Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard - Armchair Anonymous: Bad Dates

Episode Date: July 25, 2025

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Starting point is 00:00:00 Wondry Plus subscribers can listen to Armchair Expert early and ad free right now. Join Wondry Plus in the Wondry app or on Apple podcasts. Or you can listen for free wherever you get your podcasts. Welcome, welcome, welcome to Armchair Anonymous. I'm Dak Shepard and I'm joined by Monica Batman. Hi. Today we're gonna hear about bad dates.
Starting point is 00:00:22 Scary. Something you and I both have had very few of because I didn't really date. I never took people out to dinner and all that stuff. Yeah, which is weird. Well, you did. No, I just met people out and then I would hang out with them.
Starting point is 00:00:36 I didn't have any money to go on a date. You took Brie out to IHOP or something. I took her to Denny's on Thanksgiving and my mom paid. Yeah, so that's a date. She said at Thanksgiving, you can take the credit card and go have Thanksgiving dinner at Denny's on Thanksgiving and my mom paid. Yeah, so that's a date. She said at Thanksgiving, you can take the credit card and go have Thanksgiving dinner at Denny's. Yeah, that's cute. Okay, but we're gonna hopefully hear
Starting point is 00:00:51 about some horrendous dates. I can't wait, and I think I'm gonna feel validated about my lack of dating. Right, like that you've made the right decision. Yeah. I know, we'll have to do a great dates prompt to bring you back to the middle. Okay, please enjoy Bad Bates.
Starting point is 00:01:07 Hi, it's Emily Durham, the host of the Straight Shooter Recruiter Podcast. Now, what would you do if you went on Love Island UK to find the one and boom, your ex is one of the Casa Amor girls. Cause personally, I'm packing my bags. The party is over people. Like I'm done here. There is no more for me to give.
Starting point is 00:01:23 Obviously that is not quite what you can expect from Harry this season, because honestly, every time I log in to HeyU to watch Love Island UK, I'm holding my breath because I don't know what to expect from this man. He's incredible TV, a roller coaster of emotion, an indecisive icon, emphasis on He Is Incredible TV, but also Megan and Dee as a couple. You know what, let me not spoil anything. All I can say is this season is reminding me why I haven't been on a date in months, okay?
Starting point is 00:01:58 Mostly because I have been home glued to my TV watching every single episode on Hey You. I am so excited for the finale. I actually don't know who I think is going to win but all I know is is no one better be breaking my girl Yasmin's heart, okay? Leave her alone. You can watch Love Island UK with me on Hey You, the home of reality TV. Travis fell in love with the perfect woman. Beautiful, understanding, available 24-7. There was just one catch. She wasn't human.
Starting point is 00:02:30 Binge all episodes of Flesh and Code early and ad-free right now on Wondry+. Hello. Where are you, Cameron? I am in Northern Utah, in just like a little town at the very, very top of Utah. Just before Idaho? Yeah, I'm in Logan, Utah. Ah, I drive through there on my way to Idaho every year. How does one find a date in Northern Utah? I can't imagine that you have a ton of folks
Starting point is 00:03:15 to select from. Why? Because population, not that there's bad people in Utah. Okay, I'm glad we clarified. Northern Utah sounds like small town to me. It's very small town. We had one high school, so there glad we clarified. Northern Utah sounds like small town to me. It's very small town. We had one high school, so there's not much.
Starting point is 00:03:28 Yeah, you've pretty much met every eligible bachelor in your town. By the time you're in third grade. Yeah. I think this is gonna be really fun to tell you guys because I was actually the bad date. Oh, great. Oh my God.
Starting point is 00:03:39 So honest of you. This is already so sweet and introspective and armchair expert like. I'm embarrassing myself right here. So a little bit of background. I was 17 at this time is my junior year of high school. And I was a little bit of a choir nerd. There was a really cute boy in my choir class.
Starting point is 00:04:00 We'd been blurting it up a little bit, getting to know each other better. A few months into us getting to know each other, he asked me on a date. What grade is he in? He was one year above me, so he was a senior and I was a junior. That was my hunch, okay. Okay, exciting.
Starting point is 00:04:15 We love an older man. One year older man. We do love older men. I'm super excited for this date. I'm telling all my friends about it. I planned out my outfit like a week in advance because it was the middle of winter in Northern Utah. We decided it would be really fun to go snowshoeing. Ooh.
Starting point is 00:04:33 We decided to go on a double date with some of our friends. The day of the date rolls around. He comes and picks me up from my house. Have you told your parents it's a date? Did you tell them I'm going on a date or you say like my bro from choir, we're going to snowshoe with like 10 of us? I'm really up from my house. Have you told your parents it's a date? Did you tell them I'm going on a date or you say like my bro from choir, we're in one snowshoeing with like 10 of us.
Starting point is 00:04:48 I'm really close with my parents. I tell them everything. They knew it was a date, but anyways, my date picks me up. And while we're driving there, he tells me, Hey, the other couple is still going to be a minute. Do you want to just go to my house first and we can hang out? I was definitely fine with that. I mean, one on one time with him.
Starting point is 00:05:05 Okay, good. So we had to his house and his family is all hanging out outside. They're very outdoorsy family and they have like a little snowmobile loop track. I'm talking to his parents, his little siblings are riding around on snowmobiles. It's really fun. And he pulls out this really nice, brand new snowmobile. Really quick, I'm already liking the challenging of my stereotype because when you said he's like, let's go to my house, first thought is like, this guy's trying to move way too fast.
Starting point is 00:05:34 And then I went, no, he's in choir. He's a nice boy. Now I'm here in snowmobiles. I'm like, no, he's a raw dogger. I'm really having to deal with my stereotypes here. There's a lot of bad boys in choir. I don't know if that's a true statement. Yes it is because it's like the male cheerleaders
Starting point is 00:05:48 that we had that were straight. They were- Nasty. Yeah, because they were smart. They're like, I'm gonna go be around all the- Catch them by the- No, I'm gonna be around all these women. Honestly, it was a good way to get girls
Starting point is 00:06:00 because there's a really big thing in Utah. Utah's very musical. The Mormons have embraced music. They have, yes. As a church, which is cool. Cause a lot of churches don't want music, which is insane, no disrespect, but it's fucking beautiful thing.
Starting point is 00:06:15 I've never heard that. Oh my God, a lot of Christian sexer against popular music. It promotes dancing and sex. Sure, Footloose. That's just from one movie called Footloose. No, it's more research than Footloose. Okay, go on. So he pulls out this kick ass snowmobile he's super proud of.
Starting point is 00:06:28 He's going to show off, I guess. And that's my hunch. His parents and his siblings are all hyping it up. They're just saying, this is our brand new snowmobile. It's so nice. So powerful. They're really just playing it up. So he hops on the snowmobile.
Starting point is 00:06:43 He's kind of showing off a little bit. He's doing some loops around their backyard. I don't mind, I'm fine with watching. And he stops the snowmobile next to me and he's just like, Cameron, you need to hop on, try it out, this is gonna be so fun. And he hops off. Oh no.
