She meets men and that night they end up in bed. She never waits to give them what they want. She calls me and I give her good advice that she never listens to. I'm tired of hearing about her problems but I don't want to be rude. How should I tell her to stop complaining if she's not going to help herself?How to deal with a friend who falls for all the wrong guys and calls me to cry about it but won't take advice.?
Some times no matter how many times you give advice the friend has to learn by her own mistakes and some times those mistakes are very life threatening. As one of the other people had said sit her down and have a face to face talk with her let her know your giving your opinion because you care about her and what shes doing to herself let her know the consequences shes putting herself in and let her know how you feel about her not ever taking your advice when she asks for it, that's all you can really do. whether she takes that to heart is on her shoulders . From there being a friend you should just listen to what she has to say even if she continues to make those mistakes but i would stop giving her advice and let her learn for herself some times that's the only way they get it in their head.How to deal with a friend who falls for all the wrong guys and calls me to cry about it but won't take advice.?
My best friend is like this. Sadly you can't do a thing. You can go blue in the face every time giving out good advice, but in the end you can't make her do anything. So once you get tired of the advice giving, tell her you love her but you can't help her if she can't help herself. If you think it would help, suggest the book: He's Just Not That Into You. It may or may not work, but it's a good last ditch effort.
There is hope, at some point, she'll learn, it just may take a while!
I don't suggest that that's what you should tell her. However I think you should have a one on one conversation face to face. Give your advice again while making sure she understands what she's doing, what she needs to do to fix this, and make sure she understands you are her friend and you are there for her. Tell her if she doesn't pay any attention to advice she is receiving, she will always experience these problems. It's a less harsh way of saying what you wanted to say.
That's just it. You need to tell her that if she isn't going to take your advice seriously, then please don't call you when things go badly for her. It's not being rude, it's being honest. I had a friend like this and finally I had to tell her politely ';she was on her own';. I was sick of the complaints and her taking the same jerk back after what he was doing to her. She eventually learned and apologized for not listening to me. I wish you the best.
You are being a very good friend.
But sometimes, as much as you want to help someone, they just can't be helped.
Tell her honestly. She's not being a good friend. Tell her that she doesn't LISTEN to you, and that's not what friends do. So if she can't be your friend in the first place, then you don't feel that you can be hers anymore.
Eventually, she'll learn herself that what she's doing is wrong. And she can't blame anyone but herself.
You have to be ';straight-up!' Tell her you understand what she's saying, but she have to understand what you've been trying to tell her. Tell her that you're giving her this advice because you don't want to see her hurt. Make it clear to her that she have to help herself. You may want her out of the situation, but she have to want it for herself.
She doesn't really want advice, just a sympathetic ear. What you need to do is the same as most of us men folk do...pretend to listen.
It helps when the problems told to you are monotonous and advice is ignored. It's easy to do, and with practice, unnoticeable.
She's a female you should know how females are. Females talk to connect. She wants you to share her personal experiences with her and what not. Men talk to solve the problem.
This is basic 101
I have the exact same friend I think! Just tell her that if she won't listen to you, then you're not going to listen to her.
tell her truthfully as thats what good freinds do. if she cant take it then its her loss. sorry to be so blunt but thats it
Tell her how you feel about it; I've had the same problem and oh my it is annoying!
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