Advice from Old PeopleSometimes, just sometimes, old people say something worth listening to. Ok, so it's like picking the needle out of a whole haystack of mis-remembered war stories, but those gems should be celebrated.
Tell us something worthwhile an old-type person has told you.
Note, we're leaving the definition of old up to you, you smooth-skinned youngsters.
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chthonic, Thu 19 Jun 2008, 16:16)
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This question is making me emotional...for I am a sap, and it's making me think of my granny.
Some other advice that she told me, that I've always remembered (because I'm a sap...)
"If you love someone, you will move heaven and earth to be with them. If they want to move to Antarctica, you buy a warm coat, and move. And you should know that they would do the exact same thing for you, in less time that it takes for your heart to beat. You don’t marry the one you can live with. You marry the one you can’t live without."
*goes off to do something less sappy. Like beat a tiger to death with my bare fists*
(, Tue 24 Jun 2008, 14:07, 4 replies)
Yeah!Beat that tiger! Show it who's the bitch!
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gareth_alien will be human again at, Tue 24 Jun 2008, 14:24,
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...For every "You don’t marry the one you can live with; you marry the one you can’t live without" there's a "If you can't be with the one you love; love the one you're with". For every "love conquers all" there's a "love is not enough". For every "the one you want is worth waiting for" there's a "life's too short to wait"
But then, what would I know, cynical freak that I am, with one ruined engagement, one open relationship, two long distance relationships, five long term relationships and several interesting fuck buddies under my belt? Please excuse me if I am firmly on the side of pragmatism.
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crackhouseceilidhband Fuck off back to Mumsnet, Tue 24 Jun 2008, 14:47,
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I've been with my girlfriend for 4 years now (or something)and it is going well. we've barely had any arguments as things are sorted out amicably and without drama. (we're both engineers, trained to use our brains, rather than resorting to being completely illogical)
my relationship advice, and in fact my advice for any situation is this: be lucky.
there is no substitute for it. you have to be lucky to meet the right person, you have to be lucky that one of you hasn't chosen that day or week or whatever to act out of character and like a complete bell-end.
Obviously other things help too, the ability to compromise where necessary (and to my mind this doesn't mean accepting a solution that neither of you like all that much in the name of harmony) and the ability to step back and look at things rationally.
Well, it works for me.
can't quite decide if this deserves its own post...
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Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 24 Jun 2008, 15:20,
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@ Vipros...I think it does :)
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