Brooke and Jeffrey: Second Date Update - Second Date Update Classic: You, Me & Apathy

Episode Date: December 14, 2024

We conducted a mini-experiment with Brooke in today’s Second Date Update and it helped us get into the unusual mindset of one of our listeners to try and find him a match!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Hey, you found us. It's Brooke and Jeffrey in the morning on our second date podcast. Not like, is that hard to find these days since we're charting on the top comedy charts every week on Spotify. You're welcome. I go to bed every night and I just stream it

on 5,000 different laptops. Oh, you're the one that's doing it. That's how we're getting there. I'm sorry, guys, but I'm tired of those ratings. All right, hey, thanks for being tired of those ratings. All right. Hey, thanks for being here. And don't forget, we do have 45 more minutes of this painful show. If you can endure it over on our main feed, just go to Brooke and Jeffrey for that one.

But right now, let's get to what you came for. That's the second date. Yes. Second date update. We're going to do a fun little experiment here. That's exciting. Brooke, before you got together with your husband, Michael, think about the last couple guys before him that you dated. I need you to rate them based on their attractiveness.

Just simply 1 to 10, the last two. Oh, they're both, well, no, okay. One of them. They're changing in your head. I'd give one of them an 8. Okay. One of them. They're changing in your head. I'd give one of them an eight. Okay. And then I'd give one of the other ones, when he showered, a five. That's not a good. Yeah.

That was when he showered? Yeah. Okay. Oh, God. Unshowered? It's true. Probably not. You went up.

She likes to go shower. No, three. I go lower on that one. Okay. So we have an eight and a three. He just had really greasy hair. Now, a recent study says if you average out the numbers of your exes, that is what society deems your number is. So, Brooke, you would be a solid 5.

Wow. I don't actually argue that. Wait a minute. Okay. I didn't think you would. It's like you are what you eat. You are who you've dated. And one of our listeners may be

dealing with a numbers crisis in his dating life his name and i apologize if i pronounce this wrong is it thom t-h-o-m yeah it's thom there's an h cool and it's pronounced like tom with an h what's up thom hey guys so according to your email it says that before the date you considered yourself to be a six but afterwards you consider yourself a four now why do you feel that way did you fall face down on an escalator what's going on no no uh i mean when i went out with her i thought she was a six easily but she's like not calling me back so now i'm thinking i'm a four you know you can't lock down a six then yeah what is that right we just like put it out there that no woman no matter where you actually think they stand should ever be called anything but a seven or an

eight well yeah you know yeah at least not to their face but she's not on the phone right now so we're allowed to be honest. She's really not calling back. Why do you think you failed? I have absolutely no idea. I mean, look, I didn't put in, like, a ton of effort. Maybe that was it. There's one big clue there, Tom. I don't know. I didn't listen.

I didn't do anything. I don't know what her name is. Yeah, do you know what her name is? Do we put that much effort in? Yeah, Tori. Tori. Is it Tori or is it Thori with an H in the middle? That's funny. It's just T-O-R-I.

Yeah. Okay. Where did you meet Tori? Dating app, which I normally it was weird. Like, I normally I kind of aim higher. I'm going after sevens and eights. What are you saying? Hear him out. No, you gotta listen. I mean, that was the thing. I've been like, kind of aim higher. I'm going after sevens and eights. What are you saying? Let's hear him out. Let's hear him out.

No, it's like, why are we... No, you gotta listen. Wait, listen. I mean, that was the thing. I've been, like, kind of going after these sort of, I guess, aesthetically more beautiful women,

but it wasn't really working, so I was kind of like, well, you know, I'll go out with this girl. She's probably a six. I feel you, brother. Okay. Do you always think of people

on this rating scale? No, I mean... Okay, Brooke, all men think that way. I don't think that's true. Surprise news flash, we think beautiful women are beautiful. No, that's different. Then that's your issue.

That's different than rating every single person you meet. Okay, so here's my question. Women do this. I know women rate guys. I don't rate people in my head. Like, yes, I find them attractive or not attractive, for sure. But I don't play... Eight was one of your, I find them attractive or not attractive, for sure. But I don't play.

Eight was one of your boyfriends, and three was the other one. You don't rate people? Okay. I guess you're right. We'll go off of your word on that one. Can I just ask them a question? Go ahead. I'm curious because it doesn't sound like you are attracted to this woman. Yeah.