Starting point is 00:07:01 And you've never ridden a snowmobile. I have ridden snowmobiles on the back, but I had never been the one driving. We could pause right now and I could tell you exactly what's gonna happen, but I'm not gonna do it. I'm not gonna do it, but there's the most predictable pattern
Starting point is 00:07:14 for someone who's never ridden one, but please continue. And they should have all known what was coming too. If you've ever ridden a snowmobile, you know they're really powerful and they kind of shoot you forward. I was not expecting that when I got on. In my mind, I wasn't pressing very hard on the gas and I shoot forward. Obviously I'm thinking I cannot fall off the back of the snowmobile right now. I'm going to fall on my face in front of my date and his parents and his siblings.
Starting point is 00:07:44 I'm going to ruin the whole day. I cannot do this. In the spur of the moment, I wind me all my arm around and I grab the handle so I don't fly off the back, which in my mind made sense. But what I didn't realize was when I grabbed that, I went full throttle and I was pulling down as fast as you go.
Starting point is 00:08:04 Oh my God. I gotta add, they fast as you go. Oh my God. I gotta add, they're so fucking fast. These really high-end automobiles do zero to 60 in like two and a half seconds. Like three times as fast as any car you've ever felt. I can't believe he just set you on it and said have fun. I know.
Starting point is 00:08:18 Only a 17 year old. Okay, so you're going full throttle. And you're hanging out for dear life. By one hand, I right hand. And I was really hesitant to get on at first, but they eventually convinced me because they just kept saying, this snowmobile is so fun. We're taking it on this big family trip. Just try it out.
Starting point is 00:08:36 So I'm going full throttle, speeding through their backyard. The next thing that I know I'm laying on the ground, looking up at the sky and I just hear his whole family screaming like call 911. Oh my god. Oh my god. This is so embarrassing. Oh no. And it kind of felt like a cartoon when they pass out and they have all the heads floating around them because his whole family, they were all just surrounding me when I was looking up at the sky. But what happened is I went full force right into the side of their family's RV.
Starting point is 00:09:14 Oh my God. You had a brick wall, but I do love also, you've now taken out a second thing that they own. This brand new snowmobile, they were taking on this family vacation, the whole front of it completely shattered. It was bad. The RV had a dent in the side of it.
Starting point is 00:09:32 I had hit my face on the side mirror that was sticking out of the RV. Oh. Okay, can you also imagine seeing this? I want video. I was just thinking how bad I wanna see it stop in one inch. This is America's home video. Yeah, this is AFV.
Starting point is 00:09:46 I would pay really good money to be able to watch that happen. So I sit up, I'm not feeling a ton of pain because I have a lot of my adrenaline pumping and I look down at my wrist and it is sticking out. Oh my god. The bone wasn't sticking out but it was like a big lump. You could definitely tell something was wrong and I started freaking out because I'm a piano player, I play sports, like I need my wrist. We decided I didn't need an ambulance but I probably should go to the hospital. My poor date, we get in his little car. Your poor date, you're being awfully generous.
Starting point is 00:10:26 He caused you to almost die. You know, I really appreciate you being on my side. I mean, he didn't cause anything, but you definitely shouldn't feel bad. He was being, okay, I don't want her to feel bad, but he was being very sweet. He's got this very prized possession that the whole family loves
Starting point is 00:10:43 and he wants to show her immediately. He trusts her with it. He's nice. Dax, she said so many times, I don't wanna do it. She didn't say I don't wanna do it. You said that, right? You were like, oh, I was hesitant and they were like, no, do it.
Starting point is 00:10:55 It's so fun. I don't know if the words, I don't wanna do this ever came into my mouth, but I was definitely pretty hesitant about it. They should have been more responsible, but they were being very nice. When you let someone ride your prized possession, I don't know, but I was definitely pretty hesitant about it. Okay. They should have been more responsible. Yes. But they were being very nice.
Starting point is 00:11:07 When you let someone ride your prize possession, that's a very benevolent gesture. I think it's benevolent if you're like, I'd like to ride that. And then it's like, this is my prize possession. Okay, not I'm showing off my cool thing and I want you to see how cool it is. You don't really want to, I can tell.
Starting point is 00:11:24 Let me say this though, an unlikable boy would be the boy, watch me go in circles for 20 minutes. Yeah. But the fact that his nature was to include her, I like it. He was really nice and his whole family was really nice.
Starting point is 00:11:36 Just an awkward situation. Yeah, really unfortunate first date. So we hop in his car, the pain is kind of starting to hit at this point. So I'm holding my wrist. My dad's actually a doctor at this local hospital. So we called my dad. We're like, Hey, can you meet us here? We meet at the hospital and my poor day drops me off and gives me to my dad basically with a broken wrist and I'm bawling. And he is just profusely apologizing.
Starting point is 00:12:02 He feels so bad. It's his first time meeting my dad. Oh. Oh my God. If this ends up being, did you marry this man? No. You should have. I would have been excited by that. He actually just got engaged to someone else. Boo.
Starting point is 00:12:18 But I'm in a very happy relationship. Yay. Yay. But he's away, boo. But he comes home Saturday, yay! But he said he has a disease, boo! Oh no, knock on wood! But he said it's treatable in a one week cycle of antibiotics, yay!
Starting point is 00:12:33 I'm so sorry. He was super nice, he offered to stay at the hospital with me and everything, but I told him like, no, go home. I want my embarrassment to end, I need you to disappear so that I can have my dad who I know loves me no matter what I do. Yes, and I had to cut up my really cute sweater that I had picked out.
Starting point is 00:12:49 It was just a really bad day all around. That's tough. Cameron, I love this story, but I do have to say you didn't sell it right because you're not a bad date at all. That was my whole point. You're not a bad date. This isn't on you.
Starting point is 00:13:00 Right, but he is still a very nice boy. He's a bad date and you're a good date. I'm sorry for that woman who's marrying him. Both of you are good choir people from Utah and you did a nice wholesome activity, ride snowmobiles. It went sideways, these things happen. What was the extent of the injuries? I had fractured my wrist.
Starting point is 00:13:17 I just had major bruising all over and I didn't have any serious damage on my face, but it kind of hurt to eat food. Have you been on a snow machine since? I actually haven't. I'm really scared. and I didn't have any serious damage on my face, but it kind of hurt to eat food. Have you been on a snow machine since? I actually haven't, I'm really scared. And did you guys have a second date? We did not, we stayed really good friends
Starting point is 00:13:33 and we hung out a lot in groups of people. Who do you think was in charge of that, you or him? It was probably more me because I was embarrassed. I would feel that way too. Don't you think that if it was you, I'd be so embarrassed. No, no, no, no. If you were the guy, you would be like, let's do the date properly.
Starting point is 00:13:51 You'd push for that. Well, I'm trying to be really honest and thorough in my thought experiment and go 18 year old boy, I'm an outdoorsy guy and my family's outdoorsy and she's probably not a fit. I'm actually trying to make a case for you that he didn't want to go on a date. But I don't know that I believe that, but that was my best attempt at why he might not have wanted to is like, she's not into the same lifestyle as me, but I don't think that happened.
