Brooke and Jeffrey: Second Date Update - Second Date Update Classics: I've Dated My Date Before + Two Word Whisperer

Episode Date: May 16, 2026

Part 1 One of our listeners had the SHOCK OF A LIFETIME after being set up on a blind date by her friend. As soon as she showed up she knew something was very wrong… Part 2 The woman on the phone today says her date decided to switch booths HALFWAY through their dinner… And all of us were stunned when we finally learned the actual reason he demanded to move  locations.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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So I'm thinking I'll probably drink some of Jose's old coffee. He's got left sitting at his desk. Maybe steal some of those sourpatch watermelons that Alexis has a her desk. Just steal one of the many credit cards that Brooke has laying around in hers. And while I do that, you guys can enjoy this classic second day update. Enjoy, I love you. Why is it best friends? Always make the worst matchmaking decisions when they're trying to.

We set you up. Amen, Jeffrey. Seriously. They're like, what? He's a great guy. He's just got a weird roommate that he's, quote, unquote, legally married to with several children. Oh, my gosh. But he's perfect for you.

Yeah. He is perfect for you. You guys would be so cute. All right. She's super annoying. Her laugh is so obnoxious. Just like yours. Yeah.

Can you imagine us together in a room then? Oh, my God. One of our listeners had the shock of a lifetime when her friend tried to set her up on a date. at the last minute, and as she walked into the bar that night, she knew immediately there had been a terrible misunderstanding. Still, though, she gave it her best shot, and you're going to hear what happened in a second date update right after this. Brooke and Jeffrey in the morning, second date update.

If someone sets you up on a blind date, what are the worst possible case scenarios that could come of it? Like in the first five minutes, they ask for a job interview at your company? Oh, I don't know. You would like that. I mean, I thought of worse things in my head than that. I can't even get you an interview. Like driving the getaway car and they do the bank heist?

I mean, how hot are they? Let's say they're really hot. I mean, I'm a good fast driver. That's exciting. Or maybe you realize halfway through dinner, your date is just three children standing on top of each other in a trench coat. It happens more than you think. Hey, you guys want to go play Fortnite? That's kind of cool.

scenario for Jose. But one of our listeners, Janelle, said she had the worst possible thing happened after she was set up on a date by her friend. And it's letter to us today. Wait, Janelle, worse than the three children on stacked on top of each other? It's so much worse than that. Oh, wow. Four children. Five toddlers. Now do you have a baby duty. Okay. We're laughing at your pain. Yeah, let's stop guessing. Why don't you tell us the story? You said, a friend set you up on a blind date. Yeah, so one of my friends at work, she was at Happy Hour, and there's this cute guy that she's seen there, and she wanted me to hang out. Like a waiter at the Happy Hour place? Is that what you're saying?

No, he hangs out there. Oh, okay. For Brooke, her biggest fantasy is like making away with one of the staff with the help. Fantasy or reality, Jeff, that's true. Okay. Who was she trying to set you up with? Well, this guy named David. She's like, he's a real cutie.

so why don't you come up here and just try your hand? Okay. This is like a spontaneous date that she set up while she was out somewhere already. Yeah, so I get up there and well, I got cute, of course, and we get there and it's not busy at all. So once I walk inside the door, I immediately lock eyes with, it's got to be David, and guess what? What? I know David already because he has experimented three years ago, okay? No.

Wow. What a small world? So she knows your type because it is your type because you've dated him before. Yeah. Oh, no. Is that good or bad? Awkward because he kind of just disappeared on me. Three years ago.

He texted me and just, you know, did my walking paper. Be a text. Oh, he did she ever text? Yikes. It was like, goodbye, we're done. Yeah. At least he messaged you. A lot of guys wouldn't even have the day to need to do that.

I love how that's still a positive. Are you kidding me? It wasn't full ghosting. How long did you guys hang out for three years ago? Just for a few months. It wasn't long at all. But just kind of bye, you know? Wow.

