Brooke and Jeffrey: Second Date Update - Awkward Tuesday: House Guest

Episode Date: September 22, 2026

How do you tell a close friend to get out of your house forever without ruining the friendship? We’ll try to figure it out the hard way during your Awkward Tuesday Phone Call podcast!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Hey we've got a brand new episode coming up right now actually it's brick and Jeffrey in the morning and I don't know what was going on last week but we had a like crazy huge spike in our downloads. Really? Yeah so my bots are working. Oh yeah. I have a whole bot farm I've set up for us. Thank you. Finally. Yeah. Thank you to all my bots that are listening out there. I mean one one one zero zero zero. Oh they said thank you too. You're welcome. Yeah, there they are. I just be binary, Brooke?

No person for sure. All right, do we got any bots in the comment section? Oh, okay. I scrolled through the bots and here's a real person. Maya who said, I laughed out loud two to three times in this during one of the episodes. Wait, isn't it like 15 minutes long? I like the count. Two to three times.

No, I don't tell us how many times. I feel like every time he laughed, he held up a finger to remember. Yeah. And that's it. Or you laugh long? One misses him. Two misses this day. I got a goal.

We're going to get you four times this one. Wow. Four giggles. Let's see. Maya. Your new episode starts right now. A lot of people claim they would do anything for a friend. Yeah.

Help them move. Yeah. Lend the money. For sure. Borrow. Borrow. Borrow. According to Brooke, that's what friends do.

Text in to 7-8-5-9-2 if you want to get pregnant by Brooke's husband. That's what friends are for. Bad news. We love our list. One of our listeners says she needs to do the opposite and ask one of her friends to stop doing something. Oh no. Because it's not just affecting her. It's making her husband feel awkward too.

We'll find out if we can help her in a brand new awkward Tuesday phone call. Next. It's awkward. It's Tuesday. It's awkward Tuesday phone call. What's that old saying old fish sell best in house? What? No idea.

It's good to keep an old fish in your house? No, no. Do you know the same, Brooke? I really should have looked this up. Something about house guests are like fish after three days they start to sink. Oh, that's the one. Is that it? Yes.

I don't think that was, I wouldn't repeat it the way I said it, but I think that's the. I think it's guests like fish begin to smell after three days. Yeah. And that's exactly what we're dealing with today with one of our listeners, Molly, who's having a house guest issue. Apparently it's a little bit of an overstay situation and she's requested our help. Molly, I want to just let you know you've come to the exact wrong place. But regardless, we're going to try to assist you in some type of way.

Tell us what made you email us. Well, thank you. Yeah. My situation has spiraled into some. I don't even know how to handle. That's why I'm calling. But basically, I, you try to do the right thing. and then it kind of bites you in the butt.

But anyway, I... This is why you never do the right thing. Yeah, I mean, that's how Jeff lives his life. Exactly. So this is your fault already, Molly. What's going on? So, all right, so I'm married. I don't have any kids or anything, but I live with my husband.

And I do have a friend. This is a very good guy friend from college. He doesn't live here. But we've kept in touch over the year. Yeah, that's good. And about, I would, I guess at this point, maybe six months ago, he had reached out to me and told me that he needed to come into town for some sort of conference or something that was going on. And he basically asked me if he could stay with me.

That's always strange. Don't you think if it's like a work thing? Yeah. It's like get a hotel. Charge it to your work, man. But maybe he owns his own business or something. Yeah. I feel bad for the big companies that have to pay for all their employees.

Like, that's not fair. Let's give the billionaires a break. Okay? and stop making them fund everything. Well, no, I hear you. I just didn't really question it and was just like, oh, well, if he needs a place to say, of course, we have an extra room with a whole, you know,

no one's in the extra room. It's totally fine. Oh, that's great. Well, now I regret it. Uh-uh. Because. Why? For some reason, he keeps coming out here at least a couple times a month at this point.

Whoa, wait, wait. Yeah. Yeah. It has essentially gotten to the point where I feel like I am living, with a third person. Wow. So how many, how many days does he stay when he comes? It's usually maybe about three days or so, but it's like the frequency of it is all the

time. Well, not only like, because then you're having to change all the sheets. Yeah. Do the towel laundry. Well, you should probably be changing sheets anyway, just regularly in your house. Yeah, but you're having to do it on a bed that nobody typically sleeps in. Like, you're doing more housework to house him. Yeah.

