Brooke and Jeffrey: Second Date Update - Second Date Update: 20 Treadmills of Love

Episode Date: June 5, 2023

One of our listeners was SHOCKED when she got a look inside her date's home and saw what he collects...Even though he swears it's for a good reason. Find out what it is in the podcast!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Ugh, we're so done with New Year, New You. This year, it's more you on Bumble. More of you shamelessly sending playlists, especially that one filled with show tunes. More of you finding Gemini's because you know you always like them. More of you dating with intention because you know what you want. And you know what? We love that for you. Someone else will too. Be more you this year and find them on Bumble.

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Hi, I'm Ed Zitron, host of the Better Offline podcast. And this January, we're going to go on the road to beautiful Las Vegas, Nevada, to cover the Consumer Electronics Show, tech's biggest conference. Better Offline CES coverage won't be the usual rundown of the hottest gadgets or biggest trends, but an unvarnished look at what the tech industry plans to sell or do to you in 2025.

I'll be joined by David Roth of Defector and the writer Edward Ongueso Jr. With guest appearances from Behind the Bastards Robert Evans, It Could Happen Here's Gare Davis, and a few surprise guests throughout the show. Listen to Better Offline on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever else you get your podcasts from. Second date update. I know Brooke has said multiple times, almost suspiciously, that she's not on any dating apps. Yeah, she always brings it up. Hey, Brooke, what are you doing over there? Oh, not swiping on random men online, that's for sure.

I am not on genie dabs. I think, yo. She's doubling down. What do you want me to say? We're all going to believe her on this, but let's say Brooke was on the apps. Okay. What would her profile say? Oh, my gosh. Probably, give me your name, phone number, and how many Cheetos you can fit in your mouth.

And she'd pause awkwardly, phone number, and how many Cheetos you can fit in your mouth. And she paused awkwardly after phone number. So nobody would understand the Cheeto joke. And are those puffs or the classics? I'm not sure what that means. Also, I come from a clown family. Ask me more. He's a magician, okay? Don't ask about hell.

Bottom line, it would probably be a total disaster. But what about the rest of the normal people out there? What's on their dating profiles? Let's find out and talk to Elena, who emailed the show for help. Welcome to the chaos. Hey, Elena. Hey, everyone. How are you?

Elena would swipe right on me. Right, Elena? Totally. Yeah, way to be nice, Elena. You into the ladies or the guys? Well, right now we're talking about Trey. Okay. And what does Trey have on his dating profile that stuck out to you?

You know what? A couple things. I mean, one, physically, beautiful eyes, gorgeous smile. I mean, just typical, like, drop dead. Yeah, and then an average of 10 Cheetos, right? Enough with the Frito-Lay obsession. Yeah. Okay.

So he's a beautiful man? Yeah. And what did stick out was he loves adventures. He, like, wants to fill his time with his hobbies of adventures. What does that mean? That's so vague. Like, is he specific on that well he liked biking i mean just thoughts and like outdoorsy stuff okay okay adventures

makes it sound like he likes to get out and travel and see new things yeah rock climb that's what i think of i mean that's a really nice thing to say in your profile even if it isn't true yeah so did you uh did you meet up with him we did did. We got some drinks and right when he walked in, he looked so much smaller in person. Like his pictures made him look just a little bit more like... Are you talking height-wise?

Are you talking size? Everything. Everything is small. Yeah. From your voice, it sounds like you were disappointed in how he looked physically. Is that true? Usually smaller on a guy isn't exciting. Yeah, I know.

You're not about the size, but how you use it. A girl's obsessed about height. He said everything. That's muscles. That's everything smaller. It's just a difference. I did bring it up. I was like, you know what? I'm kind of surprised. In your photos, you look just a little bit more Wow. What?

That is bold. What did he say? Well, I wasn't mean about it, guys. I don't know. But also, if he's a catfish, he should get called out. I mean, that's the other thing. There's so much craziness on lines, but he was laughing about it. He says, actually,

I'm on a health kick. And I was like, oh, really? What kind of health kick are you on? And he was laughing about it he says actually i'm on a health kick and i was like oh really what kind of health kick are you on and he's like it's a huge health kick so i've definitely lost like 30 pounds and recently i was like oh okay and you're like you didn't need to i liked you when you were bulky yeah i didn't know that's what i was thinking i didn't know you could shrink from that stuff too like like height-wise. Well, I couldn't see his height, but you know what I'm saying. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

He just looks small. So anyway, you not believe this. This man tells me he has a treadmill in every single room in his house. What?