Oh, my God. So how did your friends find out that this was your ex? Well, I just kind of blurted it out. I was like, I dated him before. Oh, my God. What did they say? Everybody was just embarrassed for me. And, well, David was, he kind of pulled me to the side and he's apologetic.

He said he wanted to explain to me the reason, but I didn't want an explanation. Oh, about why he kind of ghosted you before. Maybe there was a good explanation. What was it? What was it? Well, kind of just let me know that he wasn't ready for what I was looking for at that time. He was busy studying to be a doctor to save baby's lives. It's usually not the excuse.

I don't think that was probably. It was something worse than that? No, yeah, I think he had other ideas of what he wanted to do with his time or who. Probably didn't want to get tied down. Most men don't lie about that stuff. But okay, if you say so. Did he do the thing where he comes crawling back because now he's seen that there isn't anything better in the dating world? I can't say that, but what I can say is after a few drinks, we talked about making out.

I mean, talk about making out. You were thinking about making out. Who brought that up? I did. He was kind of one of my best make-out partners. Oh, yeah. Okay. So you were totally disappointed that it was David when you showed up to the bar.

I mean you could make out, though. But you've gone from like, I cannot believe it got set up with this horrible ex of mine to talking about you're the best makeout I've ever had. So then calling us to call him again. Isn't it funny how life is? Oh, God. So what happened at night? Yeah, how did it end?

Oh, yeah. Well, guys, I'm going to shock you with this one. We made out. Oh, yeah. You don't say. With the best kiss or ever. Come on. You went back in his place.

No, no, no. He sent me home in an Uber. Like, I was on Cloud 9. Oh, okay. Did you want the Uber? Was he like, see ya? No. The way you said it.

She's getting in. I thought this was your call. Stop asking to make out with me and go home. That's a good point, Alexis. We're saying congrats. Did you want to leave? him or no? Of course I wanted to leave with him.

Okay. But he was trying to be responsible about it. It ended the way of should. Okay. Did you really think at the end of the night you would hear from him again? I was hoping. Okay. You were after all this.

Some people grow, you know? It's true. Okay. Have you tried to contact him after that night happened? Yeah. You have. How many times and at what time a day? Well, history has a,

He repeats itself. Apparently I didn't learn my lesson. Because he's not responding again. Okay. We're back to this stage. And why do you think us calling him is going to make a difference? Because we're not her, bro. At least he'll be honest.

Like, I'll learn something from this. Okay. You're still willing to give this guy a chance after he ditched you not once but twice. Or this will end the cycle. Yeah. This will be it. I mean, it's not that toxic. No, it's not hard.

Don't trust the Gen Zero. what's toxic and not in a relationship. I don't know about Gen Zier, but don't trust Alexis. She just texted four boys before we started this. I know, but you know what, we're going to try this. We're going to do this for you, Janelle. We're going to call David, who's technically one of your exes,

and see if he's willing to give it another shot with you. I hope he remembers you. All right. What's happening? We're doing it with our second date update right after this. Hold on. Brooke and Jeffrey in the morning. Second date update.

If you're just joining us, This is definitely an unusual one for second date. Yeah. Because we're kind of reaching out to Janelle's ex-boyfriend David. I don't think there's a kind of about it. Yeah. It's the return of the Dave. Uh-huh.

Oh, that's why we're playing this. They dated three years ago when he suddenly ditched her over text message. Yikes. So fast forward to today, at a random happy hour, they accidentally got set up on a blind date, which, of course, was very awkward when it first started. Yeah. after an apology and a lot of drinks, they were in a much better place. Yes.

Even ended up making out again that night. Which, I mean, your ex is at a bar. Who isn't going to make out with them? It's how you say hi. Yeah. But now, Dave is being shady once again. Ah, shocking. So we need to call him and figure out once and for all what's going on.

