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<h2>Take advice with a grain of salt. And maybe a few more grains of salt. And some tequila.</h2><p>Everyone loves to give advice. It gives our past mistakes some meaning to try and prevent others from falling into the same traps. Taking advice can be cathartic and helpful, steering you towards a new direction in life or simply helping to solve a challenging obstacle. However, not all advice is good...</p><p>Sometimes your friends and family have the best intentions, but it doesn&#39;t change the fact that what they&#39;re telling you to do is bad. Sometimes, very bad. And wrong. So wrong...</p><p>When a recent <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/car2yr/whats_the_absolute_worst_piece_of_advice_you_ever/">Reddit </a>user asked, &quot;What&rsquo;s the absolute worst piece of advice you ever received?&quot; the internet was more than ready to share their tales of truly terrible advice.</p><h2>1. Ugh, &quot;athun.&quot;</h2><blockquote> <p>I was told multiple times by her family that having a child would help fix our marriage. &quot;You&#39;ll both be focused on the kid , it&#39;ll help you bond.&quot; When I explained that I didn&#39;t want to bring a child into an unstable environment based on a gamble, the prevailing thought was that I was being selfish. Unreal.</p> </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div><h2>2. OH NO, &quot;Dontwannabeawake.&quot;</h2><blockquote> <p>&quot;Just get pregnant and marry him. He will have to stop cheating if you do&quot; God am I glad I didn&#39;t listen to that.&quot;</p> </blockquote><h2>3. Ha, &quot;Olorin919.&quot;</h2><blockquote> <p>Don&#39;t worry about the cost of the wedding you&#39;ll make it back in the gifts.</p> </blockquote><h2>4. YIkes, &quot;curiouserthangeorge.&quot;</h2><blockquote> <p>My dad told me to get a goddamn balloon lease on a fucking car as soon as I graduated college. I had NO idea what was going on and thought I&rsquo;d bought the car. Imagine my surprise 4 years later when not only did I own zero cars i also owed $20k or had to get a new car.</p> <p>Fucked my finances for years.</p> <p>My dad is not good with money.</p> </blockquote><h2>5. THEY&#39;RE HUNGRY ALL THE TIME, &quot;theairo.&quot;</h2><blockquote> <p>&ldquo;You only need to feed newborns once a day&rdquo;</p> <p>Fucking. what.</p> </blockquote><h2>6. But ask and you shall receive, &quot;callmedashil.&quot;</h2><blockquote> <p>When I was young a teacher said to me &ldquo;it&rsquo;s rude if you ask for something, you have to let them offer it first&rdquo;</p> </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div><h2>7. Student loans are a curse from hell, &quot;coscojo.&quot;</h2><blockquote> <p>&quot;Don&#39;t worry about how much you take out for a student loan, the interest is so low it will be easy to pay off&quot;</p> </blockquote><h2>8. It&#39;s a trap! &quot;pienoceros.&quot;</h2><blockquote> <p>Tell HR.</p> </blockquote><h2>9. People are dumb, &quot;PmButtPics4ADrawing.&quot;</h2><blockquote> <p>&quot;You should try washing your face more&quot;</p> <p>Thanks, I never thought of that</p> <p><em>cries into 15 bottles of moisturizers, exfoliators, and facial cleansers</em></p> <p> </p> </blockquote><h2>10. Forgive, but never forget. &quot;amandaSF.&quot;</h2><blockquote> <p>Forgive and forget. My family has always said this and it only kept abusive people in my life, they were never held accountable for their actions and I was supposed to forgive them and never bring it up again because they&rsquo;re family. Cutting out toxic family members and remembering why I did it was the best thing I&rsquo;ve ever done for myself.</p> <p> </p> </blockquote><h2>11. This is terrible advice, &quot;DONT_CALL_ME_NEGRO.&quot;</h2><blockquote> <p>To smoke marijuana when I was having a bad anxiety/panic attack. Shit made it 1000 times worse. It felt like time had stopped and I was dying</p> </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div><h2>12. Being old doesn&#39;t always mean wise, &quot;blooberrycheesecake.&quot;</h2><blockquote> <p>&ldquo;With age comes wisdom so you must always listen to your elders. They always have your best interests at heart.&rdquo;</p> <p>This is not always true. They&rsquo;re all still human, no matter how old they are. They also make mistakes/act selfish/are spiteful.</p> </blockquote><h2>13. Get her back! &quot;AccountSoMyGFcanDMmE.&quot;</h2><blockquote> <p>In college I broke up with my girlfriend over the summer despite it being the wrong decision. She was the sweetest most loving girl I&#39;d ever met. She sent me a package of really thoughtful gifts for my birthday and I was going to call her and thank her. I honestly think we would have gotten back together.</p> <p>My roommate convinced me I shouldn&#39;t call her and give her false hope. I felt horrible and didn&#39;t call... I still regret that to this day.</p> </blockquote><h2>14. Ew, &quot;Funeral_Goose.&quot;</h2><blockquote> <p>I had never had a boyfriend before and my friend told me it&rsquo;s because I&rsquo;m too intimidating and I should dumb it down when talking to men to make them like me more.</p> </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div><h2>15. OH NO, &quot;Sora33o.&quot;</h2><blockquote> <p>&quot;You don&#39;t have to pay medical bills. Just tell them you can&#39;t pay them and ignore their calls.&quot; My mom told me this before I knew what credit was. Now I can&#39;t rent an apartment or get a decent loan for a car thanks mom!</p> </blockquote><h2>16. You can crush on someone without being mean! &quot;EmiraldCity.&quot;</h2><blockquote> <p>&quot;If a boy is mean to you that means he really likes you.&quot; Thanks for that one Auntie. Totally didnt fuck me up at 7 years old when I told you a classmate punched me in the nose.</p> </blockquote><h2>17. Class grandma advice, &quot;just_moss.&quot;</h2><blockquote> <p>My grandmother always used to tell me &quot;you can never be too rich or too thin.&quot; Which is just questionable all around really.</p> </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div>

17 examples of bad advice people received. You actually do have to pay medical bills.

