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12 rules you should completely ignore: you hear these so-called pearls of wisdom all the time ... but has anyone ever really stopped to consider whether the advice is legit? Cosmo got the real deal. Here's what the experts had to say.(you you you)

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| July 01, 2006 | Booth, Stephanie | COPYRIGHT 2006 Hearst Communications, reprinted with permission of Hearst. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

These days, everyone from your best girlfriend to your hairdresser considers herself an expert on something--freely giving you her two cents on how you should handle your love life, career, living style ... you name it. They mean well, of course, but the problem is, a lot of that advice is actually not that wise. Sometimes the rules change (in other words, what worked for your mom's generation doesn't cut it for modern women), and other times, the advice was totally off to begin with.

Take these 12 bits of info, for example. We asked experts to tell us why following them will steer you wrong, plus the right spin on each one to help make your life simpler and ...

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