Is he paying half the mortgage? then we had no reason to call Yeah, if he's paying rent. Right. Well, on top of that, it used to be that he would call me or text me and ask me,

hey, I'm coming these dates. Is that okay? I'd confirm. Well, he has now gotten so comfortable that basically he just shows up at our door and surprises us. And I get a doorbell. You know, I get the ring.

And he jokes and he's like, hey, it's your roommate. Oh, no. Funny. I bet your husband loves this. I bet he is having so much fun with this. Oh, he's not thrilled. And that's why I'm here because my friend, the guy, he actually just left yesterday.

And when he left, he asked me if I could give him our garage door code so that the next time he comes, he doesn't have to bug us. It's one thing that you show up at my door now you want free range. to access my house at any point if I give you our code? Deep breath. Deep breath. I mean, it's good that he feels so comfortable around you and your husband that he feels like you're basically

like family and he can stop by any time. But it's gotten to the point where he's starting to become too comfortable and it's overstaying his welcome. You haven't set a boundary with him yet. So for him, he's like, this is all great. Everyone's happy. I know. It's just so frustrating that someone can be that clueless.

Yeah. That's where the frustrating part is because it puts all of the onus on you. Not only do you want to save your friendship, but you don't want him there that much. It reminds me of when my mom comes in town and she's like, hey, can we come over? And I'm like, again? You were just here

last year. I feel you is what I'm saying. I lived with you as a child. Yeah. We did 17 years together. Wasn't that enough? Is your college buddy always this kind of unaware of maybe social boundaries?

I never really noticed that before. Maybe it's like a combination of me being just way too nice and yeah, not setting the boundary and him just sort of ignorantly going along with it. I don't know. And now, and so I need, obviously, I need to tell him that that's going a little too far. We need to slow down the visits.

It's fine every once in a while, but I can't have this all the time. And I'm trying to somehow find a way to talk to him about this in some sort of way that's not so rude because he's still my friend. And I, you know? Right. And to him, he's like, what? You have an extra room. What does it matter?

Yeah. Right. Molly, you're in luck because we actually have the queen of confrontation on this show. Alexis loves confronting people face to face. Especially when they're friends of hers. Yeah. Have you thought about changing your numbers, shutting the blinds and changing the locks? Just moving homes.

So many options. She could adopt a child and then turn it into a kid's room. Suddenly there's no guest room. There's places you can turn to, Molly, is what we're trying to say. But we'll think of some advice. We'll come back and we'll let you make your awkward Tuesday phone call right after this. Hold on. It's awkward.

It's Tuesday. It's awkward Tuesday phone call. How do you tell your good friend? Hey, I love you, but you got to stop staying over at my house every time you come in town for work. That's the question our listener Molly has, because her guy friend has become way too comfortable, showing up at her place every time he's around, even asking for her garage code most recently. And that's causing stress not just for Molly, but for her husband too. Yeah.

It's just, I mean, at this point, it's been going on every few weeks for months. So she wants to have that conversation with her friend. How does she evict him from her home politely? In a friendly way. Yeah. Brooke, you're great at doing fake politeness. So what's your advice for mom? That's rude.

I was backhanded. My God. Well, okay, I do think that you need to first lead with positives. Like how much fun it is to see him and how happy you have been to see him and reconnect. There's that fake politeness. But then. Well, that's true. That's true.

But I think then you add that your guys' water bill has been so high because I'm sure it has because he's been in your house so much. That you and your husband are restricting to shower days only on Tuesdays. So if he's going to say, no showers allowed, unless he's there on a Tuesday. Molly, what do you think about that? I don't know. I'm just worried that he'd be like, oh, well, that's okay. I don't need a shower. Oh, that's not good.

Yeah. I thought he'd want to I just assumed he'd want to look more put together before a business conference. Sure, but hey, that's just one piece of advice. Jose, what do you have to offer?

My advice on these many times is to blame someone else. Love it. Just like my advice today. Okay. So you blame this all on your husband. Oh, it's right.