Brooke, what are your thoughts on this situation? I just think you know already what's going on, but I get it. It's the chase. It's a chase. It's why doesn't he want you? Like, that is totally understandable. You're right, Brooke. I'll never know unless I ask.

How about that? Oh, I mean. Okay. Well, the two times that he told you know. That's a hint. The thing is, she wants an answer that he hasn't given her yet, right? He wants it yet. Oh, okay.

Okay. Maybe a radio show calling will help give him some clarity and realize that you're the one for him. The one. Exactly. Okay. Okay. You still think there's something there. You're hoping he grew up.

Okay. Yeah. The dating world has really messed you up, hasn't it? I told you. This doesn't sound not bad. All right. Well, you know what? There's some optimism in the room.

Let's give David a call. See if he answers. I'm down on the number right now. Hey, we're looking to talk to David. Yeah, this is him. Hey, David. Brace yourself because you're on the radio right now. Hey, David.

Hey, David. Hey. Welcome to the show. What? Is this allowed? Allowed? It's actually required. It's part of our show.

As long as I tell you that you're on the radio, then it's legal. Yeah. Isn't that funny? It's very easy. Yeah. Okay. What's up? Yeah.

Don't worry. We'll beep stuff if you swear. This is a segment that we do called a second date update, where we try to help one of our listeners reconnect with somebody that they had like a romantic spark with. Okay. Okay. And this is a woman that you actually have a lot of history with, But you met up with her again recently at a happy hour named Janelle.

Oh, what does she want? Oh. So that was like, what does she want? I'm so excited. I mean, the short answer is like what she wants is to see you again. Oh, no, yeah. I don't know about that. Oh.

Were you excited to see Janelle when she walked into the bar? No, that was super awkward. Oh. Okay. Hold on, hold on. In her defense, she was like, oh, no, I've dated him. And it was like, it was awkward for her, too. Yeah. That's true. It was awkward for the people in the room, too, when they all found out that you guys had been together before. Yeah. So, yeah. Okay. I mean, totally understandable. But Janelle said that after you guys hung out for a little bit, after you had a few drinks, things seemed to settle in more. And you even apologized to her. Oh, yeah. I mean, like, I don't like that I semi-ghosted her. It's not like who I am, you know. I don't.

need to do that. That's kind of what you're doing again. Well, he doesn't like that he's doing it again. It just doesn't make him feel good, but he will do it. Yeah, I mean, like, look, I told her I had grown, but like, I don't want to date.

Wait, you don't want to date or you don't want to date her? Just in general, honestly. Oh, okay. I mean, she, I know she wants to, like, settle down and have kids and, like, we talked about that, but I don't, I don't want to do that. I want to be single. I don't want to

disappoint her or anything. I think that is such a hard thing for women to accept. And I don't, like, I think that you're totally valid for saying that. But, like, so many times women can be like, well, but if you do it with me, you know. I can see us having plans on a Friday night, and then

a buddy calls me up and is like, hey, you want to go hang out? And honest to God, I would ditch her. Oh, yeah. It's an unfortunate circumstance. It's like, I won't make her a priority. Yeah. Well, I mean, it's funny because it's mature. that you know that and you can like say that. Right, but it's not

mature that the priority doesn't happen yet. Yeah, but that's okay. Yeah, I don't care. Like, whatever judgment call you want to put on it, it's who I am and I admit it. Yeah, there we go. Own it, brother. Yep. When somebody says who they are, you've got to believe them. Absolutely. At least you're saying it. Some people just ghost. Well, like, he was doing that. I mean, I was going to text. I was going to text, but I was going to text. You and that classic text.

You love that thing. I'm sorry to ruin your plans. to text her and ditch her, but we need to tell you she's actually on the phone right now. She's haunting. Wanting to talk to you. Hi, David. Oh, coming in positive. Oh, yeah, that was different energy than I thought. Hi.

