What is the most unhelpful advice you have received?

axolittl@lemmy.world to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml – 488 points –

I'll go first: "You have to have children when you're young," told to me when I was in my late 20s, with no desire to ever have kids, and no means to support them, by someone divorced multiple times with at least one adult child who does not speak to them.

Also: Responding to "How do I deal with this problem?" questions with "Oh, don't worry about it, it's enough that you're even thinking about it!"

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My mother once told us to get "a male realtor; the woman realtors don't care as much because they're just doing it as a hobby - the men are doing it as their full time job."

She's a real gem.

Yeah... In this day and age where people struggle financially I'm sure women just do it as a hobby... 🙄