text: The people that you ask for an opinion from may have had an experience with the same thing that you are asking about. The people you are asking for an opinion from may have had a good or bad experience. People that have been through the same thing that you need help with may have made mistakes and they can tell you what not to do and you can learn from their mistakes. Learning from somebody else's mistakes can help you because it might get you out of a possible bad situation. If someone tells you that they were in that same situation and it ended badly because of a decision they made, you would want to make a different decision because mostlikely you would want the situation that ends well. Taking other people's advice and learning from their mistakes can help you make better decisions.