How are you? What? Jeanelle, you heard what he was saying, right? Yeah. I mean, but what could be so bad, David, like me? Wait, wait. Are you not listening to him? I mean, if you wanted to hang out with your friends while we were hanging out, all you had to do is say, so you can do that.

Oh, God. Don't do that. Oh, my God. Don't do that. No. Seriously, like, you don't mean that, right? Yes. It would be no issue.

No. This is like, I'm a cool girl. Walk all over me. Like, don't do that. I'm trying to be understanding here. Yeah, but you have to be understanding with someone who will make you also a priority. Yes. Thank you.

I mean, you want to be understanding? Understand that, like, I don't want this. What exactly don't you want? The more we say no, guys, the more they like, it's crazy. I don't know. You want to be in a serious relationship, and I'm looking for a very much more casual thing. I don't think you get it.

I have a lot of casual clothes. I can put on casual clothes. Dude, that's a good spin. That's a good spin. Yeah, I like that. Okay, well, I don't know if you like who I am. I really don't. What you're an awesome person.

What is there not to like about you? I don't want to do that. I don't want to look, I buy my toenails and I eat them, all right? Ew. Ew. Is that real?

I eat my toenails and I put the big ones. I keep the big ones in a little box. Oh, God. But the flexibility it takes to be able to do that. That's interesting. We'll just work on healthier coping mechanisms. Like, that's all. Huh.

He's trying to get rid of her, guys. There's so many other things that you can chew on. Yeah. I will say. I feel like he's politely as possible trying to steer you away from a bad situation. Not even that polite. But I was into her credit. I don't know when we talked to her.

She didn't say she wanted a big relationship with you. She literally said, I just want a couple more dates. She wants to hang out, bro. Hanging out. Like, yeah, no, I don't, I don't think you really. I'm not going to have a toenail eating baby or anything with you. What? I don't see.

get me. Like, I'm super lazy, okay? Like, I pee in the backyard instead of going upstairs to go pee in the bathroom. I'm that kind of lazy. There's nothing wrong with that. What? Oh, my gosh. Jean-Nelle, pick up your self-respect. It's on the floor. I'm not a quitter. I am not a quitter.

Not a quitter. Don't ask it then, Jeffrey. If Janelle is still into this, after the toe biting and the backyard defecating, we'd love to send you guys on another date that we would pay for. And he'll probably did

you halfway through for his friends. I know the answer is yes from Janelle already, so we need to get an answer from you, David. Would you be willing to see her one more time? No. Bro. You know, you're great. Seriously, you're great.

It's not you with me. I just don't want it. That's the worst. That's classic. Well, Janelle, I'm sorry, but it looks like we're not going to be able to set you up again with your ex-boyfriend. Mm-hmm. Blom-plom.

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I have a lot of hope going into this. Did you? I mean, before we even called him, I didn't have hope. What? Rekindling an old relationship worked for J-Lo and Ben Affleck. Did it though? Like one of the fourth time? I'm sure.

They look absolutely miserable whenever they're around each other and both of their careers are tanking at an astronomical rate. But they filmed the Dunkin' Donuts commercial together, Brooke? Which we love. It is literally the only good thing that happened. And that was mostly because Matt Damon was going to say that. Well, they could have had their Matt Damon Dunkin' Donuts commercial moment. Unfortunately, someone wasn't willing to give it a chance.

Wow. What a stickler he is for his own ideals. So you lost me in the analogy. So she needs to date Matt Damon? Yeah, sure. We'll go with that. I think that's a good thing. We'll reach out to him next. And we can reach out to anybody that you want us to.

You just have to call us. And we'll call that person not calling you back. And go check out all of our second dates wherever you get your podcast at Brooke and Jeffrey. Brooke and Jeffrey in the morning. On a dinner date, it's not totally unheard of to ask the way. waiter if you could switch tables. No, not at all. That's pretty normal.

