He Pretends To Go To Work… Then Comes Back Home | Ep 74
Some people just take PTO… and then some people pretend to go to work just so nobody asks them to do anything.
It starts with a story about secretly taking days off, lying about going to work, and accidentally getting caught when both people had the same idea. But it quickly turns into a bigger conversation about honesty in relationships, why people hide things just to get peace, and whether that’s actually wrong.
Then we get into the whole “single women keep women single” debate and why that argument doesn’t make sense once you actually think about it. Because if we’re being real, people are shaped by their experiences—and sometimes it’s not about influence, it’s about what they’ve been through.
From there… it goes left. We talk about attracting the wrong people, taking time alone, therapy, and how sometimes being a little unhinged actually feels good (yes, including road rage moments that probably should’ve ended differently).
And somehow we end up talking about subscriptions getting out of control, YouTube ads, Amazon not being what it used to be, books we’re reading, random food debates, and why not every “new experience” is worth trying.
This is A Girls Perspective, AGP — where it really is just friends yapping about friendship struggles, single life, adulthood struggles, and all the hot takes in between. In My Opinion… sometimes people aren’t lying to hurt you—they just want a moment of peace.
Timestamps:
00:00 – Weekly Reddit: Secret PTO and lying about work
01:30 – Getting caught doing the SAME thing
02:30 – Is the secrecy the real problem?
04:00 – The best way to use PTO (mid-week days)
05:30 – Calling off vs actually taking PTO
06:30 – “I don’t want to be asked to do anything”
07:30 – Relationship expectations vs wanting peace
08:30 – Holidays not feeling like real breaks
09:30 – Couples secretly doing the same thing
12:00 – “Single women keep women single” debate
13:30 – Married vs single advice (who’s actually worse?)
15:00 – Why people stay or leave relationships
16:30 – Blaming others vs self-awareness
17:30 – Dating patterns and repeated experiences
18:30 – Why you need time alone after relationships
19:30 – Therapy, self-reflection, and real growth
20:30 – Road rage story (unhinged moment)
22:30 – Why being “the villain” sometimes feels good
24:00 – Subscription fatigue (Amazon, YouTube, Spotify)
27:30 – YouTube ads getting out of control
29:00 – Paying for convenience vs refusing to
31:00 – Gaming the system (subscriptions & memberships)
32:30 – Audible vs free alternatives
34:00 – Book talk (Dr. Jason Fung (The Hunger Code, The Obesity Code))
38:30 – Thriller book recommendations (Freida McFadden – The Housemaid)
41:00 – Travel talk (South Korea plans)
43:00 – Random cultural + lifestyle differences
44:30 – Reality TV talk (RHOA, K. Michelle, etc.)
53:00 – Food debates (snails, trying new things)
57:00 – Why not every experience is worth it
1:00:00 – Closing thoughts
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