What advice would you give in this situation?
Believe it or not I was asked for relationship advice last night, fuck knows why but there you go. Details in replies.
(bill, Thu 19 Nov 2009, 15:09, 78 replies, latest was 16 years ago)

WHere?

(Bazongaloid, Thu 19 Nov 2009, 15:09, Reply)

Still can't see anything?

(Bazongaloid, Thu 19 Nov 2009, 15:10, Reply)

Oh come on
this is getting silly
(Bazongaloid, Thu 19 Nov 2009, 15:10, Reply)

bored now

(Bazongaloid, Thu 19 Nov 2009, 15:10, Reply)

*yawn*

(Bazongaloid, Thu 19 Nov 2009, 15:10, Reply)

BORING

(Bazongaloid, Thu 19 Nov 2009, 15:10, Reply)

This is just one example
of why I love you Al!
(bill, Thu 19 Nov 2009, 15:11, Reply)

The other is making up lies about The Grammar Badger

(Bazongaloid, Thu 19 Nov 2009, 15:11, Reply)

So she's not single?... oh, sad face.
Would she be up for a spot of strange at least?
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Thu 19 Nov 2009, 15:17, Reply)

So...
A friend of mine has through no fault of her own never really done the whole relationships thing, unfortunately this has led her to attach much more significance to events then would otherwise be justified. This has recently come to a head when a guy showed some interest in her and before they've even had their first date (Tonight!) she is referring to it as a "relationship".

The two problems here are:

A) Her flatmate is getting really pissed off with daily multi hour discussions about it and comparisons of the last guy who took her out on two dates to her recent dissolution of a two year relationship and so on.

B) Her immediate over involvement is basically a bright neon sign over her head flashing "Teh Crazy!!! Run!!!" so it ends up in a self perpetuating loop of "he didn't like me, no-one ever does, the next guy who shows an interest will be different" etc etc.

Edit to clarify: It was the flatmate asking for advice of what she should say/do.
(bill, Thu 19 Nov 2009, 15:10, Reply)

I'm confused
what do you want to know?
(Bazongaloid, Thu 19 Nov 2009, 15:11, Reply)

What advice [you would / I should] have given to the flatmate.

The best I could come up with was "put up with it and try to steer her to being less crazy as best you can"
(bill, Thu 19 Nov 2009, 15:14, Reply)

maybe warn her to keep the crazy in check for a while
but basically nothing.
(PsychoChomp, Thu 19 Nov 2009, 15:12, Reply)

do people listen to your advice?
it seems too sensible for anyone to pay attention to.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 19 Nov 2009, 15:13, Reply)

No one ever listens to any relationship advice ever.
Unless it agrees with what they want to do.
(PsychoChomp, Thu 19 Nov 2009, 15:15, Reply)

^ this
Example:

'So you're saying I should stop calling him and leave him alone, that's your advice, okay sounds good'

*puts on stalking outfit*
(Flim-Flam the Magnificent "You is talking loco and I like it!", Thu 19 Nov 2009, 15:17, Reply)

I like to think that I'm not that bad at ignoring advice.
but generally I'll only ask people for advice if I know they'll agree with me.
(PsychoChomp, Thu 19 Nov 2009, 15:22, Reply)

I don't tend to ask for advice
I tend to wait until I have done something daft and then tell people what I have done! :)
(Flim-Flam the Magnificent "You is talking loco and I like it!", Thu 19 Nov 2009, 15:23, Reply)

this doesn't surprise me

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 19 Nov 2009, 15:28, Reply)

Meh
I'm not bad at dishing out advice, but when it comes to accepting it I'm rubbish, so I tend to just bugger off and do something silly instead... it works for me, well, sort of.
(Flim-Flam the Magnificent "You is talking loco and I like it!", Thu 19 Nov 2009, 15:30, Reply)

I can only give good advice through the medium of email

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 19 Nov 2009, 15:32, Reply)

Really?
I'm much better IRL
(Flim-Flam the Magnificent "You is talking loco and I like it!", Thu 19 Nov 2009, 15:33, Reply)

people don't seem to ask me for it face to face*
I'm not a particularly serious person


*even on subjects where I know more than everyone else they know.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 19 Nov 2009, 15:37, Reply)

Hehe
You should distribute a pamphlet with your 'chosen subjects' so people know they can come to you about specific things! Hehe

I'm not a serious person either but people always ask me for advice, especially at work... its very strange, maybe I look like I know what I'm talking about?
(Flim-Flam the Magnificent "You is talking loco and I like it!", Thu 19 Nov 2009, 15:40, Reply)

at work is different
because I'm an "expert" at various things, so people are constantly asking me for advice.

