November 11, 2025 • 7 mins
We get real about floater friends — the people who bounce between friend groups without ever fully committing. Is it open-minded... or just flaky?
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Speaker 1 (00:01):
Get your head us together, and we're going to start
to party and start.
Speaker 2 (00:05):
I'm ready to party.
Speaker 3 (00:07):
The Elvis Duran after party.
Speaker 2 (00:16):
So I think it's good being a floater friend. I
was accused of being a floater friend the other night,
and I'm well, that's not bad. I mean my interpretation
of it. Being a floater friend is not like a
turd in the toilet, Not that kind of floater. I'm
talking about a friend who can be with different types
of friend groups. Oh yeah, and float from one group
(00:38):
to another. I don't know. So you know, in our
show and the click mentality that happens here, we do
have some people who are going from click to click
and are floating. Gandhi is good at that, for instance.
Speaker 1 (00:51):
By the way, oh thanks, I'll take it.
Speaker 2 (00:53):
I like everyone here right now, Danielle. You try to
stay out of the clickies. You want to float around
like me, I'm like, love all, serve all. I feel like.
Speaker 3 (01:01):
So, I don't really like you. I'm just like a flitter.
So is that a floating friend? I don't know, you
float here? You float there in this capacity?
Speaker 2 (01:07):
Yeah, I guess yeah, But I guess they're saying there
are non floaters who only stick to the same people
and never ever venture outside of that friend group. That
would be boring. I wouldn't be able to do that.
Speaker 1 (01:18):
Yeah, me too, I agree. I think the floater front
thing is pretty healthy in general to be able to
bounce from group to group. But they're saying where the
problem comes in is a lot of times these floater
friends don't stop and actually make a deep connection with
any group because they stay too you know, flitty on.
Speaker 2 (01:35):
The stuff makes sense. Oh yeah, so maybe that says
a lot about us as floater friends. We only want
to commit so much to people like an entire group. Yeah,
I agree with that, because I think group mentality with
friendships can get a little toxic sometimes. Yeah, you have
the talking behind each other's backs. You know, I have example.
Speaker 3 (01:57):
I'm not going to say examples because I don't want
to throw anybody in the bus, but there are examples
of people that I know that that's what happened. And
then when they find out you went over to the
other group, they get pissed off. And then they're like,
she's now with that group, we can't talk to her anymore. Really,
how old are we come on?
Speaker 2 (02:13):
Stupid?
Speaker 4 (02:13):
You know?
Speaker 2 (02:13):
Another thing about floater friendships in these groups is you know,
I have the two groups of people I'm friends with.
I don't think any of them would want to hang
out with each other. I see that I'm a common
denominator with those two different groups, But I don't think
the rest of them would get along with each other.
That's a problem.
Speaker 3 (02:28):
Sometimes if you try to hook them up, then they don't.
They don't they don't gel right for sure.
Speaker 1 (02:34):
I mean even so my old show that I was
on before I came here, I never introduced any of
them except one person, to anyone in my family. I
just didn't want to blend those two things because I
was like, this is going to go sideways, wildly wrong.
But you guys, I introduced my family to you guys
pretty quickly because it was just a totally different vibe
and like good people.
Speaker 3 (02:52):
Because we were just demented like your family also.
Speaker 2 (02:54):
Then, yes, what's up, Nate?
Speaker 4 (02:57):
I think about that all the time. I think of
some of my friend groups introducing them to other friend groups,
and I'm like, they would hate each other, Like why
would put people through that? Like they wouldn't get along,
they wouldn't have anything to talk about.
Speaker 2 (03:10):
What does that say about you. You're actually okay with
both groups, but they aren't. What's going on?
Speaker 4 (03:17):
You know?
Speaker 2 (03:17):
I'm analyzing that in myself. I'm like, what, why can
I do that? And if I think of introducing other
people to it, I feel like they would hate it.
Speaker 1 (03:26):
So do you think there's a level of fakeness involved
if you're a floater?
