Brooke and Jeffrey: Second Date Update - Second Date Update: Date Night Detour

Episode Date: February 24, 2025

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We don't normally do this, but you are really special to us. So Jose is going to give out his personal phone number right now. Yeah, okay. If you need to call him. So text 78592. Okay, there it is.

That's our show's text board. If you're lonely, you can text us. I'm on it all night long. Okay. So like one a.m., you wanna call him. So you're on it more than your own phone texting. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Basically. I mean, it's a better way to reach him.

That's all we're saying. Yes. And don't forget, we've got 45 more minutes, a full show, an hour long. Oh my God. Okay. Could you take that much? If you want it, go for it. It's over at the Brooke and Jeffrey Maine podcast feed. but right now we're all about the second date. So let's get it started

second date update Where's the worst place to take a woman on a first date? Brooke and Jeffrey in the morning home of the second date update, but I mean like a garbage dump Are you gonna give us options because I have some ideas.. But I mean, like a garbage dump. Are you going to give us options? Cause I have some ideas. I mean, crematorium comes to mind. Oh, that's even worse than the garbage dump. I was saying, especially if you talked about having

barbecue already that night. So, oh gosh, come on. It's just a smoky flavor is always good. But there is something that might be worse than that. There's no way Jeff. Well, I was gonna say Chernobyl, but you know what? Let's talk to our listener red because he thinks he may have taken his date someplace pretty regrettable Before we find out about this woman just tell us the place that you took her Yeah, I took her to my ex's house. Oh god

Okay, yeah, we got a back house not even like the restaurant where my ex works yeah, yeah I know the bad idea now, okay It's good that you realized that but let's go back and start from the beginning Where did you meet this woman and what's her name and not your not your? The girl that I took out her name's Christina. We met at a hiking club Small group of people that get together and take hikes on the weekend Let me guess you reached for the same cashew in the bag of trail mix same cashew in the bag of trail mix in your eyes locked. Oh, that's cute. I like cashews too.

You want this raisin? Yeah. How did you turn it from hiking to a date? Yeah. We're both cat people, so that's kind of how we came together a little bit on that. Okay. Okay. Bonded over cats.

Hiking and cat people. A lot of times we talk on hikes. Yeah, that's true. So, I mean, you guys had a pretty good relationship then probably before you actually moved into the romantic world, right? Yeah, I mean we had tons of talks and I mean I showed her tons of pictures. My cat's name is sorbet So I set up a date at my house to help meet my cat. Okay. I like how you said your house. That's good Yeah, we were gonna make pizzas at my place. I got a fancy pizza oven nice So we wanted to do that introduce her to the cat. She looked real nice. We didn't burn anything

That's usually a good sign I mean were you able to have because you guys had been friends already were you able to have like some flirty moments? Like come up behind her and need the pizza like show her like grab her hands and show her show her how to toss it Yeah, we have like a little ghost moment with the pizza Do not say you did that. I'm just kidding. Yeah, it was still flirty a little flower getting everywhere, but nothing crazy All right, that's cute. I mean it sounds like a setup to a great evening Yeah, it sounds like a great setup to go over to your ex's house because how does that come into the picture? So I mean I kept calling for the cat the cat likes to hide when new people are there so I figured

They needed a little bit of time to get used to her and right I mean cats notoriously don't come when you call them Yeah, you know right and then I remembered that I actually had dropped the cat off at the cat mom's that morning. What? What? Wait! Oh, wait! You remembered? You and your ex split custody of your cat?

Yeah, yeah, I mean it was kind of a contentious part of the breakup there, but I mean we're good now. How could you forget that? It was the whole date center. I get it. I mean, that makes you look so bad, you're a cat dad that doesn't remember where he left his cat. I had a pretty busy day and it slipped my mind. I mean I had other things to worry about. Okay. That is a lot to tackle, both pepperoni and cheese. So I can understand. Your head was totally full.