Starting point is 00:14:12 It very well could have. Is the girl he engaged to like an X Games gal? I have no idea. I would assume she has some level of adventure in her. I'm glad you're okay and you're a great date. That's the take away. Yeah, I think so too. You guys really changed my perspective on the story.
Starting point is 00:14:31 Yeah, I would ask you out again for sure. Even if I didn't want to, I'd be like, fuck. Yeah, you have to. I gave her the worst date of her life. That's my whole point. I know, it's a good point. You always get to my point like four minutes late. No, the only thing that's happening is you get hostile
Starting point is 00:14:45 when we're having these dust ups. I'm just trying to throw out some ideas. It's not hostile that my opinion's bright. No, it's your voice that's hostile. No it's not. Okay, I guess we can't argue. It's so fun to talk to you guys in person because I've heard you guys so much on my phone.
Starting point is 00:15:01 So this is so fun. You had to be a part of the bickering? Yes, I feel like I'm in the groove right now. Yeah, I would wanna be a part of bickering, wouldn't you, Monica? Yeah. Yeah. I wouldn't like to hear that Monica was being hostile. You wouldn't, if you were camera.
Starting point is 00:15:13 If I were a guest, yeah, just saying. Okay. If I was camera. Oh, thanks for chatting. Thank you guys. I'm totally fangirling, but can I do a shout out really fast? Of course.
Starting point is 00:15:22 I wanted to shout out my amazing boyfriend, Caleb, and his sister Sabrina, and just my whole family. We're all huge arm cherries. It's gotten us through many long car rides. And then I'm actually with my mom. She's a therapist and she got me totally hooked on this show and I was waiting if you could say hi. Of course, get her in here.
Starting point is 00:15:43 Oh, how fun. Hi. Now we're not strangers. Not strangers anymore. How bad was this injury when you saw it? Well, my daughter is a little injury prone. She can be a little dramatic. Okay, we should always have the mom come in
Starting point is 00:15:57 after we hear a story just to get the other perspective. I run anxious with my children and so I was just very grateful. The family was amazing and they took a carer first. So it turned out as well as it could. Now I didn't ask her this question cause I didn't want to make her uncomfortable, but who paid for the damage sled?
Starting point is 00:16:14 That family just absorbed those costs or was it split? They couldn't let us. No, that's nice. They even bought me like a brand new blanket and candy and brought it to my house. Oh, that's really nice. It's like a $12,000 visit to their house. Listen, I don't wanna be the one to say
Starting point is 00:16:29 that they have a snowmobile and an RV. I think they're probably doing okay, would be my guess. They were. Just throwing that out there. They were doing great until she arrived. No, that's the cutest story and I'm sad that it went sideways. Me too. Yeah. But it was fun to hear. But we love Caleb, so now we're happy. It worked out. We love Caleb. Yeah, but he's the cutest story. And I'm sad that it went sideways. Yeah. But we love Caleb.
Starting point is 00:16:45 So now we're happy. It worked out. We love Caleb. Yeah, but he's out of town. No, no, no, not bad. Well, it's lovely meeting both of you. Be well. Have a great rest of your summer.
Starting point is 00:16:56 Thank you so much. Thank you guys. Thank you. Bye. Bunny, I was just teasing you. I didn't mean to make you mad. It's your bit you're doing. You're like, no, Dax!
Starting point is 00:17:07 And I'm calling out. But then we can't call it hostile because then that makes me seem. But that's a joke, but to me it was all gonna work until I had hurt your feelings and I didn't really mean to. Hostile then makes it an actually bad way to be. So then I do have to then stop doing that. If someone was yelling at me, I would go,
Starting point is 00:17:24 stop being so hostile. I'm just pointing out the guy's rich, you know. But it hurt. That's not how it was. Okay. It's the repair piece, but it only went halfway. Okay. I'd love a full repair.
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Starting point is 00:20:53 We dilly-dallied a bit on a previous call and it's our fault and we're sorry. Are you in the medical profession or you just love scrubs? I am. I'm a physical therapist. Oh my gosh. Oh Monica. I just know so many physical therapists. Hopefully they're all good ones.
Starting point is 00:21:08 They are. If you want to date with Monica, magician or physical therapy? Okay, that's interesting. I've never dated one. I just know so many. You trust them. So many of my best friends.
Starting point is 00:21:19 Don't you think you start on second base if you're a suitor? That's true. Thank you. I already know a lot about what you do. You skip some steps. Where are you in the country, Mitch? I'm in Wisconsin.
Starting point is 00:21:29 Close to Milwaukee or way the fuck up? Way the fuck up. Okay. So you have a bad date story. I have a horrendous date story. Oh, we love horrendous. Wonderful, the worse the better. Disclosure, a little bit of a horror story so if you're jumpy.
Starting point is 00:21:43 Oh, I love pop-outs. Glad you're seated. All right, so it all started a weekend. I had a friend in town. We just went to a bar, met a cute bartender, got her number, chatted about for a little bit. Didn't really think anything of it. I was living in Milwaukee at the time. So I just moved there. Didn't really know the city at all. The next week, I was out to dinner with my friends, Sam and Maddie, at Bel Air Cantina, some tacos some margaritas Having a good night. It was my first semester of undergrad too. So I was leaning into it a little bit So this girl texts me asked me if I want to go meet her at a bar. It's Tuesday
Starting point is 00:22:16 I've had a couple margaritas. Why would I not go meet this girl? Yeah I go across town meet her at the bar and before I can even get like a question in This guy just covered in tattoos comes up to us and he sees that I have some tattoos I go across town, meet her at the bar, and before I can even get a question in, this guy just covered in tattoos comes up to us, and he sees that I have some tattoos. He's like, hey, saw your tattoos, thought they're really cool.
Starting point is 00:22:32 Takes his shirt off in the bar to show me chest, stomach full of tattoos. Apparently he was coworkers with this girl that I was on a date with. So he's chatting us for a while, he finally leaves. Again, before I can even ask a question, some other guy comes up to us, another coworker. So they talk, finally he leaves. So he keep his shirt on?
Starting point is 00:22:51 He kept his shirt on, yes, thankfully. But again, before I can talk to her, the tattoo guy comes back and asks us if we want to go to a house party that his friend's having. So I still don't know this girl at all because I haven't had a chance to talk to her. And she's like, that sounds fun. Do you want to go? I was like, whatever. It's Tuesday. I haven't had a chance to talk to her. And she's like, that sounds fun, do you wanna go? I was like, whatever, it's Tuesday, I don't care. Let's go to this house party. As soon as we get there and I started getting out of the car,
Starting point is 00:23:12 the tattoo guy stops me and he's like, yeah, I just don't think my friend would be cool with you coming. Oh! Oh! This is my sign, I should just go home. And to this girl's credit, she's like, if he's not going, I'm not going.