Speaker 4 (03:30):
I don't know.
Speaker 2 (03:31):
Well, maybe is it fakeness or you're just you're blocking
a lot of stuff. You're closed, Yeah, you're closed down.
I don't like it when sometimes I don't like it
when my two worlds collide. Sometimes, see what's scary.
Speaker 3 (03:44):
I don't think douchebag Dave and policeman Pete would get
along with the Jeli.
Speaker 5 (03:50):
It's funny you say that because they are part of
the same group. But all those people would not mesh
with my friends from Brooklyn. So my hoeboke in front
of my Brooklyn friends will not mesh. So I'm I'm
kind of the tie that binds. I can float, like
Elvis saying I'm a floater as well because I'm.
Speaker 2 (04:10):
Easy to get along with. I am like Jelly.
Speaker 5 (04:13):
I'm a chameleon that you could say whatever you want,
but I am so in that way, I'm like, I'm fluid.
I'm fluid, not Junger fluid. But you know, and it
comes down to bleeps and upbringings. That's what the difference
is between these two friends.
Speaker 2 (04:33):
Well, that's the thing is we're talking earlier about you know,
two different groups of friends that you're friendly with, but
none of them would like each other. Sometimes if you
try to introduce them, it has devastating results. They just
don't care for each other. So you got to keep
them at bay because they just do not get along.
There's a lot of pressure because the other one group
may want us to go do one thing on a Saturday.
The other group may want to do something on Saturday.
(04:54):
I have to choose between the two groups. And I
have to be honest with you. Sometimes I feel like
my friends get mad at me because I don't hang out
with them. Hmmm.
Speaker 1 (05:01):
Scary tries to keep me separated from some of his
friends very clearly. He's like, I don't know if they're
going to say anything, but I definitely think you're going
to say something.
Speaker 2 (05:10):
But why is Gandi embarrassing to you?
Speaker 5 (05:13):
Which it's not embarrassing, you know. I hate to say it,
but between Gandhi and my friends and then my friends
and my other friends. It's politics, and I'm keeping them
all at bay from each other.
Speaker 2 (05:23):
Okay, I'm the guy he said. I know.
Speaker 5 (05:27):
I'm sorry I said it, but.
Speaker 2 (05:29):
No one's mad at you for saying that. It's true.
It's true for all of us. We all have some
friends that political reasons we don't mix with other friends.
But that what does that say about me? I mixed
with everyone me too, and I I just don't talk
about I think.
Speaker 3 (05:41):
I feel like with my friends who they know, we
don't agree, so we'll discuss to a point where we
don't piss each other off, and we just hear what
the other person has to say and then we leave
it at that, and that's it, because that's, you know.
Speaker 1 (05:53):
It is healthier way to exist.
Speaker 3 (05:55):
Yeah you believe, well, you know, I believe whatever it is,
what it is.
Speaker 4 (05:58):
You know.
Speaker 2 (05:58):
In fact, I'm having lunches and yes, today I wouldn't
think about inviting Gandhi to this because I won't have
a good lunch. I don't bring it up.
Speaker 1 (06:09):
But if someone says something I find crazy, I'm like,
well that's crazy at that.
Speaker 2 (06:15):
But that's why we love. Sometimes I sometimes like you
know what that that group needs rattling up? What's Gandhi friends?
I would bring you to lunch, dinner.
Speaker 5 (06:26):
And all the meals on vacation with some of my
friends in Brooklyn.
Speaker 2 (06:29):
I get it. Not these other ones, I understand.
Speaker 1 (06:34):
I see some tweets and I'm like, scary, what's up
with your friends?
Speaker 2 (06:38):
So there are some groups that Gandhi would not float.
She would sink or sink them. I don't know anyway,
So floater friends? Are you a floater friend? I think
it says a lot about you. It says a lot
of I think positive and maybe some negative stuff about you.
You don't want to commit to one type of person.
