Question of the Week

What's the worst advice you ever followed?

When I was a senior in high school my boyfriend's mother was a hairdresser. She just thought I would look adorable in this new hairdo she wanted to try...very layered, short on top, long on the bottom. I entered UCLA that fall looking just like Rod Stewart! Trust me, "adorable" I was NOT! Chick Cheryl

I have a hard time following advice, guess that means I either stupid or too independent. I have no recollection of worst advise but my grandmother "Nana" probably gave me the best piece of advice ever when she always said, "Love your children the most when they are the least lovable." How true and how important in today's fractured society. Chick Susie

The worst advice I ever followed was when I was 12 years old and I was walking to school. My friend Becky yelled, "RUN" and we ran across the busy intersection. Traffic came to a screeching halt, including a city bus. We barely made it to school alive. It was the last time I followed anyone's advice. Chick Karin

The most recent bad advice I've ever followed was how to get to the first game that the Team USA was playing in the Olympics. From our hotel, we took the provided shuttle bus bus to a stop where we were to catch the "train" and go "that way" four stops and then catch another shuttle bus to the E Center where the game was played. Well, we took the shuttle, then the Train -- only we took it the wrong way even though it was the way we were told to go. After three stops, a local commuter told us that it was definitely the wrong way to the E Center, so back we went three stops, then another shuttle bus, then a long walk to the E center, then long lines to the arena, then long lines again through security. Our group was about 14 adults and 8 children where at least one had to be carried. But who cares; USA won! Chick Jeanette

"Work for a year, then go to college." Now I'm 41 years old and a full-time student. I love it, but I wish I had more time (which was available when I was 18, no kids, not married. Magnolia Tami

"Round out the numbers in your check book and work it out later." What can I say, I was 19 and not very smart about finances. Judy

Canadian Business Magazine warned us two months in advance about the future failure of Nortel. My broker convinced me I should not sell. Who did I listen to and now live to regret it? Nancy

Marrying a man, because my family kept telling me that my daughter needed a father. anonymous