This subreddit is proof of that, whether you do it intentionally or not it’s true and true for both men and women, the advice that’s given is incredibly crippling to single people, why? Because it’s all a bunch of self projection of your own experiences with the dating world, festered on to the single people trying to navigate, so basically pulling the baby birds from their crib before they can learn to fly.

Envy is strong and if you’re struggling with navigating the dating world then it’s scorched earth, again this can be done subconsciously you see toxic advice on dating all the time and the ones that seem to be the loudest are the single people who are struggling and not the ones in long term relationships hence the saying.

Whether it’s your friends or your family members or (in my opinion) the biggest culprit is internet dating content creators, telling a bunch of single people damning advice and when you turn it on them surprise, surprise folks they’re also single and yet they go on subreddits like this or go on TikTok or YT preaching about how they know exactly how to navigate things.

If you struggle DO NOT go to single people who are also struggling, go to people who either have experience in dating or who are in relationships currently, stop wasting your time and remember single people keep other single people single.