17th, 2012 at 10:28PM

    Don't date redheads.

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  39. NekkidFilipina - 22-25 years old - female

    Posted by NekkidFilipina Oct 17th, 2012 at 8:42PM

    Trust Me! (from a guy)

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