Brooke and Jeffrey: Second Date Update - Second Date Update Classic: Hot Date Hack

Episode Date: July 20, 2024

Today’s Second Date involves 1 man, 1 insane technique and over 200 direct messages. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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That's the question I don't want any in this room to answer because I already know. I was going to ask if you were talking when we had to rate you. I already know that I am an 8.352. Is that your average? Very weird number, Jeff. That's the number that my mom rated me at our last Thanksgiving dinner. She only gave you an 8.32. Well, she's honest, and I like that.

She said she didn't like that my teeth weren't straight enough. You didn't follow up with a retainer after she paid for braces? Something about me isn't straight enough, and she doesn't like it. Oh, my God. I can't remember. Anyway, it's always interesting, though, to rate yourself. Because personally, I'd rate me a soft seven.

And that's me being extra generous to myself there. That's like on a good day. Yeah, so numbers are going to fluctuate based on the eye of the beholder. But what if you had a hack that could guarantee the next person you go out with yeah is definitely up to your attraction standards really there's a hack for that apparently because one of our listeners blaine says he figured out that hack and we all need to learn

it today so blaine welcome to the seven and under club happy to have you we're a bunch of soft sevens over here how you doing man i'm good happy to be here also i can't say that i i didn't come up with a theory myself you know like it was definitely a lot of social media helped with it oh okay this is like a hack just take credit we'll never know that's really funny what do you rate yourself blaine before we go into your hack so we know what your level is. I'm anywhere between like a zero to like a ten, you know? So somewhere in there. The whole scale, bro. What would your mom rate you?

That's a better question. My mom, she don't like me very much. Maybe like a three. Okay, so it must not be hard to find someone up to your level then, Blaine, if you don't really have a level. I don't know. I guess I'm a little bit... I like to shoot out of my league a little bit.

It's got to be seven and up. Good for you, man. Aim high. Yeah, I aim super high, and that's why I've been single for, what, ten years? Eventually, one of these is going to stick. Tell us, though, about this theory that you found online. This thing said all the most attractive people in the world are born

on the 5th, 14th, or 23rd of the month. Oh, I missed it by a day. Is anybody here? I was supposed to be born on the 14th. Does that count? No, you baked for too long. I'm the 24th.

I'm overcooked as well. Okay. So you're just looking at people's birthdays? Yeah. So I started typing in the dates and I would kind of look and see the pictures that came up on my, like, suggested page. And if any of them were obvious, like, birthday posts. Where were you typing these in? On what suggested page?

On any social media. I tried it on a few different ones, like, you know, Instagram and Facebook. Oh, okay. Okay. So you would just type in, like, let's say October 23rd. Right, yeah. Or September 14th. Right, anything that falls in that.

And then you can click on photos. And if I saw somebody with a party hat or something on, then I would look at it and be like, happy birthday. That makes sense because it would be like you'd hashtag birthday. Yeah, exactly. And how was the talent on those dates? Look, the scale was pretty right on. It was eights and tens all the way through, absolutely. Eights and tens. Dang. We got to start asking people when their birthdays are.

Were you able to use that to your advantage in some way? Yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah. So I just kind of compiled a list, and then I just copy and pasted, like, a generic DM that was like, hey, your profile popped up for me, and you have the same birthday as my sister. Ha ha. Oh, man.

It's a numbers game, so I sent, like, 200 of these. Whoa. Oh, you got busy. That is a big net, sir. Oh, you are putting in the numbers game, so I sent like 200 of these. Whoa. Oh, you got busy. That is a big net, sir. You are putting in the work. Look, I've been striking out for a while, so I mean, it's like, screw it, man. You got to cast a wide net. I like your honesty.

I appreciate it. Okay. How did you do with your 200 messages to beautiful women? So 80% didn't say anything. Oh. Yeah. I actually thought that'd be higher. Me too, bro.

But I would say like 10 or 15 of them messaged back and said omg no way small world like type of thing and then i kind of looked in the ones that were really close to me and uh there's one yeah and i did get a date out of it actually with one that i really really thought was cute the whole time okay so we went from 200 the widest net i've ever heard cast and you narrowed it down to one girl and one date that happened to be the cutest oh this is awesome i feel like this is like sales cold calling is what it's like you know so sorry i know you mentioned what was her name delilah delilah yeah okay everyone's gonna sing the song. And what did you and Delilah do for your meetup?

So, I mean, we DM'd for a little while, and then I finally asked her out to meet up for a happy hour at a bar. Okay. She was really cute, and she came in, and she brought a Starbucks gift card and was like, hey, give this to your sister because she's my birthday twin. Oh. So adorable.

