# #73 - She Set Me Up… Then Blamed Me Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/a-girls-perspective-podcast-7088491/73-she-set-me-up-then-blamed-me Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/a-girls-perspective-podcast-7088491/73-she-set-me-up-then-blamed-me.md Podcast: [A Girls Perspective Podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/a-girls-perspective-podcast-7088491) Published: 2026-04-22T09:15:00+00:00 Episode link: https://shows.acast.com/a-girls-perspective-podcast/episodes/73-she-set-me-up-then-blamed-me Audio file: https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/672e31ae61e4ef810f426f96/e/69e6985307ecece42a17c7e3/media.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/a-girls-perspective-podcast-7088491/episodes/73-she-set-me-up-then-blamed-me Duration seconds: 4384 ## Resource This week, we’re talking about friendship tests, silent expectations, being “invited” without actually being invited, and how adult friendships start feeling transactional when people refuse to communicate directly. We get into the drink story that sparked the whole conversation, why keeping score with your friends never ends well, and how unspoken resentment can turn something small into a full friendship breakup. We also get into online opinions, the Bali girl trip debate, Jocelyn going to a podcast summit to network for AGP, a chaotic round of Pick Your Poison, scary movie favorites, and a Batman vs. Iron Man debate that somehow becomes a real moral argument. So if you’re dealing with friendship struggles, adulthood struggles, personal growth, communication issues, or just trying to find your people without all the weird energy, this episode will hit. Two lives. Two perspectives. One unfiltered conversation. Show notes In this episode: A friend who keeps “testing” people instead of communicating Why paying for the drink wasn’t really the issue How helping someone move turned into delayed resentment The difference between being told about plans and actually being invited The Bali birthday trip story and why that argument went left Jocelyn’s podcast summit recap and networking for AGP Pick Your Poison chaos Favorite scary movies Batman vs. Iron Man and why Jade thinks Batman is not a hero and basically a criminal Timestamps: 00:00 – Weekly Reddit: the friend who keeps “testing” people 04:10 – Was the drink comment petty too? 07:55 – Appreciation, helping friends move, and transactional energy 08:40 – Why avoiding confrontation makes it worse 09:20 – The kinds of friends we do not deal with 10:05 – “If you tell me your plans, am I invited?” 11:05 – The Bali birthday tr… ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/a-girls-perspective-podcast-7088491/episodes/73-she-set-me-up-then-blamed-me/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/a-girls-perspective-podcast-7088491/73-she-set-me-up-then-blamed-me.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.