these podcast episodes really need to be longer!! like around an hour for a deeper conversation because 30mins is really too short for a podcast like this
@YouGotWatch3 ай бұрын
Fun fact - our recordings actually go on for over an hour 🥲 Who’s keen on longer episodes?? like this comment 👀
@Jon-vs5rk3 ай бұрын
longer episodes pls!
@Skinnypnny3 ай бұрын
Longer episode!!!!
@madelynn_183 ай бұрын
Longer episodes!!
@JuzNicky3 ай бұрын
i knew it. from the edits. suspected that it feels so constricted.
@leisurecontentviewer3 ай бұрын
this conversation damn relatable and relevant in so many people’s lives right now
@85mocg3 ай бұрын
Couldn’t agree more with Nicholas’s statement on being the friend that always initiate a catch up or meet up. It can make a person feel like the one that does not initiate is not that keen in maintaining the friendship… … 24:47
@evonyeap18643 ай бұрын
This ep hits me hard. I no longer has any core friends as they’re all married. I’m always the initiator & if I don’t do it, we will never meet or contact. And there are groups where we only reduced to meeting once a year during Xmas & just last year, two of my group of friends also decided to not ‘sound out’ anything. When I asked if we are meeting, everyone says ‘probably can’t cos XXXX’. I felt so… 5th layer friend? So overtime, I decided to always be alone when I used to be a social extrovert. I’m 36…
@trevorthai16853 ай бұрын
Q’s story is so relatable! It’s unintentional but a situation that still happens cos it requires balancing effort and priorities to still meet whether attached or not
@Q.lyqian3 ай бұрын
🙏🏻 Friendships are hard but if you find your tribe, you’ll always find your way back to each other
@trevorthai16853 ай бұрын
The Mango Sticky Rice metaphor was perfect 😂
@BenTT3953 ай бұрын
on the opposite spectrum, there's me whose ex-gf prioritized almost EVERYTHING over me. be it all her other friends or even her new colleagues for most of the 2 years into the r/s. her logic was that she had 'lost' all her friends in the past after she got too deep into a r/s, and she didn't want to repeat it again. basically a type of 'insurance' in case we failed as a couple. (err ok) for new colleagues, her logic was that this was a new workplace, and she was trying to 'break' into their culture as she's quite different from them, Chi speaking vs her (Eng speaking), and mostly foreigners and diploma holders (vs her, SG and uni-educated). ok fine. but funnily enough, even after 1 year next came all the OTs + unpredictable ad-hoc work outside of work hours since it's the nature of her job (ok fine) but for it to be ALL weekdays..? later on she mentioned that she's basically waiting for another colleague to finish their stuff for her to send it out (this one can do tmr right), and sometimes even after that they all continue chit chatting and chilling in office one day i decided to drop by the canteen below her office for lunch since a client's meeting ended nearby, and wow what a coincidence she was also lunching with her colleagues. we saw each other, but guess what, she pretended i didn't exist, didn't want to acknowledge me while i sat alone at a table nearby eating my own lunch. the breaking point was when one day she 'happily' told me she was going on a planned holiday trip with her colleagues, and for 2 whole years, i had kept pushing for us as a couple to go on a trip, and would always get rejected for reasons like 'my work now is unpredictable', 'no one can cover for me', 'my mum likely won't allow' a waste of 2 years of my life yearning and hoping, and never getting what i wanted. (thankfully i found someone ALOT better and am much much much happier now) TLDR: whether it's friends or your partner, don't fall to either extreme and only prioritise one side and leave the other side to rot
@madelynn_183 ай бұрын
Bruh I relate to Q so much that it hurts. As the single friend amongst all my attached/married ones I really feel like my friendship is taken for granted at times. Back when I was much younger and they all got attached I got angry and resented them because I was putting in so much effort into the friendship but they glossed over it. Resentment led to arguments and arguments led to distance for 1-2 years before things got better again. However, it's still hard for me to accept at times because I'm still the one who has to put in more effort because I remember to celebrate their birthdays etc. They have done the same for me but it's little to what I do and I'm not sure if I'm overly expectant or they are not putting in enough because they have other lifelong commitments and I'm just a friend. It's a harsh reality i realised I have to face and suck up because I'm on the shorter end of the stick.
@YouGotWatch3 ай бұрын
Thanks for sharing!! Yeah it’s definitely not easy navigating adult friendships cus expectations and commitments change over time. Sending love 🫶🏻
@Q.lyqian3 ай бұрын
Hope you found some comfort in this conversation!!! 🫶🏼 i hope you and your friends will be able to smoothen things out eventually!
@iz-lynler47273 ай бұрын
joie’s reaction in this episode is so funny MORE OF THIS PLS🤣
@YouGotWatch3 ай бұрын
Hearsay more unhinged footage like these will be shown at our gathering 🤭
@wundrstruck3 ай бұрын
The transition from Joie to Nic at 11:54 killed me
@YouGotWatch3 ай бұрын
He caught us off guard 😭
@shuwenwen2 ай бұрын
The secret Santa stitch - my friend group just does the gifting among ourselves but the partners can still come during the actual exchange outing just to eat and hang with us if they want to :’)
@JemmaSng3 ай бұрын
happy 1 year anniversary to The Hop Pod team 🥳
@YouGotWatch3 ай бұрын
Thank you!! ❤️
@Hallo_winner313 ай бұрын
Omg! Exciting!! Pls plan more meetups in weekends! Happy 1st!!! ❤
@YouGotWatch3 ай бұрын
More to come!! ❤️
@moot81073 ай бұрын
"This is not that kind of channel"
@ChrisRox-rv5sq3 ай бұрын
The news segment like fun only. More unhinged moments pls
@sleepy_dobe3 ай бұрын
Is it just me or is there purple highlights in Q's hair? Looks nice..... 😊
@howyouliketacos54283 ай бұрын
Joie I absolutely LOVE your fit!!!
@joietan3 ай бұрын
thank u!!!!! 🤍🤍🤍
@sleepy_dobe3 ай бұрын
31:01 - 31:12 Joie's reaction and facial expression so cute.....lol...
@Q.lyqian3 ай бұрын
CUTIE PATOOTIE
@joietan3 ай бұрын
☹️☹️☹️ they bully me..
@CS-ly6gf2 ай бұрын
exactly the situation I went through recently
@natashayong9513 ай бұрын
how do you manage parter time , family time with a child and friend time?
@yyyypong55643 ай бұрын
Quick survery: how often do you meet your friends?
@marshyllang85033 ай бұрын
so real :,,,,,,,)
@Ko911ed3 ай бұрын
Drag, dragged,dragging.....😂😂😮😮😅😅
@joietan3 ай бұрын
FIRST COMMENT
@YouGotWatch3 ай бұрын
🫶🏻
@yuwei86973 ай бұрын
can go to the gathering if i'm below 21 but above 18?