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Dear Good Job,

I’m a woman in my late 20s. My friend “Samantha” is in her mid 30s. We’ve been close friends for the last five years, and we usually have a good time together. But one issue that keeps coming up is her incessant advice giving.

If I go on a date that didn’t go well, she’ll insist that I’m rejecting available men due to my past traumas. If I’m excitedly sharing a plan that I have for an event, she’ll chime in to say, “I would never do things that way!” I’ve gently redirected conversations, have jokingly teased how I don’t want or need her advice, and have even had serious conversations about her advice giving, explain

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