Starting point is 00:23:24 And she invited me to go back to her house. This is a lot of locations. You're right about the locations. They say don't go to a second location and you're at your now third location. So we show up to her house, which is like a typical college house, multi-stories. And there's a shed next to the house. So we start walking to the shed, not to the front door, which is odd, but I'm committed at this point. So we get to the shed,
Starting point is 00:23:51 she opens it up and it's just stairs that go up to like the third story. So I'm assuming it was like a triplex rented out story by story. Not weird. So we get up to her attic living situation and things get a little hot and heavy. We start making out some clothes start coming off, but then she just stops out of nowhere, looks me in the eyes and it's like, he wouldn't like this. And I'm like, do you have a boyfriend? Is somebody here? Like we don't have to do anything. No matter what I say to this woman, her response is he wouldn't like this.
Starting point is 00:24:23 Oh, uh oh. Again and again. Oh no. This is getting creepy. Really quick. When you were in this situation, real time, were you at all going like, is this a weird sexy game I'm supposed to be figuring out? Did those thoughts cross your mind at all or no? No, I was just alarmed immediately. Yeah, just abject terror. Something's wrong. So then no shade to any religion.
Starting point is 00:24:46 This is just the only thing I have to compare what I heard to. I don't know if you guys are familiar with the Pentecostal religion at all. That's where they speak in tongues and stuff. Yes. Do they handle snakes too occasionally? Yeah, I think so.
Starting point is 00:24:59 Will snake play? That I'm not sure. But they definitely speak in tongues. This woman starts like making these noises. Not like I'm choking and I'm not sure. But they definitely speak in tongues. This woman starts like making these noises. Not like I'm choking and I'm gonna throw up or like something's medically wrong. Just speaking in tongues is the closest thing I could compare it to.
Starting point is 00:25:14 So I'm like, okay, it's time for me to get out of here. So I make sure I've got my stuff and I book it to the stairs. Run down the stairs, couldn't find the lights or anything, but I get to the door, can't open the door, can't open the door it's locked around for the deadbolt can't find it so I turn on my flashlight on my phone there is no deadbolt it's a keyhole from the inside of the house no fucking way to get out of what so I'm heart-dropping freaking out I literally tried to kick down the door because I was terrified at this point that he was
Starting point is 00:25:48 going to, I don't know. Because you're 18 or 19, your imagination goes real quick. Like I've entered the real world and there are female serial killers. And is she possessed? Like she's making these noises. She maybe thinks he's in her. I'm not a spiritual person at all, but the closest I've seen to someone being possessed, like that's what I was getting. So I'm freaking out at the bottom of the stairs and I'm like, well, I can't break this door
Starting point is 00:26:10 down. The only thing I can do is go back up the stairs. If he's up there game on, I guess. She's still writhing around making these noises. But there's some writhing involved as well. So is it sexual? What's happening? Is she horny? If it is, I'm not kink shaming anyone, just not my thing. So I start just like
Starting point is 00:26:29 rifling through her stuff, like dumping out her purse, finally find the keys, run back downstairs, unlock the door, throw the keys up the stairs and just take off. And she's not even like, hey, she doesn't even know you're there. Unaware of anything, just completely in her own world. So eventually I find some street I recognized and made it back home. But the next morning, this woman texts me and says, had a great time with you last night, would love to see you again.
Starting point is 00:26:55 Oh, would love to lock you in my house again. So I don't know if it was some crazy prank or what was going on, but I blocked the number, never talking to her again. That was just terrifying. Okay, so you didn't respond at all? No. That was probably wise. Were you tempted to say,
Starting point is 00:27:11 hey, what was happening last night? Yeah, get some answers. In the moment, no. Years later and after telling my friends the story, I wanna know so badly. Yeah. Yes, was she into like Wicca or the occult, Alistair Crawley?
Starting point is 00:27:26 You would think the next day when she texted that she'd be like, I know that might've felt weird, like explained it a little bit, especially if it was sexual or pink. Didn't mean to spook you, I just really enjoy pretending I'm possessed by a demon and I wanted you to play the role of a demon. Do you have a tail costume and horns?
Starting point is 00:27:43 It seems like she didn't know it happened. Not that she was like blackout drunk, but I think she blacked out on something. Well, now this brings up, and I don't know enough about this to even talk about it, but the 80s dramatized TV movies I saw about multiple personality, it does seem that when they're in another personality,
Starting point is 00:28:00 they don't have a memory of it. They're not juggling the consciousness. It's like they're snapping in and out. But is that real? Yeah. In that way, is it real though? I think there's been real cases. I saw a couple of great 80s.
Starting point is 00:28:12 He saw a great- Made for TV movies. Yeah, so that means real. Certainly they would have been sued. If they made a TV short movie about it, it definitely happens in real life. I think so, right? Superman came out last weekend.
Starting point is 00:28:21 Yeah. Oh God, that's so creepy. I'm trying to wrap my head around the lock on the inside. I'm trying to like make a case for how that could ever be. I know one. I told you to do this yesterday. I literally said, I think you should get a lock
Starting point is 00:28:37 in case anyone tries to rob you. They're stuck. Right, like soon as they enter the home, the gates fall over. They can't get out and they're trapped. Yeah. And they start gnawing on their legs. Maybe that was the home defense. I can see why she targeted you. If I can be honest. Why is that?
Starting point is 00:28:55 Cause you seem very nice. He would understand. Yeah. Or just be gentle about it. I disagree. I feel like she would be into like. A Hell's Angel. Yeah. Because then they might. They could get down. Or they wouldn't think it was creepy.
Starting point is 00:29:08 I don't think she has any idea that this ever even happened. I think like you said, maybe it's multiple personality disorder or something. Something intense. Something otherworldly some might say. Oh wow, metaphysical. Creepy. I love it. I'm sorry that happened to you, but it is a good story.
Starting point is 00:29:24 At the time, hated it. You know, it's been quite a few years. It's hilarious. Well, kind of hilarious. I don't know, it's something. It's getting more hilarious as the time passes. And are you wedded up now or no? Nope, I am single at the moment.
Starting point is 00:29:38 No more crazy bed dates like that. Not for long, I don't think. You could unblock her and then see how she's doing. Check back in. I think I'm gonna pass on that one. Curiosity is definitely there, but not worth opening that can of worms. Give me her number, I'll sniff around,
Starting point is 00:29:53 I'll see what's going on. Well, Mitch, it's a delight to meet you. I feel like I would definitely want you to treat me. Don't you have that sense? Oh, physical therapy wise. Yes. I thought you meant to a dinner or something like that. Oh, no, I would pay.
Starting point is 00:30:06 I'm happy to take you both out for dinner too. If you need physical therapy, come see me. I'm happy to do it all. Next time we're in the Northern fringes of Wisconsin, on our way to Marquette, Michigan. We'll let you know. You guys might not even know, my friends, Maddie and Jessica, are the ones that submitted my story for me.
Starting point is 00:30:22 They're like huge arm cherries. And then I wanted to know if either of you watched the TV show, Survivor. No. No. I do. Oh, Rob does, Rob saying he does. And we have heard of it.
Starting point is 00:30:31 Yes, we're very aware of Survivor. I just wanted to call out Jeff Probst, if that's okay. Oh, of course. Please. Just because you love him so much. If I survived this date, obviously 26 days on Fiji would be nothing. So if he's looking for somebody. So it's a submission for Survivor. Yeah, I'll be submitting my actual submission.