That's nice. Did you feel guilty because you lied at that point? I still feel real guilty. She still doesn't know that my sister's birthday is not the same as Ed. But I mean, I looked at it. It was cute. It was only for like $10. Oh, okay. So it wasn't even really a very good birthday gift

anyway. She doesn't even know my sister, you know. At least you have one, I guess. I don't know her birthday. That's a good start to the day. How did it go? She doesn't even know my sister, you know? At least you have one, I guess. You can always pull that. I don't know her birthday. That's a good start to the day. How did it go?

I thought it went really well. But, I mean, there was a few things that I kind of have honed in on that my anxiety brain won't really let go. You're thinking something like you did was wrong? I mean, I won't say wrong, but I think maybe it probably took her aback a little bit. I don't know. It maybe came on too strong because I complimented her maybe too many times about how pretty she was. Like six or seven times. I don't know. Like I haven't been on a date with somebody this attractive.

And then, I don't know, I was a little drunk and feeling myself. So I was just kind of trying to be completely honest. Hey, can we FaceTime all my friends real quick? It's so beautiful. I mean, as long as you left it at, like, you're so pretty and didn't elaborate all the details about why, then nothing might be safe.

People love compliments, but there is a point where it's like, why are you so shocked? Do you know what I mean? Yeah. Totally. Totally.

So how did that date end? Just a little kiss. Oh, that's good. And something? She went inside and I haven't heard from her. I mean, have you reached out at all? Yeah, I sent her a text message.

She hasn't responded yet. Okay. Maybe she found out your mom rated you a three, and so then she lost interest. But we're going to come back. We'll call Delilah for you and try and get you your second date update right after this. Second date update. We just learned about a brand new hot dating hack from one of our listeners, Blaine, that made us all turn our heads and say, wow, this is groundbreaking.

All the ground is literally cracking. I am never going to look at the world the same ever again after this. Because Blaine was not having success on the dating apps yeah and he saw a social media post saying all the most attractive people in the world were born on either the 5th 14th or 23rd of the month whatever month that is weird so he went online put those dates into facebook and instagram and if a photo of an attractive woman blowing out birthday candles came up, he made sure to reach out to her. I mean, honestly, every single woman he saw. 200 messages at least were sent.

And out of all those, a handful of conversations happened, and he ended up going out on a date with a woman named Delilah. And as far as we know, she has no clue, but maybe just knowing all of like the lengths that you went to in order to find her would actually impress her blaine oh no no no when does that story come out i think i'm gonna have to wait till she does we'll date for a while she does something really bad and then i'm like oh i forgive you okay that is so toxic does something really bad and you're like, I knew it.

I knew when you were the only one out of 200 that messaged me back something was wrong with you. Hold on to it. Come on. But we really don't know what the issue is, what's going on with her, why they're not hanging out, but we're about to find out here. That's the fun part. You ready for this, Blaine?

Yeah, I'm ready. We're going to try our hardest here. Let's dial her number. Here we go. Hello? Hey, we're looking for Delilah. This is she. Hey, Delilah. Hope you're having a good day that's about to get even better because you're on the radio right now with Brooke and Jeffrey in the morning.

Welcome to the show, Delilah. Oh, hey guys. Oh, you know the show. Sweet. I don't, but it's cool to hear from you. Oh, okay. It would be cool to hear a radio station just call you right now. Are you this

nice to scammers who call too? Sometimes. She's like, I don't need a car warranty, but you sure have a great day. Give me your pitch. Our friends and family aren't that nice to us when we call them. It's a pleasure talking to you.

We do have a reason for calling because we're doing something called a second date update. That's where one of our listeners is trying to get a hold of you to hang out one more time. You've been out with him once. His name is Blaine.

Oh, yeah. Oh. Oh, yeah. I mean, oh, yeah. Blaine. You like Blaine? Blaine was really cool. We had a great time.

We kind of met on social media. Okay. I'm going to stop you real quick because we've actually spoken to Blaine before we called you. And we kind of heard all the details about how you met and how you guys went out to a bar. And you brought him like a cool Starbucks gift card. For his sister. He thought that was really sweet. Yeah, we have the same birthday.

You and his sister. You and his sister, right. Yes. Small world. Yeah, so the question that Blaine has that he's going through us, hoping to get some answers for, is why are you not wanting to see him again, if that's true? If I'm honest now, because I wasn't honest then, I stretched the truth about my age on my social media. And we were having such a great time. I felt a little guilty about being dishonest. Oh.

Okay. Okay. But you know what? I think a lot of people stretch a little bit. Like if you're 27, you'll say 25. Sure. But how much did you stretch the number by? That's a good question.

