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If you could give your dc or someone you really love one bit of advice what would it be ?

13 replies

GrumpyCatHasFleas · 13/05/2025 12:22

could be your advice
poem
song lyric
anything really

OP posts:
WhiteCloudd · 13/05/2025 12:35

Enjoy little things, appreciate small moments. Growing older is a privilege not everyone gets.

SalmonWellington · 13/05/2025 12:37

People are, mostly, kind and trying their best.

Whoarethoseguys · 13/05/2025 12:37

Always be yourself but be mindful of other people.
Think before you act
Never do anything just for revenge
Be proud and stand up for what you believe

GrumpyCatHasFleas · 13/05/2025 14:01

Thank you

mine would be if anyone every makes you feel uncomfortable in anyway
fuck politeness

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Bbq1 · 13/05/2025 14:01

Follow your dream.

MargoLivebetter · 13/05/2025 14:03

Nothing stays the same, so appreciate every good moment and know that the bad moments will pass.

Moier · 13/05/2025 14:04

If it doesn't make you happy.. don't do it.
My daughters still remind me l always told them this.
They are now 41 and 33.

Verv · 13/05/2025 14:04

No is a complete sentence that doesnt require justification.

Worriedsickmostofthetime · 13/05/2025 14:09

i wish I could take away the things that trouble my young adult dc. The ‘problems’ they think they have are big to them now and they roll their eyes at me when I try and give them some perspective. It’s all relative I guess.

if only they knew that life throws much bigger problems at you when you get older, divorce, sick relatives, financial problems, aging parents and that it’s very rare to escape with a life without these ‘big’ problems and to just enjoy this time of their life now whilst they should be relatively care free.

they are so bogged down with things that really will not matter later in life.

GeorgianaM · 13/05/2025 14:09

I gave my children the same advice that my parents gave me.

Have high standards and expectations and never settle for anything less.

Dogpawsandcatwhiskers · 13/05/2025 14:18

Seize the day - life is too short to waste time with people who dont support you and try to bring you down

Life is too short (sadly lost 2 close friends recently who never made it to 50)

People will remember a smile and how your kind words made them feel

CatHairEveryWhereNow · 13/05/2025 14:48

i wish I could take away the things that trouble my young adult dc. The ‘problems’ they think they have are big to them now and they roll their eyes at me when I try and give them some perspective. It’s all relative I guess.

I have that with youngest a teen - friendship issues that are minor and soon she won't really be seeing these people much and in few years at all.

Not so much advice but Dmum did say when I became a mother - the days are long but the years are short - which was very true and tried to keep than in mind.

butterandcream · 13/05/2025 18:21

Don’t be negative in life, try and see the good in things, don’t take it all too seriously.

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