Brooke and Jeffrey: Second Date Update - Second Date Update Classics: Seafood Surprise + Philippines or Bust

Episode Date: November 8, 2025

Part 1 The guy on the phone today says his date night included a blindfold and a bit of deception, but it turned out even better than he ever planned. Hear what happened in your Second Date podcast. Part 2 The guy in today’s Second Date Update flew across the ocean just to meet someone he thinks MIGHT be the ONE!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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They just go together. Really, truly. It's Brickett Jeffrey in the morning, your second date podcast. and Saturdays we do too. Yes. So those are what go together, the Saturday and the, you know, the, no, no, the second date. Just try to think of two things. I like it.

I would have referenced the candy bar Twix, but Alexis just learned this week that there's two of those in a package. I just found out my whole life. I've been getting given smaller candy than I should be. This is devastating news, okay? Fun size, and I get it. All right, before we get into your back-to-back classics, we love to highlight what you leave for us, your notes. Yes, Z commented on last week's classics and said, Whoa, I didn't realize I've been a silent listener for over a year already.

Oh. I remember this episode, and I was really surprised that a year had passed, L.L. I love your show. I always listened to it while working, and it helps me finish my task quickly. Love from the Philippines. Oh, that's so cool. Thanks for being here all the way from the Philippines. Yeah, that's awesome.

Yeah, I know. Time goes quickly. Yeah. You really does. All right. The older you get, Alexis will also learn that. Oh, don't tell me that. Let's get into the second date, classics, back to back right now.

Here at Brooke and Jeffrey in the morning, we make a promise to not pass judgment on your not past you can't even say it yeah not pass judgment on your dating style or your dating choices okay we we promise we won't judge you too severely okay we will judge you brutally and harshly but at least not directly to your face all right oh because we're yeah it's yeah we would otherwise yeah yeah we don't ever see it everybody's faces. That was definitely a difficult promise for us to keep with today's caller. Especially when he told us about the big surprise he planned

for his date night. I will tell you there was a blindfold involved and a little bit of deception. But he swears it went even better than he had planned. Oh, wow. And she loved it too. You're going to hear it in your second date update right after this.

Second date update. A guy named Chris wrote us saying he's made a rule to never ask a woman out ever again. Really? Wow. Wow. Wow. Wow. Wow. After whatever happened that he's on the phone with us for before. I'm just reading this from his email,

but Chris explained he learned a new strategy from a video that he saw where if you're a guy and you say hey, would you like to go out to dinner with me on Saturday night? Yeah. You're already putting yourself at a disadvantage right there. Why? Because in the woman's mind, she's thinking

if I say yes, then I'm doing him a favor. And he's going to end having a great night because of me. Wait, she's not thinking, wow, I'm really excited to yes. And get a free meal? Yeah, she's thinking free meal. She's thinking, sorry. I was being more nice, Alexis.

She's thinking, if I say yes, then I'm giving him the gift of spending time with me. If I say no, then this loser has nothing going on in his life. He is going to spend the entire evening all alone in his apartment watching Netflix and eating old pizza. I don't know that that's, I don't think that's how women think. Even if that's not true, that's what he says. That's what a lot of women think. So instead, he uses a different strategy that makes him look really, really good when he asks people out. All right.

I want to know what it is. I love when men say what women think. It's so cute. Okay, continue. Yeah. Well, let's talk to Chris about this and see what it's all about. Chris, how you doing, man? Hey, good, man.

How are you? I'm very curious to learn what the strategy is. Wait, is the strategy something you came up with, or is this also from the video that Jeff referenced? No, I learned it's on an Instagram video, but I am telling you it works 90% of the time. It's a fantastic little trick here. Okay. So you don't ask a woman, hey, do you want to go out to dinner with me? What do you do instead?

See, what you got to do is you got to tell them that you're already doing something, and then you invite them to come along with you. Okay. So, like, you're going to dinner by yourself. I mean... That's not a lot. That's funny, Brooke. That is not funny. I think you have a lot of friends, and I'm sure you have a very active social life, Chris.

