We’re bombarded with internet advices all day, every day. Everybody’s got a piece of advice for you to follow that’ll help you land your dream job, fall truly madly deeply and reciprocally in love and find general happiness. Great, isn’t it? But for every good piece of advice, there are 25 – 100 pieces of bad ones. I asked around and collected a few of my favorites for ya.
“Don’t apply your makeup too beautifully. You should look your best at your wedding.”
“I went to a wedding where my aunt had marked some single guy as suitable for me. She usually thinks I apply my makeup very nicely so she told me to tone it down for this day because I should save my best for The Day on which I would obviously marry this guy.”
“Suck it up and stick it out.”
“I’ve gotten this both about work as well as relationships. The general message was the same. “Yes, you’re miserable. That’s just how it goes, that’s part of the deal.” Now I’m all for going through bad times to get to good times, but if something’s consistently making you miserable, it’s really not a great idea to stick with that until you die.”
“Screw everything. Literally.”
“Talking to a friend about how I have a very hard time trusting women, and this dude comes and suggests I screw everything with a pulse. But I really didn’t see how that was going to help me get over my trust issues. Also, VD is a thing, you know.”
“You’re already tall. Don’t wear heels.”
A personal one I had to throw in for good measure. Had this discussion several times, with both men and women. Women usually tell me that men would not find me attractive if I’m waaaay taller (or even a little bit taller) than them, and there have been men who *literally* said “I would ask you out if you weren’t so tall. And you’re in heels!” Honestly, that sounds like a personal problem and I see no reason why I should be the one to solve that for you.
So this is a small collection of horrible advices. What’s some of the terrible advice you’ve been given throughout the years?