In every single room? Please tell me it's a one-bedroom. Was that a joke? No, so I start laughing because I'm like, oh, wow, crazy health kick, yeah. And he says, no, really. My buddy and I cleaned out a warehouse that had a bunch of treadmills, ellipticals, blah, blah, blah. So they sold a bunch of them, but there were just some leftovers.

So I kept a lot of them. What? So he's got like a little mini 24-hour fitness in his apartment. Either that or he's got an area in each room to throw all of his clothes on. Yeah. A lot of veggies. A drying rack. Okay.

So this isn't a red flag to you? Treadmills get boring. It is nice to mix up the scenery. It keeps him motivated. If he keeps seeing the treadmill, he'll want to eventually get fit. It was intimidating, too. It was intimidating for to eventually get fit. It was intimidating, too. It was intimidating for you a little bit. A little bit, too.

But you know what? The conversation, we ended up laughing about it. And then it was like, we're having drinks. But we started having those fun, like, hey, let's go on another date. Let's see each other again. Yeah. And it turned out super fun. And out of the blue, he says to me, hey, what would you do if I show up at your house tomorrow and say, hey, let's go to the Virgin Islands and we leave in three hours?

Whoa. That's crazy. And I was like, heck yeah. Oh, you said yes. You're like a wild child. You're ready to go. Was that a joke or was he serious? You know, I think he just threw it out hypothetically, the trip.

But I am an adventurous lady. That's interesting. So he sounds like, I mean, also like he's just a big dreamer, right? Like he's always got some big grand plan. And you love that idea. Yeah. And it was fun to like daydream like that. Yeah.

So how did that night end? Not in the Cayman Islands? No, not in the Cayman, unfortunately. Well, we said bye with a hug, which was kind of... No kiss. Yeah. No kiss. You think a guy like that would go in for a kiss if he was really wanting to take you

to the... I thought so, too. And it was a hug that wasn't as big of a hug as she was expecting because he's so small. My arms just kept going. Yeah. He just touched her own elbows. And he wasn't there to pick you up the next day because he's so small. My arms just kept going. Yeah, he just touched her own elbows. And he wasn't there to pick you up the next day like he threw out there. He definitely didn't come

by. He didn't come by. It's been like a week. It's been a week. Yeah, but I don't know what I did. I keep thinking, was I too much like a friend almost? I don't know. Sometimes those big dreamer people can also be big flaky. Yeah. You know what I mean? It's like a lot of talk and not a lot of follow through.

Or he's like off hiking a mountain somewhere. That could be. But your email to us said that you've been texting with Trey a few times. Well, I've been texting. He just hasn't responded. Maybe he's just waiting for you to show up at his house. What if he's literally in the Cayman Islands and was like, oh, I forgot to pick her up. It's like the Jamaican version of Home Alone.

We're going to hopefully bring it to a happy conclusion when we come back. We'll call Trey for you and try and get you your second date update. Get you over to one of those islands right after this, okay? Awesome. Alright, hold on.

Second date update. One man, one woman, and 20 treadmills. All running at the exact same time. How romantic. It's a 400-meter sprint to love. You'll put this one. At least that's how it's going for our listener, Elena.

Oh, it's so funny. The guy that she was recently out with named Trey. Because they went and grabbed some drinks. She learned that he really does have treadmills in every single room of his house. That's just nuts. That was the weird part of the night. Afterwards, it got a lot better from there. And they were laughing together.

They were planning future dates. And he even threw out a theoretical of maybe taking her to an exotic island. Showing up at her house and just whisking her away i know and it got her really excited but it's been a week since that date happened and there has been no second date and no trips abroad oh you know it's like you felt like you recovered from the very beginning but maybe he just really was insulted when you told him he was smaller than in his pictures yeah well maybe maybe because you patted him on the head after you said that. Do you think that's possible, Elena? Possible? I don't know.

It was a pretty fun conversation after that. Yeah. You could see his reaction. I couldn't get over a guy telling me I looked bigger than in my pictures. I don't know that I called him that. But he's also working out a lot. Yeah, that's true. Let's see.

We're going to call him right now. Hopefully he's not in the middle of one of his treadmill workouts. That would be amazing if he was. It's so small, I imagine it's like a hamster. I'm in the kitchen. Let's try and call him. Here we go. Hello?