Starting point is 00:30:49 Oh, and it's like this a little extra. This can't hurt. I'm gonna add it to our Peabody campaign we're launching, which nobody campaigns for a Peabody, but we are shamelessly. And so I'm gonna also be calling for them to cast you on Survivor. That's right, me too.
Starting point is 00:31:02 Appreciate that more than you'd ever know. If you end up on Survivor, that's a season I'll watch. Rob, you'll tell us? Yeah, yeah, I'll let you know. Okay, great. Get on there, we're rooting for you. And hey, Survivor, you'd get some free publicity, because we would probably talk occasionally
Starting point is 00:31:16 about checking in with Mitch. Oh, we definitely would. Thank you so much for talking to us. Yeah, thanks Mitch. Yeah, no, thank you guys for taking the time. So nice to meet you both. All right, take care. Bye.
Starting point is 00:31:24 Hello. There couldn't be a name. All right. Take care. Bye. Hello. There couldn't be a name that has a softer spot in my heart. My father, my brother, my stepdad, all David. Well, thank you. My mom said she never met a David she didn't marry. I was named after my uncle who I never met. He died tragically when my mom was pretty young, but I carried on his name. Oh, that's lovely. And where are you at David?
Starting point is 00:31:44 Camas, Washington, just down river from Hood River. Oh, lovely. We're at the mouth of the gorge. We actually spent time in Hood River over the weekend paddle boarding. So by Troutdale a bit? Yeah, basically right across the river. Okay, great. On the Washington side.
Starting point is 00:31:58 So you had a bad date story. I've got more than one, but the one I submitted, I have to really give my wife the credit for this. She was not part of the date, but anytime she can make light of embarrassing moments of my life, she will do so. So she had me submit this story that happened about 15-ish years ago. She's my second wife.
Starting point is 00:32:20 I was married before, went through a divorce. I didn't date much before. Yeah. What age were you when you got divorced? wife I was married before. Went through a divorce. I didn't date much before. Yeah. What age were you when you got divorced? I was 37, 38. Divorce kind of puts you in a different mind frame and I got to working out and got to burn all that negative energy.
Starting point is 00:32:36 I got in the best shape of my life and I was ready to roll. I started out on an app. It was match.com back then. They didn't have all the other things. Started playing the field a little bit, checking things out and was kind of I started out on an app. It was match.com back then. They didn't have all the other things. Started playing the field a little bit, checking things out, and was kind of hit and miss with a certain gal, I'll call her Sally,
Starting point is 00:32:51 and finally got a chance to go on a couple of dates here and there. They weren't anything special. And then this was kind of the special date that things were moving forward a little bit. You thought you guys might have sex on this date is what you're saying. That was very, very possible.
Starting point is 00:33:05 I had already known that she had no kids for the night. Everything was working out in my favor. So I drove over to pick her up. There was a movie theater called Vine-a-topia. It was a wine bar, restaurant and a movie theater all kind of combined. So we had a bunch of wine and we're enjoying the evening. We ate while we're watching whatever movie, I have no idea.
Starting point is 00:33:27 And halfway through the movie, I'm getting the chills. Oh my God. Thank God. Thank you, David. I was hoping we'd get one of these. Yeah, love it. And so I step out real quick and this is a summer day. It's hot.
Starting point is 00:33:42 I go to the car and grab a jacket, come back in. I put a jacket on. It's hot. I go to the car and grab a jacket, come back in. I put a jacket on. I'm shivering. As the movie finishes up, I don't even eat most of my food. She knows I'm like, man, I'm freezing. I can't warm up. So all right, let's head out. We start to walk out of the movie theater and I said, hey, let me meet you at the car.
Starting point is 00:34:16 Here's my keys. I'm going to hit the bathroom real quick. I head to the bathroom. Luckily, I make it to the bathroom in time because the sweats now are coming. Everything in my body wants to come out. Oh. And it did.
Starting point is 00:34:33 They should have had a seatbelt on that toilet. Ha ha ha ha ha. It was a wild ride and I spent some time in there. You're in so much physical pain and agony and it's so grueling, but also you have a time clock going in your head where like it's getting obvious. Oh shit. It's getting way more obvious. Just a layer of stress. Finally after, I don't know how long I was in there. Wait, confirming it's just one end.
Starting point is 00:34:55 Just one end. No stomach issues except the grumbles. It was all lower digestive for sure. So I get cleaned up. I feel a little better. I get halfway to the car. I run back to the bathroom. Same stall and everything. And sure the management was like, oh, he's back. I ruined that moment. Wasn't my finest moment. I was so terrified now because now I have to drive her home. After I get cleaned up after the second round. She may be asleep in the car by the time you get there.
Starting point is 00:35:27 I mean, this has probably been a 25 minute ordeal. How long do you think it was? It was probably 20 or 30 minutes. Yeah. Oh my God. I come out and she sees the agony in my face, sweat beads on the forehead. You name it. It was all there.
Starting point is 00:35:39 You're not wearing your socks anymore. I get to the car. She was really sweet. She just. Yeah. I get to the car, she was really sweet. She just says, maybe I should drive. She gets in my car, drives herself back home. Just to further the emasculation, just make sure it's bulletproof. You know what?
Starting point is 00:35:55 I'm happy she did that, cause I could feel so codependent, but it's a early date and I think it's really smart to be like, I don't know that I feel all that safe with this person who really is unwell driving. It was a good move on her part. And as we were driving home, I'm terrified I'm gonna shit my pants and my own car seat.
Starting point is 00:36:13 As we get closer to her house, she stops at a local grocery store, buys some soda water, some crackers for me. This is nice. Super sweet. Yeah, no condoms. Yes, no. She's like, I know you're not gonna wanna stop on your way home, so I'll take care of this. some crackers for me. This is nice. Super sweet. Yeah. No condoms. Yes. No.
Starting point is 00:36:25 She's like, I know you're not going to want to stop on your way home. So I'll take care of this. So she grabbed a few things and then we get to her house, which was right around the corner. And I'm thankful I have not ruined the car or my pants. As we park, she gets out. So I opened my door, I get out and the lights go, I go tunnel vision. I'm going to pass out.
Starting point is 00:36:47 Yeah. Oh my God. Oh, this is really bad. I am now terrified. I'm going to pass out and crap my pants in her driveway. Yeah. The second you go out cold, you'll stop squeezing your sphincter and it'll all come out.
Starting point is 00:37:00 Oh yeah. So I literally am on all fours as she comes around the car. So this is my finer moment, right? You are on a date with a giant weirdo. It couldn't have got worse. Well, it could have. I could have actually shit my pants. Yeah.
Starting point is 00:37:14 Yeah. But now she says, Hey, you can stay here. I'll set up the guest room. I had to, I couldn't drive. When I stood up, everything went fuzzy. But David, I can't think of anything worse. In that moment, I want to be I couldn't drive. When I stood up, everything went fuzzy. But David, I can't think of anything worse. In that moment, I wanna be alone so fucking bad. I wanna go back to my house and make a bunch of noises
Starting point is 00:37:32 and keep my pants off in between trips. I gotta get weird. Yeah, there's no way to control the noise. No. Yeah, no. You could try to hold tissue paper up to it, but that's not gonna do it. Can you imagine trying to do that? I've tried to do that.
