I can give dating advice like the best, I just don't follow it myself

My friends see me as a kind person who is always there for them with well-meaning advice and wise views. At least, I hope so. I hope that for myself, but also for my friends. I actually like giving that advice. A bit too much. Especially for someone who is currently one of the two remaining singles (in a group of thirteen girls) and whose dating history basically consists only of bad choices. My brother used to say that I never really thought when it came to men. Unfortunately, I have shown him multiple times that that is indeed correct.

So I don’t think when it comes to men, and that’s how it happened that I have been in an endless and hopeless story for three years, of which I am occasionally still convinced that it will have a happy ending. Do you want to tell me that I deserve better? Good luck, because I don’t listen. But if one of my friends is in a similar situation or is having a relationship crisis? Sit down, I listen and give advice like the best. I myself do exactly the opposite. Practice what you preach is not for me.

But giving that advice, I can do that really well. I think so myself. Because even though I don’t make good decisions myself, I do know very well how it should be. Is he dating multiple girls besides you? Really, believe me: you deserve so much better. Has he cheated multiple times and is he now really promising to be faithful? That is never going to change. Does he swear again that he won’t be out partying every Friday and Saturday only to fall face first off his bike? Yeah, he said that last time too, don’t fall for it. Did you call or text that one person again after you decided that it was over? Come on, be strong.

In the meantime, I am anything but strong and resolute when it comes to my love life. But how nice it is to give advice, because I think we all really enjoy sharing an opinion. And especially if it’s something that hurts your friends, then I go fully on the attack. So if you have a dating or relationship issue where you need a listening ear: I’m here for you. Just don’t ask me about my own results in the past, they are not pretty. But I really know very well what you should do.