Because maybe the leg is wobbly. Or maybe it's right below the air conditioning vent. Dude, I hate that. It's the worst. Or maybe you just want to be less visible to the security camera so they can't see what's happening under the tablecloth. Wait a minute. We're playing Uno.

What? Under the table. In the middle of the restaurant? Yeah, duh. Well, last do you play. But in today's call, none of those explanations seem to fit for why a guy asked to switch booths halfway through a date.

Uh-oh. And we were all stunned when we finally learned the actual reason he demanded to switch locations. Did not have it on my bingo card, I'll tell you that. You'll hear it in a second date update. Next. Brooke and Jeffrey in the morning. Second date update. If you go out on a really good first date, it might end in a little kiss.

Oh. It could end in a tender hug. That's nice. Or if you're lucky, a three-way chicken. fight with your parents. What the heck? I don't even know what that is. You're all sitting on top of each other's shoulders inside of a pool.

One of our listeners says she got something else at the end of her night. A two-word whisper in her ear. And she's not sure really what it meant, if anything. So let's talk to her about it. I just cringe thinking of someone whispering in my ear. The air, like flowing on you. It could be something really nice and romantic. Maybe.

Angie, welcome to the show. I'm very curious about this whisper, but before we get to that, first tell us the guy's name and how you met him. Whisper it to us. Nicholas. Nicholas. No more whispering. No more whisper. Until the actual whisper happened.

How about that? It always just gives me the heavie-jee-jee-divis. I know. They're on their car to their radios down or up there. I don't know. So you met Nicholas how? I mean, it's kind of embarrassing, but we meant on plenty of fish, which I know people don't even use anymore. Yeah, I think there's actual only fish on there.

I have a question. What drove you to plenty of fish? I don't know. It's just one of those that, like, I set of a profile. I don't even know how long ago, and then I'll get in a relationship and I'll get off it. But, like, I can just go reactivated. I don't know. Okay.

Some question, does it even have an app or you have to, like, use a browser? I think that's legit. I don't even know if it's an app. I don't know what their logo would be, honestly. It only operates over fact. now. I thought it still was printed out on the back of the weeklies. That could be. I want to Google this now. But the important thing is that you matched with this Nicholas guy. So tell us what did you do for your date? We went to dinner. We went to a Thai place,

which is one of my favorites. So that was good. Did he remember that it was one of your favorites? Because that's always like really nice too. Well, I picked it. So that made that. But he deserves credit a little bit for going along with it. So let's get him some. And I'm a lady who knows what she likes and it's pad tie. Oh, you're a real adventurous tie either. So what did you think when you first saw each other? I mean, I feel like we hit it off. I mean, I will say dating kind of sucks.

And I feel like a lot of times they get like slurdy to the point that you're like, all right, dude, calm down. Like they'll ask you for sexy pictures before you see been met. And he didn't. He was more like soft-spoken, more like a nerdy type, but it was cute. Sounds like he was your speed, right? And he was respectful of your boundaries. Wow.

Exactly. So a nice guy that's sweet and considerate, I'm surprised you didn't unmatch him immediately. Crazy, right? Yeah. That's really funny. Was there any, like, I don't know, moments of real flirtation that happened? Yeah, I mean, it felt like a good first date for the most part. But, like, I don't know, there'd be like, I'd ask him a question, and there'd be, like, a five-second delay.

and then he would go into the answer and it wasn't weird at all. But like... Is he just staring at you for the five seconds? You know, though, some people are just bad at timing in a conversation. Have you ever talked to somebody who, like, takes really long pauses and you're like, wait, do I go? Do we not go? Do we go? Like, maybe his timing is just a little off.

Maybe I'm talking about me? Sorry, sorry Jeff cut you off. See, you waited to. Oh, what? No, so I like to think of it as I'm just a good listener. Oh. Yeah, but I was done talking. I mean, he was checking his phone a lot, so I wonder if maybe, like, maybe he thought it was boring.

