Let's say it straight: Yahoo Answers can be a little, well, inane at times. It's a spelling and grammar disaster area that would send your Language Arts teacher heading for the hills.
All technicalities aside, there is something special about the Yahoo Answers community -- its users really care.
Navigating the stormy seas of the heart is no easy task, and these users are there to share their expertise and provide solace for the broken-hearted. And if they have no answers, they're right behind you with a "hey girl, he doesn't deserve you." Sometimes that's all you need.
See below for the most insightful, heartwarming relationship advice from the Yahoo Answers community.
1. They help you through life's awkward stages.
2. They give you something to be excited about.
3. They get poetic.
4. They give confidence boosts when needed.
5. They give tough love when no one else will.
6. They set you straight when you're in the doghouse.
7. They tug at your heartstrings.
8. They save you from getting slapped.
9. They give you some really good material.
10. They offer guidance when you're turning down the wrong path.
11. They help you understand yourself.
12. They teach you about maintenance.
13. They help you with life's most important questions.
14. They can sometimes build your hopes up, but at least they're optimistic.
15. They can get a little testy.
16. They can be, hmm, kind of chauvinistic.
17. They always tell you the tr -- wait, this probably isn't true.
18. They help you through life's most important milestones. Though, you know, this suggestion might be illegal.
19. Not everyone may approve but, well, at least he was trying to help.
20. Actually, the FDA would say this is very unhealthy.
21. Wait -- guys, what's going on here?
22. Well ... We tried. We really did.
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