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Do you think it's best if people make their own decisions, and keep their relationships private, or has the advice you've received helped you and your relationships?

In general, has venting been more of a positive or a negative?

Friends and family can be a sounding board, to listen and help you assess certain problems and issues that arise in your relationships. But they can be hugely influential. I have seen people give very strongly-worded advice, bad advice, and push the person/asker into doing something they might not have otherwise.

It's a difficult question to answer with just two choices, I know, because certain people are patient and therefore do give careful, well-thought-out, informed advice, while others have more of an impatient, smash and grab style to dishing out advice (i. e. they like to get on with it, and aren't around later to pick up the pieces, should their advice ultimately cause more problems.)

But I can't make the poll more elaborate, or it wouldn't be effective. So overall, is your takeaway that revealing secrets and very personal details about your relationships is okay/good/advice is good to get, or that it is quite often detrimental, because either the advice is bad, or that people you asked do not accept your decisions, become too invested, and tend to harbour resentment either to you, or your partner, refusing to be neutral with you or them, from that point on?

I'm sure there have been a lot of you on the receiving end of advice, or the partner of the person receiving advice, and suddenly your relationship is being impacted by people you barely know or have talked to.

I see a lot of people taking in what others think and say, and honestly, sometimes it makes me cringe. It's quite the power to wield.

Tomorrow Im going to send a flower arrangement to the family of a dear friend whop paswed awy on Sunday. He died young at the age of 47 of a heart attack while doing what he loves best: cycling. He just collapsed like he was riding some steep hill. I dont know what was the reason of his death of if there was a underlying problem he never was aware of. He always like to take care of himself, eat well and exercise, in this case cycling.

The thing is that with this pandemic where I live funerals, masses and vigils were not allow to be done, so he was incinerated only by his immediate family yesterday one day after he was found on the ground. on some street in some area. Im devastated by his loss I met him 5 years ago and we even gone out to some dates. My male cousin was his comrade his BFF, his buddy for over 28 years. The last time I saw the guy in person physically was precisely one year ago.

The thing is I want to send some flower arrangement to the guys parents and siblings, even if they told me it was not necessary but thanked me for my condolences over the phone I want to mail them anyway. I cared of the guy too much and im deeply saddened.
Since there was no funeral at any mortuary, the arrangement has to be small to be sent to the house, so is more like sympathy flower.

Which one of the following you think it be the best or more appropriate to mail it to the family. I dont know the guys parents or siblings in person anyway I just knew the guy.
I heard you can add color to the flowers and it is nothing wrong but not a lot of color. But you can keep them all white if you want.

I like most options E. and G. (the total white ones). Like I said it can't be very big cause it be sent to a home. I like those choices beacuse E. has a crystal vase that can be used after the flowers fade away. and G. for the flower arrangement itself, teh wood stand does not come included in the offer the supplier gave me. Or do you think that the total white options you