What if you don't have plans already? Well, yeah, so you got to plan out your night a little bit, right? You got to put a little thought into this. Okay, that's a positive. Yeah, you tell you got the night planned. You've got, you're going out to dinner, you're going to go do XYZ. Now she's got a little bit of foam, she's got a little bit of that fear of missing out on some action. I see what you're saying.

You're saying you're trying to put the idea. into the girl's head that you have a life outside of her. Yeah. That she's not the only thing that's happening and her answer isn't going to change you. But if she's lucky, you can squeeze her in. Right. So who did this work on that you went out with?

Yeah, so this worked on Gina. Girl I met online met her on one of the apps. Very funny. Her and I were talking. Both had a sense of humor. That's sweet. What was your proposal? What did you already have a plan that she could join you for? So I invited her this place.

that was opening that was serving some amazing seafood. Oh. Okay. Okay. You're like, oh, I'm going to check out this new seafood place. You want to come with? Yeah, but I said, listen, we have a half an hour. Like, you got to get ready now. You know, so I put a little bit of urgency. Oh, my God. I don't think I could pick out an outfit in that

time. That's true. Maybe a girl. What are your brozo? I'd be like, yeah, dog, let's go get some food. I mean, I feel like I would say yes just because of the pressure. I'm like, oh, my God. No matter what you're wearing. I don't have time to decide. Okay, you created urgency there. That's a good things so she was up for it she was up for it huh so i pick her up she looked good i looked

good and i told her i said listen i'll drive get in the car i'll drive us there and when we were almost there yeah i like it keep going i said listen put on this blindfold what because where we're going it's going to be a surprise and i want to surprise you okay super romantic if this has been your girlfriend for two years but a first date you've never met her Hold on. Let's not judge until we hear where this goes. So she puts the blindfold on. You can't tell if she's dumb or just trusting. Maybe both.

We get there. I take the blindfold off and she sees a filet of fish from McDonald's right in front of her. What? What? Oh, bro, wait, you said fresh food. Why? I thought you were taking her to seafood. Hey, it was seafood, right?

It was technically fish. This whole thing was a prank that you were playing on her, telling her she's going to have this nice meal and you really took her to a fast food food place and gave her a fish sandwich. You made her rushed. Feel like she's getting kidnapped? What did she say? That is funny.

She saw that filet of fish. So she takes a blindfold off and she's looking at this filet of fish and I just see this look of confusion over her face. She went through every emotion. She was like pissed off for a second. But at the end of it, she just started to laugh.

Good. Wow. I mean, she took it the right way. Either that or she. laughing like oh my god of course this is my dating life yeah you know what I mean like you're on the verge of tears laughing yeah after the joke is over were you able to establish a romantic bond with her yeah no don't forget I'm dressed up too

so it was funny you know the whole thing it's not just at her expense wow I'm just still processing it all I like how the guys are like that's cute good ever and the girls are like yice so how did the date end it was good right so we had a great time I dropped her off at her place and she even admitted that that was funny. Good. Okay. So what's happened since then? So four or five days ago, she invites me over to come to her

place and hang out. Oh. During the nighttime or the daytime? I don't think she's going to say, come over at 9 a.m., Jeff. Unless she's got, like, I don't know, a sink to unclog or something. Wait, eight McMuffins. Get over here. I thought it's a valid question. The timing's important. Breakfast stops at 10.

That's a good sign that she wants. She wants you over at any time of the day, I guess. I mean, she obviously likes you. She's inviting you over. Yeah. So that's what I thought. So I go to her house, I knock on her door, and she doesn't answer. Oh.

What? Maybe it's another prank. You guys are just the prank couple. That would feel good to get him back. Actually, it would. You could hear laughing on the other end. If it was really late at night, maybe she fell asleep before he arrived. Oh, that's happened. Or if it was early in the morning, maybe she wasn't up yet.