I still don't get, how did you end up at your ex's house? So right after we ate, I was pretty disappointed that she couldn't meet sorbet. Yeah, okay Yeah, but just chalk it up and you make a plan for the next time right? Yeah, I wish I would have done that That's a good point on our way home. I just figured I'd swing by my ex's and introduce her to sorbet Christina over to your ex's house. Oh no. It sounds really bad when you say it like that. And is bad.

You didn't warn either woman. So you're gonna show up unexpectedly with a date on your ex's door and Christina doesn't even know that's where she's going. Yeah, but usually my ex is pretty cool if I need to swing by and see the cat, you know How did that go? So I mean when when we showed up it was fine But I could kind of tell that she wasn't really digging it ex wasn't really happy that we showed up Uh to see the cat. Yeah, really? Yeah shocking. I can see why you guys broke up. She's not an accepting woman. Yeah

Yeah, there's a lot of silence and petting the cat on the couch and it was real awkward She was just staring at my date the whole time Doorstep you know what I mean? Like say hi to the cat then everybody parts You're inside okay, so you guys hi to the cat then everybody parts It's like a scene to a funny movie You're inside Okay, so you guys all spent the night at your ex's house and then when you left the next morning, how did that go? That didn't happen. Thank God. Okay good The whole time ended in like a real big fight

Oh my god Wait, a fight with who? You and the ex or what? You and the cat? Everybody kind of ended up shouting Yeah, Christina didn't like that my ex was being rude Yeah. Christina didn't like that. My ex was being rude. My, my ex didn't like that. I brought a girl there. It was, it was a whole thing. Why are you wanting to call this girl again? Christina doesn't want to have anything to do with you. Yeah. But your show says you help people get second dates and do the impossible.

Yeah. We're not miracle workers over here, but oh my gosh Can I just ask when you drop Christina off at her door? What was the last thing she said to you? She actually gave me the finger, but I don't think she meant it If it's a finger that I'm thinking of then it could be a good thing Wow she was emotional I was trying to go for the ring finger. I also love that she didn't Uber. She still took the ride and then took the lock. Wow. She was emotional. Now that we've had some space, it's been about a week or so, so I figured we could

give it another shot and you guys could help me out. Guys, at least this will be a great story, right? Yeah, I'm very eager to hear how Christina felt the experience went. This woman's going to be cussing. We don't know. We're going to call her. We'll see how she's doing when we do your second date update right after this. Second date update.

What went wrong on Rhett's first date? Little hard to say. Who knows, Jeff. Because there was pizza. Oh, that's good. There was cute cats. And the one tiny mistake, and when I say tiny, I mean like minuscule, there was kind of a fight at his ex's house.

Right. That involved him, his date, and his ex-girlfriend, resulting at the end in a certain finger being pointed at Rhett when he dropped Christina off at home. It wasn't a proposal with the wedding ring. No. It wasn't the index finger. Other than that though, A plus date. Really? Rhett, you would agree, right? Uh, yeah, other than Other than that, though, a plus date. Really? Right. You would agree, right?

Yeah. Other than all of that, I guess it was fine. Other than the date? The date was good. OK. OK. Wait, I have a question. Have you had a chance to apologize to Christina? Well, that's the biggest thing is I just haven't seen her in the hiking group at all. OK. And it's not often you get to go from friends into dating so I just I didn't want to mess that up

yeah and I don't necessarily think you're the one who needs to apologize it sounds like your ex girlfriend owes her more of an apology for not being cool about this he needs up to apologize to both women we don't know what started the fight you can't bring a date to your ex's house especially unannounced I don't know Who does that? Clearly red is somebody that wants everybody to get along feels like you should be able to move past ex grievances