Starting point is 00:37:46 An explosive diarrhea. No, but I've been in a girl's apartment and then went to pee and I had to fart really bad and then sit down and then put toilet paper on my anus while I fart so it doesn't make any noise. Yeah, it works pretty good. Okay, it's not gonna work. But it wouldn't work in this, no, no, no, no, no.
Starting point is 00:38:00 You're just gonna get so much all over your hand. David's situation would cause for a much different. Dax, that actually does work when you have to fart 100%. Okay. Oh. We're all animals trying to act civil. It's so funny.
Starting point is 00:38:13 We're in each other's dwellings having to fart. This woman's so nice. I wonder if she has a little bit of a sick kink. Sounds like it could be. No, I don't think she does. Absolutely not, actually. Otherwise, I was right in her wheelhouse. Yeah, you were.
Starting point is 00:38:26 Yeah, you would add your clothes on. She'd be like, let's get all these clothes. She's like, let's just get you inside. So I went to bed that lasted only a few minutes before I was up and into the bathroom. When I go into the bathroom, the first time I realized this is her kids bathroom. Everything I have, I know is contagious. I'm pretty certain it was the norovirus. Oh. Oh.
Starting point is 00:38:47 Was going around like crazy back then and I work at a fire department so they were in nursing homes and all that stuff all the time. So pretty certain I had that problem going on. And now I'm like, oh man, I'm gonna get her kids sick. Yeah. So I ended up sleeping on the bathroom floor
Starting point is 00:39:03 more than the bed. This is the worst fucking date I've heard. Yeah, this is really bad. It was not pleasant. The fact that you had to be at her house the whole night is like the most excruciating detail. And she had all white linen, of course, and white rugs in her bathroom.
Starting point is 00:39:20 And I'm going, there's no way I'm coming out of this with these rugs being white. Oh no. I must have went of this with these rugs being wiped. Oh no. I must have went to the bathroom 20, 30 more times that night. And I cleaned the bathroom every time with wet wipes that were in the cupboard. I'd wipe everything down. I felt so bad that I was going to ruin her children for the next two weeks. And the next morning as she got up, she was going to work and she said, stay as
Starting point is 00:39:49 long as you need and leave when you feel like it. And there's no coming back from that, right? Like two days later, you're healthy. I had this for two weeks. I lost a bunch of weight. I felt awful. I started thinking I had something else going on. So I was going to the doctor.
Starting point is 00:40:03 I'm like, something's wrong with me. Yeah. But I hope you'll laugh at this joke, but you're a firefighter. So you know exactly how to get out of work for a long, long time, right? Oh, yeah. Absolutely. And technically it could have been an on the job injury. Yeah, exactly. Pick up that virus on the job and you're good for a couple months. Oh yeah.
Starting point is 00:40:21 Absolutely. That's so rough. It wasn't pleasant, but like I said, I have a lot of bad day Wow. Oh yeah, absolutely. Mmm, that's so rough. It wasn't pleasant, but like I said, I have a lot of bad date stories, but this one I think really was the shittiest. Did you not have the heart to even pursue her anymore, or did she kind of put the brakes on? We went out several times after that. Oh, okay.
Starting point is 00:40:40 We did finally seal the deal and had a short relationship, but we had a nice time. This whole story my wife loves. She's so thankful that somewhere out there in the world, someone probably refers to me as Diarrhea Dave. Yeah. Do you guys mind if I bring my wife in? We'd love to meet her.
Starting point is 00:40:58 Hello. Hello. You have an arm-tiered and dangerous shirt. Did you go to Seattle? Portland. Oh, that makes more sense. Yeah. You're in Washington, but you're closer to Portland. Diarrhea, Dave.
Starting point is 00:41:08 Diarrhea, Dave. When he told it to me, we were dating. I remember it exactly because I was laying in bed and I was crying. I was laughing so hard and he's like, you want to hear about this date with this other girl? I'm like, this is the funniest thing I've ever heard in my life. That has prompted me to tell her a lot of bad date stories. You open the door. This diarrhea story, we've heard so many on your show.
Starting point is 00:41:33 And this would just seem like it fit right in. Yeah, the fact that you didn't do it in a public grocery store or in the freezer. It's tame in comparison. It's very classy, actually. The freezer one, that story got us thinking about a trip to Mexico we had. Oh, well it's lovely meeting you guys. You seem so fun and I feel like you're in the right spot in the country. We are.
Starting point is 00:41:55 It's beautiful here right now. It's so nice meeting both of you. Have a great rest of your summer. Yes, thanks so much. Bye. All right, bye guys. Hello, can you hear us? Uh oh. Uh oh. bye guys. Hello, can you hear us? Uh oh.
Starting point is 00:42:06 Uh oh. Hi guys. Oh yay! Who do people tell you you look like? Well, first of all, let's get a fake name on the books for you. You can call me whatever you want, it doesn't matter. Okay, I'm gonna call you Florence.
Starting point is 00:42:18 Oh, I love that. And when you first signed on, I thought she looks like Keira Sedgwick. I could see that, I love her. I do too, I love her. Where are you at Florence? I'm actually in Nashville. Oh my God, you should come over
Starting point is 00:42:32 and we'll do this in the studio. I know, when she said central time I wondered. And are you from Nashville or did you move here? I moved here about almost 15 years ago. From the North? Close to here, but not too close. I don't want to say it because that's where my story is from. Sure, we understand.
Starting point is 00:42:49 And the fact that you're being so protective is encouraging. We like the fake name and no location. I mean, you might've killed this date. Please tell us about it. It did happen about 18 years ago. I think in 2007. I remember I did not have an iPhone. I had a Blackberry.
Starting point is 00:43:06 How much do you miss the Blackberry? I liked it. I could type like 120 words a minute on that fucking thing. Yeah. That keyboard was awesome. There was no, you know, find my friends, no Google mapping or any kind of mapping. So I went into this business and met this man we'll call Ted. Great guy.
Starting point is 00:43:22 He actually owned the business and ended up really kind of chit chatting for quite a while. Was in his office meeting all his employees and stuff. He was just a nice guy. And we found out we had a couple of mutual friends. Couple guy friends. I thought, okay, that's nice. He asked me if I wanted to go to lunch. Okay, sure. I'll go to lunch. And in the meantime, I called one of his friends because I Googled and I knew nothing about this man. And I was a single mom, had kids, and I just trying to be a little bit cautious. I asked one of my guy friends and he's like, oh, he's a great guy. He's a little bit of a playboy, but just know that.
Starting point is 00:43:52 Okay. We can live with that. We met for lunch, had a nice lunch and he talked and talked and he was quite fond of this property, very proud of it. And he wanted me to see his property at some point. So he ended up asking me then to go to dinner, but he explained that he had like 200 plus acres. He had an airplane, airplane hangar, a runway on the property.
