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To ask for the life advice that has served you well?

392 replies

mumofoneAloneandwell · 11/05/2026 21:23

The truth shall set you free

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WhatsYourFlex · 11/05/2026 21:24

Comparison is the thief of joy.

So so true!

shellyleppard · 11/05/2026 21:24

Never a borrower or lender be.
Always have an exit plan/rainy day fund

AlasIsUnderused · 11/05/2026 21:25

This too shall pass

mumofoneAloneandwell · 11/05/2026 21:25

This one lives in my head

To ask for the life advice that has served you well?
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VillageMilton · 11/05/2026 21:26

'We're all going the same way'.

ItsPickleRick · 11/05/2026 21:27

“Let them”.

AcquadiP · 11/05/2026 21:27

It wasn't meant to be.

Leafstamp · 11/05/2026 21:28

Count your blessings

tooloololoo · 11/05/2026 21:29

Be single unless you’re lucky to meet the right one. In the meantime your mind and skill will take you places unimaginable.
The heavy painful emotions will leave your body and you’ll be free again to raise your child in a healthy environment whilst building a great company

childoftkty · 11/05/2026 21:32

You never know what goes on behind closed doors

SometimesThingsHappen · 11/05/2026 21:33

Ask for what you want, because of you don't ask the answer is always no.

searchforthesun · 11/05/2026 21:33

Bravery feels like fear

Sidebeforeself · 11/05/2026 21:33

Do the right thing

Ineedanewsofa · 11/05/2026 21:34

It’s pretty arrogant to think everyone is looking at you
If they haven’t changed at all since school that’s problem, not a plus point
Don’t shit on your own doorstep
(Thanks Dad)

shellyleppard · 11/05/2026 21:34

You can't take it with you (money)....my mum's favourite saying

bobblyhatandbobbles · 11/05/2026 21:35

Be nice to everyone, you never know when you might need them.

NotAWurstToIt · 11/05/2026 21:37

Kindness isn’t weakness

DreamingOfGeneHunt · 11/05/2026 21:38

Don't make life harder than it has to be.

MotherOfSoManyCats · 11/05/2026 21:39

You can't change anyone, you can only change the way you react to them.

mumofoneAloneandwell · 11/05/2026 21:40

Not so much advice but something I found super true

To paraphrase, saw this whilst watching In Treatment

'Youre never as free as when youre listening to music that you really like'

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ThatMintMember · 11/05/2026 21:41

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

Brightbluesomething · 11/05/2026 21:41

Everything is temporary.

mumofb2 · 11/05/2026 21:45

If you dont ask you don’t get

Screamingabdabz · 11/05/2026 21:45

You wouldn’t care so much about what people think of you if you realised how seldom they do.

When I was around 16, naively postulating on all the fantastic creative careers I might have one day… somebody said to me:
“If you really wanted to do it, you’d already be doing it.” (It’s true about all sorts of lofty ideals you tell yourself.)

If a bloke really liked you, he’d be with you.

The rules of misogny.

Let your yes be yes, and your no be no.

Just because someone doesn’t love you how you want, doesn’t mean they don’t love you with all they have.

Mumofmarauders · 11/05/2026 21:46

Withhold not your heart from any joy (ie don’t pass up any opportunity to be happy about anything!)