Is it hypocritical to give people advice when you've not had a similar experience as them?

Just wondering.


Because I do that a lot.


I tend to give people life advice.


And yet mine is so pathetic.


Is this hypocritical of me?


Or just adding another perspective to the picture?Is it hypocritical to give people advice when you've not had a similar experience as them?
I actually respect people for giving advice when they have an unbiased opinion. See with you not going through any of the things your helping people with, your mind is clear and you really get to look at the situation without judging it. When people have already gone through what they are giving advice on, they tend to act like they know it all... because they have been through it.Is it hypocritical to give people advice when you've not had a similar experience as them?
If you have not had a similar experience, you are not qualified.





Hypocrisy only enters in to the picture if you (in so many words) say : ';Do as I say, not as I do';. If so,





Your ';advice'; is nothing more than bossiness. Tend to your own garden first.
Berni is spot on, you can never have exactly experienced what the other person feels, I lost a son when he was almost 2, that does not qualify me to advise someone who loses a child. On the other hand I can advise people what helped me, and leave it to them to decide what to do. We are all different and react to the 'same' things differently.
No, it is not hypocritical. Hypocrasy would be to put on a false appearance or giving a false front. But advice is just that, an opinion or recommendation regarding a decision or course of conduct. It is mere information wether it be from a known source or not.





Advice from somebody with has no experience in the subject may definately be a reasoning or conclusion not previously pondered. Or as you put it another perspective. And can definately add a point of view which may have never crossed ones mind until you brought it out into view.





It is fine to give advice, as long as it is welcomed or requested.
Yes it is a little hypocritical of you because you can't really understand what they are going through. However, at the same time having someone look in from the outside so to speak can be beneficial cause you can see things that they can't.
I think so. It does annoy me a lot. For example, i have a male friend that loves to give me advice on my pregnancy. In fact, i have a lot of people who have never had a baby giving me pregnancy advice, and it's very irritating.


But overall it depends on the situation, sometimes advice or an outside point of view can be helpful, even if it's on a topic you haven't had experience with.


I think the most important thing to keep in mind is whether or not you were asked for advice. Unwanted advice is the worst, whether you know what you are talking about or not.
When a person has no experience with a topic, I tend to take their advice somewhat less seriously. I'm not saying they don't have any good ideas. I'm just saying that if a person has experience, there's a ';been there, done that'; quality to their advice. Also, I'm not really comfortable answering questions outside my area of experience.
Not if you think it's good advice, but answering just to make yourself seem smarter than the other person is a bad thing to do.
not really. Its when u tell some one and do the oposite of it. ur just giving advice at what u might think is appropriate at the time.
ya i do that too. Dont really know how to answer you though, srry.
If you've never been in that situation, then yes, it is kind of hypocritical of you, but at the same time, they ask in hopes that somebody who isn't swamped with the fact of being in it can think it out thoroughly and then give them tips on how to possibly deal with it, so on that note, no, it's not hypocritical.....it can go either way really.