Don't think anyone has ever asked me for relationship advice, despite having had a string of long and (until the end) successful ones.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 19 Nov 2009, 15:49, Reply)

Hehe I mean they ask me for
relationship advice at work... most strange!

Awww, perhaps you should start your own OT Ask Vipros thread?
(Flim-Flam the Magnificent "You is talking loco and I like it!", Thu 19 Nov 2009, 15:56, Reply)

naa, it'd be full of "Why are you so smug?"

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 19 Nov 2009, 16:01, Reply)

That is true!
Oh well
(Flim-Flam the Magnificent "You is talking loco and I like it!", Thu 19 Nov 2009, 16:05, Reply)

I tend to ask for opinions rather advice
because then people get less offended when I dismiss them instantly
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 19 Nov 2009, 15:23, Reply)

I usually get advice if I want it or not.

(PsychoChomp, Thu 19 Nov 2009, 15:33, Reply)

Oh I hate those friends
'You know what you should do'

Yes, tell you to fuck off and stop messing around in ma bizniz!
(Flim-Flam the Magnificent "You is talking loco and I like it!", Thu 19 Nov 2009, 15:41, Reply)

very good point

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 19 Nov 2009, 15:22, Reply)

She should do anal

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Thu 19 Nov 2009, 15:12, Reply)

Crazy chicks always do.

(PsychoChomp, Thu 19 Nov 2009, 15:13, Reply)

That's why they're the best

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Thu 19 Nov 2009, 15:13, Reply)

Tell her not to wear underwear and to periodically run her finger over her gushing slit
and stick it under the fellas nose.
(Bazongaloid, Thu 19 Nov 2009, 15:15, Reply)

Nah', you put it byhind your ear and invite him to smell her new perfume.

( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Thu 19 Nov 2009, 15:16, Reply)

or up her stinkhole
for added first date fruitiness
(Cancer Joy was short lived, Thu 19 Nov 2009, 15:18, Reply)

She sounds a bit like me.
Whenever I go out with a female mate, I reffer to it as a HAWT D8, or if it's a male mate, it's MAN-DATE, or if it's a group, it's an ORGY-DATE.

It helps out with the enivtablity that i'll be "Uncle Paul" around my best mate's place come christmas day 2025.
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Thu 19 Nov 2009, 15:16, Reply)

The flatmate
shouldn't say anything. Women are mental, if she does say anything it'll just end up being dragged up everytime they have an arguement for the next... well... forever!
(Flim-Flam the Magnificent "You is talking loco and I like it!", Thu 19 Nov 2009, 15:16, Reply)

That would have been my advice
if she didn't keep trying to get her to discuss it over and over
(bill, Thu 19 Nov 2009, 16:31, Reply)

If that's the case then
my remark counts double! If she's pushing for advice then she knows what she is doing is wrong... I foresee an argument!
(Flim-Flam the Magnificent "You is talking loco and I like it!", Thu 19 Nov 2009, 16:54, Reply)

just tell her like it is

( Lisette von Falcon, Thu 19 Nov 2009, 15:16, Reply)

Send her round mine
I LOVES me a bit of mental
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 19 Nov 2009, 15:23, Reply)

Calm down, love!
is the best advice any woman ever received.

rafter
baz
(bazmorningstar efil4nat3b, Thu 19 Nov 2009, 15:23, Reply)

I LOL'd

(bill, Thu 19 Nov 2009, 16:29, Reply)

Tell her your going for day at the zoo

then drive to Granada studios march into the building and shove her onto the Jeremy Kyle show, he'll know what to do.
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Thu 19 Nov 2009, 15:34, Reply)

Call her scum
That's what he usually does isn't it?
(Flim-Flam the Magnificent "You is talking loco and I like it!", Thu 19 Nov 2009, 15:45, Reply)

IF I MAY SIR, IF I MAY!!!!

( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Thu 19 Nov 2009, 15:57, Reply)

Just let her get on with it.
She'll work it out for herself eventually.

The over enthusiastic girl and not the flatmate.
( girlinthehole, Thu 19 Nov 2009, 15:39, Reply)

That was pretty much what I said in the end
Good to know that that seems to be the consensus
(bill, Thu 19 Nov 2009, 16:29, Reply)

I've got a friend (no, really)
She seeing a bloke. They briefly split up but got back together.
Naturally, we heard about it because people share their news with their friends. But we don't know all of the details.