And it doesn't sound like you're interested. Why woman. Yeah. And it doesn't sound like you're interested. Why are you calling us to get in touch with her? I mean, it's not as if I wasn't like 100% unattracted to her. I mean, we were definitely getting along, I guess. Are you just bored? When you say I guess, it really sounds like you're bored, bro. There's people you keep around when you're bored. Or he's being rejected and he hates it.

Yeah. You know what I mean? Like it's a want what you can't have thing. There's people you keep around when you're bored. Or he's being rejected and he hates it. Yeah. You know what I mean? Like, it's a want what you can't have thing. That's true. I don't know. I mean, look, we just went to, like, a dive bar. It wasn't like we did some big fancy dinner.

I wasn't exactly willing to spend a lot of money on it, but. What? I don't know. If she was a seven or eight, then you would have gone the extra mile and, like, paid extra. I probably would have. Okay. Hey, Thumb. You're a guy.

I think that's fair. Were you nice to her when you were on the date? Yeah. That's a good extra. I probably would have. Okay. Hey, Tom. You're a guy. I think that's fair. Were you nice to her when you were on the date? Yeah. That's a good question. I'm being serious. Yeah, tell us about the date. Did you compliment her? A little bit. I mean, we hung out and we laughed every once in a while.

It was kind of cool. The one thing that was kind of strange, I mean, after we had been drinking a little bit, I went to the bathroom and I came back and I was going to give her like a surprise hug, but she was sitting down on a bar stool and I kind of like gave her a hug from behind and it was almost like I got her in like a little headlock. You're standing up and she's sitting.

So the alignment isn't right. Those are cute. He didn't really put her in a headlock. No, my husband's height. It's like whenever he hugs me from behind. It is literally like a chokehold I hate it so much. Did you let go after 30 seconds? I gave her like a little new you know kind of thing like No, that's a joke no, it was just like stupid quick

I would never call a man back. I don't care if he was a 20 on whatever scale you're working on. Okay, fine. Dude walked up and gave me a noogie. I'm with you. Okay, but you're a 5. You don't get to choose like that. We're talking about a 6. We're talking about he went out with a 6.

What was her response to the noogie? Yeah, look, she seemed startled at first, but we had been drinking, so she just brushed it off and we just got back to talking. I'm sure when she realized it was you, everything was okay. And her mood didn't change? Like, she didn't become more icy or cold towards you? You know, to be honest, I didn't really notice

because I was sort of, like, not as interested anymore. I sort of lost the desire to take it any further. I was like, eh, whatever. Are you trying to be a jerk right now? No. Look, I mean, I'm being honest with you. That's totally how it was on the date. I was just like not into it.

But then when I got home, it was like I realized out of all the dates I've been on and all the dates that I don't like, I kind of liked her the most. So she was the best of the worst. Right. Right. Okay.

I'm really concerned with myself that I followed that. Yeah. Position that some of us have been in many, many times. So, okay. How long has it been since your date with Tori then? It's been a week. Okay. Have you tried to put any effort in

since it doesn't sound like you put any in it initially yeah i mean look i waited about four days then i called once um i didn't leave a message or anything i just hung up and then i texted her after that wow okay good and they say romance is dead well some people might think you're coming on a little bit strong there at the end. You let it ring once? Bro, blingy. But we'll see how Tori feels because we're going to come back. We'll call her directly. I'm actually really excited to hear her opinion of this situation.

Maybe we'll have her rate you. I feel like we should just drop the rating. I actually want to hear her rating. Everybody wants it. And then we'll rate everybody in this room. We should stop rating. We're going to come back and do it. Rating is not healthy.

It's a rate fest when we come back for your second date update right after this. Second date update. We've got an interesting situation on our hands here with one of our listeners, Thom, spelled like Tom but with an H in there. Yes. And to a few of us on the show, it sounds like he only wants another date with this woman, Tori, because he's kind of bored. Or he's being rejected and hates that.

I can't decide which. Yeah, we're not, it doesn't seem that into her. No. At least according to some people in this room. According to him. To me. He said that. Well, I don't know how he feels.

