Friends that won't listen to advice when it comes to romantic relationships
By PlanetProzac
@PlanetProzac (166)
United States
February 3, 2007 7:42pm CST
My friend is living with someone that just uses her financially, not only that her partner cheated on her once and she took her back. Now my friend is talking about putting her partner as a beneficiary. I have tried to speak with my friend about this but from past experiences she will not listen. Why is it friends will not listen regarding a bad relationship?
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6 responses
@dragonstar13 (1465)
• United States
4 Feb 07
People who think they are in love do stupid things and often develop selective hearing. Say your piece then back off. Your friend has to decide for herself when she has had enough abuse. The best you can do for her is to be there when she comes to that realization.
@maryannemax (12154)
• Sweden
4 Feb 07
yep this is true. friends in love ask us for advices and pretend they do hear us but they don't really care about what we say. they just wanna share their feelings with us that moment and they don't really seek for advice.
@em1040 (159)
• Philippines
26 Feb 07
i also have a friend like that. were 3 bestfriends, and the two of us agreed that our other friend's bf is not worthy of her love. bcoz of the things his doing. he actually told our friend to stop seeing us bcoz wer bad influence to her. goodness weve been in the relationship longer then him. but our friend choose him.. i really want to smack her head on the wall.
now when she talks about him we turn off our hearing, we just dont want to hear any news/probs about him or their relationship.
@maryannemax (12154)
• Sweden
4 Feb 07
wow! a cheater, a liar and abuses her financially and yet making him her beneficiary? sometimes, i think that love can be insanely blind!
don't you plan on poking your friend really hard so she will wake up and face the truth?
friends are annoying sometimes. and even if we should not bother ourselves with their situations, we still are bothered because we care for them.
i hope one day your friend realizes that you are right... and if she comes to realization, i hope she does this not too late!
@hitzphillygirl (1235)
• United States
4 Feb 07
I didn't listen to my friend's, either. They were right. I don't know if it was a coincidence or things just went wrong or what. But you have to let her learn on her own.
@Pigglies (9329)
• United States
4 Feb 07
I've had a couple friends that I was just like, "WTF are you doing?" their relationships were so crazy. Okay, more than a couple! It seems like they never listen and just have to figure it out for themselves (at which point, it's quite tempting to say, "I told you so!").
Family members don't listen either though. My grandma kept telling my aunt that her new husband was a fool, she hated him, and the guy was no good. Now they're divorced and this guy's own mother is calling my aunt now that she found her number, and telling her that this guy is a loser. But of course, she only listens to this info after she dumped the guy.
@imsilver (1665)
• Canada
4 Feb 07
Unfortunatly people have to learn from their own mistakes and beware of trying to hard to make her see your side of it.. you may lose a friend that way.. the best thing to do is just keep quiet and be there to support her when the relationship does go down the drain. I have a couple of friends that are in situations like that.. I can't stand their other half and can see what's going to happen but out of respect for the friend I'll keep my mouth shut and just be there when they phone me to rant and rave about what their partner has done now..