I don't know. You know what I think? This is mind-blowing to me. He does something that I could never do, and that is think before he speaks. I'm thinking Google before he speaks. Oh, he's Googled? Was he typing stuff? Five seconds would be a fast Google.

Is that GPT? I know, baby, he's having AI listening. But I was thinking the same thing. There was one point, like, early on, after we sat down, like, before we had ordered anything, he was like, oh, man, it's really loud over here and he was like, do you mind if we move to like the back where it's quiet? And I was like, no, that's fine. And I move that's but maybe. I don't know.

I honestly think we're overthinking it. I was just thinking what Jose was thinking, like, if this is a really sweet, nice guy who's trying to come off like he really cares, he might take a second to try and come up with a really good answer to your question. I think it's blurting stuff out. The whole point is that the awkward pauses didn't bother you, right? No, I wouldn't say they bothered me.

I just, it was weird. It was noticeable. Okay. Because they probably didn't bother him. That's how he communicates. Yeah. Maybe to him. He was like,

that was a normal back and forth. Totally. So overall, pretty solid date. I'm really, really interested, though, in the end here

when he whispers something into your ear. Oh, the two words. Wait, I want to know if he waited five seconds before he did the mystery.

Run us through what happened there. Okay, so end of the date, we are like, outside of the restaurant, about to go our separate ways. I give him a hug. And when I hug him,

he whispers in my ear, good job good job good job yeah like thumbs up good job whoa that's weird that is so bizarre

maybe he just doesn't know how to end a date yeah without a kiss or maybe it was inner dialogue that came out maybe he was talking to himself is it like the thing

where you're wanting to be like hey good date or like in two words you mix two things together and accidentally say something awkward honestly it could be the whole reason not calling you back because he's like, God, why did I say that? I mean, maybe, but like, even after he said it, I was like, wait, what are you talking about?

What did he say? And then he just, he put his finger to his mouth like, shh, like, it's our secret, but I have no idea what he was talking about. What is happening? That is pretty romantic, though. But any time a man puts his finger to his lips, it's creepy. Anybody. Nobody should do that.

So have you texted him since the date ended? Yeah, so we were, you know, we were, we have. like a cute little back and forth before the day. You know, we'd like send each other memes or whatever. So like I did that. But no, I have not gotten any response. Oh, no. Okay, something's up.

We're going to come back. Not the meme exchange rate. That's not okay. We're going to call this plenty of Fisher. And we're going to see what he has to say when we come back and get you your second date update. Right after this. I don't like that. No.

Brooke and Jeffrey in the morning. Second date update. It's the two words that every little boy is dying to hear from his unapproving father. Oh, Jeff. Good job. Oh, Jack. Proud of you, son. We're proud of you, Jeff.

It's not exactly what a woman wants to have whispered into her ear at the end of a first date. I thought we were going to go into Jeff therapy session. We don't nearly enough time. Okay. But it's what happened to our listener, Angie, after she hung out with a guy named Nicholas the other night, He gave her a hug and then softly said, good job into her ear. Girls are not happy about this. Well, she wasn't either, right?

I don't think any woman would be happy about that. But we've got a lot of questions about the good job, about some of the other weird stuff that was happening during the day. Angie said she's willing to look past it if she can get another chance with him because he seemed like a great guy. You said that he was like a little reserved, a little nerdy. Like those are some of the quirks that come with nerdy. You know? Yeah, I mean, that's the thing, though. Like, it's so hard to meet an actual nice, respectful guy.

And I just feel like he was. And I'm assuming I messed up. You know what I mean? You think you messed up, and that's why you just not telling him. Well, like usually, it's the person who called in that messed up. And like I said, maybe he thought I was boring. I don't know. Yeah, probably was you.

But, yeah, go ahead. Are all the listeners becoming self-aware? No. No. No. It's almost, though. No. We don't like that.

