Dear Life Kit: How much advice is too much advice?

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  I tell them once, I say my piece once, and after that, that's on you.

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  Because when you start nagging them, it's not your job to nag them.

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  You told them, you led the horse to water.

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  Will the horse drink it?

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  I don't even know how the idiom goes, but you know what I'm talking about.

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  Or will the horse die of thirst?

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  Let the horse, let that money go.

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  Let the horse die of thirst.

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  You stopped short of saying let the horse die of thirst, I want to say for the record.

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  Did I say that or Andy said that?

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  I'm throwing Andy under the bus.

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  Is that the end of the idiom?

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  That is so dark.

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  Hey, it's Marielle Segarra, and welcome to another edition of Dear Life Kit,

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  where we answer your questions with help from the collective wisdom in our Life Kit archives.

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  Reporter Andy Tegel is here.

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  Hey, Andy.

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