We going like three years or 40 years? About four years of stretching. Yeah, but you know what's interesting about that? He didn't notice at all. He would have brought that up to us. You shouldn't, I don't think, feel bad. Four years isn't that big of a difference. Not at all. No, but I just felt really

weird about it because he brought it up on the date and I didn't correct him. So like he said, what are you saying you are on social media well my social media says that i'm 32 okay but i'm 36 okay okay okay and can i just ask why why do you lie about it you know it was just something that i did and i just never went back and changed it. I mean, she's not putting it onto, like, a dating app trying to, like, trick guys. Oh, you're right. It's just something on her personal social media page.

I think my Facebook says I'm way older because I wasn't allowed to make it at the age when Facebook came out. Just in order to be able to register, you had to stretch it. But, I mean, that doesn't sound like he did anything wrong. That sounds like you're just feeling guilty that you didn't 100 come clean right i'm just a really honest person and it felt really weird to start off this new relationship on a lie okay and so it was easier to ghost him than to come clean and and tell him the Yeah, I didn't want to look stupid for lying about something so small. You could miss out on a great guy, though.

I know you're an honest person. On this show, we tend not to be. Sorry. We don't have any guilt about it. That is the bad part. This is so hard for me to be honest with you and let you know that Blaine has actually been on the other line listening this entire time.

Please tell me that's not true. I wish I could say that, but it is. Blaine, are you there, man? Hey. Hey. I don't know what to say right now. I mean, I can start. That doesn't bother me.

I don't care. Age is just a number. You look great. I honestly thought you looked younger than 32. Yeah, good. That's than 32 so oh thank you you're saying she doesn't seem like she's a 36 year old yeah i mean you can kind of choose your own age right i don't care i don't know if that's a good rule to live by oh yeah that is my new theory are you joking i think the government hello 26 look what you've done if somebody says you look 26, you're 26. I think that's how it should be.

Delilah, do you hear that? That is so sweet. I hear that. It makes me feel a little bit better. But I just, I felt really bad when you brought it up, Blaine, on the date. Like, my eyes got really big and I didn't know what to say to you. Oh. So, I could probably make you feel a little bit better.

So the whole when we first started talking, I kind of lied to you about my sister. Oh, wait, you don't have a sister. No, no, no, no, no. I do. I have a sister. But I just I don't know. You're so beautiful and I really wanted to talk to you. So I just kind of lied about the about her birthday and your birthday being the same. just cause I don't know. I just kind of wanted to start a conversation with you. Wait, you lied about her birthday. Yeah. I mean, it was just the way I wanted to talk to you. You're so beautiful. I want it.

You said that. So where's my gift card? I want my gift card back. I'll bring it back to you. Hey, we can go on a second date and I'll pay for Starbucks. How about that? That's not... I don't understand. How did you figure out that my birthday... How did you figure out when my birthday was?

Oh, God. Look, if... Alright. This is too much to say. Oh, you're going to do it? Try to recap it. Somebody said at one point that most attractive people's birthdays are the 5th, the 14th, and the 23rd. So I kind of did a Facebook search for people with those birthdays.

Oh, my God. Congrats, you're hot. What a loser. I chose you out of everybody. I only messaged you. Bro, did you hear what she just said about you? She called you a loser, bro. No, maybe she's talking about the guy who came up with that theory on TikTok.

I mean both of them. I mean, he was just having a hard time. You know how hard dating is. It's really hard to find honest people also. That's why dating is so hard. Delilah, you were just saying how guilty and horrible that you felt about yourself that you weren't completely honest with him and now... It was a mistake.

Well, look, you said that I was a really cool person and we would have never met up if I hadn't gone through all that and gotten in touch with you over social media. Yeah, but I didn't know you were an online creep searching the dirt web for people's birthplace. Ew. Facebook the dark web?

Now it is. It's birthdays. Facebook the dark web? Now it is. It's like a light blue. It's like living in the dark ages. And you even lied on your sister. No successful relationship has ever started with total honesty. So, like, this is actually not a bad place to jump off from, and we'd love to send you out on one more date that we would pay for. Not you, Delilah, not with the gift cards or anything.

On us 100%. Give him a chance. I just, I really hate dishonesty, so I'm going to have to pass. No. But you, really? Coming from someone pretending to be a 32-year-old online. That was an accident. Okay.

Oh, an accident. And I'm accidentally 26. I don't know how this call devolved into what it was, but coming from this 23-year-old GQ model, I think love is possible if you just give it a chance. You can't also lie about your career, Jeff. Where's the lie? You're right.

Love is possible. That's why I'm messaging 200 more later today. All right. There we go. Never give up. Successful second date update, kind of. lists, especially that one filled with show tunes. More of you finding Gemini is 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

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