Do you always know the right answer when someone asks for advice?

hi.. depends on what kind of problems she/he has..mostly here I respond to posts that needs advice on things that I can relate to..It's kinda little hard for me to give some advice if I don't have any idea on what they're talking about OR if I have some idea but not sure really what to say, I dont post..Sometimes it's better to give advice to strangers because if you said something that they might not like, they can't hurt my feelings..As for a friend, I don't have any problem giving one because I know my friend's life and aware of what she's going through..

I'm not sure about giving the right advice. I have always been there though if a freind or a family member needs someone to talk to I listen.

I like to give advice to people but I must say I don't think I ever always have the right answers. When I give people advice I always give them advice on what I feel is best. If I really know the person and their issue it makes it easier for me to be honest and really tell them what I think about their situation. I really get annoyed though when they don't take my advice and choose something different. I feel like they just wasted my time.

I know people on mylot have helped me over and over again with their advice. I try to do the same for others. My words flow without my thinking, I know what I want to say without effort. It can be easier to help people online we don't know, because sometimes it's better to confide in strangers. Some topics are so sensitive, you can't take problems to your friends and family. If I fight to get the words out, I know I'm not the right person for the job. If I leave advice, its okay if they don't take it. My thoughts were not the answer for them. I help my family deal with issues and they always appreciate my advice. So, yes to helping family, and yes to helping people online.

Hmmm, actually it's also difficult for me to give an advice. Because I have this feeling sometimes that maybe he/she wouldn't like my advice to him/her. Sometimes I am also loss for words for awhile. But since they asking my help for their problem, I'll do my best to help them. However, for me, it's both easier and also hard to give an advice to my friend and stranger.Maybe because when I am helping strangers the same way how I help my friends. I carefully listen to their problems and thinking a good advice that might really help them. But I wouldn't expect it or will know if my advice to him/her is the right and best answer to his/her problem. All I know is to help my friend in need as best as I can. XD

Are you saying that you can help others ? I come from China, I would like to know where this site is established, here's where people are friends,I would like to understand more friends how to do!Thanks.

I am not sure that I would actually give advice to a stranger. If they were very specific about what it was they were asking, I might try. But if it were vague at all, I think I would claim to not have an anwer for them.

SOmetimes questions are open ended and I usually answer them with best possible I can give. Sometimes I absed it according to my experience and how would I respond to it when I encounter it...

I am the same on here as I would be with my friends. I'm old and I've experienced much of life and have been in so many situations so I base my advice to anyone on what I've experienced. Is it always good for that person? Maybe not but then that would be the same in real life as well as on here because we are all different. I actually find it easier to give advice to friends because I know them and their situation a bit more personally. Sometimes on here, you are missing details which could make a huge difference in your answer.

Whenever somebody asks me for advice, I try to help them the best way I can by just telling them what I would do if I were in their shoes. But this is not a guarantee that my advices would work considering that all of us are different. But at least I am able to share my ideas and thoughts about it. I usually give advices to friends since I know them better and their experiences too.

If someone asks for my advice i try to give them the benifit of any knowledge i may have. But i do try to make them understand that they should take what they think and need and be guided by that.

i dont think i always have the right advice for every individual situation so what i like to do is think about how i would handle it if i were in the situation. then i give that as a comment and if the person asking the question can apply it the same way i did or modify it to suit him better than great...if not then maybe someone else will come across it that can. thats all any of us can really do is give suggestions and hope that somehow they will help someone down the road.

Not really there are times that I can't make it wider but simple as possible. Whenever I am giving advise I am always at the point of thinking if I am really a credible person. There are times that I also ask help to other people to help me on how to give advise to other people. If I could feel that I am the right person that could give advise then of course that is the time that I am going to give the best that I can and as much as possible I have to relate my own situation too so that the person can understand more. I don't usually give advise that I really sound that it is easy to do where in the fact it is just easy to say. It depends on the situation or a kind of person of which is harder to give advise if to friends or stranger. If that is about lovelife of course it could be easy for a friend that you really know ever since on how to give advise since you can also determine her traits to relate into that rather than stranger. But if you know that your friend is not a good listener that is the time that I could say that it could be easy to give advise to strangers too.

I used to give the one who asked me for advice the true my thoughts no matter who he is.But sometimes I would break one's heart and deteriorate our relationship.So from then on,I will think twice before I give my advice.

Hi beautyqueen, It's never easy to give advice to another, and I would never offer without being asked. When I am asked, I usually reply with a question. I believe most people already know the answer but need to be assured that they are right. By asking questions I am usually able to draw the answr out of him/her. This way the answer comes from themselves and is usually the right one. Blessings.

I think it's human nature to not have the answer to everything. While we may not know the advice to give for every situation, we are able to sympathize. Personally, I only give advice if I have been in the situation myself, or know someone who has. Otherwise, I sympathize with them and maybe think of someone who might know what to do. I think it's equally hard to advise a friend and a stranger, just for different reasons. You know a friend's background and opinions, where you don't know these things with a stranger. However, with a friend, you would feel differently if your suggestion didn't work.