I don’t think relationships are something anyone so far outside them can really advise us on. And mostly we know what we need to do - we just don’t want to do it. LOL But reaching out can be comforting. Everybody’s going to have something to say and for that space in time, you won’t feel alone. Every once in a while, just looking at other perspectives can even make you more willing to face a thing. So it’s not a process without value so long as you place the value where it belongs, to my thinking. 🤷‍♀️

It's fine, just recognize people only can provide advice from the information you give them. They do not know everything.

Internet strangers are probably the last people I'd consider asking for advice...period
...and considering how many people seem to have relationship (and personal) "issues" here...I'm even more leery of the source.

These usually seem to be just looking for affirmation on something anyway, often you see it from the question and their replies to the answers, they present one-sided view and then reply to people that take it at face value like "Exactly!" etc. (And of course, there's always limitless supply of guys saying "Ditch him, take me instead!).

I guess much of the time it's cathartic, they don't actually intend to take any action, they just want other people to participate in the bashing of their partner. While it can be temporarily helpful, it isn't healthy. Of course, as with the relationship questions itself, every situation is different, but this pattern seems to fit large number of those I see.

Each to their own. It's not a thing for me to go on the boards with.

If someone were in a successful long term relationship, I'd listen to their advice

It"s whatever. It isn't like people on SW are losers that have never been in a relationship. If I wanted advice, I'd ask. It would basically be like asking for advice in real life. Some of it may be helpful, some of it may not be .

Never do that because people online are mostly lonely and there's lotsa creeps here 😂

Take it from where it comes: someone on the Internet who could be anyone.