Now another mate is having a party and he's said she can't come if she has her bloke with her. He says the bloke must be a dick if she saw fit to split up with him in the first place, that he's not going along with this trainwreck, because he's caring about his friend, even if she doesn't care about herself.

She seems fine to me and I don't think it's any of his business anyway. So, should I tell him he's a cunt?
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Thu 19 Nov 2009, 15:41, Reply)

Yes!

( girlinthehole, Thu 19 Nov 2009, 15:42, Reply)

Ta! Validation!

( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Thu 19 Nov 2009, 15:47, Reply)

I second it

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 19 Nov 2009, 15:50, Reply)

Woot.
Actually I hate confrontation but he needs telling. Even if the fella was a dick, it's none of our business, but he hasn't even met him. He knows fuck all. Is he going to ignore ALL of her future squeezes until she meets HIS Mr Right? It's really fucking weird if you ask me. Harold fucking Bishop moral highground cunt.
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Thu 19 Nov 2009, 15:52, Reply)

Seconded!

(bill, Thu 19 Nov 2009, 16:26, Reply)

I'm a bit like the bloke in this story.
edit: but I do know the guy in the couple and he slept with one of his ex's while she was on holiday and bragged about it to his mates. I can't stand him now even though they're back together.
(PsychoChomp, Thu 19 Nov 2009, 15:52, Reply)

Haha
Well you're not pissing off the fella, and you're not 'teaching your friend a lesson', you're just making HER feel silly and judged. My mate is gutted.
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Thu 19 Nov 2009, 15:54, Reply)

more story in the edit,
I know it's not very nice to the girl, but she's pissing me off being a victim. I can't pretend to like the bloke either.
(PsychoChomp, Thu 19 Nov 2009, 15:57, Reply)

Oh that's different
But these two have never met.
She seems happy enough to me, she's not a victim anyway.
Our mate just seems to have used his crystal ball and predicted that it's 'going nowhere' and that the bloke is evidently not as into her as she is him. So what? She nevr said "Can I bring my future husband to your party, I want you to tell me what our children will look like." and even if she did, I maintain it's her business.He's being well sanctimonius and he's hurt her feelings.
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Thu 19 Nov 2009, 16:01, Reply)

Are you sure he doesn't like her or something?
Sounds a bit wierd and you should probably talk to him about it before calling him a cunt.
(PsychoChomp, Thu 19 Nov 2009, 16:02, Reply)

You'd think so
But it really isn't that. He's not attracted to her. He's in love with some nutter.
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Thu 19 Nov 2009, 16:04, Reply)

Ro'ta,
What's your favorite apple?
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Thu 19 Nov 2009, 16:02, Reply)

Hiya Popsicle
Granny Smith.
Why?
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Thu 19 Nov 2009, 16:03, Reply)

No perticular reason, seemed as good as a subject as any.
I like braeburn.
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Thu 19 Nov 2009, 16:07, Reply)

Granny all the way
So tangy!
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Thu 19 Nov 2009, 16:07, Reply)

Gak!
Egremont Russets FTW. Or Pink Lady.
(porkylips looks better as the sun goes down., Thu 19 Nov 2009, 16:14, Reply)

I like greeeeeen apples
*apple racist*
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Thu 19 Nov 2009, 16:15, Reply)

Fucking Martians, coming over here etc.

(porkylips looks better as the sun goes down., Thu 19 Nov 2009, 16:18, Reply)

Probing our anus

( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Thu 19 Nov 2009, 16:20, Reply)

Pauly, what's your favourite cheese?
Gor-gonz-ola, I'll be bound...


*dies laughing*
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 19 Nov 2009, 16:12, Reply)

That was my username for a little while.
I like strong bries.
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Thu 19 Nov 2009, 16:19, Reply)

Huzzah for Brie
With chicken and bacon
( SpikeyPickle wishes he was mabazaritchie, Thu 19 Nov 2009, 16:46, Reply)

Or brie and grape
and/or walnut
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Thu 19 Nov 2009, 16:50, Reply)

Take advantage of her weak emotional state
Tell her you love her, want to be with her, she's the one ya ya ya, shag her, then dump her.

Job's a good 'un.
( Je suis un vagabond is an unfunny, up your own arse middle class knob, Thu 19 Nov 2009, 16:19, Reply)

No fucking way!
I learned a loooong time ago to never stick it in the crazy!
(bill, Thu 19 Nov 2009, 16:28, Reply)

So you've been gay for a long time?
Interesting.

This post was brought to you by sexism
(Vikingheadache, Thu 19 Nov 2009, 16:53, Reply)