Dr. Love at your service

It's so much easier to give advice when you're not in the situation. Things appear to be more clear. When I'm giving advice, I try to put myself in their shoes. I wish I could listen to my own advice sometimes, but "love can cause blindness". I don't want to preach, so I try to reserve giving advice until solicited from me. I will try to listen and understand, but there is a limit. When it's the same thing over and over and nothing is being done to fix it, then I might suggest giving the ax, time to move on. I do cringe with this harsh decision, but it's a vicious cycle. I hope my friend doesn't regret it and blame me. I try to look at the big picture: "In a couple years, we'll both look back at this and laugh. We'll both me married to great guys and think Mr. X was such a lameass. What were we thinking?" This period in your life is like a hiccup along the road to happiness, but we have to be patient. Maybe, I'm full of it or on cloud 9, but that's how I've been keeping my chin up.