I think we're safe. It's quiet. Okay, I think we're good. Hey, is this Trey? Yeah, this is Trey. Hi, Trey. You're on the radio right now with a show called Brooke and Jeffrey in the Morning. How many people are on the phone? Wait, what'd you say? Answer your first question. Four people are in this room. And this is a radio show

called brooke and jeffrey in the morning that you're on right now hey why yeah great great question good question you're sharp we like that uh this is a segment called a second date update and we're trying to help out one of our listeners get a hold of you and maybe even see if we can hook you up for another date because you went out with her already one time named Elena. Oh, you remember her, right? Yeah, I know. I know who Elena is.

Okay. Did she have you call me? Yeah, that's how the segment works. We kind of get a vibe of how the first date went, and then we reach out on her behalf to try and figure out how we can get you two back together. There's a reason she's confused. It sounds like on your date, you guys were talking a lot about going out again and how fun that'd be.

I mean, yeah, we had a good time. She seems like she's fun, and that's great. She said a lot of the same stuff about you. Yeah, there was, I don't know, there was a moment, though, that was kind of a deal breaker for me. So I don't think that's going to be working out. Oh, no.

Well, that's all right. I mean, you're allowed to have your opinions on stuff, but it would help if maybe we could know about the moment and pass that along to Elena just to help her out. Right. Make her feel better to have some closure. Insight. Would you mind sharing? Okay. Weird? Okay. Weird.

Okay. I guess I should explain that I have this thing that I do when I go out on a date with someone for the first time. It's kind of like a litmus test. A test? We've heard a few of these before. We do a lot of these dating segments, and there's a lot of people that have different types of tests

when they go out, and they usually don't end very well. Yeah. But Brooke still, she loves them. Yeah. And she poised them into a marriage now. I mean. I usually ask something to the effect of like, if I show up at your door tomorrow and say a plane's leaving in three hours and we're going to the islands, you want to come? Oh.

Oh, it was. Oh, that's the test. Actually. That's fun. Well, she mentioned that to us yeah she said that she was on for right yeah she told us it was a fun hypothetical question that you asked on the date yeah uh she tell you how she responded like she seemed excited yeah i'm i'm down to travel or something like that yeah no that's the that's the wrong answer to that question that's like

the worst answer you can give me wait let's go is the wrong answer to that question. That's like the worst answer you can give me. Wait, let's go is the wrong answer? If you're inviting someone to do something and they agree. I thought you were like Adventure Boy. What's the right answer? The right answer is let me check and see if I can or, you know, let me look at my schedule or, you know, I'll have to tell to my friends or anything really. Anything else that indicates that you've got a life of your own that you're living oh you drop everything for a stranger i can kind of see but it was a hypothetical question like you weren't actually doing it like honestly if you actually showed up at her door she probably would have to make some pre-arrangements yeah and maybe but she got very

excited she kept saying you know i'm gonna pack my bags and be ready to go. She had no indication that she has any responsibilities, that she has a career. What? Wait. Hold on. There's no responsibility? Hold on, Elena. Yep. Spontaneous.

Well, it's too late to surprise him with it now because, Trey, you probably heard her voice at this point. That's Elena who's been waiting to talk to you. You're so funny because you know what's so funny about my responsibilities is I probably make three times what you make oh I mean that's not the point I guess that's a flex like good on you Elena but why do you bring that up well I don't think that's true we need one of you at a time. Trey, what do you have to say to Elena that she makes three times as much as you? I say that's really unlikely. I don't believe that's true. And even if it were true, it has nothing to do with anything right now.

Okay. He sells treadmills on the side, guys. If you ever need a treadmill or anything like that, he's very good at selling those things. All right. Let's settle good at selling those things. All right. Let's settle this once and for all. Let's all go around the room and say how much money we made to you. Brooke, you start us off. Well, I mean, Trey, that should be great news for you because then Elena can pay for the Cayman Islands vacation and take you with her.

The tables have turned. Let's hop in the TJ and fly down there. I'm sure she's got one. This all seems so silly You guys are fighting about a hypothetical question Is it just a hypothetical question Or Trey do you really do this And actually take women to islands

If they give you the right answer And say let me check my schedule first You sound very eager Jeffrey I want to know Because I'm a very very busy man I've got a lot of hobbies and responsibilities. If she answers, you know, she gives a good answer to the question, we get a second date, and maybe it goes from there.

Okay. Wow. So it is in the cards. It's like a door to that. Not with me. It is in the cards, absolutely. Yeah, I've done it before, but it's not something that's going to happen the first night we meet.