Take advice with a grain of salt. And maybe a few more grains of salt. And some tequila.Everyone loves to give advice. It gives our past mistakes some meaning to try and prevent others from falling into the same traps. Taking advice can be cathartic and helpful, steering you towards a new direction in life or simply helping to solve a challenging obstacle. However, not all advice is good...Sometimes your friends and family have the best intentions, but it doesn&#39;t change the fact that what they&#39;re telling you to do is bad. Sometimes, very bad. And wrong. So wrong...When a recent Reddit user asked, &quot;What&rsquo;s the absolute worst piece of advice you ever received?&quot; the internet was more than ready to share their tales of truly terrible advice.1. Ugh, &quot;athun.&quot; I was told multiple times by her family that having a child would help fix our marriage. &quot;You&#39;ll both be focused on the kid , it&#39;ll help you bond.&quot; When I explained that I didn&#39;t want to bring a child into an unstable environment based on a gamble, the prevailing thought was that I was being selfish. Unreal. 2. OH NO, &quot;Dontwannabeawake.&quot; &quot;Just get pregnant and marry him. He will have to stop cheating if you do&quot; God am I glad I didn&#39;t listen to that.&quot; 3. Ha, &quot;Olorin919.&quot; Don&#39;t worry about the cost of the wedding you&#39;ll make it back in the gifts. 4. YIkes, &quot;curiouserthangeorge.&quot; My dad told me to get a goddamn balloon lease on a fucking car as soon as I graduated college. I had NO idea what was going on and thought I&rsquo;d bought the car. Imagine my surprise 4 years later when not only did I own zero cars i also owed $20k or had to get a new car. Fucked my finances for years. My dad is not good with money. 5. THEY&#39;RE HUNGRY ALL THE TIME, &quot;theairo.&quot; &ldquo;You only need to feed newborns once a day&rdquo; Fucking. what. 6. But ask and you shall receive, &quot;callmedashil.&quot; When I was young a teacher said to me &ldquo;it&rsquo;s rude if you ask for something, you have to let them offer it first&rdquo; 7. Student loans are a curse from hell, &quot;coscojo.&quot; &quot;Don&#39;t worry about how much you take out for a student loan, the interest is so low it will be easy to pay off&quot; 8. It&#39;s a trap! &quot;pienoceros.&quot; Tell HR. 9. People are dumb, &quot;PmButtPics4ADrawing.&quot; &quot;You should try washing your face more&quot; Thanks, I never thought of that cries into 15 bottles of moisturizers, exfoliators, and facial cleansers   10. Forgive, but never forget. &quot;amandaSF.&quot; Forgive and forget. My family has always said this and it only kept abusive people in my life, they were never held accountable for their actions and I was supposed to forgive them and never bring it up again because they&rsquo;re family. Cutting out toxic family members and remembering why I did it was the best thing I&rsquo;ve ever done for myself.   11. This is terrible advice, &quot;DONT_CALL_ME_NEGRO.&quot; To smoke marijuana when I was having a bad anxiety/panic attack. Shit made it 1000 times worse. It felt like time had stopped and I was dying 12. Being old doesn&#39;t always mean wise, &quot;blooberrycheesecake.&quot; &ldquo;With age comes wisdom so you must always listen to your elders. They always have your best interests at heart.&rdquo; This is not always true. They&rsquo;re all still human, no matter how old they are. They also make mistakes/act selfish/are spiteful. 13. Get her back! &quot;AccountSoMyGFcanDMmE.&quot; In college I broke up with my girlfriend over the summer despite it being the wrong decision. She was the sweetest most loving girl I&#39;d ever met. She sent me a package of really thoughtful gifts for my birthday and I was going to call her and thank her. I honestly think we would have gotten back together. My roommate convinced me I shouldn&#39;t call her and give her false hope. I felt horrible and didn&#39;t call... I still regret that to this day. 14. Ew, &quot;Funeral_Goose.&quot; I had never had a boyfriend before and my friend told me it&rsquo;s because I&rsquo;m too intimidating and I should dumb it down when talking to men to make them like me more. 15. OH NO, &quot;Sora33o.&quot; &quot;You don&#39;t have to pay medical bills. Just tell them you can&#39;t pay them and ignore their calls.&quot; My mom told me this before I knew what credit was. Now I can&#39;t rent an apartment or get a decent loan for a car thanks mom! 16. You can crush on someone without being mean! &quot;EmiraldCity.&quot; &quot;If a boy is mean to you that means he really likes you.&quot; Thanks for that one Auntie. Totally didnt fuck me up at 7 years old when I told you a classmate punched me in the nose. 17. Class grandma advice, &quot;just_moss.&quot; My grandmother always used to tell me &quot;you can never be too rich or too thin.&quot; Which is just questionable all around really. 

Take advice with a grain of salt. And maybe a few more grains of salt. And some tequila.  Everyone loves to give advice. It gives our past mistakes some meaning to try and prevent others from falling into the same traps. Taking advice can...