I see. You just say he's feeling so insecure because he thinks you saw him in the shower. Oh. Back to the showers. Lessing stress. Molly, what do you think about that?

Accus him of peeking in on your husband while being? Oh, my goodness. See? That's your reaction. You thought Brooks' advice was questionable. We could go so much weird. Remember, back to moving. Cutting off contact.

All right. So while you're completely speechless, Molly, I'm just going to dial your friend and let you make your awkward Tuesday phone call. Oh, gosh. Oh, gosh. I feel like I should say sorry. Okay. Your advice already did, Brooke. No, blame it on your husband who's not well-endowed.

Okay. That's what I said. So many gold nuggets to pick from on this show. You get to pick which one you want to use, but I'm going to dial your friend's number right now. Here we go. Hi, Rick. Can you hear me?

It's Molly. Hey, Molly. Hi. Yeah. Are you? I'm great. Seems like I haven't talked to you in years. What's going on?

Well, I mean, yeah, we just saw each other yesterday. Yeah, I know. I was kidding, Rumi. So? Right, right. Well, listen, that's actually kind of why I'm calling you today. I love getting reconnected and it's been fun having you over. But I think it's just gotten to be a little bit too much.

Unfortunately, we're starting to see an increase in our bills because it's like that frequent. An increase in what bills? What do you mean? Like, you know, our water bill. our water our water our water a lot molly you should have told me i that's not right i can do something about that you there's no way you could have known this but from my job i have an entire trunk full of bottled waters like i'll bring them in well um that's really kind of you um there's more than i can drink so you know i'm happy to bring him in listen i i think it's beyond it's it's a little

bit beyond that at this point. It's just not working, Rick, anymore. And we have to cut back on the visits. And my husband and I, we need a break for a little bit. Oh, okay. I see. This is not exactly what I thought it was going to be. Okay. Well, let me ask you this. Could I counter with maybe give me 60 days? What? 60 days? 60 days. Yeah, I know. That sounds a little weird, but it would really help. I'm kind of in a bind. Well, what, I mean, what, be honest with me, like, what's going on?

I don't really, I, the whole thing has been a little confusing to me. You're going to think this is so funny. Okay, so when I started staying with you, and you've been a gracious host, and I really appreciate it, when I started staying with you, I was gainfully employed,

but I am not anymore. I haven't had a job in about three weeks now. I got laid off. Oh. And I don't really want my fiance to find out about it. So I've been just kind of waiting until we're married, which is going to happen in 59 days. Oh, my God. If you could maybe help me out a little bit, you'd be really doing me a solid.

I'm just trying to understand. Like, you're afraid that if you tell Megan that you lost your job that she would leave you? I don't think that she, I don't think that would be their first reaction. but her parents are a different story. They're very strict and very judgy, and if they were to find out I don't have a job, I don't think they would be happy if she married me. I mean, this is not my place.

It really is not my place to say anything, but I think you lying to her all this time is much worse, in my opinion. No, I hear what you're saying, and I know where you're coming from. So I was thinking, maybe there's something here, that can be good for all of us. Maybe this coming weekend, I could come and stay at your place and you and your husband could get an Airbnb or something.

Would you be open to that? That's a great idea. His problem solving is so bad. Who is with you? What is this? House party. Do you have a party? I mean, it's a radio party, Rick.

Because you're on the radio party. Yeah, you're on a show right now called Brooke and Jeffrey in the morning. Oh, man. Like the actual radio. Yeah. Yeah. Wait, what? We're doing a segment with Molly right now called the awkward Tuesday phone call because she reached out to us.

Oh, okay. So do you not have a place to stay at all? Like you can't afford your apartment right now? No, I have a place to stay. I have a fiance. It's just my job kept me going on business trips. and she thinks I still have a job. So she still, if he still stays home.

Oh, wait. You're just wanting to stay there to keep up the ruse? All I need is another 59 days and I'm good. Listen, if you don't want me in the house, maybe I can stay in the garage. Just tell your fiance collectively lie together to her parents. Yay. Yes.

