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#88 – Why I'm Done With One-Sided Friendships

#88 – Why I'm Done With One-Sided Friendships

Season 2026 Episode 88 Published 3 weeks ago
Description

This week, we're talking about one-sided friendships, adult loneliness, and the difference between a friend and an associate. Jocelyn shares the Reddit story that hit too close to home, the beer fest trip her whole friend group took without her, and the day she told them she was done doing all the reaching out. Jade brings the fire on workplace competition, gatekeeping coworkers, and why she will teach you everything she knows and still bet on herself. Plus a big announcement about the future of the show, straight from us to the Vibe Tribe first.

Whether you're navigating friendship problems, corporate burnout, or figuring out who actually shows up for you, this episode will feel like sitting with two friends who truly get it.

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Show notes

•    The announcement: ads are coming to AGP, and Sweetheart Creations is the first sponsor

•    The merch is live: hats, cups, tees, and the hoodie both hosts claimed

•    The Reddit: friends who book trips without you

•    Jocelyn's beer fest story and the end of one-sided friendships

•    Friends vs associates, the kiki test

•    Workplace competition, gatekeeping, and raggedy managers

•    Jocelyn's confidence story, from low self-esteem to "I don't want your job"

•    The Osco pharmacy story and the job that almost didn't happen

•    Double lives and the other woman debate

•    Marriage at 69, separate bedrooms, and the nephews who get everything

•    Jocelyn's brother, the real MVP of homeownership

•    Retiring before 70, period

Timestamps:

00:00 Catching up, nursing school and new job chaos

02:30 A big announcement about the future of AGP

06:30 The merch is live

11:50 Jocelyn asked for a sign and got three

20:20 The Reddit: friends who plan trips without you

22:20 The beer fest story, the whole group went except Jocelyn

24:30 "I don't owe you an explanation" is fighting words

26:15 The loneliest year and why this podcast exists

29:20 Done with one-sided friendships

30:50 Friends vs associates, the kiki test

34:40 ChatGPT is not your therapist

38:00 Makeup, lashes, and no eyebrows

41:00 Competing with yourself over things you don't even want

46:30 Yes, you are in competition with your coworkers

48:45 Gatekeeping at work and raggedy managers

50:00 From low self-esteem to "I don't want your job"

54:30 The Osco story, the job Jocelyn almost skipped

1:00:30 ACT scores and test anxiety

1:04:15 Fake it till you make it

1:09:30 Double lives

1:11:15 The other woman debate

1:13:45 Jade tried the stay-at-home wife life

1:15:15 Separate bedrooms and marrying at 69

1:19:30 Everything goes to the nephews

1:22:00 Jocelyn's brother is the real MVP

1:24:00 Retiring before 70, period

1:26:45 Wrap-up, send this to a friend


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