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Sometimes you gotta stand back and let stubborn people fail.
Why?
Failure teaches very little. Failure does not teach the right way to do things.
100%
Especially with adults. Choose to ignore sound advice and refuse help?
Heaven help you, cause I sure won't.
It doesn't but definitely shows that the wrong way doesn't work.
Having dealt with stubborn relatives in the past....I'm not dealing with consequences of their stupid decisions.
i can agree with that, there are a lot of people i will do nothing for
Especially when you've offered help and/or advice already.
Once it's refused, they're on their own.
Some people just need a reality check