This is why the time question was so important. was so important. I guess we're never going to know what time of day it was. What did you do? Did you hit snooze, buddy? We're never going to know. We're out of time for the first part because now we've got to go and we're going to come back and try and get you a second date update and maybe get some clarity on what time it was right after this. Hold on. Second date update. Pranking your date on your very first meetup is either the move of a very confident man or a very foolish one.

Sometimes those are the same thing. We're just trying to figure out which one of those categories our listener Chris falls into because he convinced his date Gina to dress up really, really nice to go out and eat some seafood. Yeah, and she only had a half an hour to get ready. Now, technically he wasn't lying because he did treat her to seafood, a filet of fish sandwich out of McDonald's. Which I will say it's my best friend's favorite.

If a man took her to get a She'd be like, marry me Yes, she'd be like I'm divorcing my husband to marry you That's like Brooks friends love language, who knows if it's Gina's, but they were able to laugh about it afterwards after the prank was over

And they've been in contact since then She even invited him over. So a lot of good signs, the only problem is it's not resulting in a date yet, but that's going to be our job to step in. God, that's crazy that she didn't answer the door, you're just standing there. I know.

That sounds rude, actually. Maybe he got the wrong door. We don't know. I don't think of that. Maybe it was a big apartment complex, and she just texted the apartment, like, building, not the specific road. No, it definitely wasn't the wrong door because it was the same door that I picked her up in. Yeah. Oh, yeah.

I forgot about that part. Got you. All right. Well, I'm a dummy. So let's just end this part and get to the part where we call her and figure out what's going on. Yeah, you know, I'm just a little lost here because I'm not going to have to. door she didn't answer and you know I don't know what's going on here you are being really understanding which is nice I mean she invited you over for sure like there wasn't like uh you know

there was no miscommunication text how do you miscommunicate that I don't know like you want to kick it some time and he's like on my way yeah no this was very clear he invited me over point blank okay well let's just point blank ask her why she's not going out with you I'm dialing her number right now here we go Hello? Hey, is this Gina? Yeah, this is she? Are you sure you're Gina?

She took a second. She knows she's Gina. She doesn't know who you are. Oh, okay. Yeah, well, you're the weird one in this situation. I'm Jeff from a radio show called Brooke and Jeffrey in the morning. Hi, Gina, the whole show's here. Hello?

Yeah, I know. Yeah. It's a little weird. What's this about? This is about a segment that we do called a second date update. And we're trying to help one of our listeners meet up with you again after you already went out with him one time. His name is Chris. Yeah.

I know Chris, but did I sign up to this? No, this isn't something you sign up for. Chris emailed us because he told us about your guys' first date together. Oh. He's a spontaneous guy that Chris, right? Pretty funny, too. Yeah, he's quite the charmer. He is. We love him.

Is that good? You told us about the little practical joke that he played. I would love to know what was going through your head when he put a blindfold on you. Or you put it on yourself, I guess. Well, I mean, at that point, I didn't have a choice. I was in his car. Well, you had a choice to put the blindfold on. You could have said no.

I mean... You were fully committed. I was committed. I mean, I like him. I mean, it was low-key funny at the end of the day. Yeah. I mean, we got the sense. that you must have liked him because

we heard that you even invited him over one or one time it was one night it, Jeff. It was my time. I don't know specifically. Why are you so hung up on that? I was meant to feel like an idiot for it. You invited him over at some point

and he says that he went there and that you didn't answer the door. Oh, so he told you that part too. Yeah, I mean it was a pretty important part of everything right? Because that's when And that's when you stopped responding to him. Well, the weird thing is that normally when we do this segment, people will ghost each other over text or they'll just like break off communication.