Starting point is 00:44:12 This is turning into a pretty woman or indecent proposal. Is this Ted Turner? Theodore Turner? I ended up going to meet him for dinner. I didn't let him pick me up because again, I have kids at home and I just don't do that. I said, I'll meet you and he's like, you'll never find my house, but I'll meet you on the main drag at this gas station and then you can follow me in.
Starting point is 00:44:30 Okay, perfect. And then we'll go from there. So that's what I did. And as I was following him, I'm kind of writing on the console, I had a little piece of paper and I'm like, third right at the fire hydrant. There weren't even street signs.
Starting point is 00:44:42 And were you writing that down to tell law enforcement or to find your way back? No, I just knew I would probably struggle getting out of there. Yeah, okay, great. When I got there, we parked at his house and he's like, you know, there's a storm rolling in. I said, yeah, I know, I saw that, that's too bad. And he goes, well, let's hurry up
Starting point is 00:44:58 and we'll go do a quick tour and then we'll go to dinner. Okay. He said, just come in the truck and I'll take you over to the hangar. So I jump in his truck and we go over and he has mules and four wheelers and all that kind of stuff. So I jump in a four wheeler, but in the meantime, I put my car keys in the cup holder of the truck
Starting point is 00:45:15 because I didn't want to tour 200 acres and lose my keys. So Florence, really quick, I'm gonna pause you to say that I wish I could hire you because you're already the most meticulous, the fact that you were taking notes on the ride and also you're like 25 steps ahead, okay, in a half hour I'll be done with that tour, I'll want my keys, I mean, you're on it. You're thinking ahead.
Starting point is 00:45:34 Yeah, you're a thorough son of a gun. I am. We're now in the four wheeler and we're starting to tour all his property and it was beautiful. It was very peaceful commenting on how he trims the trails back and he's driving and we're like up on a bluff and we're overlooking. He's like, I own all this land.
Starting point is 00:45:50 And then he keeps going. And then all of a sudden he stops and turned the four wheeler off. He's like, what do you hear? And I said, nothing. It's wonderful. I get why you love it here so much. It's so serene. And this is where it kind of turns.
Starting point is 00:46:03 He put his hand like on the back of his head and leaned up against the door, had his tongue on the inside cheek of his mouth and he's pointing to the property, shaking his head and he goes, you know, they never find you out here. Stop it. What? No. Did he think that was a funny joke? You know, you don't know.
Starting point is 00:46:22 And I'm just kind of looking at him and I'm trying to process it. And they're like, is this danger? Is this comedy? What is happening? I honestly couldn't even think. And I didn't know what to do other than to kind of act dumb and stall. And I'm like, what? And he said, something happened to you out here.
Starting point is 00:46:38 Nobody would ever find you. He did not change anything. He was completely serious and looking at me almost like, you stupid woman. No. There was something that had turned in his demeanor. Oh my God. It was so scary.
Starting point is 00:46:57 Every alarm inside of me was going off. And I thought, you know what? This is so sad. I'm going to die right here right now. I've got kids at home and I didn't know what to do. And so I just thought, I'm going to make him fight for it. I kind of hit him with my elbow a couple of times, very playfully. And I mean, what are you going to say? I just said, okay, I'll give you that.
Starting point is 00:47:16 And I got right in the space. We were nose to nose. And I said, but they'll sure as hell find you because you know, my girlfriends know I'm with you. Yes. Honestly, nobody knew I was with him. Yeah. It didn't matter. And then I said,
Starting point is 00:47:29 surely he saw me talking on the phone on the way in, which I wasn't, and I just prayed he wasn't watching what I was doing as he was driving, because I don't know. That's just a weird thing to say to somebody. That's not funny. Of course.
Starting point is 00:47:42 A woman out in the middle of nowhere? How's she gonna find the humor in that? He started the four wheeler back up and I thought, oh, praise the Lord, and he started going. And then again, I'm thinking, I'm gonna get killed. This is not a good situation, but he is gonna work for it. He is not gonna see me sweat.
Starting point is 00:47:58 And I just said, oh, and by the way, don't think I'm not looking for bodies on the side of the trail here. And he did not flinch. He's holding the wheel, staring straight ahead. And he goes, actually, you should be looking for a freshly overturned soil. And he just kept driving. And I'm like, who says that unless you just dug a grave of some sort.
Starting point is 00:48:18 We keep going and I'm just chit chatting. I'm acting like there is nothing going on. You're sending signals. I'm not scared of you. Yeah. Which are smart. Confidence. signals I'm not scared of you. Yeah. Which are smart. Confidence, that is smart. That's what kicked in.
Starting point is 00:48:28 This is about a 15 minute ride at the end. We get back and we pull into where his house was and I thought, oh my gosh, okay, it's getting better. Though I knew I didn't have my car keys and I didn't want him to know that. And I didn't think he was processing everything. So he's like, come on in, let's have a glass of wine. We were going to go to dinner. And he did say, the restaurant stopped serving
Starting point is 00:48:50 at like 830 or something. And now it's like seven. And I'm thinking, I'm not getting in a car with you. I'm not going anywhere with you, but I don't know what to do. So I'm just stalling. So I follow him into the house. I never let him get behind me. He's always in front of me. I'm looking like, okay, to the left, there's fireplace, okay, to the left, there's fireplace utensils. To the right, there's a big vase.
Starting point is 00:49:09 And I'm watching him walk and something with his lower back wasn't right. So I'm like, go for the lower back. What do you do? He's like, come on, I'll pour some wine. And you know, I'm watching very closely and he's pouring it both glasses. And I'm thinking, clearly I'm not gonna drink any
Starting point is 00:49:21 because I don't know if it's laced with something. He downed his first glass really quickly, which told me he was nervous, right? Because he's going to murder me. Oh my gosh. And he got up to get more and he's like, why aren't you drinking your wine? I said, oh, I'm just really enjoying the conversation. I don't know what to say. I'm just watching the clock.
Starting point is 00:49:39 I'm just keeping him talking. He pours another glass of wine. He drank it relatively quickly, but he's talking and talking. It was about 7-10 and he's like, we need to get going to the restaurant. And I said, actually I'm just having so much fun right here with you listening to all your stories. I'm content staying here if you are because I'm not going anywhere with him. I'm not getting in a car and I don't know what to do. I'm just trying to stall and then I can maybe get out of there. It was right at 830. I realized I didn't even have
Starting point is 00:50:05 my phone on me and I said, oh my gosh, I need to get my phone. And I just realized I left it in my car. That's so unusual of me because in case my kids needed to reach me. And so I stood up as I'm walking out, I'm just about to go out the door. I said, I just need my phone in case my kids need to reach me. And then he goes, and in case you get murdered. What the fuck is going on? I just act like I heard nothing. I just kept going. I got my car and now of course I'm like shaking like, what do I do? What do I do?
