{"id":50621,"date":"2014-09-24T11:45:03","date_gmt":"2014-09-24T11:45:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=50621"},"modified":"2014-09-24T11:45:03","modified_gmt":"2014-09-24T11:45:03","slug":"the-best-and-worst-people-to-ask-for-relationship-advice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2014\/09\/the-best-and-worst-people-to-ask-for-relationship-advice\/","title":{"rendered":"The best and worst people to ask for relationship advice"},"content":{"rendered":"

I seem to have one of those faces that puts people (even strangers) at ease, and because of this, I end up in a lot of interesting conversations with people at parties, on airplanes, in movie lines, etc.<\/p>\n

If my new conversation buddy is single and discovers that I’m a dating and relationship coach, they often solicit impromptu dating advice from me. And time after time, the dialogue often goes like this:<\/p>\n

Single person:<\/strong> “What’s the best way to get dating advice?”
\nMe:<\/strong> “Well, where have you been getting advice up to this point?”
\nSingle person:<\/strong> “From my friends.” (work colleagues, neighbors, etc.)
\nMe:<\/strong> “Great! How are their relationships going?”
\nSingle person:<\/strong> “They’re all single.”<\/p>\n

I have to say, this always puzzles me. Why would you take advice from someone who is where you are now rather than where you want to be? Part of becoming successful at dating and sustaining happy relationships is knowing the right people to ask for advice on the topic. Skip the single friends who obviously haven’t figured out love any better than you have, and instead seek guidance from couples with actual long-term relationship success stories under their belt.<\/p>\n

Find a couple who has been in a long-term, happy, healthy, committed relationship you actually admire, and ask them for advice. This couple will be a wealth of useful information because staying together (happily) takes a lot of energy, growth, compromise and caring. Make sure it’s a couple with a relationship dynamic you genuinely respect and then ask them:<\/p>\n