They won't actually set up a time to meet that person at their own place and then just not show up and answer the door. That's peculiar. You know, I kind of like the old school physically doing it thing. It's a lot more mystery. She's just watching into the keyhole. We're just trying to help Chris get some understanding of what's going on. between you two. You know, given his well-thought-out plan, I wanted to get him back, and my plan

didn't work. Wait, didn't work. You were setting up a whole elaborate prank to prank him back. Of course. Oh, my gosh. Wait, hold on. What didn't work? What part of the plan?

So I took him that night, and I said, hey, do you want to hook up? Hey, all right. Oh, it was a hookup text. Right. And so I was like, I need you to come over in a half hour. Oh, that should have been the. The red flag for him is the half hour because he gave her a half hour.

You're just mirroring his prank in your own way. I would not have gotten it. I would be like, oh my gosh, we're hooking up. Oh my gosh, we're hooking up. And so what's the joke? So, I mean, it was late, and he did come over. And the thing is that I have a friend who's a tow truck driver. Okay. So I live on the third floor and I have a clear view to the street view.

And he would have seen the tow truck driver hook up his car. Oh, with the actual hook To the front of his You weren't going to answer the door And you were going to get his car towed And that was the joke Yeah, I mean, not fully towed But you know, hooked up at least

To the tow truck Right So that was the joke You invited him to be Hooked up And what you meant was Hooked up his car to a tow truck What else he drove on?

He did the whole seafood The way of this thing That's a stretch though far. So I don't think he got the joke. It's more sophisticated. Wait, did the tow truck thing happen? Because he didn't tell us about it. No, see, that's the thing. My friend had another call where he actually was going to

make some money and he had to leave. Oh, that's why your plan failed. Oh, no. Good thing you didn't call a real tow truck. So why haven't you called him back? Well, because I'm trying to set this up again. It was a great idea. Oh, my God. You're not letting the joke go. You guys may be meant for each other.

Honestly. You got to. Oh. It's ruined. It wouldn't have been ruined if we didn't call her out on it. I'm sorry, we totally screwed this up for you, your whole plan, because actually, Chris has been on the other line listening to this conversation the entire time. Are you guys kidding me?

No. We hooked you up. Oh, that was good, Jose. I'm trying to do it. Yeah. I'm sorry. It was an elaborate break. You guys, you've ruined everything.

That's our bad. Chris, be there? Yeah, wow, this is not cool, Gina, not cool. What? Oh, come on, Chris. Why aren't you laughing, Chris? I thought this would be exactly your type of humor. Yeah, but my car, no, I mean, that's an expensive car.

You've got to be careful. I mean, she's going to have my car towed. You could damage the car. What did I do? I brought her to Ms. Donald. Didn't know we had the fun police on the phone right now. Geez, Chris. I mean, he's right.

I haven't. Buddies have damaged their car while they're getting towed. He took her to fish fillet. But the plan, I don't think the plan was to totally, like, tow your car away to some, like, car lot and make you pay to get it out. I think it was just, like, to hook it up as a joke, right, Gina? Right. I mean, it would have worked had my friend not had to leave for a real call.

I mean... I'm glad the plan didn't work. That's not even a prank. I mean, my pranks are good. Oh, God. Dude, I thought you were going to be so excited. You just found out this woman that you like was planning on seeing you again. Yeah.

Listen, this doesn't work. in a relationship, there's only room for like one funny person, not two. Oh, God. Okay, I agree with him on. And it's the same thing with the morning show. Only one of us can be funny in here. Yeah, that's Jeff. No, I don't know who it is. The filet fish wasn't that funny,

honestly. Oh. Oh, don't tell him that. Oh. Okay. Well, this is going south a little bit now. I can't believe you found a woman who was okay with being pranked into a McDonald's dinner and you're negative about it. Blindfold it. Blindfold it. Yeah, I forgot that.

I mean, look, Chris, she's able to brush off your prank. Why can't you just brush off hers and laugh with her? Well, her prank is borderline dangerous. And you know, she's going to try to prank me again somehow. And who knows? She might set the house on fire. I don't know. Like, this isn't.

