What was the best piece of advice somebody older ever gave you?

Don’t shit where you eat.

You can make a lot of money with your ass.

Avoid people who create a scene or invent drama.

From older coworkers : don't get too close and familiar with coworkers and don't overshare with them. Be friendly but keep them at a healthy, civil arms' length. I've seen younger coworkers fall into the trap of becoming too chummy, too fast -- sharing too much about their personal life -- and it bites them in the butt.

Plastics.

r2 = Garrett Clayton

Choose university studies that pay off, that's to say not wishy-washy subjects, but the ones where you can make money.

Always wear a sports training bra to minimize jiggle and bounce.

Nothing is ever, truly 'anonymous' on the internet. Be careful in what you post, so your comments do not come back to haunt you. (Or, destro your future.)

Don't become circumcised just because your boyfriend wants you to.

Nurture your friendships, and walk away from one sided relationships. They're a waste of energy.

Neither a borrower nor a lender be. The very few times I broke that rule it always bit me in the ass.

Don’t fish off the company pier.

One night in the early 80s I came home in the morning after partying all night. I looked like hell and collapsed on the couch. My father said, "Be careful out there, there's something nasty going around." AIDS. He was talking about AIDS. I never came out to my father before he died but that was invaluable advice.

It's not what you know, it's who you know.

Of those to whom much is given, much is expected.

Mr Quigley: Let me give you a piece of advice my father gave me, "don't get old."

Archie Bunker: What's that supposed to mean?

Mr Quigley: You'll find out.

Always trust your gut.

[quote]It's not what you know, it's who you know.

It's not who you know, it's who you blow.

My Mom, "Only cream and bastards rise to the top."

In regard to relationships/marriage: Men are the frosting. It's up to you to make the cake (make your own happiness).

Dieting: If you're not hungry enough to eat an apple, you're not really hungry.

Fuck 'em if they can't take a joke.

Buy low, sell high

Never teach a pig to sing. It will wear you out, and annoy the pig.

R25 In the same vein: Arguing with an idiot makes you an idiot too.

I prefer a full bottle in front of me than a full frontal lobotomy.

Only the goyim pay retail

Don't take any wooden nickels -- my dad

Don't trust whitey.

Nothing succeeds like excess.

Remember, always “fuck up”

Wipe front to back.

Never wear brown shoes with a blue suit.

You can never have enough hats, gloves, and shoes.

As you're leaving the house, look in the mirror and take off one piece of jewelry.

Advice: "If you don't have anything nice to say, you shouldn't say anything at all."

DL-specific advice: "If you don't have anything nice to say, come over here and sit next to me."

R1 r4 r13 thanks to the people giving work advice. I'm fapping over my 60-something yo coworker. He is facially handsome, grey curly hair.

I often want to walk to his desk and kiss him, hug him, and have mutual blowies. But he's a married grandpa and I'm not immoral. I want to initiate eating lunch with him but even that would raise eyebrows from him and the office gossip aunties.

My own work advice is: do not react. Stay professional and keep your painted face on, bitches. Can be tough in stressful situations, but keep a blank face like a teen fast food worker! No eye rolls!

"That's really not going to fit."

This thread is like a frau scrapbook of encouraging clichés.

Gross.

Do not get married.

Never quit a job because of one person.

when deciding between the hot guy with terrible job and bland guy with great job...go with the latter (for marriage)

The least said, the soonest mended. That's saved me from burning bridges many times.

Always cook your pork and wash your vegetables.

Here's one for you cunty R40!

Live! Love! Laugh!

How do you like that one, bitch?

Always wear clean underwear.

R47, please describe the nightmare. TY.

Three of the best:

It's not who you know, but who knows YOU!

We do NOT live in a meritocracy. It is always better to be liked than to be right. People promote people they like and think that they can trust. Smart people get fucked over all the time.

Relax, breathe and push out a little...

I meant R46.

Abort the fetus....always.

Don't inhale....when eating ass.

Always tip....escorts.

There’s a lot of money in the banana stand.

"If God wanted us to fly, He'd have given us tickets."

If I wanted two guys, I'd have had two guys. One's a big enough nuisance as it is.

You’re too short for that gesture.

Always patiently wait. Set a quiet trap and they will reveal themselves. Wait longer. Then take that which is closest to them.

Everybody likes a nice ass; nobody likes a smart one.