Are you cool if Nicholas has an unapproving father? Is that okay? Yeah, I think I can deal with that. He may need you if that's the case. Good. It'll be something Jeffrey and he can bond him. Yes, also good about it. So let's call him.

I'm going to dial his number right now. Let's see if he picks up. Hello. Hey, is this Nicholas? This is Nick. Hey, man. Thanks for answering. You are on a radio show right now.

Hey, hey, hey. Called Brooke and Jeffrey in the morning. Welcome to the show, Nicholas. How are you, man? Good morning. Why am I on a radio show? Great question. So I don't know.

Have you ever heard of something called a second date update before? Yeah, I think so. I think so. Oh, you have. Okay. Congrats. Yeah. Hey, you almost know who we are.

Now you get to be a part of one. So the way that it works is one of our listeners has reached out to us hoping that we could get a hold of you. A girl named Angie. Angie's trying to get a hold of me? Yeah. Yeah. So you can remember her. You guys went to Thai food the other night?

She's hoping that she could maybe get another chance to hang out with you again. Yeah, no, I don't think that's going to work out. Really? Okay. It sounded like such a good date. Well, yeah, before you even go there, Nicholas, I'm just going to let you know. She said that she really liked you and that you two shared a good vibe. Yeah, no, I thought Angie was nice.

Okay. Okay. Yeah, she didn't mention that. Actually, Nicholas, she mentioned a few. She mentioned a few odd things that happened on the date, and she wasn't sure if maybe those were early signs that you weren't interested in her. Which actually turns out could be true at this point. At first, we thought she was nuts, but. Well, what? What did she say?

Well, like we just mentioned, there's like a delay in your responses a little bit during the normal conversation. Almost like you're intently thinking of what you're going to say. A delay? Okay. Yeah, kind of like that. Almost happened again. I think he doesn't notice that. Yeah.

That's part of your conversation. That's fine. That's okay. And also she said that you had to move to a quieter area. And I'm just going to let you know what the room thought when we heard everything. The room was wondering if maybe you had AI listening in on your conversation to help you respond to your date because you were checking your phone a lot too. Yeah. So I don't know who the room is.

Who's the room? We don't even name me. The show, the entire show. It was Alexis, mostly. It was mostly Alexis. Oh, you people. Okay. Us people.

No, because when we talk to her, you know, we all give our ideas like, oh, maybe it could be this. Maybe it could be that. These are just theories. Yeah. So could you just be honest with us and tell us, did you do that? Were you using AI to assist you? I was having some help on the date, but I wasn't using the AI. Some help on the date?

Okay. Help from your phone? I was on the line with my ex and she was on the line with us the whole time Oh No Your ex Yeah well I mean sometimes I just need help

So she's kind of like a security blanket for me Oh no She like guides Guided you through your day Did you have like earbuds in and you were listening to your ex At the same time you were listening to her No no I she was just on mute Like she couldn't say anything

She wasn't coaching me I just want her to hear everything. So she's kind of taking notes and then later you will call her and she will go over the notes. Is that what I'm thinking? Your ex-volunteers to listen to hours of your dates? Yeah, what? What a kind woman. What a weird woman.

Well, it's part of our post-breakup growth agreement. Wait, what? Post-breakup growth agreement. Wow, are we as both lawyers or so? What's in that? Yeah. We mutually agreed upon, and I listened to her dates, too, on occasion. It's just we help

each other get through our past breakup and move into a new one. So it's healthy and Oh, very healthy, yeah. I mean, it's a very conscious uncoupling. Do you find that she doesn't like your new dates? Oh, yeah. That's funny. Oh, that is a good point

because he said that... Is it sabotage? You know, she was not a fan of Angie. Okay. Well, she wasn't, but how did you feel about her? I was enjoying myself, but she mentioned that she seemed like a tryhard

and then when I was thinking about it, I think that she might be kind of a try heart. What? Wait, don't you want people to try hard on a first date? Yeah. Like, this is that a positive? We're on Angie's side. Excuse me.

