Should single people be allowed to post in relationship threads? Options

[Tung]

I been stalking the relationship forum alot lately, and there's some certain people who "try" to post helpful opinions and thoughts about the situation, when it's obvious they don't know what the fuck they are talking about. These are the people who are single, and never had a gf/bf in their entire life. How can a person who's been single all their life help someone who is asking for help about a problem with his/her gf/bf? They shouldn't, because they never had any experience to actually know what the OP is going through, and it's tiresome and annoying to read such ignorant post by these members. A prime example would be JClore. He's obviously single and never touched a girl in his life, and he's all over the relationship forum like he's some ladie's man who actually knows something.

This isn't member bashing btw, just using an example.

[transcendentalis...]

subtle. :P

i think single people actually can contribute to relationship threads. to me, relationships were always pretty much common sense, even before i got into serious ones. being single doesn't necessarily mean you're totally ignorant in the relationships area of life, just like the same way having been with people makes you knowledgeable.

[tokyo-rose]

The only thing to be done about those kinds of posts is to ignore them.
Otherwise, most single people can contribute helpful advice. Like Ruth said, relationships are common sense.

[Tung]

Can you guys give examples on how single people can contribute helpful advice?

[JCLore]

Can you guys give examples on how single people can contribute helpful advice?

yea...i'd like to hear this as well

it can be common sense...but you need to experience it firsthand to know what your talking about

[fameONE]

I understand you're reasoning. If their advice is so good, why can't they hold onto a decent relationship?

Then again, we all learn from experiences, and what we learn can be useful to someone else in a similar situation.

Go through door 3 and you'll find the young and desperate; asking redundant questions with no real closure because he/she is too chickenshit do what they really want to do.

It's a toss up.

[transcendentalis...]

Can you guys give examples on how single people can contribute helpful advice?

a lot of problems in the relationships forum can be solved by good and thorough communication. some single people who know how that works could show how such-and-such issue could have been avoided.

not to mention, the relationships forum isn't just for advice dealing with romantic relationships.

[Tung]

not to mention, the relationships forum isn't just for advice dealing with romantic relationships.

Oh of course I know that, but sorry if I wasn't clear about it first, but I'm targeting the threads about romantic relationship problems, and not the friendship or family relationships.

[*yrrnotelekktric*]

Tung, you suck for this topic.

[Tung]

Tung, you suck for this topic.

Instead of telling me I suck for making this topic, I rather have you state an opinion at the matter at hand here?

[*yrrnotelekktric*]

OK.

single people should. i think you should change the title to "people who have never been in a relationship before." Because people are single doesnt mean they never have been in a relationship.

[queen]

well there are a bunch of idiots who have been in relationships who can still be clueless. there's two types of "advice". some that come from personal experience and some that are just obviously reasonable.

i'm pretty sure there are single people here that know the basic dos and don'ts. like "don't cheat", and "communication is key".

i mean the answers to some of the questions on here are pretty basic anyway. one could bullshit his/her way through them all.

[absinthe]

EDIT: HOLY BBQ^^^^^!! QUEEN! *huggles*

What about the f**ktards that HAVE been in relationships, and still give dumbass advice? :D???

[dustbunny]

COME ON TUNG, YOU KNOW MY RELATIONSHIP ADVICE IS IMPECCABLE, and I've been in like 1/2 a relationship.

[Tung]

Bettyboo. You want to take this in the janitor's closet?

[dustbunny]

*take this to?


when trying to be snide, please use correct syntax and diction. thanks.

[Tung]

Please betty. Bend over.

[dustbunny]

SURE THANG TUNG, DON'T FORGET TO REMOVE MY TAMPON FIRST

[iDecay]

< Never been in a relationship before, but gives hella advice to friends. D:

[Tung]

Tina you want in this too. While Betty is busy taking her tampon off, me and you go at it. ^_^

[iDecay]

... ....


I'm good. :D

[dustbunny]

tung, tampons are taken out, not off.

once again, diction.

[misoshiru]

< Never been in a relationship before, but gives hella advice to friends. D:

[superstitious]

Wow. Ok, first can I just absorb the tampon stuff? Wow. lol

Ok,now that I'm done with that, single people [some] are more than capable of giving sound advice. I know married people that give terrible relationship and know single people who give great advice.

Not being in a successful relationship doesn't mean that you don't recognize what may or may not be good advice for someone. In fact, I think some people who have had some rough relationships in the past know what doesn't work (subjectively, of course).

By the way, I don't know what my deal is with brackets versus parenthesis lately. I know I don't use them correctly or appropriately, I just use them when I feel like using them.

Anyhooo...

[Comptine]

There are some basic advice that is understandable. Like about communication. There are other things that do piss me off.

Like teenagers that tell other teenagers that their high school romance isn't real love. and that teenagers don't know the meaning of real love. which is really rich considering it's teenagers giving the advice.

i hate people who respond by... "i'm very observant. i can tell what makes a relationship work. blah blah..."

if you were really that observant, you would be able to see a good match for you.