'If you run into an asshole in the morning, you ran into an asshole. If you run into assholes all day, you're the asshole.'

An uncle: After 30, the years fly lightning-fast. (True.) An aunt: When you turn 50, you don't give a fuck what anybody thinks and start saying whatever's on your mind. (Also true.) My dad: If you wait a long time to achieve things that you really want in life, when you finally obtain them they'll be that much sweeter. (Coming true.) An older trick: Please slide it in there, right now. (Hell, yes.)

I love this thread...

A wise old woman who had lived and suffered all once told me,

"Don't ever say what you'll never do!"

And it's so true.

No one will ever be impressed by the amount you cuss.

Listen to your heart.

Never gamble with money you can't afford to lose.

No one will ever give you anything for free.

Don't tell people what you're going to do, show them what you've done.

Love lasts as long as the bank account.

"Honey, don't do it for free!,,,when you do it for free they don't appreciate it"!

From a wealthy French former 'professional lady' named Nicole

When faced with a “time limited offer”, walk away. Unless it’s a unique item, you really want it, and are willing to overpay for it. Otherwise, you should always sleep on it.

It’s also a good idea to bring a friend with you when buying a car. Preferably, a critical one, and not a wimpy one.

"Once a voyeur, twice a pederast"

Never put anything in writing. And never trust a man with a small dark moustache.

Always get everything in writing.

You have spinach caught between your teeth, dear.

R72 reminds me. Never order spaghetti at a restaurant, unless you’re wearing a spaghetti sauce colored shirt.

Don't write when you can talk; don't talk when you can nod your head.

Invest in a 401k, at least enough to get the company match.

If you don’t have a 401k, then contribute the max to an IRA.

Slow and steady investment in the stock market pays off.

My dad told me that it’s possible to master anything with “habit of mind.” He also said that no one needs a fancy car, since you only need to get from point A to point B. He is a practical engineer.

This simple piece of advice doesn't apply anymore but I feel it was invaluable when I was a young man in the 80s. A friend's mother was an executive secretary, divorced, and she really had it all together - retired rich with 2 houses and rental property. Anyway, she ordered me to always wear shined shoes, be clean shaven every morning, and have monthly excellent haircuts.

Never live at your means and definitely never live above your means.

Also, a car is a huge waste of money. Drive it until the wheels fall off. Then buy used, with cash. If you can't afford it in cash, see statement above.

Be true to your teeth, or they'll be false to you.

Have enough in your savings account to be able to live off of for at least 2 years.

R77, my friend Chuck died at age 90 in 2012, which I mention because you wrote that this wasn’t true anymore, but the shoe shine thing was true for him. He had been in the Navy, so maybe that was part of it?

If you’re interviewing for a job, or have something important, there are people who will judge you on your shoes. Be sure they’re shined!

I have a shoe shine kit I keep under to the chair in my bedroom that I sit in when I put my shoes on, so my shoes are always shined. My doctor thinks it’s cute. Who knows who else has taken note?

You can get much farther with a kind word and a gun than you can with a kind word alone.

Don’t put off for tomorrow what you can do today because if you enjoy it today, you can do it again tomorrow.

Two tears in a bucket, motherfuck it.

Being nice costs nothing.

When driving: The right-of-way is something you give, not something you take.

If you ever become famous, signing an autograph only takes a second and it can make a person's day and make them happy.

I was about 40 before I realized my Dad had two sayings about doing chores:

Tomorrow never comes.

And,

Tomorrow’s another day.

Completely opposite sayings.

If it’s too good to be true, it probably is.

Don’t force it! - regarding trying to fix things

Righty tighty, lefty loosey

If you’re not five minutes early, you’re late!

Treat people with kindness

Pride is pointless when it stands between you and something you want.

You don't have to be perfect to make a difference.

It is not important to confront a liar while they are lying. It's better to know that this person lies, moving forward.

Always be sure your bottoms are well douched. The cdc advice of cleaning rectum with a soapy finger will leave you with a dirty cock.

BUY BITCOIN!!!

Listen, dearie

Hear me well

If he's married

Run like Hell!

Great saying, R91. Beware that plumbing fixtures may sometimes be opposite threaded.

This refers to how screws and other threaded things and fixtures are orientated.

I was told to screw in a plumbing fixture, then back it off to open it a half-turn. This is because, if you have to mess with it later, say, five years later, and it’s frozen in place, you can turn it back and forth without breaking it.

