Best. Relationship. Advice. Ever.

[andrewducker]

From the discussions under a (deliberately) very silly post on monogamy:

Confucius drew a line in the dirt with his staff and asked his student, "How can I make that line shorter"? The student suggested rubbing some of it out, but Confucius said that would be messy. "Watch", he said, and drew another, longer line next to it. "Now it's shorter

Comments

[rhythmaning]

Julie could always try the Archers. Appalling relationships there. And a complete lack of understanding of depression.

[simont]

Loses its impact a bit if it's fictional, though. It's one thing to think "it would be awful if my relationship was like that", but quite another to think "... and that person actually exists, so it might have been!"

[poisonduk]

Julie should read mumsnet! It's an example of everything that's wrong in this world.

[brixtonbrood]

There are some staggeringly awful husbands discussed on MN, but there are also some posters holding husbands to ludicrously high standards, so it's a tactic that might backfire.

[alitheapipkin]

The penis cup thing is my sole experience of Mumsnet, but yes, there is nothing quite like hearing about some peoples' totally dysfunctional relationships, and also hideous dating experiences, to make me incredibly grateful for my own only very slightly dysfunctional one!

[bohemiancoast]

I've always enjoyed the anonymous posts on a certain LJ community for supplying the drama and general misery that my own life is lacking. Though obviously everything about my life is severely dysfunctional; it just appears that lots of other people have it worse.

[andrewducker]

Yeah, I believe that LJ communities like Housemate Horrors are excellent for things like that.

[original_aj]

It's worked for me - 21 years last Thursday! Talking to other mothers at the toddler group provided a similar function back when the kids were small. I am very glad that other people's husbands are worse than me!