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Originally Posted by djchameleon
I understand where you are coming from but there are some people that rather learn through their own experiences that just taking the advice of someone that has been there done that.
Okay, so you have been there and done that, why don't you want me to get the same experience that you were able to obtain by going through the situation. I don't care if the outcome of the situation/experience is a bad one...good, bad or indifferent. There are just certain things in life that it is better to experience for yourself than to blindly follow sage advice and avoid completely.
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True, but there are also times where it's far better to avoid pitfalls rather than experience them. The point is, it's more likely you'll be able to make better decisions by at least considering advice and taking those things into account. You can still get to where you're going without having to hit every pot-hole on the way. Learning and experience is a good thing when you make good decisions that lead to good outcomes, or, at the very least, outcomes that you don't end up having to live with and regret for the rest of your life. The kind of respect I'm talking about is being mature enough to take things under advisement instead of automatically assuming that your own perception of things is the best method for you... especially considering the fact that people change DRASTICALLY in the way they think throughout their lives. I think it's better to put more weight on an opinion that knows this, rather than one that is completely ignorant of it, as is true in a lot of cases.