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I sort of resent it when people throw their "life lessons" at me. On one hand, I appreciate it because I'm sure they are trying to help. On the other, it's frustrating because I think that in order to get to the point that they're at right now, they had to go through something and learn from their own individual experience. It's almost like they're missing the point, because if they really learned something, they'd understand that no two people have alike experiences, therefore you can't tell me your own personal shit and expect me to appreciate it or take it into consideration like you do.
I guess i'd rather learn things from my own experience. Maybe it's that I don't always trust other people's motives. Like, do they really know me so well that they'd know what I want for myself and what I hope to achieve? Or, do I really trust them enough and consider them good enough people to know they wouldn't take advantage of this power they have to affect me?
Or, maybe it's just that I, like most, as self centered/flawed as it may be, take my own specific learning experience much more seriously than learning not to steal my friends apple from a cartoon in 1st grade.
I'd rather learn not to yell at my substitute because I did in math class and she sent me to the office,
than hearing a story about a girl who got in trouble once, and wondering if you would too if you said anything
Because then, at least you weren't too scared to find out.