Well, he's not wrong. I have about four or five ideas. Huh? I can't. Oh, so there is a prank coming. I think they're coming whether they go out again or not. Yeah. Watch of that, Chris.

The war has started. Well, I mean, there's unfinished business between you guys, whether it's romance or pranking each other. So I'm going to offer to send you guys out again on another date that we would pay for. Plus, we'll toss in a couple of Brooke and Jeffrey whoopee cushions from our prize. I'm probably going to stop you right there and just say that I'm not interested and I'm probably going to pass on this. Yeah. Are you kidding?

It was one bad joke. Give her another chance. I'm not sure if I apologize to Gina here or if I apologize to Chris or maybe I should just apologize to the listeners. Listeners, I'm sorry that you had to sit through all of that. It was all a joke. It was just a joke. We got you. Second-day phone tap.

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Why doesn't anybody just blurt out, I love you, anymore on the first date? Why is it that now everybody's like, I saw an Instagram video, and now I'm going to trick the person and prank them, and then they're going to prank me back, and now everything's confusing and unclear, but that's just how dating is.

Because it's the internet trend right now. I think even before the internet, nobody's blurting out. I love you on the first date, Jeff. That was weird in like 1850. It's weird now. Good old days. I am begging anybody, listen. If you recently went on a first date and you confessed your undying love for them in the first 10 minutes and you're wondering why they're not calling you back, shoot us an email.

I would love to do an easy, simple, straightforward call like that. Just one time. Why? You just tell them, well, because they don't love you back? No. What do you want? They were too perfect. Yes.

Where are those calls? I don't know what world you and Jose are living in right now, but I don't think it exists. I'm having a good time in it. No, I guess we'll just stick with the total confusion and game playing and pranking. All right. It makes for great radio, Jeff. Isn't that what we're here for? That is true. The text board is lit up. I just know my head hurts right now.

I love it crazy. Can always email the show. We'll call that person who isn't calling you back. Brooke and Jeffrey in the morning. Rarely on this show do we talk about international. love. Ooh, that's true. And I don't mean my college semester abroad in Queensland, Australia. What?

Hello, lifeguards. Okay. I don't want to hear any more about that story. I don't think there really is much more to that story. Okay. That's what it is. I mean, flying across the ocean just to meet someone who you believe could be the one. Wow.

We have a listener who actually did that, took that flight, and you're going to find out what happened in your second date update next second date update in this segment there's a lot of logic that goes into our thinking about whether a pair should be together or not we're always asking like is that fair does that make sense sure but i think there's not enough heart in our decision making because love isn't always rational we need to start thinking with that other body part this romantic. Wait, what body part? We're going to do something. The heart. Let's think with that. And we've got a guy on the phone who's got a whole lot of heart going on. His name is Randall. Why do I feel like it's a

euphemism every time you say it, Jack? It is not. It's not if you think with your heart, Brooke. So Randall, after... It's really hard to take you seriously. After just reading your email, I hope whatever the universe gives you here today, you accept with open arms. Oh, brother. I couldn't have said it better myself. Oh, good, man. I don't know. Some of us are more emotional and heart-driven in this room. I don't know when you're being serious or not.

That's a very analytical, pessimistic way to look at me as a person. He's doing it right now. Okay? Just accept me for who I am deep inside and not for what I say. Oh, okay. So, Randall, not for what I do or say. Randall, you're with me here. So tell us about your situation.

It sounds like it's a little bit complicated. Okay. It's going to sound a little unusual. But for a year, I've been texting a woman in Vietnam. And we've had a very deep connection. And we've gotten to know one another so well that I felt deep in love with this woman. Whoa. That's a strong word.

Good for you, man. I mean, you guys just found each other on the Internet somehow? Yeah, we found each other on the Internet and decided to start texting. And it was like a whirlwind romance for me. Why did you say was? Isn't it still? Well, I wanted to profess my love to her in person. So we decided that I was going to fly out and I was going to meet, meet her.