Personally, it sounds like he is passionately in love. That's his passion? Trying to play it coy. Oh. Not give away his true feelings. He told us that he was being honest like eight times, so I don't know. That's what a coy person would say. They got me, Jeff.

Yeah, trick me too. Truth is, there really weren't a lot of highlights to cover from their dive bar hangout, except for when he tried to hug her from behind and accidentally put her into a mini headlock. And they gave her a noogie. Oh, the noogie. That's a huge highlight. Yeah. I mean, or a low light for her.

It's kind of playful flirtiness there. It's not. Well, to some it could be. The noogie's almost like the I do kiss. It's very cute and romantic. I see potential for it. Anyway, we're hoping to help cure Thaum of his eternal boredness and get him another date with Tori here. Brooke, is there anything disparaging you'd like to say to Thaum before we begin here? I feel like I covered it all.

Yeah? Anything left? Yeah. What I want to ask him is if he is going to be embarrassed if he gets rejected on the radio. No, honestly, not really. Okay, good. No pressure. I mean, she's already basically rejecting you as it is.

True. You can't be rejected. I don't know how much else I can worry about that if it happens. Okay. Okay. All right. Well, usually people are- So you just don't care about that either.

Okay, we're just- We're just a little apathetic. I can sense the passion in Tom's voice right now. Sorry, Thumb. My bad. What if Thumb's just killing time with us right now? He's like, man, I'm kind of bored. I'm just going to call this.

Maybe. Well, let's get it done. We'll see what she has to say. I'm going to dial her number right now. You ready? You guys, are you asking me that? Yes. Yeah.

Okay. Never mind. Let me just focus on Tori here. We get so many emails, and this is the one we chose to do the call with. I mean, Brooke, we're not going to turn down the chance to interview a hard four on his dating life. Self-admitted. So here we go. This is for Thawne.

Let's call her. Hello? Hi, we're looking to speak with Tori. Yeah, this is her. No, it is a dumb joke. Sorry, I just thought of it. Tori, what's up? You're on the radio with Brooke and Jeffrey in the morning.

Hey. Hey, Tori. Hi. Sorry to bug you. Isn't that weird? Yeah, it's going to get a lot weirder here in a second. We don't know that for sure. We do want to pry into your personal life just the tiniest bit and ask you about a date that you went on the other day with a guy named Thaum.

Oh. You probably met a lot of Thaums. So this one, he was the one that took you to a dive bar? Yeah, Thaum. Okay. I remember him. Okay. He's weird.

He's weird or it's weird that we're calling you? No, it's weird that you're calling me. Yeah, we're weird. We know that. Well, we're just trying to ask in general how you felt about the date and how you felt about Thawne himself. I don't know. He's okay. Okay.

He's fine. He's fine. Oh, okay. That's not a bad review. You're going to ask her, Alexis, on a scale? Yeah, I was waiting. No, no. Let's not go into the superficial route.

That's just rude. Okay. I don't want to hear that. He says that. Oh, it's just rude now. I see. We're above that. We're above that as a radio show.

We want to get a sense of how you really feel about Thom. Is there a chance that there might be another meetup, um i mean i guess he did like text me i just i never texted him back um it was a fine day i mean i didn't really seem like he wanted to be there but like i i didn't really want to be there either so oh okay why didn't you want to be there i mean it wasn't like a bad date it just wasn't a great date i don't know i guess i've been like going back and forth on how i feel about him okay like part of me is like i can probably do better uh then there's another part of me that's like is it even worth trying to find somebody else you know like don't settle don't settle for thom thom is our listener he's

asked us for help i don't want him to settle either he also i just you didn't say that to him tori is there any highlights or low lights any moments from the date that really stand out to you any lights um i mean not not really like i haven't even really thought about him. What do you mean you haven't thought about him? I don't know. Just like you have an experience. It's like, eh. And then you just kind of go about your life and don't give it much attention. And you're not maybe no highlights is a highlight?

That's actually in itself? That's interesting. I mean, wait, are you guys asking me? Yeah. Have you ever thought of it that way? Is this the safe person? All right. The similarities are actually pretty striking.

I know. That's what's confusing me. They both seem like, meh. I can't wait to see the fireworks that explode out of a conversation when we tell you, Tori, that Thawne is actually on the other line right now listening to this conversation. Oh. Yeah, and he listening to this conversation. Oh. Yeah, and he wants to jump in and talk to you. Huh.

