Why is it that people have so much relationship advice to give when they are as single as the rest of us? It just makes me wonder if the advice is so good, why don't they clean out their own house before tackling our dirty ones?

Thats just why I never give it.

The common denominator in all your failed relationships is .....you..

Same here.....I guess if I knew it all I wouldn't be here would I? LOL!

I agree 100%!

Its always easier to see it from the other side. Most everyone has BEEN ina relationship, so they like to share what they do know.

Just because people are single doesn't mean they have nothing to offer. Single people staying SINGLE and waiting for the right person, giving and receiving advice.... sounds all good to me. And it is advice. Heck, there are tons of published authors in the world, but just because they wrote a how-to book doesn't make their answers the RIGHT answers for just everyone of us.
It's called sharing experiences and caring. Except for, of course, the mean spirited bully types trying to spread seeds of terror!!

Sometimes we can't see the forest for the trees. When we get all goofy over someone, it is good to have an objective opinion.

My advice would be, use your best judgement

advice can come from many resources. I can advise on things I have experience with in the past. Doesn't make me perfect. Doesn't mean I know all of the answers. I never claimed to. But I can give you advice on what helped me or some friends of mine get thru something that happened to them. Oh oh oh and I'm the master at first dates It's the 2nd and 3rd ones I'm not so great at getting

If you find out please let me know, I am curious as to why so much negative advice is handed out so freely.

Exactly. We can be objective, but never about ourselves.

well, at least it is worth the price....

This is sooooo true.

All of my friends come to me for advice on all kinds of things. How I find it so easy to fix their problems and always fumble through my own will stay a mystery I guess. LOL!

Sometimes yeah sometimes no

I was always curious about that... That's one reason I rarely ask advice on the relationship I'm in. The first thing out of anyone's mouth is to dump him. He's cheating. Kick him to the curb. Run as fast as you can. Blah blah blah.

And, hey, there are tons of marriage counselors who have screwed up marriages and are divorced, so there ya go!! Objectivity is the name of the game.

I think the negative advice is designed to protect us, I think most everyone here as been hurt, so a lot of advice is to "get out, before you get hurt". I don't think people are purposefully being negative.

I totally think so too! If I say anything other than "dump them"... I get jumped on... It's sad. But really, I think a lot of people just want validation, permission to do so, which is why they say what they say and why they post what they post.

Not to mention that one person says, "dump them"... and so everyone else just says, Oh I should say that too.

You take the advise offered as just that, advise. From people who aren't in your position and only know the one side of the story that you told.
You don't have to follow it. Take the advice, see what makes sense to you, and go from there. Sometimes, you get really great ideas and advice. Sometimes you don't. No one has all the answers but sometimes it's fun to see the responses Hey I just advised you on how to take advice