Oh, my God. Were you so nervous? Yeah. Yes. I flew out. I was excited the whole trip. I couldn't sleep. I couldn't eat.

Oh, my gosh. How to go then. Yeah. What was it like when you land and you finally get to see each other in person? Well, I landed. I went to where we were supposed to meet and she didn't show up. Oh, buddy. Oh, my God.

Oh, man. Okay. I think that that is, like, the cruelest thing that's going on right now. And I hear it happen to so many people, actually. Dude, that's terrible. So we all hate Vietnamese fake girl now. So where are you in your love life now? I still kind of like her.

Can I just put my name? You guys will be happy to learn that I met another woman from the Philippines. Oh, God. Here we go. Online or in person? Where did we meet? We met online again, but I know this woman's real. How?

They can be real, but are they? employed by someone else, where they... Yeah, they're all real. Have you facetined with her? We didn't face time, but we've been texting a lot. And let me tell you, I know you're going to think I'm crazy, but my heart tells me it's real. Okay. We're throwing logic out the window, all rationale.

We're only listening to our hearts, yes. Now I understand Jeff's intro. Oh, I'm real nervous. So is that... Are we calling this girl in the Philippines right now? No, no. Here's what I need you guys to help me with. Okay.

My friend, he knew everything that happened with the last girl, he said to me, why not just meet a woman locally face-to-face and just see how it goes? Yeah. So I did. I actually got online and I matched with a young lady and we met up at a bar and her name is Georgina. Okay. So you went on a day with Georgina, but you're in love with a woman from the Philippines. Yes. I'm just trying to see if maybe I am supposed to meet someone locally just to see where love may take me.

Well, and you're a lover. You're a true romantic. They may fall in love with everyone you see. That's okay. He's learning to control it. Can we know more about Georgina at the bar? Yes, we just had a great conversation. She's been through some hurt in her past, too, so we bonded over that.

And we just really had a deep conversation, nothing too deep, just conversations about life and our goals and what we would like to achieve. And it was nice. Usually people fall up nothing too deep with, like, favorite movie. Anyway, what's your dog's name? Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, back it off. All right. So now... I got to be honest, though.

I felt like I was cheating on my Philippine girl, so I'm a little torn, and I had a good time. So I want to put it in the universe's hands, and the universe being you guys. And I want to see if this person wants to pursue this, I'm not going to Philippines, but if they don't, then I'm on the first plane out of here. Oh, okay.

So if Georgina wants to be... Oh, I didn't know. If Georgina wants to pursue a relationship with you, then you're going to just totally leave the Filipino girl. But is she not texting you back, or why do you need us? Yeah. So we just had the date last night, so I don't even really know what to do. Oh, we can jump in before things go wrong. Yeah.

You know, before she doesn't text back. It's preventative care. Also, he's a guy that clearly operates through grand romantic gestures. And what better way to do, like, a big gesture to Georgina than to have a radio show call and gauge how she feels about. about him in a cosmic sort of way. But we shouldn't push if she says no because that's the universe, right? Again, there's that like analytical, rational, logical talk that nobody wants to hear. I'm trying to act like the universe.

And I feel like the universe just goes with a flow, Jeff. Exactly. So stop overthinking it. And let's just call this lady. And see where her heart is at when we do the second date update right after this. Second date update. We're in the middle of your second date update. And if you missed the first part, the universe was brought up a lot.

That is true. Because our listener Randall has put his fate into our hands saying, we are the universe. And I guess that makes Brooke Uranus. A giant gas planet. And the rest of us are stars. Wait, what? Here's the situation.

Randall's been heartbroken before. He flew to Vietnam to meet a woman, ended up getting catfish. there, then didn't even show up. Fell for another lady from the Philippines. Who he sure is real. He has not met her yet, not even FaceTime, but in his heart, he feels that their connection is true.

