text: Disagreeing with someone's advice is another reason why asking more than one person is smarter. If only one person is asked for advice, it'll seem as if following their advice is the only way to go. For example, if two girls stopped being friends because of a slight misunderstanding and one of the girls asks someone for advice. The advice they're given may be to avoid her, even though they may not like it, they're most likely going to do it. If the girl asks more than one person for advice and the other one says to work the problems out, the girl will have choices and she won't be forced to do something she doesn't want to do.