Also, if you have a plumber remove and then re-attach your clothes washer water lines, check to make sure he’s attached the cold and hot lines correctly by running a “cold” wash and feeling the water. I’ve had them reconnect the lines in reverse a number of times. Inexcusable, but they do it.

Don't mix bleach with household ammonia.

R101, good one. It creates a poison gas. One of the gasses used in WWI to kill soldiers.

Over 100 replies and STILL no sign of DL’s most favorite and oft repeated bit of advice? I’m simply aghast! So, allow me, bitches:

When someone shows you...

who they are...

*wait for it*

*wait for it*

BELIEVE THEM THE FIRST TIME, SUCKA!!!!!!😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱

-Miss Maya Angelou

George Michael had it right, chose LIFE.

Don’t listen to r51/Martha Plimpton.

Not that a gay man would need that advice anyway.

Be single forever.

When poverty comes through the door, love flies out the window.

We teach people how to treat us.

From my mom whenever I asked annoying questions, “Look it up.” I spent my childhood reading encyclopedias and other texts.

From my mom when I did something stupid: “Well? Did you learn anything?” That one doesn’t sound like advice, but it is great instruction for life.

If I have only one life to live, let me live it as a blonde!

Do you know what your cunting daughter did?

Well done R103

you have one mouth and 2 ears... meaning that you need to listen twice more than you speak...

Take care of your teeth.

Always put on a clean pair of underwear.

Kissin' don't last -- cookin' do.

Marry in haste -- repent at leisure.

Comparison is the thief of joy.

Always set up your next trick before you put in the ice pick

Players only love you when they're playing.

Sometimes people really do hate you for no reason that you'll ever understand even when you know you've done nothing to directly hurt them. These people are best forgotten about, because you'll never win them over.

Moisturize

Better late than pregnant

Men don't play hard to get.

Men don't make passes at boys with fat asses.

Fat shamers get cancer.

"When in doubt, whip it out."

An old relative through marriage told me that although there are people who need to be cut out of your life, it's rare that you should let people know you don't like them. Burning bridges often comes back to bite you in the ass later on.

My grandfather told me to never speak ill of someone's family member, or significant other, even while they do so themselves. As a kid, this was advice that proved to be priceless for the future.

If a person is seemingly disliked or avoided by most, there's usually good reason. Proceed with great caution.

My father was in his 20's during the depression and homeless. As a result, he hated the idea of credit cards and felt they were dangerous. He advised to have only one and request a low credit limit. When I got my first job, he made me open an account at Vanguard and invest in mutual funds rather than individual stocks. Smartest thing I ever did.

R129 My dad was that way too ! He bought nothing if he couldnt pay cash. Being depression babies affected a whole generation for sure. When dad died he had one Visa card he'd had for 35 years with an $18 balance due !

R124 yes they do

Never drain spaghetti in a colander.

My old relative through marriage knew R127's old relative through marriage and mine advised me to beware of sneaky two-faced people.

You can never have too many hats or shoes or gloves.

Take care of your knees.

Exploit the power of compound interest.

From my mother: it’s far less lonely to be by yourself than with someone who isn’t really there. Also from both my parents: don’t go into a field just for the money but rather because you believe in what you are doing. That applied to education as well-study what I was interested in and broaden my mind.

R127, so true what your grandfather said. Blood is thicker than water.

I got this advice here:

Your cock is average sized, and gets rock hard, you can come a bunch of times, a turn on for a lot of guys. Don't waste time with size queens.

Make a point of keeping friends who are in the same business. NEVER lose touch with them no matter what. Call, send cards, visit them but accumulate a large circle of people who really like you and some who owe you. Do favors without thinking about it, and never be cheap. The day will come -- count on it -- where you will need a favor or help from one or more of those people. Once they're gone from your life, you'll never get them back and you never want to beg.

Make A Great First Impression With Your Appearance It's superficial, but it's a reality -- people look at you, and in an instant you are judged based on the way you look. You could be rich as hell, but if you're dressed like a bum, mustard stains and all, you will be perceived accordingly. That's why it is important to look your best whenever you go out or have company.

I'd also add: good posture

Speak up for yourself and don’t be a doormat. Never take any crap from anyone. Think for yourself and make your own decisions. Say no when you don’t feel comfortable doing something. Don’t go along with something that doesn’t feel right to you.