Starting point is 00:50:33 But you didn't have your keys. Right. Now you got to decide whether you're going to call 911 or not. Exactly. Which has got to be hard. And I don't even really know where I am. I'm really back in the boonies. It's not like I can tell them how to get to me
Starting point is 00:50:46 So I'm like, alright, you can do this go back in for another 30 minutes Just stall and then get out of there and that's kind of what I did I went back in and at 15 minutes I said I need to be leaving soon and he's like what you're not leaving and I said Not just yet, but in a little bit and I said my daughter's on a date I don't even where this stuff came from. And I said, I promised her since I wasn't there when the young man picked her up, that I would be there when she got home.
Starting point is 00:51:11 So, you know, I have to do that. I gave it another 15 minutes and I said, oh, I really gotta get going. And he was not happy, but I said, you know, I need to do the right thing. And I waited till we got all the way out to my car because I could tell he did not know I didn't have my keys. And he at this point had three glasses of wine.
Starting point is 00:51:26 So I felt much better. Like I did feel I could probably beat him if I had to. Yeah. And right when we got to my car, I said, oh, my keys are in your truck. And he goes, oh, here, just jump in the four wheel. We'll go over and get it. And he's driving over there again.
Starting point is 00:51:42 It's pitch black. I don't even know where the heck it is. I jumped out of the four wheeler, opened the car, grabbed my keys, got back in in like 1.5 seconds because I thought he's gonna lead me. I'll never be able to find my way out of here again. Anyway, he took me back and I got out and it was scary.
Starting point is 00:51:56 And thank God I wrote those directions down because I never would have found my way out of the neighborhood. Wow. Wow. Did he ask you out again? So he called me on my way out after about 10 minutes. He's like, hey, I'm just checking. Did you find your way out of the neighborhood. Wow. Did he ask you out again? So he called me on my way out after about 10 minutes. He's like, Hey, I'm just checking.
Starting point is 00:52:08 Did you find your way out? Cause I know he thought I didn't. I said, Oh yeah, I'm by and I gave him a marketing. I just passed the big cowboy hat. Yeah, whatever. And he goes, what you're there already. The only way I could have been there is if I was flying. I was shaking so bad.
Starting point is 00:52:24 I remember I was doing 90. I was like, please pull me over. Anyway, I made it home. He did call a couple of times. I just never answered his call. No, you didn't need to. That's so weird. When I got home, my daughter, she was there.
Starting point is 00:52:36 She was about, I think 15 at the time. And she said, how was your date? And I said, nah, not so good. And she goes, mom, never seen you like this. And I was like, do I tell her? And I thought, you know what, this is a life lesson. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. And you want her to tell you
Starting point is 00:52:50 if something like this happens? 100%, so I did share it with her, and she was freaked out. It was one of the worst nights. It really was life-changing. Yeah. Yes, yeah, you get a sense of like, oh gosh, it can go that bad.
Starting point is 00:53:02 So quickly, and especially mutual friends, and I always thought, I'll never ask another man about another man, only ask the women. That's true. Yeah, it's like you tell your kids, find a woman if you're lost, find a mom first. But also this guy seems kind of like a big shot, obviously as a plane and stuff.
Starting point is 00:53:18 So is he like known? He had his own business, he was on the board of a bank. It was so bizarre. This is so strange. Nothing I ever thought I would go through, but I made it. You made it. Oh yeah, I can only imagine how good you felt when you're driving in your car.
Starting point is 00:53:33 It was started and aimed out of the place. Yeah, but then it's like, what if he pops up in the backseat? Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Or you get home and you open the front door and he's sitting on it.
Starting point is 00:53:44 See, yeah. Yeah. Oh my God. I've never watched scary movies. We watched one last night. So it was a little fresh on Monica's brain. She's been talking about ghosts a lot today. Oh, well I'm so glad you're okay. That's harrowing.
Starting point is 00:53:57 Fuck. Ew, ew. That's a long time to be in a situation you don't want to be in. And I like to tell this story because I really honestly hope other people will learn from my situation you don't want to be in. And I like to tell this story because I really honestly hope other people will learn from my mistake and don't put themselves in such a vulnerable situation.
Starting point is 00:54:10 I felt it was safe, it was technically, it was almost like a second or third date, but no. Yeah, you have mutual friends. And you did do a lot. You didn't let him come pick you up. You did a lot of things right. I mean, I don't know what else really you could have done. It was quite surprising to me.
Starting point is 00:54:26 Do you think he's killed anyone? Do you monitor at all? I haven't, but I've thought about it. I really do believe there were bodies buried on that property for him to say, looking for freshly overturned soil. That's so weird. And he flies from his property.
Starting point is 00:54:39 So he had a house in Florida. And if he left Florida with somebody. How would anyone know? Never. Oh my God. Icky, icky, icky. It's so icky. Florence, boy, I'm really glad that worked out.
Starting point is 00:54:53 And it sounds like you did as fucking good as a human could do in that situation. It's funny as if you asked any of my friends, they all would have said, you are the last person we would ever think put yourself in this situation that that would have happened to. But I often have wondered if I the last person we would ever think put yourself in this situation that that would have happened to.
Starting point is 00:55:05 But I often have wondered if I ever reacted really fearful and scared, would it have had a different outcome? Yeah, totally. This is a good cautionary. Mm hmm. Be careful out there everybody. Yeah. Do your Google searches, ask your friends.
Starting point is 00:55:17 Yeah. Oh man. Well, it's lovely meeting you. I'm delighted we're in the same town. I live very close to your favorite steak house. Oh, I went last week. I've got about 16 bottles of the blue cheese dressing in my house.
Starting point is 00:55:31 Oh my God. Does the guy own the restaurant? No. Different town. Well, lovely meeting you. I hope I bump into you in real life. I do too. You guys take care and thank you so much.
Starting point is 00:55:42 Of course. All right, take care. Oh boy, oh boy. I understand her friend saying that because she's very type A and meticulous. And you think like, well, she's not sloppy about anything. That's what's scary. It's like even that person can find themselves
Starting point is 00:55:56 in this type of situation. I hate to say it, but everything's an illusion of everything, right? No one's more or less likely to end up in a fucked up situation. I mean, that's not true. If you're doing drugs and drinking. I don't think that's true. If you're being very reckless. an illusion of everything, right? No one's more or less likely to end up in a fucked up situation. I mean, that's not true. If you're doing drugs and drinking.
Starting point is 00:56:07 I don't think that's true. If you're being very reckless. Yeah, yeah, I take it all back. I was a bad last point. Will you make a great last point to land the point? No, you try, you try. Make another great point? Yeah.
Starting point is 00:56:16 I mean, truly, a penny saved is a penny earned. Yeah, that is true. Right? That is a really good point. I mean, it's not, of course, because it was already your penny. Oh my God, now you need a new- But it's still words to live by and I stand by them.
Starting point is 00:56:30 And I think that was Benjamin Franklin. All right, love you. I love you. Do you wanna sing a tune or something? We know a theme song. Oh, okay, great. We don't have a theme song for this new show, so here I go, go, go. We're gonna ask some random questions and with the help of Armchairs we'll get some suggestions.
Starting point is 00:56:55 On the flyer, I'm dish. On the flyer, I'm dish. Enjoy.

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