Okay, you're like the troll under the bridge with the riddles. If you answer that correctly, then you can passina there you go i'm hearing you saying like no not for me like why are you so closed off to it are you really yeah i would never now that i know he tests and that there's all these like hypotheticals it's just no i'm over it there's not all these hypotheticals and all these hoops. It's just one question. But now I kind of see her point because it's like he could be like, hey, do you want dessert?

And she's like, no. And he's like, oh, well, you just failed another test. It's a lot to judge someone's entire life on how they answer that question. Again, another hypothetical. You know what, guys? It's my prerogative to ask the questions I want to ask on my first date. Sure. But the fact that she brought up money right away

to try to one up me is a huge red flag it's a really low class move it tells me I made the right choice You're the one that said I didn't have responsibilities I just wanted to let you know that my house is fully paid off and I have plenty of to go around, so that's the thing you didn't even ask, but you're going to bring up

that I don't have responsibilities to make yourself look good, babe. I don't think so. I mean, I know you guys are kind of fighting right now, but I really feel like they're a good match. Hypothetically, hypothetically, if that never happened, we might've been, if she didn't get me on the radio to put me on the spot. Oh, now it's this.

Now it's our fault. See, that's her test now. Yeah, it's always my fault. That's the thing. This is the type of guy he is. I see now. Oh, man. I'm the winner.

Yay. What? Oh, man. You're not. Yeah, even though this is going horribly, I'm going to ask anyway to send you guys out on a second date that we would pay for. Yeah, we make so much money. Locally, though, we can't cross country borders.

Yeah, yeah, yeah. Let's keep it within the area code. Not in the Cayman Islands. Maybe like a Caribbean restaurant. Yeah. Anybody? That's a big hard no for me. That's a no for me.

Oh, okay. It's just a little joke. A little jab. Elena was great. We had a lot of fun on that first date, but it's a no for me. Okay. Well, mutual no, at least. Now I'd like

to offer to send Trey and me to a private island. Trey? Elena, will you pay for it? Not me, definitely not. Oh, come on, you make all the money. Your house is already paid off. Brooke and Jeffrey in the morning. Man, it's too bad we couldn't get a yes from those two

because I think we all agree that they would have been good for each other. I mean, they would have just taken a second to think about it and listen. Sure, in a weird way. If he would have just dropped that test, they would have been on a fourth date by now. That was the only thing. Or she would have laughed it off and been like, oh, that was like one dumb test.

Like, I can get over it. I don't want to blame one of them because they both kind of share the blame for not hearing each other out. Dude, the money brag shocked it. I don't want to blame one of them because they both kind of share the blame for not hearing each other out. Dude, the money brag shocked me. I'm not going to lie. Good for you, but that was weird. Interesting. Not the first time she's used that in an argument.

Yeah, my house is paid off. Okay. Ready to go, but I know hypotheticals are a touchy subject. The thing is, we never got to ask the real hypothetical. What's that? Would Brooke take a DNA test to prove her children are really her husband? It's a hypothetical, but she keeps screaming no. And the fact that she says that speaks volumes.

Oh, now you would? Of course I would. Yeah, when we're on air. Behind closed doors, it's been no for the past four years. Dude, that first baby I had looked exactly like my husband. The second one. She can't even remember the name of it, but that first one. Anyway, we're happy to do these segments and help out with your dating life.

Email the show. We'll call that person who isn't calling you back. Check out all of our second day podcasts wherever you get yours at Brooke and Jeffrey. Brooke and Jeffrey in the morning. We're so done with New Year, New You. This year, it's more you on Bumble. More of you shamelessly sending playlists, especially that one filled with show tunes.

More of you finding Gemini's because you know you always like them. More of you dating with intention because you know what you want. And you know what? We love that for you. Someone else will too. Be more you this year.

And find them on Bumble. Joel, the holidays are a blast, but the financial hangover, that can be a huge bummer. If you are out there and you're dreading the new statement email that reveals the massive balance that you may have racked up, well, you could use our help. That's right. I'm Joel. And I am Matt. And we're from the How To Money podcast. Our show is all about helping you make sense of your personal finances so you can ditch your pesky credit card debt once and for all,

make real progress on other crucial financial goals that you've got, and just feel more in control of your money in general. You know it. For money advice without the judgment and jargon, listen to How To Money on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Hi, I'm Ed Zitron, host of the Better Offline podcast. And this January, we're going to go on the road to beautiful Las Vegas, Nevada to cover the Consumer Electronics Show, tech's biggest conference. Better Offline CES coverage won't be the usual rundown of the hottest gadgets or biggest trends, but an unvarnished look at what the tech industry plans to sell Thanks for listening.