I would never want to commit to one person that
has one one opinion about life and politics. That would
(07:02):
the Elvista Ran after party
Speaker 4 (07:08):
M
Get your head us together, and we're going to start
to party and start.
Speaker 2 (00:05):
I'm ready to party.
Speaker 3 (00:07):
The Elvis Duran after party.
Speaker 2 (00:16):
So I think it's good being a floater friend. I
was accused of being a floater friend the other night,
and I'm well, that's not bad. I mean my interpretation
of it. Being a floater friend is not like a
turd in the toilet, Not that kind of floater. I'm
talking about a friend who can be with different types
of friend groups. Oh yeah, and float from one group
(00:38):
to another. I don't know. So you know, in our
show and the click mentality that happens here, we do
have some people who are going from click to click
and are floating. Gandhi is good at that, for instance.
Speaker 1 (00:51):
By the way, oh thanks, I'll take it.
Speaker 2 (00:53):
I like everyone here right now, Danielle. You try to
stay out of the clickies. You want to float around
like me, I'm like, love all, serve all. I feel like.
Speaker 3 (01:01):
So, I don't really like you. I'm just like a flitter.
So is that a floating friend? I don't know, you
float here? You float there in this capacity?
Speaker 2 (01:07):
Yeah, I guess yeah, But I guess they're saying there
are non floaters who only stick to the same people
and never ever venture outside of that friend group. That
would be boring. I wouldn't be able to do that.
Speaker 1 (01:18):
Yeah, me too, I agree. I think the floater front
thing is pretty healthy in general to be able to
bounce from group to group. But they're saying where the
problem comes in is a lot of times these floater
friends don't stop and actually make a deep connection with
any group because they stay too you know, flitty on.
Speaker 2 (01:35):
The stuff makes sense. Oh yeah, so maybe that says
a lot about us as floater friends. We only want
to commit so much to people like an entire group. Yeah,
I agree with that, because I think group mentality with
friendships can get a little toxic sometimes. Yeah, you have
the talking behind each other's backs. You know, I have example.
Speaker 3 (01:57):
I'm not going to say examples because I don't want
to throw anybody in the bus, but there are examples
of people that I know that that's what happened. And
then when they find out you went over to the
other group, they get pissed off. And then they're like,
she's now with that group, we can't talk to her anymore. Really,
how old are we come on?
Speaker 2 (02:13):
Stupid?
Speaker 4 (02:13):
You know?
Speaker 2 (02:13):
Another thing about floater friendships in these groups is you know,
I have the two groups of people I'm friends with.
I don't think any of them would want to hang
out with each other. I see that I'm a common
denominator with those two different groups, But I don't think
the rest of them would get along with each other.
That's a problem.
Speaker 3 (02:28):
Sometimes if you try to hook them up, then they don't.
They don't they don't gel right for sure.
Speaker 1 (02:34):
I mean even so my old show that I was
on before I came here, I never introduced any of
them except one person, to anyone in my family. I
just didn't want to blend those two things because I
was like, this is going to go sideways, wildly wrong.
But you guys, I introduced my family to you guys
pretty quickly because it was just a totally different vibe
and like good people.
Speaker 3 (02:52):
Because we were just demented like your family also.
Speaker 2 (02:54):
Then, yes, what's up, Nate?
Speaker 4 (02:57):
I think about that all the time. I think of
some of my friend groups introducing them to other friend groups,
and I'm like, they would hate each other, Like why
would put people through that? Like they wouldn't get along,
they wouldn't have anything to talk about.
Speaker 2 (03:10):
What does that say about you. You're actually okay with
both groups, but they aren't. What's going on?
Speaker 4 (03:17):
You know?
Speaker 2 (03:17):
I'm analyzing that in myself. I'm like, what, why can
I do that? And if I think of introducing other
people to it, I feel like they would hate it.
Speaker 1 (03:26):
So do you think there's a level of fakeness involved
if you're a floater?
Speaker 4 (03:30):
I don't know.
