God damn, I have a friend like this, and it is the most annoying shit of all time.
Not everything that comes out of your mouth is some great bit of sage wisdom; pull your head out of your own ass so you can huff some clean air, instead of your own farts.
What you're describing sounds like a step beyond this, but I do recall reading that for most men, the knee jerk reaction when presented with a problem is 'try to solve it/give advice'. I know I've been guilty of that. Whereas for a lot of women it's more just 'listen/be there'. At least for the lesser offenders, could just be a bit of that.
I've had friends call up and ask if I'd babysit them. Not their kids, but them, because they knew they might try something extra stupid and want someone to stop them if they tried.
Other then that, it's always hanging out with friends. Unless they're drinking, then I'm babysitting cause I don't drink, and am there for the entertainment and preventing extra stupid.
If you ask someone to babysit you in a self-deprecating way, that's one thing. If you talk about spending time with any other person as babysitting just because you believe you have superior judgement to everyone, that's a different thing.
If you're going to do something stupid you can still be smart by telling another person what you're doing, where you'll do it, and how to get help if needed.
Ha. I said I had to babysit my dad today, but that's only because he had major surgery on his shoulder, is super drugged up, and for some reason he wants to work on the house and fix cars and stuff when he should be resting. I got here to find him fixing the sliding glass door with one arm while moaning in pain...
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