Agent Misty
I was thinking about the dilemma you stated above. You said:

“sometimes people can come up with ideas/solutions that wouldn’t even apply to themselves in an effort to try to give someone else an idea of what route they could take.”
And this made me think of what I was taught in school. I was taught to seek advice from family, but also the clergy. And many times I did go to my church leaders looking for advice on marriage, communication, family & child rearing etc & now I think wow they had NO experience, but always told me what path to take based on a book & teachings. Yet this person in the clergy clearly didn’t have the experience.

So this person I’ve currently gotten advice from is maybe similar to someone in the religious life..?? Not experienced in their own lives in certain areas, but refer to a higher power for answers.
Idk it makes me second guess every single thing I do, every small decision & every word from my mouth bec I just don’t know anything anymore