Speaker 2 (03:31):
Well, maybe is it fakeness or you're just you're blocking
a lot of stuff. You're closed, Yeah, you're closed down.
I don't like it when sometimes I don't like it
when my two worlds collide. Sometimes, see what's scary.
Speaker 3 (03:44):
I don't think douchebag Dave and policeman Pete would get
along with the Jeli.
Speaker 5 (03:50):
It's funny you say that because they are part of
the same group. But all those people would not mesh
with my friends from Brooklyn. So my hoeboke in front
of my Brooklyn friends will not mesh. So I'm I'm
kind of the tie that binds. I can float, like
Elvis saying I'm a floater as well because I'm.
Speaker 2 (04:10):
Easy to get along with. I am like Jelly.
Speaker 5 (04:13):
I'm a chameleon that you could say whatever you want,
but I am so in that way, I'm like, I'm fluid.
I'm fluid, not Junger fluid. But you know, and it
comes down to bleeps and upbringings. That's what the difference
is between these two friends.
Speaker 2 (04:33):
Well, that's the thing is we're talking earlier about you know,
two different groups of friends that you're friendly with, but
none of them would like each other. Sometimes if you
try to introduce them, it has devastating results. They just
don't care for each other. So you got to keep
them at bay because they just do not get along.
There's a lot of pressure because the other one group
may want us to go do one thing on a Saturday.
The other group may want to do something on Saturday.
(04:54):
I have to choose between the two groups. And I
have to be honest with you. Sometimes I feel like
my friends get mad at me because I don't hang out
with them. Hmmm.
Speaker 1 (05:01):
Scary tries to keep me separated from some of his
friends very clearly. He's like, I don't know if they're
going to say anything, but I definitely think you're going
to say something.
Speaker 2 (05:10):
But why is Gandi embarrassing to you?
Speaker 5 (05:13):
Which it's not embarrassing, you know. I hate to say it,
but between Gandhi and my friends and then my friends
and my other friends. It's politics, and I'm keeping them
all at bay from each other.
Speaker 2 (05:23):
Okay, I'm the guy he said. I know.
Speaker 5 (05:27):
I'm sorry I said it, but.
Speaker 2 (05:29):
No one's mad at you for saying that. It's true.
It's true for all of us. We all have some
friends that political reasons we don't mix with other friends.
But that what does that say about me? I mixed
with everyone me too, and I I just don't talk
about I think.
Speaker 3 (05:41):
I feel like with my friends who they know, we
don't agree, so we'll discuss to a point where we
don't piss each other off, and we just hear what
the other person has to say and then we leave
it at that, and that's it, because that's, you know.
Speaker 1 (05:53):
It is healthier way to exist.
Speaker 3 (05:55):
Yeah you believe, well, you know, I believe whatever it is,
what it is.
Speaker 4 (05:58):
You know.
Speaker 2 (05:58):
In fact, I'm having lunches and yes, today I wouldn't
think about inviting Gandhi to this because I won't have
a good lunch. I don't bring it up.
Speaker 1 (06:09):
But if someone says something I find crazy, I'm like,
well that's crazy at that.
Speaker 2 (06:15):
But that's why we love. Sometimes I sometimes like you
know what that that group needs rattling up? What's Gandhi friends?
I would bring you to lunch, dinner.
Speaker 5 (06:26):
And all the meals on vacation with some of my
friends in Brooklyn.
Speaker 2 (06:29):
I get it. Not these other ones, I understand.
Speaker 1 (06:34):
I see some tweets and I'm like, scary, what's up
with your friends?
Speaker 2 (06:38):
So there are some groups that Gandhi would not float.
She would sink or sink them. I don't know anyway,
So floater friends? Are you a floater friend? I think
it says a lot about you. It says a lot
of I think positive and maybe some negative stuff about you.
You don't want to commit to one type of person.
I would never want to commit to one person that
has one one opinion about life and politics. That would
(07:02):
the Elvista Ran after party
Speaker 4 (07:08):
M
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