Hey, how's it going? Hey. Yeah, that's Thumb. So we're just going to back away and let you two lovebirds talk this out. Go ahead. Sorry. I mean, I don't want to, like, hurt your feelings. I'm just being honest.

Like, I don't know. I just didn't feel like it was that special. Really, no offense to you. Like, you're a nice guy. I mean, look, no offense taken. I agree. It was fine. It's not like we didn't hate each other. Yeah, no. I don't know. I mean, I guess, like I said, I'm, like, going back and forth. Part of me is like, yeah, why not? It was like fine. And then the other part of me is just like, it's not even on my mind at all that we even went out. You know, is this where dating's at? Yeah. Is this what's happening right now? You're interrupting Sparks, Brooke.

I mean, look, I appreciate the honesty and I'll be honest with you. I mean, I kind of only thought about you when this radio show came on. They sort of asked me if I wanted to do the second date call. So we asked you. I mean, that's fair. That's totally fair. Like, I think back on their date, there's nothing, like, special about our date. You know, like, I get it.

I'm not offended. But it's weird. Like, that's what I kind of liked about it, like, the lack of interest. Like, there was no drama. And, like, that's kind of not bad. That was actually the most positive thing that I've heard any of them say. One of the most romantic things that's ever been spoken on this show. Are you guys attracted to each other?

I guess. I mean, I guess. They're both thought about it for the same amount of time. This is a very long pause. I think you guys are actually perfect for each other. You're madly in love and you just don't care enough yet. The bar is set so, so low for both of you that

this might actually work. I don't think there is a bar. I think the bar is left. Well, let's find out for sure because Tori, we'd love to offer you another date with Thawne and we would pay for that date if you're willing to see him one more time. I mean, I guess the

dating apps are just so bad right now. Like, I don't know if you guys are on there, but there's just like pervs and weirdos. And like, I had like a group of three saying they wanted to add a fourth one time. It's just like rough out there. So we're giving up. I guess. Yeah. Like, why not?

It doesn't like hurt to do another one. So you're settling. All right. Well, Tom. It may hurt though. Well, hurt to do another one. So you're settling. All right. Well, Tom. It may hurt, though. Well, hold on, Brooke. He may have changed his mind. Let's ask him.

Tom, are you still up for this? I mean, I think it's great. I mean, I'll take a free date. All right. I'll take a free date. I'll take a free date. And why not? How much worse can it get?

Sure. What the heck? Well, congratulate. I don't even want to congratulate you. It doesn't feel like it deserves a congratulations. Oh, I think it get. Sure, what the heck. Well, congratulate. I don't even want to congratulate you. It doesn't feel like it deserves a congratulations. I have never been so depressed at the end of a second date.

Now it's officially my favorite second date we've ever done. Now that Brooke's depressed. Good work Thawne and Tori. You're going out one more time. Good luck. Thanks guys. Are we done? Oh wow. Brooke and Jeffrey in the morning. 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. Jon Stewart is back at the daily show and he's bringing his signature wit and

insight straight to your ears with the daily show ears edition podcast. Dive into john's unique take on the biggest topics in politics entertainment sports and more joined by the sharp voices of the show's correspondents and contributors and with extended interviews and exclusive weekly headline roundups this podcast gives you content you won't find anywhere else ready to laugh and stay informed listen on the iheart radio Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. I'm Emi Olea, host of the podcast Crumbs. For years, I had to rely on other people to tell me my story.

And what I heard wasn't good. You really f***ed last night. It felt like I lived most of my life in a blackout. I was trapped in addiction. You had to grab the lamp and smash it against the walls. And then I decided I wanted to tell

my own story. Listen to Crumbs on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. The more you listen to your kids, the closer you'll be. Find resources to help you support your kids and their emotional well-being at SoundItOutTogether.org. That's SoundItOutTogether.org. Brought to you by the Ad Council and Pivotal.

You don't need another podcast. You've got too many already. But if you're looking for one that actually changes something, a way to take control of the chaos and find meaning, well, then maybe the one you feed is for you. I'm Eric Zimmer, and I bring real conversations with real people to help you feed the best part of yourself. No hype, no fluff, just wisdom that works. Listen to The One You Feed on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.