Jan. 8, 2026

EP 25: Why Jealous Friends Are a Bigger Problem Than You Think

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Friendship boundaries jealousy and opposite sex friendships that impact trust in relationships, marriages, and commitment.

This episode gets real about the jabs that are not jokes, the friends who keep score, and the subtle guilt that shows up as concern. Likes. Time. Money. Attention. If support feels uncomfortable, it matters.

We also talk about opposite sex friendships and where lines blur once you are committed. One real story moves from social media to the gym and ends in broken trust. From there, we break down what actually protects a relationship. Visibility. Clear boundaries. Listening to your gut early.

Short. Honest. Practical.

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00:00 - Micro-Jabs And Social Media Envy

01:15 - Money, Birthdays, And Keeping Score

01:45 - Too Busy For Friends Or Misaligned Priorities

01:51 - Can Opposite-Sex Friendships Stay Platonic

02:18 - The TikTok “Friend” And Divorce Spiral

04:20 - Boundaries, Jealousy, And Trust Instincts

05:28 - Trainers, Temptation, And Territorial Lines

07:28 - Separating Friends From Frenemies

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Another ex friend that I had, um, the one that we lost for a couple hundred dollars.

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Oh, um I feel like she was always throwing out like if I if I didn't answer the phone, she'd be like, mm-hmm You're too busy for me.

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You're too busy for me, or or she'd be like, it's because like she was always throw like pointing out little things about like my like social media or like oh like you're maybe if I you're too famous for maybe if I had more followers you would answer back.

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Yeah, like um, oh, because I'm not I'm not famous like you.

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Like she would say things like that that would really like I was like, are you throwing jabs?

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Those are jabs.

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That's a friendly jab.

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Yeah, friend of me.

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A jab ain't like a necessarily a power hit, it's just like a yeah, until eventually, like that's what that's what it took, you know.

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Let let somebody borrow a little bit of money and that's the kind of friends like I seen you wishing so-and-so a happy birthday on Instagram, but yeah when it was my birthday, you didn't even call me.

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Yeah, and I feel like she was never like in my likes either.

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It was crazy.

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Like, dang, I seen you, you know, in Scottsdale with that sign, happy birthday for so-and-so, but yeah, when it's my turn, it's like yeah, where's that same energy?

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Yeah, I think um I had already forgot about that person too.

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I'm just life, work has been so busy, I just been zoned out.

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Life is hectic.

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In a way, it's like you don't even have time for friends.

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Like life can get so busy, but you also have to prioritize people, but it's like I guess you'll meet the right people with time.

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Okay, wait, I have another question before I forget.

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Maybe I'm maybe I'm going like on a different on a different little path, but has to do with friends.

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What do you think of friends the opposite gender?

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That's tough.

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When you're in a relationship or you're married.

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That's tough.

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It's tough, huh?

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Yeah, I mean, we're all tempted.

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Everybody's tempted.

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I don't give a damn what nobody says.

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So I know someone that recently um she's going this couple is going through a divorce because the the guy made a friend on TikTok and they started going to the gym together.

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Dang.

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But two months later, they're posting matching shoes at like baseball games, and they're like deeply mad in love, or so they think.

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So literally eight years of their marriage down the drain, because he made a friend on TikTok.

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So that's what that's what she says the story is.

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Um, made a friend on TikTok, and he kept like re reassuring her, hey, it's just a friend, it's just a friend.

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You don't come to the gym with me, and you know, she's going to the gym.

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Like, we're literally gym buddies.

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That's all it is.

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Yeah, that's crazy.

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That's all it is.

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She's okay, okay.

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You know, she was she says that she never had any trust issues, so she was like, you know, okay, whatever.

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But one day she said she just felt it in her gut.

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And he was sleeping, and she went through his phone.

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She said she couldn't like match a lot of the conversation because it seemed like it was like a lot of it was deleted.

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But excuse me, her the phone lines were under her name.

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So she went to the to the service provider and recovered over 600 text messages.

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And they were like intimate.

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Yeah, they were very intimate already, things like that.

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After he literally like promised her, swore that you know they were friends, they were gym buddies, things like that.

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And she believed him.

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She believed him, and now they're divorced, they're divorcing.

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She moved out, and who knows?

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Maybe like the so-called friend already lives in their house.

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Dang.

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And I'm like, yeah, see, I can't.

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I cannot with like the I mean, your cousin was at her house for two days.

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She threw on some makeup.

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You're like, you gotta get out of here.

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Oh yeah.

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So she was when when she was sick, I was like, you know, I wouldn't, I would it probably wouldn't do that to like my worst enemy, you know.

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Everybody deserves.

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Um, I feel like that's why like God also like gave us our house, you know.

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Like when somebody needs it, we've always like been able to help someone.

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And when she got there really sick, um, I was like, okay, let me help her.

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I did what I could.

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And um, and the moment she came up from her deathbed and threw on those lashes, I was like, Oh hell it's time to go home, girl.

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Like, throw on that red lipstick, like Yeah, I was like, nope, like no room for you here.

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But also because like that's how that's how girls tend to be in our family.

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They have they have a record of taking people's man's.

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And I was like, it's not gonna be me, uh-huh, it's not gonna be here, and I just don't believe in it, especially after after this girl.

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Traged.

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Yeah, it's tough, man.

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That discipline is yeah, hard to find.

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And I mean, the couples that can God bless you, yeah.

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Not in this household.

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If Ernesto comes home and is like, oh, I'm going to lunch with a girlfriend.

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You guys might never hear from her.

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Oh, like, goodbye.

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But yeah, just little, little sidetracked, but so no, you don't believe in it.

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I absolutely don't.

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Remember when I asked you if I can have a guy trainer?

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And you were like, you looked at me like I was crazy.

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Remember that?

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Yeah.

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I was like, I really want to see.

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Well, that's what I had heard after I asked.

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And then I was like, okay, no.

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It's like he's running a plumbing service, huh?

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Yeah.

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But obviously you said no immediately.

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Um, even before you knew that.

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Even before you knew he was a plumber.

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Um I mean, a girl knows your a girl knows a girl's bodies best, so I don't think a guy can show you how to.

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I mean, I guess he could, but I don't know.

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We're both Virgos and we're both we both feel very strong about territorial.

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Yeah.

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I mean, the day you told me.

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I don't give a damn.

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Yeah.

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I mean, when you told me that there's girls at your job site, I'm like, where can I apply?

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Oh, she's over a hard hat.

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I'll go get a hard hat.

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With the broom sweeping.

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They're like, what's up?

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Just kidding.

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Um, but yeah, I feel like people back to the friends and frenemies.

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You guys need to learn how to separate the two.

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There's a lot of people that aren't happy for you.

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They're just there to be nosy.

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They're just along for the ride until that bus stop.

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Until that bus stops and they got a departure.

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They're too jealous to unfollow you.

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I mean, they're too they're too jealous to like your post, but too nosy too nosy to unfollow you.

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Yes, that's how it is.

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Crazy.

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So know how to separate the two.

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Um, and yeah, remember that no matter how long you've known someone, that doesn't change anything, if they're crossing the line, it's time to cut the cord.

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Yeah.