How can someone claim to be a "relationship expert" when they have been divorced?
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Maybe it's one of those "easier said than done" or "what one can't do, one teaches" type things. I guess if they are divorced they can advise what NOT to do in a relationship?
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I think they could still be experts. The experience might even make them better at the job.
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How come you ask such hard questions?, Lol. I suppose an Expert is someone who charges a fee for their services, and some people will spend money just to hear the Expert speak what they want to hear. My very best +4
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Suzy Orman claims to be a "financial expert" and she went bankrupt. I guess personal experience in failing can maybe teach what not to do. +5
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It means they are being hypocrites, how can a preacher be a preacher if he/she is comitting adultery?? If you are going to give advice BE the example.
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Why not? Some expert advice may be: "Don't get married."
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The same way politicians and talking heads-Bob Dole, Newt Genrich, Rush Limbaugh for starters-can be three or four time divorcees and claim to be experts on "family values".
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hahaha lol well they can be an "expert" on how to make them fail haha so i guess technically they can be thought of as an "expert" just not the expert you were thinking
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"An expert is a person who has made all the mistakes that can be made in a very narrow field." - Niels Bohr
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They are the experts not their partners!
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could be an expert at communications with your children, leading a team at work, or romance. i've learned a whole lot more from my failings than i ever learned from my successes. and, since i fail so often, i ought to be an expert on just about everything now, especially humility.
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Those who can't do, teach
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I think they are probably better qualified to be a relationship expert if they have been divorced. They know what not to do as well as what to do.
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I wonder what their matchmaking statistics are. A divorced person might be able to say what not to do. +5
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many people just know how to fix things but choose not to. this is a perfect example of "easier said than done". they know exactly how to fix things when looking in but get all jumbled up with emotions when they are in their own
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