One in the hand is worth two in the bush.

For the grindr set: always keep your shoes on.

Don't even wait. When you're a star, they let you do it. You can do anything,

Why say yes when you want to say no?

In college, my first semester freshman year, I was taking an Econ class and was miserable. I hated it. I had AP credits. I went to the professor. He asked if I knew what I wanted to do after undergrad. I did not know. He asked what subjects I liked. I told him languages, history, literature, etc. He said everyone is told to major in business, but few actually like it. He told me to take classes that interested me. Chances are I'd do well in college. If I decided to get my masters or go to law school (two options I told him I was considering), the good grades would be very helpful.

I took his advice, graduated with honors, worked for a few years, then went to law school and was successful there. Now I'm a successful, practicing lawyer who enjoys what he does. Thanks to that professor, I set myself up to do well. Whenever parents ask me about what should their kids major in in college, I give the same advice UNLESS that kid has always known what he or she wants to do (e.g., always wanted to be a doctor).

A truly wise man never plays leapfrog with a unicorn.

The dogs bark, but the caravan moves on.

Shut up.

Don’t shit where you eat.

R148: Meet R1

Best DL advice, hat tip to r149...

READ THE FUCKING THREAD BEFORE YOU POST.

And it is don't RINSE pasta, not do not DRAIN it. If you do not DRAIN pasta you are making SOUP.

When talking shit and gossiping, never ever name names. You can’t trust anybody, and specifics can come back to bite you in the ass severely later on.

What would be the point of gossip if no one knows who the gossip is about?

Never speak ill of your spouse to your family. You may forgive your spouse, but your family won’t.

It is isolating advice, but it’s good advice. I can vouch for it.

R153 that goes for friends too. If you need to vent, go to a therapist.

Take deep breaths and push out a little while I push in

152 If people followed that logic nobody would ever give a shit about blind items.

Invest, and fuck a lot.

Wait 24 hours before making any life changing decisions.

Almost everything in life is temporary.

And my absolute favorite old timey rhyme:

Love many, trust few but [bold]always[/bold] paddle [bold]your own[/bold] canoe.

I feel like hearing that when I was younger completely altered the course of my life. I love more people than I trust and I always handle my own business.

This thread is really important and needs to be bumped.

Don’t use social media, but if you do, project a hirable version of yourself on it. If you’re busting it open at the club on your Instagram story, or posting vulgar pictures and stuff, your shittier coworkers might use it against you or try to get you fired for it.

Be honest with your significant other, but be nice with everyone else.

The shoe industry is designed to rob people blind. If you’re spending more than $40 on a pair of shoes, you’re burning money.

He who rides upon the tiger can never get off.

Quite a few depression babies were such misers they fucked over their children royally and weren't nice people themselves.

Save your ass for marriage.

I must have known too many stupid older people. Everything people told me when I was young turned out to be total bullshit from parents to teachers to clergy.

"Darling, it's not the abortions you had that you regret, it's the ones you didn't have."

I think was still single in my thirties and friends told me I was too selective and had better partner up. Another friend told me never to be involved with someone whose problems were bigger than my own.

[quote] Another friend told me never to be involved with someone whose problems were bigger than my own.

Since one's fortunes can change dramatically with one phone call or one bad lab test, that's really empty advice.

Never put regular dishwashing liquid in the dishwasher.....unless you want to mop your kitchen floor.

Use homemade mayonnaise for facials.

Bladders aren't forever.

Don't eat the yellow snow.

If you’ve got one foot in the past, and the other in the future, you’re pissing on today.

No knot unties itself.

Opportunity is not a lengthy visitor.

I'm bigger and I'm faster. I will always beat you.

never drain soup with a colander

never park next to economy cars or family cars if you value your duco

Mom always said "don't play ball in the house."

Don't let people bring you down to their level.

It's better to hate the job you have than to hate not having a job...

Use three clothes pins on the drying bed sheets. The old bitch likes three clips.

[quote] The shoe industry is designed to rob people blind. If you’re spending more than $40 on a pair of shoes, you’re burning money.

$40 seems like a low limit for a pair of shoes.

R184, I used to buy Rockports. Lightweight and affordable. I’d replace them every Spring because they’d be worn, and the Winter salt would destroy them, anyway. I think they were in the $100 range.

If they're bitching about everyone else they're bitching about you.

