Reluctant to Take Love Advice From Your Single Friends? Read This.

A pretty common myth I've heard throughout the years is the "single girls cant give good love advice" one. For a while I believed it to be true and would even tell anybody asking me for advice in that area that they should definitely take heed. Then I really thought about it  and realized that, although I've been living as a "bachelorette" (okay my word for a 'chronic single' that makes me sleep better at night) I have pretty invaluable advice to offer to those in need.

So my advice to anyone reluctant to take heed to any cautionary tales or tips for improvement from single girls is this: YOU CAN LEARN FROM ANYONE. Literally everyone is a teacher, whether their life lesson is on what to do or what not to do...but let me step back from that profound idea and reel this back to the subject: Dating advice.

If you have good friends, even if they are single, the bottomline is this: They want you to be happy. So the advice they give you may be something obvious that is missing that you cant see because you are blinded by love.   Another reason not to shun the help of a single sister is because she may have been where you are before. Just because she's single now, doesnt mean she has  never been in love before. Maybe, just maybe her insight is just what you need because it come from experience, whether it's something that she knows through a successful relationship or a failed one.

Lastly, I believe that if you have a trustworthy friend, single or not, you should at least listen to the advice that  they offer and not reject it solely based off of their relationship status is because that is discriminatory. How would you like it if someone you cared for didnt listen to your potentially beneficial advice just because you were a woman? gay? black? unemployed? You wouldnt. Because while there are many things that are specific to certain situations, we all have way more in common than we have as differences, including the need to love and be loved, and the desire to see loved ones doing well.

With all that being said, advice from anyone, even this very blog should be taken with a grain of salt. Take with you what will work for you and leave what doesnt.