Did your parent's give you practical advice

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My mom, who is on her third marriage (my dad was her second), has given me some very practical ideas. One is to never rush into anything. My stepdad on the other hand, although means well, kinda comes off a bit like a jerk when giving advice (his idea is I should always accept a dating opportunity, no matter what, even if I don't click with the girl at all).

Teenagers learn about sex themselves, mainly from school - a combination of teenage conversation amongst my peers and the lessons in which the teachers tell us about it.

Whenever I break up with someone, my mum always tells me to think of it as practice for the next one, which I think is quite good advice. I don't recall having big long conversations with my parents about that stuff though, which is good, since it'd be very embarrassing indeed.

What I'm talking about is "the game". The flirting,how to know when is too soon to get sexual,how to tell if someone is interested in a real relationship or is just pursuing you long enough to bed you. I'm a middle aged single mom so all this doesn't matter anymore, I'm just aware that I was never good at the playacting that seems to be necessary and I wondered if anybody had told me the secret rules (like the 3rd date rule on Seinfeld ) I would have had better relationship success rather than be so damaged that I can't trust enough to even try anymore. If you're wondering why I say all this yet I have a son, that's from the one I thought was real but apparently he had a habit of wooing and proposing to women in order to milk them for all they were worth. I had known him casually for 8 years too.

They don't give any because they have the least clue....

I just remembered I got some practical advice from one of my former older coworkers
The key to understanding women is to understand reverse psychology. When a woman says she is fine; she is NOT fine. When a woman tells you to be honest about her looks; you should NOT be honest. When a woman says she wants a guy who's nice; it means she wants a jerk.

That advice seems very true from what I've seen

On the other hand, my children are getting decent relationship advice from me.

Or maybe I just think that.

I have a good relationship w/my parents now but only b/c they have matured enough to accept me. Plus I "gave" them their first two grandchildren. My children are very glad they aren't being raised by my parents... and we do talk about such things.

A lot of comments assume a relationship is already in progress. I could never even get there past a few weeks. I guess what I wanted to know is mostly intuitive and can't be taught. They are, how do you know someone really wants to know you or just bed you? What did I do or not do that cut the relationship short? Was it my lack of social ability in regards to the other person's inner circle? You know the old saying, "You can dress 'em up but you can't take them out?"

I was given no advice, practical or otherwise. I had to figure everything out on my own.

Never really got any life advise of any sort. I know nothing and now feel like the parent on occasions with my mother - where from here?!?!