How was I a tryhard? That's coming in hard. Yeah. Oh, my God. Nicholas, you might find this funny, but your ex-girlfriend and Angie have a lot in common because she's actually been on the phone

listening in on this conversation. Okay, that's not fair. I didn't know that. Yeah, and Angie didn't know your ex was listening to her either. Yeah. No way to judging, but say hi to Angie. But she was, hi, hi, Angie. There you go.

Hi. I mean, you're saying this is a healthy thing, but you also said your ex is your security blanket. So it doesn't feel like you're ready to be dating other people. Yeah. No, in most relationships, people don't have the right closure, and then they hold on to the past, and so this is a way to move on to my future. Yeah. You're not moving on. You're literally still relying on your ex to make your decisions down to your dating.

Well, we spent a lot of time together, so she knows me really well, and she sees things from the opposite sex that I might not see. Then maybe you guys should be together. Yeah. That's what I was like. No, it's not like that. We're not romantically involved whatsoever. It's just we have a year left in our post-breakup growth agreement. Yeah, that's a long time.

You're kind of each other's life coaches, really. Can't you just recap the date with your ex instead of having her listen in the whole time? Well, see, there's trigger words and things that she'll say, like, well, that's a red flag that I don't typically see. This does make sense now why he whispered, good job at the very end of the date. He wasn't saying it to Angie. He was saying it to his ex-girlfriend who was listening. That still doesn't make sense. No, I was talking to Angie.

I did whisper a good job because I thought that we were going to get to go on another date because I enjoyed myself and I didn't want my ex to hear her. Oh, my gosh. Nicholas. It's when you end the call. Nicholas told her not to go out with me again and you listen. You stopped answering me. I mean, here's the thing.

I actually think Nicholas is over his ex. I think your ex, Nicholas, is not over you. Yeah. And I don't think you're seeing that correctly. I mean, that's a possibility. And I kind of agree with that. But we still have our agreement. And I have...

Yeah, you said that. You can rip it up. Okay. You get it notarized? What are we talking about? And if all she could come up with is she's a try hard as the biggest red flag. Yeah, come on. That's not a red flag.

That's a weak red flag. Yeah. And I didn't try that hard. I didn't even shave my legs for that day. Yay. Wow. Gross. And I love it.

There must be some claws in your contract with her that lets you get out of it when you find an amazing new girl like Angie here. Wait, I have a question. What if I had put out on the first date? Would she have been listening in? Oh, my God. Oh, my God. Oh, my God. You didn't even think about that.

Or does that count? Our date wasn't supposed to go over an hour and a half. We were already pushing it at an hour 40. Oh, that was. Even if you wanted to. Sorry, sis. He was already breaking the rules a little bit for her. So the Band-Aid's starting to come off.

Or he's like, hold on, let me ask my ex. Hey, can I sleep with this one? Angie, just real quick. First, are you still interested in meeting up with Nicholas again after what you know? Are you insane? There's no way. Oh, I thought you were, okay. No, Jeff.

That would have been wild if she said yes. Unless he breaks the thing. Yeah, that's true. Angie doesn't want to extend the offer anymore. So, Nicholas, we're not obviously going to give you another date with Angie here. How funny if his girlfriend has been on the line this whole time, too. Yeah, wait. Is she on the third line?

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I really thought that that was going to work out after we found that information out. I tried to call my ex over and over to listen in and she's not answering. What is wrong with her? I don't get it, Jeff. I guess the fascinating thing to me is if she would have said yes, could you imagine that conversation where Nicholas is really excited and he calls you like, hey, great. news, we get to go out again. My ex gave you the thumbs up.

First one in six months. Congrats. She approves. It really did sound like Nicholas was over his ex and his ex just isn't over him. Yeah. Like no girls good enough for him or something. Yeah. Whatever it is, it is a messy situation. Does she give him away at the wedding?

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