Good couples lie together. See, this is why we have Alexis on the show. She knows when to put the lies and where to put them. That's right. You and your conflict queen? Yeah, a conflict queen comes through. Okay, Rick, I'm trying to. to help you as your friend. I am trying

to help you. I appreciate it. But she's not getting an Airbnb, Rick, so that you can live at her house. I am not getting an Airbnb. My marriage is on the line at this point. That's what I'm trying to say. You should go on a vacation. No. She's being really polite and not

telling you that you being around at their house all the time is causing a lot of strain on her marriage. Yeah, they need time. You've got to have more trust in your fiancé, trust that she'll support you. I know it's probably a scary conversation to have, but it's always like you think about things beforehand. They're really scary. And then once you have the combo, not that big of a deal.

Yeah, and Rick, I think this is a bigger problem. If you don't feel comfortable telling her what's happening in your life and you feel more comfortable lying to her, then maybe you should think about if she's really the person you should be marrying. We've got to end this. We're talking too real now. Maybe you should think about if you want help telling this to her. we can slot next week's awkward Tuesday phone call to reach out to

your fiance and break the news of your recent unemployment. That'll be fun. I mean, the good news of that is that we do do it for free. Yeah. I just need back up. I need witnesses. Okay. Wait. Are you agreeing?

Did you say yes? I think it might be easier than being alone. Oh, my God. All right. We'll do this for you as long as you can agree. You got to give Molly and her husband a little bit of space. I don't know. Can he just stay at Molly's house for one night while we do this call.

Yeah. We got all the week. Fly on the wall. Maybe you can stay at Brooks House while we think of good advice to give you. You all have houses, right? What? You know,

we'll be in touch with you, Rick. Okay. She's got an open house to lend. Okay. Molly, I feel like we accomplish something here, and we're going to deal with Rick's problems next week.

I mean, that's a win-win situation for me. I want Rick to be happy. I want him to have a happy, healthy marriage, and I can't, like, help him continue to lie to his fiance. That's good. That's where we come in. Rick, wait till you meet the conflict queen. Her name is Alexis, and she's going to help you out so good. I might be sick next week. Brooke and Jeffrey in the morning.

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With no seller fees, you keep every dollar you earn. Well, look at that. An awkward call leads to another awkward call coming up next week. Oh, man, is this going to be like the clown and the handkerchief? We're every week for the end of time. That's right. Endless cycles, Jose. Just like the Russian nesting dolls of awkward situations.

Well, we don't need closure on this one, though. We will have to call the fiancé's parents, apparently, who really suck. And aren't very considerate. I agree, Brooke. But it is going to be difficult to keep the ruse up for another week before we, before we have him back on. And this next one's going to be even harder because now he has to tell his fiancé,

hey, hon, please don't stop wanting to marry me after I lied to you for weeks about losing my job while I spent time living with another family. Okay. The living with the other family is a little hard. But the rest of it, if you don't want to marry someone because they lost their job,

then you shouldn't be getting married to that. They are terrible people. That's a good point. You're obviously being married for money. Yes. Well, that's good. I'm just glad Brooke and Jose have to give the advice. won't break up a wedding. So no pressure you to. That's why I will never be the first prince of America or whatever. I don't care how many women want to ask me to be their husband.

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It's called Don't Lie to Me. I'm Lexi Youanu. We're two best friends, 22 years apart, but so close at heart. And I'm Lisa Di Giulio, the old one, which means we have wildly different references, occasionally different opinions, and at this point in my 50s, I've lived it all. Now in my 30s, being the founder of new shoes, good taste is my business. Listen on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. I'm Lacey Mosley, author, actor, stand-up comedian, creator, and host of Scam Goddess

Podcasts. The True Crime Comedy Podcasts all about robbery, fraud, and those who practice it. I bring on an amazing guest. Ooh, I scammed them. What? I can talk to you for an hour. You're a generational yapper like me. That's why I had to make yapping a job.

And now you can catch full episodes of my show on YouTube. Start listening to Scam Goddess on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcast. Hi, this is Kylie Breakman. Angel Geratana. Jeremy Colhain. Patrick McDonald. And we're the hosts of the Artists on Artists on Artists Podcast. The Improvised Character Comedy Podcasts were each week a new panel.

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