text: Second, by asking for other thoughts you will learn from their past experience. Many people go through the same things in life so why should they all suffer? Asking for advice on something allows you to prevent what's happened to people in the past. When I asked my mom if it was a good idea to have a girlfriend at my age she said, " it's best to wait because your future wife will want to know that she's the only one you loved." So by asking for advice I got her opinion and may have dodged future problems.