He's in love. He said he's in love with her. Absolutely. And Randall, on a scale one out of ten, how serious are you about Philippines girl? I am so serious that if this doesn't work out today, I am on the first plane to the Philippines with a ring

in my hand. A ring? And I recommend not the first plane, because it's going to be a very expensive flight. Yeah. Good point, Jose. I like to look at flights, that's why. But you're going to propose? Wow. Yes, absolutely.

No way. You're not, you've been better again, brother. Hold on one date last night. Yes. With Georgina, right? Is it her name Georgina? Her name is Georgina, yes. Good memory, bro.

And Georgina is going to decide whether or not you propose to a woman in the Philippines. Oh, my God. That's a lot of weight. But think about it. This could be a sign from the universe. So let's just see. what happened. This could be protecting you for getting Katvin.

And also don't tell Georgina maybe about the backup plan. I was going to say, like, I don't know. He's really an all or nothing type of guy, Alexic, and very honest. I think we just let the universe take control of the conversation. We're not going to plan anything out. I'm just going to start dialing the number. Yeah, but don't you think we should? Zip it, Uranus.

We've got a universal business to attend to him. You're not a star. You're like the moon of Uranus. I know it. You wish. You're like a satellite. Damn, okay. Let's just make this call. You're a black hole right now.

Yeah, you want me to be. Anyway, here we go. Hello. Hi, we're looking to speak with Georgina. This is her. Who's this? This is a morning radio show. We're called Brooke and Jeffrey. And we are very eager to speak with you today. Brooke, take it away.

Why are you interested? and speaking to me. Because we heard last night you went on a really great date. I did go on a date last night, yeah. Would you say it was great? She took that word out. I know, that's what I'm trying to help here. Okay.

Why do you even want to know? How did you even get my number? Oh, man. We actually got it from that guy, Randall. And in this segment that we're doing, we're just trying to gauge and see how things go. Okay. So we're just trying to pry. a little bit and ask you, you know, how was your date?

How was the hangout? Just a short review. I mean, it was a good date. We had a couple of drinks. Randall was super thoughtful and nice. This all fits his character. Yeah, so you were feeling really good. I was until the very end because it was a little bit weird to say the least.

What happened at the end? Yeah, we don't know what happened at the end. He didn't mention that. Was there like a kiss? No, it was not a kiss. So basically, he told me, I just want you to know this date meant a lot to me. Okay, that's good. That must make you feel great.

It did. It did until the second part in which he said, I don't know if I'm going to propose to someone else. No way, he said that. Yes, but it's been very nice to meet you. Oh, no. Okay. Oh, my God. I bet your heart just sunk.

Well, yeah, I was more confused than anything. You didn't wish him luck on his own, so that's rude. Do you think there's any chance? Maybe it was just a line, like a little hard-to-get line, to play towards you, to make himself seem a little bit more desirable. It sounds like someone who's about to get married and have second-guess. Or it sounds like a good joke. Like, how wild would it be if he really was engaged?

Like, obviously he's kidding. Yeah. If it was a joke, it didn't work. It did not land. He should workshop that with someone else. workshop. Okay. So, I mean, like, up until that very last sentence, you were planning on seeing him again.

It definitely seemed like it was going in that direction. Oh, that's our answer. Okay. That's our answer. Can we ignore the last sentence? Can we just forget that happens? Yeah, it doesn't even matter. I think that would be textbook ignoring a red flag.

Well, maybe we could replace it with some new sentences that he wants to say to you right now because he is listening to this phone call. Well, I need to talk to her. I need to say something. Rangel, what are you doing? Yeah, sorry, he's on the phone. That's how this segment works. We have been waiting. Georgina, I'm sorry, you are wonderful.

I had a great time, but I got to tell you the whole story. A year ago, I fell in love with a person in Vietnam. They catfished me. I was heartbroken. I didn't know what to do. Then I found another person, and this woman's from the Philippines. I feel like she might be the one. I haven't met her yet.

