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The Jordan Harbinger Show

1190: Kid's Out of the Fray, But Hates Your Fiancée | Feedback Friday

The Jordan Harbinger Show

Jordan Harbinger

Social Sciences, Self-improvement, Entrepreneurship, Talk Radio, Business, Science, Education

4.812.1K Ratings

🗓️ 1 August 2025

⏱️ 76 minutes

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Summary

You found true love after rescuing your daughter from abuse, but your traumatized child despises your fiancée. Welcome to Feedback Friday!

And in case you didn't already know it, Jordan Harbinger (@JordanHarbinger) and Gabriel Mizrahi (@GabeMizrahi) banter and take your comments and questions for Feedback Friday right here every week! If you want us to answer your question, register your feedback, or tell your story on one of our upcoming weekly Feedback Friday episodes, drop us a line at [email protected]. Now let's dive in!

Full show notes and resources can be found here: jordanharbinger.com/1190

On This Week's Feedback Friday:

  • Gabe learns what a purse stool is and apologizes to the superlatively excellent Canadian people for his poorly received "51st state" wisecrack a few weeks ago.
  • Jordan recalls the time his roommate "accidentally" liberated a Hermès store display.
  • Your eight-year-old daughter survived horrific abuse by her mother's boyfriend, and now you have full custody. But your new fiancée — the love of your life — can't connect with your traumatized child. Should you sacrifice your happiness to avoid another broken home?
  • Your Russian wife of more than five years just emotionally checked out of your Japanese marriage, claiming you treat her "like a mother, not a woman." She wants to separate but keep living together while she gets financially stable. Are you a safety net or a doormat?
  • A student you taught a decade ago just accused you of sexual abuse — it's completely false, but the investigation nearly drove you to suicide. You were cleared, but now every classroom interaction terrifies you. Can you ever teach again?
  • Recommendation of the Week: SniffSpot
  • You're 50-something, debt-free, with rental properties and a fat investment portfolio. Your boring corporate job pays well but drains your soul. You could retire tomorrow and travel the world, so why are you paralyzed with fear?
  • Have any questions, comments, or stories you'd like to share with us? Drop us a line at [email protected]!
  • Connect with Jordan on Twitter at @JordanHarbinger and Instagram at @jordanharbinger.
  • Connect with Gabriel on Twitter at @GabeMizrahi and Instagram @gabrielmizrahi.

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Transcript

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0:00.0

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It's an effortless addition to your routine. And the key is, of course, consistency. Get 20 person off by going to Vital Proteins.com. Enterner promo code Jordan at checkout. These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. Welcome to Feedback Friday. I'm your host, Jordan Harbinger. As always, I'm here with Feedback Friday producer, the purse stool, propping up your designer baggage and this brasserie of life drama, Gabriel Mizrahi. Purse stool? What is a purse stool?

1:11.8

Oh, do I get to teach you something this week? Yes. Okay. Please. Do you, you know when you go to a restaurant with your girlfriend? Oh, a girlfriend, by the way, that's something you get when you are not gallivanting around the world and pulling all-nighters to have work calls with me from Portugal. Oh yeah. I've heard about these. I gotta say a girlfriend is a great way to learn a language.

1:12.9

It is. nighters to have work calls with me from Portugal. Oh, yeah. I've heard about these.

1:27.6

I got to say, a girlfriend is a great way to learn a language. It is, yeah. We used to call them long-haired dictionaries, and it really does speed up the process. If you know, you know, there's nothing like walking around on a day off and being like, I'm too lazy to study. And then you're just like, what is this? she's like flower, rock, door, stool, purse stool.

1:26.5

Depends which lexicon you want to learn. But what is a purse stool? It's basically a little chair or stool for a woman's handbag so it doesn't sit on the floor. Think like tiny ottoman. You know, you go to a cafe and you got this nice bag. What? You're to put that on the ground? Okay. So instead of putting it on the back of your chair, there's actually a piece of furniture,

2:04.0

okay.

2:04.4

It's so you can keep your eye on it. In the back of your chair is less safe, outdoor cafe, you know, et cetera, et cetera. Now you're over explaining. I got it. I hope I need a purse stool one day. That's all I can do.

1:57.6

You could buy a purse.

1:58.6

It would probably go well with winning your blouses.

2:00.6

I already have half the wardrobe.

2:03.6

I might as well get the smoke.

2:04.6

That's right. You might as well accessorize. On the Jordan Harbinger show, we decode the stories, secrets and skills are the world's most fascinating people and turn their wisdom into practical advice that you can use to impact your own life and those around you. Our mission is to help you become a better informed,

2:34.3

more critical thinker.

2:35.2

During the week, we have long-form interviews

2:37.0

with a variety of amazing folks,

2:38.4

former jihadis, drug traffickers, astronauts,

2:40.8

national security advisors, hostage negotiators.

2:43.6

This week we had Eddie Fishman, author of choke points.

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