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[Tinkrbl44]

Sometimes we receive well-meaning advice, but it's just not right for us ... for any number of reasons.  

What have you been advised to do that would have been a disaster ... or a mistake ... to follow?  

[Carmie]

I am not gonna touch this question with a 10 ft pole!

[elated]

@Tinkrbl44  Why don't you answer your own question?  It would be interesting to see what you thought didn't work.

[Flatbush]

@Tinkrbl44 

What do you need a computer for anyhow?

[Tinkrbl44]

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@elated wrote:

@Tinkrbl44  Why don't you answer your own question?  It would be interesting to see what you thought didn't work.

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@elated 

I was short of time but wanted to post the question.

What prompted my question ... 

This afternoon I listened to an interview of Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai and she was asked that question.  Briefly, her answer was that she tried new things and worked to meet friends in college.  Her parents would have preferred her to wear traditional clothing and stick to studying, rather than socializing.  She said she would have missed so much if she'd followed her parents' advice when she went to college.

Me, personally .... I had a rather overbearing older aunt who told me it would be a waste of my parents' money to go to college because "you're only going to get married and have kids, anyway".   

(In all fairness to that older aunt, it was the era ... early 1960s.  It was a common attitude.)

Thankfully, my parents didn't see it that way. 

[monicakm]

@Flatbush

I understood your answer

[monicakm]

The year was 1979
The month was November
The day was the 16th
My brother to my future husband right before our wedding ceremony
" don't do it! It's not too late to back out"
That was 46 years ago

[Roscoe the Rascal]

I can't really remember any and always been good at making my own decisions.  

Might have been something but couldn't been too much cause I can't remember.  

I'm sure something about my choice of dates.  Ended up with a good one and was married for 46 years.  

[Mombo1]

@Tinkrbl44    I was in Graphic Arts for 15 years and enjoyed the profession..... but I always wanted to work with kids..so I went back to school at the age of 40 to get my degree in teaching.  I had some people ask me why....They felt that teaching didn't pay well and some people tried to discourage me.... Well... it was the best move for me and I'm glad I ignored those comments...I loved working with the little people for 21 years.  I'm now retired and miss those days.  It's not always about the money.