I haven't phasedimed her. All you have done. Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait. Yeah, please wait, wait, please wait. You haven't met her? No, I haven't met her yet. I'm just trying to find. Have you fath timed her?

Have you? No, no. Have you heard her voice? Do you know what she sounds like? No. I'm not sure where she's going with this. Where are you going with this? You just admitted to getting catfish for the Vietnamese person.

And now you're putting yourself in the same scenario, potentially, with this woman from the Philippines. Like, do you not see the. pattern here? Yes, I see what everyone else sees. Have you sent this woman money? Oh, we didn't ask that. I mean, not a lot, a little bit. Oh, yeah.

Randall! Probably just for like a new phone so that they could text more. Oh, Randall. He said she needed help, and I try to be a good person. Of course she needs help. She's an invisible woman on the internet who you don't know. Oh, Randall. Not invisible, maybe a man.

Brooke, why didn't you ever step in and tell Randall any of this stuff earlier? Jeffrey, Randall, he is a hopeful, truly a heartfelt guy, and he's just getting taken advantage of. And that is, like, so sad. I don't see it as a sad thing at all. I see Randall as a... Then he's giving money to a woman in the Philippines. It probably doesn't exist. You give money to random people you've never met before, and you call it charity, bro.

And also, you're a good person? Like, I'm sorry. He's just, he's got a big heart. He has a lot of hope and optimism, and he's willing to do whatever it takes. to make love happen in his life. And he's willing to put himself out there, even put himself on the radio like this. Should I go with the girl in the Philippines

or should I continue to first through Georgina? Georgina. Are you kidding me? I can hear you. You need to say something romantic to Georgina. Tell her why you tried this. Why you finally went out on the limb and risks. That's because his friend made him.

So don't. Okay. Georgina, in all honesty, before our date, I was wholeheartedly in love with the young lady from the Philippines. But after meeting you, there's just something about you. I thought we had a connection. I didn't know if that was a universe telling me that I was making the wrong decision with the other girl.

I appreciate your candor, but I will just tell you the difference between me and this other woman. I am real and the other person is a fantasy. So that's why you are so swept up because that's what these scammers do. Yeah. You mean like there's a small percent, like one percent she's not real? More the other way, 99. Definitely 99. 100,000.

She's not real. And, you know, I don't know where things are going to stand between us, but for now we should at least, I will be your friend and help you navigate this situation. If that's what you need, Brandon. Wow. I love you, Georgina. That is amazing.

Randall, you hear that? She is willing to fight for you. We could take it that way. I love it, Jeff. Sure. So she is willing to do whatever it takes, it sounds like, to help you be your Sherpa through your romantic life. Randall, this is a real one. Georgina's a real one.

Please don't pass up this chance. No woman has ever fought for me before. Oh, sweet man. Let's get the boxing gloves on and get this going because Georgina, we want to send you and Randall out on another day and we'll pay for it if you say yes. Well, I am willing to do that. Thank you. Wow. Thank you, Georgina.

You are such a caring, time person. I can't wait for us to hang out again. Oh. I look forward to it. Okay. And how much money do you want him to send you, Georgina, before this date happens? Yeah, you write, point, Jackson. He could just pay me in person.

We're fine. Oh, it is true love. Yeah, there we go. Oh, my gosh. The universe did it. Oh, my God. You're going out on another date. Dude, seriously, thank God for Georgina.

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Dude, I have never been more thankful for one of our listeners. Yeah, the thing is, it wasn't necessarily a romantic yes, but the opportunity for romance is there. I mean, by him, I'm sure he's going to fall in love with her. There's no question on that. But, I mean, the whole thing is hopefully she saves him. from getting scammed out of tons of money. Yeah. I just think you're right.

I think he needs to not talk to another woman ever. Yeah. Because he falls in love with everyone. Yeah, who said that? Because it does feel like everybody Randall meets or talks to. He immediately falls for us. So, Brooke, make sure to check your DMs tomorrow. Because there's probably a message in there that says,

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