If there's something you don't want people to know, don't tell anyone.

A wise DLer once said "Save your gurl puhleases and eye-rolls for people who really deserve it".

Don't wear your heart on your sleeve. Keep your cards close to your chest.

Don't give anyone a second chance, they'll just use it to screw you over a second time.

You know the best advice I ever got? You're up there on stage, hopin' on a spot. If someone gets in your way, step on 'em. If you're the only one left standing there, they hire you. That's about it. Thank you and good night, ladies and gentlemen. Elvis has left the building.

Two people can keep a secret if one of them is dead.

I think that came from a movie.

If someone says he loves you, ask him to take you shopping.

Better inside the tent pissing out than outside the tent pissing in.

You'd have to be lucky to find a good pair of shoes for $40 but do your research and find a good pair for at least twice as much. More comfort and longer lasting.

If people have gossip FOR you, they've also got gossip ABOUT you.

My knock-around shoes are $120 but can be usually had on sale for 20% off.

"If people followed that logic nobody would ever give a shit about blind items."

Blind items are fine, but no one wants all gossip to be blind items.

Moisturize!

Avoid the company of any man who wears $40 shoes.

I think sometimes you need to stop (don't waste your energy on fruitless pursuits). - Mom.

Never buy the new model of a car in its first year. - Dad.

From my Grandmother, with a quivering lip, when wanting mend our broken relationship: You can never forget, but you can forgive. We cried, hugged, had lunch. From that moment on, I was blessed to have the most wonderful relationship with my grandmother, till the day she died. Thanks for the love, Nanny.

Avoid men whose problems are greater than your own.

If it's a major purchase then pay for quality or don't buy at all.

My mother always said to never leave a paper trail. I am an elder millennial and that sounded funny in the 90s, but once social media reared its ugly head it made perfect sense. I never text/email/IG something that someone could use against me.

Nothing tastes as good as skinny feels.

"Mind your own business."

If you go home with a drag queen make sure you can reach the door to escape if they pull a knife on you.

Land is the only thing in the world worth workin' for, worth fightin' for, worth dyin' for, because it's the only thing that lasts.

Spit on his back and tell him you pulled out in time.

Mind the pennies, and the dollars will take care of themselves.

Avoid toxic people.

You wouldn't worry so much about what people said about you if you realized how seldom they did it.

When I was 20 I was arguing with a boss and I said, "You must really think you're better than me." And he replied, "I don't think about you."

Not really advice but at that point I realized no one spends as much time thinking about me as I do. So I stopped thinking about others.

[quote] So I stopped thinking about others.

What a perfectly Data Lounge example of missing the point entirely.

[quote]Better inside the tent pissing out than outside the tent pissing in.

Never really got this one. If you're inside the tent and pissing out, sooner or later you are going to have to step in the piss on your way out of the tent.

If you're outside the tent pissing in, you can just walk away and let the poor schmucks inside the tent deal with the piss.

R217 I think the implication is that it’s your own tent.

Then wouldn't it make more sense to just piss somewhere else r218?

R217 R218 It’s a metaphor, retards, not everything is literal.

Oh, R220. The young people today are not good with metaphor. Or irony. Or humor. Or anything creative and thoughtful.

A piss metaphor. Deep.

My dear fellow DLers, the comment about being 'inside the tent pissing out, instead of outside the tent pissing in', was supposedly Lyndon Johnson's explanation as to why he still employed J Edgar Hoover. He apparently felt that someone as dangerous as Hoover would be best managed remaining in the US Government's employ.

Yeah it's a version of "keep your friends close, enemies closer". Or alternatively it means that it's better to be an insider than an outsider, even if being an insider means having to join in doing things that are against your own values to keep your place in the group.

JFK said the same thing only less crudely: "Keep your friends close and your enemies closer."

R223: LBJ did indeed say it, but he was hardly the first one to do so.

Better the Devil you know than the Devil you don't.

No person, repeat: NO PERSON no matter how wealthy and powerful, can stop the fact that it's now 2:29PM CST on 9/12/2019 and that, in 24 hours, it will be 2:29PM 9/13/2019.

We're powerless over time. The only thing we can do is try to make it work for us.

FRIDAY THE 13TH.

Stay home.

"Trust, but verify." Russian proverb used by Ronald Reagan. Words to live by.

Every man puts his pants on, one leg at a time.

