The Jordan Harbinger Show
1130: Giving Wife a Hand When Dreams Are Too Grand | Feedback Friday
Fri, 21 Mar 2025
Your wife's dreams soar beyond the stratosphere, but you can't even pay for the launch pad. Can you ground her without crushing her? It's 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're struggling to support your disabled wife who dreams impossibly big — chief of medicine, political crusader, famous artist—all at once. When you ask practical questions about these grandiose ambitions, she shuts down. How can you support her dreams without reinforcing potential delusions? Your Indian wedding plans are being hijacked by family drama over your cousin's boyfriend from a different ethnic background. Your grandparents and relatives are threatening to make scenes or leave early if you invite him. How do you protect your special day without burning family bridges? At 24, you've hidden your porn consumption from your wife throughout your marriage. She separated from you, then moved back with one condition: no more lies. Now you've "acted out" multiple times, and she's left again, wanting you to file for divorce. What should your next move be? As an esthetician, your industry is imploding — unlicensed social media hustlers, changing regulations, and economic pressures have slashed your income by $20,000. You're working unpaid hours and making less than minimum wage. Do you stick with your passion in hopes of weathering the storm or pivot to something stable? Recommendation of the Week: Hand towels in the bathroom. At 41, you and your husband are frozen in indecision about having children. You've secured embryos but lack the unquestioning desire for parenthood that others seem to have. He fears regret over not having kids; you fear resenting them. How can you push past this life-altering stalemate? 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. Full show notes and resources can be found here: See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
What is Feedback Friday and who are Jordan and Gabe?
Welcome to Feedback Friday. I'm your host, Jordan Harbinger. As always, I'm here with Feedback Friday producer, the gratuity included notice at the bottom of the bill you're given after dining at this auditory smorgasbord of life advice, Gabriel Mizrahi. 25%, I hope. 25, yeah, you know, okay, I should speak for myself.
For me, it's offensive when one, somebody asked me for a tip and I basically walked up to a counter and they took my order and that was it. That's no. Common gripe in today's society. Yeah. Perhaps less common gripe. There's a couple restaurants around here that shall remain nameless unless they pay for the sponsorship on this show.
But they will do this thing where you get service, okay, fine, and the tip choices are 18, 22, and 25%. And what's weird is it's not in any sort of order that you would expect. It's not like 18 left, 22 middle, 25 right. It's like 25 left, 18 in the middle, 22, and you're like, wait a minute, wait a minute. I'm on to you.
You're just trying to get people who are not paying attention in our inner hurry to hit 25% as quickly as possible. Now, I'm sympathetic to the plight of the server. I think they should be paid a living wage. Stop trying to trick me into paying them for that level of service. And it's always the places where the service is not that good.
I will tip you 22, 20, whatever percent if the service is really good at a nice place. If I have to go get the refills myself and I'm getting kicked out of the kitchen by the manager because I've walked back there twice to find a person who freaking works here, I am not gonna tip you 25%. I'm just not going to do it. I know you're overworked and that's why you didn't come to my table.
That's not my fault. What are we talking about again?
I don't know, but I'm really enjoying this stand-up rant.
This is a great special.
Five stars.
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