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Thanks For Asking

Ep. 4 - I Hate My Friend’s Partner…What Do I Do About It?

Thanks For Asking

Feelings & Co.

Society & Culture, Personal Journals, Health & Fitness, Mental Health

4.713.4K Ratings

🗓️ 25 February 2025

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

Do you say something? Do you shut up? I’m just one woman with an opinion, so I took your calls and texts to answer this listener question: do you say something when your friend is in a relationship with someone you hate?  This is a preview of Thanks for Asking, a call-in show about what matters to you. You can get the full episode on my Substack. Have something you want to talk about? You can call or text us any time at 612.568.4441 or email [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Hi guys, it's Nora. If you like what we've done here on Terrible Thanks for asking, you might

0:06.3

want to check out our YouTube channel. We have two new videos going up every week over at

0:12.9

YouTube.com slash at feelings, A-N-D, co. That's feelings and co. There's a link to it in our show description. So see over on

0:23.2

YouTube if that's what you're into. What a sales gal I am. Um, how are you? Most of us say

0:34.0

fine or good, but obviously it's not always fine, and sometimes it's not even that good.

0:41.2

This is a podcast that gives people the space to be honest about how they really feel.

0:47.1

It's a place to talk about life, the good, the bad, the awkward, the complicated.

0:53.9

I'm Nora McEnnerney, and this is thanks for asking. hypothetically speaking let's say we're a friend we love we don't let their partner in fact

1:17.8

what are we doing are we saying something are we letting you go i'm asking you because someone

1:23.9

asked me and i'm not sure I have great advice for this.

1:33.3

I got this question on my Instagram.

1:34.7

And it was that simple.

1:37.9

How do I tell my friend that I hate her partner?

1:41.9

I think a lot of us have been in a situation like this. Either we are the person whose partner is disliked by the people who love us, or we meet

1:49.6

somebody that our friend, our relative, someone we care about is really excited about.

1:54.9

And we think, um, really?

1:57.9

What?

1:58.6

What are you?

1:59.4

Tell me what you're seeing in this, because I am not seeing it,

2:03.5

and I know that love is weird, and I know that beauty is in the eye of the beholder, but this is not

2:10.4

what I pictured, okay? It can be very, very awkward, complicated, uncomfortable, and all around horrible. We want the best

2:21.9

for the people we love. We want them to be happy. And if you are a codependent, if you are a meddler,

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