From my one-time therapist, the fifty-fifty rule: 50% of the people I meet will probably like me, and 50% will probably hate me, for reasons even they might not understand. So give ‘em the old ‘Frenchman’s shrug’ and move on.

Also, from my wise old Dad: Keep a civil tongue.

Be kind to everyone because you never know who will become your boss.

R216 that should have been "Stopped thinking of other's opinions." I was typing half asleep.

Don't make love by the garden gate, cause love may be blind, but the neighbors ain't.

[quote]...outside the tent pissing in.

That would now be John Bolton, as Pee Brain is about to discover.

[italic]Nemo risum praebuit qui ex se cepit[/italic]

Buy a high-quality electric toothbrush and use it once a day. It will add years to the life of your choppers. No lie.

Keep your eyes open and your mouth shut.

Here's a good one from Marcel Proust, one of the famous Three Laws that show up in The Search for Lost TIme:

"The Gods always grant our prayers; but only once we no longer want what we asked for".

I think this has proven amazingly true in my life.

Don't expect that your life will be happy with partners. They come and go. Concentrate on doing work you love, never depend on people.

If you're going to do business with your friends or relatives (it's generally not a good idea), the only hope of preserving the relationship is to write and sign, and have witnessed, a written agreement ahead of time, about the work to be done, the price, the timetable and the parties' responsibilities. Otherwise, you'll lose those relationships. I've seen it happen time and time again.

Neither a borrower nor a lender be.

never put anything in writing

I did not care for Heath Ledger in his role as "The Joker."

Pay peanuts, get monkeys.

R245, I've never heard that one before, but it's a keeper.

Witty R245 . But like most pithy statements, they simplify and ultimately fail to be universally true. People overpay for thing every day. Buy Costco for peanuts - you get a better monkey than buying Versace branded toilet paper.

^^ I always took it to mean that people who pay low wages get poor quality workers. I don't think it refers to the free market.

Older guy at work who quit to take a new job somewhere else: "blame everything on me"

I thought the same as R248.

I also thought it was pretty clear that r248's explanation of the meaning was self explanatory.

Yes, I thought it meant workers.

I had an employer who only paid me what I last (previously) worked for. I needed the job, so didn’t negotiate. I resented it then, and still do years later.

Previously, I always got regular salary bumps and never thought about it. I made very. good money. That employer, and my next, saved pennies and got a resentful employee as a result. I didn’t stay long. It really was a symptom of what they were like.

If you are the smartest person in the room, you are in the wrong room.

If you agree with everything someone else is saying, then only one of you is thinking.

R253 - I love that and never heard it before. Thanks.

Never give a sucker an even break.

There are two kinds of men to avoid: Size queens and men with small dicks.

R253 I have heard that before and had forgotten it. Thank you for reminding me.

If everyone likes you then you are doing something wrong.

Always stuff your pants with a cucumber if you feel inadequate.

Mind your own business and life will be gravy.

Bear down.

Even if you are not a woman, it’s important to keep clean. douching is a must.

If you're the last one standing up there, they'll hire you. Cristal told me that.

When in doubt, toot in private.

[quote]Nothing tastes as good as skinny feels.

Except cake and pie and not needing everyone's approval.

Dance like no one's watching, r40!

If you go to a job interview and the guy doing the interview starts treating you badly, get up tell him to go fuck himself and walk out. He's a prick and will make your life miserable if he hires you.

[quote] R259: If everyone likes you then you are doing something wrong.

“You have enemies? Good. That means you have stood up for something in your life.”

Winston Churchill

[quote] R267: Dance like no one's watching, [R40]!

I lived in a commune in college for a couple years and had forgotten about this one guy in particular who took this to heart. At a reunion recently, at one point I saw a guy running around like he was on fire and asked my friend about it. She said he was “dancing” and it brought back memories. I don’t have a funny catch-phrase. Maybe, “drink like the world is watching”?

The world is full of assholes and all of them are geared towards positions of authority. If you tell off every asshole who has power over you, then you better get ready for a hard life. Brown-nosing brings home the bacon.

Dress British, think Yiddish.

"Seduce them all....but let 'em down easy"

It's a dog-eat-dog world and I'm wearing milk bone underwear.

If they'll do it with you, they'll do it to you.

R274...

Don't confuse kindness for weakness or drama for happiness.

Sleep on it. Whatever it is, if you can, sleep on it. Don't make a rash decision.