My husband thinks me answering questions on yahoo answers is stupid?

Ironically it was an ex-girlfriend who got me hooked on this place. She suggested I'd be good at answering people's questions and I am. I probably would not have gotten hooked however if I didn't get the emails telling me how much I helped somebody. While I tend to shy away from those kinds of questions, ever so often I wind up in sections like this, psychology, etc and am able to actually help somebody. That is great thing to be able to do. Not because it makes me great or anything, but that somebody was the better for something I was able to do. I might have even saved a life or two. That is what got me hooked. I eventually discovered the politics section and love to go vent there every so often. The Philosophy section, that is my favorite. While most questions either are not Philosophy or are the same question asked so often that you want to just save a generic answer and slap it at them every time you see it. (I don't as that would be a disrespect, but it sure gets tempting sometimes). There is those occasional questions that really make you think. That is worth reading the other questions.

A nice side effect is I've made a dozen or more friends from YA. Many I've known for years now and stay in contact with.

So what I would tell your husband is that (any of these that are true).

YA is a place for you to help people.

YA is a place to vent in a harmless way.

YA is a way to interact in a safe, non-threatening way with people. Little risk of unwanted advances or stalking if you make your answers and email private. Only those you trust and are added as contacts can contact you that way.

YA is a way in some small way to help make the world a little place. To reach out and touch other people in a positive way.

As for showing him, you should probably look at a topic he's into. Look for a question that he couldn't resist answering. This section would probably bore him to death. The only reason I ever come here usually is if a contact asks a question here or once or twice I've asked a question here to make sure my perspective wasn't totally skewed. In turn while I'm here I answer other people's questions. This is a bit too soap operaish for most guys. The sports sections, Philosophy, Science, politics, etc are areas where dudes usually feel a bit more at home. So think of what his interests are. There's a YA category for almost everything. Though you might not always want him reading your answers if you answer in this area a lot lol. So if you get him hooked you want to be sure that's a good thing :)

Ur husband is a true man lol! People are here for all different reasons, some good others not so good. In a perfect world the ones who need help with a common problem are here for help from a person with the same past problem and is helping by sharing their experience in solving it. I am on here cause its interesting and real life, I also am a decent person with lots of values and experience in many things as I lead a full life. The best part of my day is always if I could help just one person in need, it the best thing I could do in any day and makes me feel good. Lots are alone and hurting, if we all could care about and love just one person, well no one would be alone now would they?

Most people are on Y/A to help other people by offering advice. Who cares what your husband thinks? Lol! Yes, it is interesting. After a while you get a feel for some people on Y/A and their personalities. They can be so diverse. It's nice to get so many different perspectives. I can honestly say that at times I laugh more at the questions and comments left by Y/A users than I do communicating face-to-face with people I know. I enjoy Y/A.

Any person style of made a just right point. This is the variety of question that you might normally wager on the identical answers we'd all bet at. Except we speak to these persons who reply, we're simplest guessing. So that you essentially know the answer... Or possible causes The important answer, which i'm sure you discovered, is they are handy to answer for a rapid 2 facets. Another reason, alongside that equal line, is people who are entertained by means of being central of those questions, reply for his or her own amusement. There are plenty of fine, sincere, valuable solutions to the nice questions. As in your instance of a 13 yr. Historic asking if a boy likes her. That looks like a pretty traditional query for a 13 12 months. Historic. Backside line... It can be all in regards to the facets for lots of customers on here... As if there have been some large prize.

Yes my husband feels the same, he just don't get it. I have personally always liked helping people, I normally give good advice at least that is what I'm told Lol. I'm younger but I've been threw a lot. I've been threw abusive relationships both physically and mentally, I've had a child young, I've been molested once and raped twice, I've been a drug addicted, I've been cheated on, I've been financially unstable, and I've been threw divorce. I like to use my struggles to help people prevent or get threw their own. I've been threw all that and have found myself on top. I'm no longer a drug addict ( 2yrs clean ), I'm financially stable, I'm out of abusive and cheating relationships and I'm now with a loving man, I have a wonderful little girl, and I've seeked help for my molestation and rapes. I can't imagine me going threw all of that to not help people with similar problems. I think my husband realizes that and lets me do my thing! I appreciate this site, it allows people to get mostly great advice and to feel not so alone in life.

There are some problems that you can't share with your relatives/friends for fear that they would judge you are the other person involved. That's why they come here. You get answers/views from other people tha are unbiased. Although you don't get anything for it, it won't hurt to give advice/opinion. Who knows... It might help somebody who's having a bad day... :)

Same here, my husband wonders why I've been on here often too. It's addicting to, and it feels rewarding when I can give positive answers and advice to others and they don't know who I am. It makes me feel like I'm helping others out and that must be why I'm here.

Funny my husband doesn't really get it either. We like to help people! We hope that the people asking the questions really do need the help and that our experiences will be able to help others. We just are helpful people. I think we should have been counselors :)

Luckily my boyfriend has no issues infact everytime I am selected as top answer I share it with him and we both discuss it.He knows I like helping people and discussing the issues with him and sharing thoughts,solutions and opinions actually makes us understand eachother better.

I think my husband agrees with yours!!

Though he does ask from time to time what the questions are and makes comments so I think he might be intrigued too.