1175: Text Fight Turns You Into a Villain Overnight | Feedback Friday

You thought you were the supportive boyfriend. She rewrote you as the villain. When did your love story get such a dark edit? 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 friday@jordanharbinger.com. Now let’s dive in!

On This Week’s Feedback Friday:

• You poured your heart into supporting your girlfriend through health crises, work stress, and personal trauma, only to have her suddenly rewrite you as the villain when things ended. What do you do when the person you loved most becomes your harshest unreliable narrator?
• Your workaholic boss treats days off as “recommendations, not rights” and docks your pay for prioritizing family time, while upper management claims to support work-life balance. Caught between conflicting messages and a shrinking paycheck, what’s your next move?
• Raised by missionary parents who homeschooled you poorly while living off-grid in an RV, you’re now watching them age with only a mysterious mountain property as their retirement plan. They own land with mineral rights but panic every time someone wants to buy it. What do you do?
• Recommendation of the Week: Cold towels with essential oils in the fridge.
• After three years together, you finally cornered your boyfriend about marriage — only to discover he thinks your relationship is fundamentally broken and doesn’t want the future you’ve been planning. Now you’re 30, back at your parents’ house, wondering how to rebuild everything. Where do you even start?
• Have any questions, comments, or stories you’d like to share with us? Drop us a line at friday@jordanharbinger.com!
• Connect with Jordan on Twitter at @JordanHarbinger and Instagram at @jordanharbinger.
• Connect with Gabriel on Twitter at @GabeMizrahi and Instagram @gabrielmizrahi.

Like this show? Please leave us a review here — even one sentence helps! Consider leaving your Twitter handle so we can thank you personally!

Please Scroll Down for Featured Resources and Transcript!

Please note that some of the links on this page (books, movies, music, etc.) lead to affiliate programs for which The Jordan Harbinger Show receives compensation. It’s just one of the ways we keep the lights on around here. Thank you for your support!

• Sign up for Six-Minute Networking — our free networking and relationship development mini course — at jordanharbinger.com/course!
• Subscribe to our once-a-week Wee Bit Wiser newsletter today and start filling your Wednesdays with wisdom!
• Do you even Reddit, bro? Join us at r/JordanHarbinger!

This Feedback Friday Is Sponsored By:

• Oura Ring: 10% off: ouraring.com/jordan
• No Story Lost: $350 savings: nostorylost.com, code HARBINGER
• Northwest Registered Agent: Get more at northwestregisteredagent.com/jordan
• Factor: 50% off first box: factormeals.com/jordan50off, code JORDAN50OFF
• Land Rover Defender: landroverusa.com

Resources from This Feedback Friday:

• Atossa Araxia Abrahamian: How Wealth Hacks the World | Jordan Harbinger
• Brad Meltzer: The Life-Changing Magic of Empathy and Kindness | Jordan Harbinger
• TRT & Steroids: Skeptical Sunday | Jordan Harbinger
• Why You Shouldn’t Drink at the Airport | NY Detective
• Five Ways to Deal with Rumination after a Devastating Breakup | The Counseling Center Group
• The Anatomy of a Breakup, Part II: The Five Stages of Suckiness | Zen Psychiatry
• How to Heal from Heartbreak and Allow Love into Your Life | Tiny Buddha
• Working for a Workaholic — When You’re Not One | The Muse
• How to Set Boundaries with Your Boss | Regroop
• Homeschooling: Skeptical Sunday | Jordan Harbinger
• Sneaked or Snuck? | Grammarly Blog
• 18 Tips for Dealing with Stubborn, Aging Parents | The Arbor Company
• Caring for Aging Parents Who Didn’t Care for You | Aging Care
• What to Do When an Elderly Parent Makes Poor Financial Decisions | American Century
• Buying Land without Mineral Rights (or With): Pros and Cons | The Mineral Auction
• White Classic Luxury Cotton Washcloths | Amazon
• Essential Oils | Amazon
• Surviving a Breakup in Your Thirties | Getting Real About Relationships
• Why “Starting Over” Is the Bravest Thing I’ll Ever Do | Cosmopolitan
• Looking Back on the Worst Chapter of My Life, Four Years On | Jordan Harbinger