The ladies, I don't know why you guys are holding on to this like it's a big deal I hope your ex shows up at your house today Jeff I don't have one Jokes on you Like it's a big deal But we don't know the whole story we have a hunch of what went wrong we need to get Christina's angle to really understand The full scope of this I can't wait to hear her story And the thing is is that you actually sound like a really nice guy that just made dumb choices Yeah, I'm just a really nice guy who made one dumb choice, and I told you the whole story, okay? We have a her perspective is gonna be interesting yeah Well, let's find out what that is I'm gonna dial her right now

Hopefully she has nothing but good things to say about you or she doesn't just cuss at us and hang up Okay, we'll see how this goes. I'm dialing her She flips us off as she answers the phone. We'll be able to see it. We'll be able to feel it though. Here we go. Hello? Hey, is this Christina? Yeah. Hey, Christina. Hi, good morning. Good morning.

We've all been very eager to talk to you. We're a radio show called Brooke and Jeffrey in the Morning. I don't even know where to begin. all been very eager to talk to you where a radio show called Brooke and Jeffrey in the morning and I Don't even know where to begin. Yeah, Christina. How are you doing? Fine, what is this? This is a radio show and We're doing a segment trying to help out one of our listeners that you went on a date with recently his name is Rhett What yeah, yeah, I mean actually that's a better response than I expected date with recently his name is Rhett.

What? Yeah, yeah. I mean, actually, that's a better response than I expected from you, to be honest. Yeah, I'm being serious because we heard about your guys's hangout. We won't rehash the whole story. Wait a second. Right. Called you. Yeah. Yeah. He emailed us. Why is he doing that?

Well, obviously because he likes you. Well, I mean, not just that that like you guys were friends in the hiking group and then and then you had one date and he knows He screwed it up. Yeah, can I just hear the story? Like I want to hear from your perspective like you show up to his ex's house. Did you know that's where you were going? No, he was like, oh, I've got something to show you. I really want you to see that I was like, oh, I've got something to show you. I really want you to see this. Oh, I've fallen for that one before. We all have Jampions. OK.

I mean, at first, I just thought it was like his friend or something. I didn't realize it was his ex. And then we get into this argument. She called me a whore. Oh, god. Oh, my god. What?

Wait. Don't repeat it, but what? Wait, how do you go from Petty the Cat to that? Did some major insecurity issues or something? Because she was like, well, do you know from Petty the Cat to that? She had some major insecurity issues or something because she was like, well, do you know what he likes? Because I know what he likes. Oh, God.

Okay, we did not know that part of the story. Yeah, like I said, she yelled at me and called me a whore. Wait, what did Rep do while this was happening? Yeah. She was yelling back at her. It was just, it was so dramatic. And this is a first date. Oh Okay, I'm gonna tell you on the 30 second date that would not be okay

Look, I I know that we all feel terrible about that Rhett feels sorry for even making the decision to bring you over there Yeah, I mean he honestly sounds like a nice guy that made a dumb choice. I don't know. He lied to me, too Okay, not just that like about bringing you over there to introduce you to his cat No before that so I knew him from hiking like we hiked together with like a group and we were talking about our cats and he told me that sorbet is five and My cat is five too. So I was like, oh that's cool to the same age But then his ex told me that sorbet is nine This one was a five-year difference. That's crazy. Okay that was worse to you than the argument that broke out between

Honestly, I think that he lied about his cat's age on purpose. I think he was trying to say that it was the same age as my cat so that they would get along. I mean, we do hear a lot of people lying about their age on dating apps to impress somebody, not usually lying about their cat's age to impress each other, but... Well, yeah, but like that's important to me. I have something to say here. Oh, imagine that, Rhett.

You shut your mouth, you liar. I really hope you would because we need to tell you Christina that Rett's been on the other line listening to this call wanting to clearly speak and hopefully apologize. Well, yeah, I mean, I'm going to apologize for the fight, but not not for my cat being a different age. I mean, those are just details. Well, you might not think that's important, but I do. I don't have kids. I'm not planning on having kids anytime soon. My cat is my world. Like, I don't want my cat to be the little second sidekick cat

because you have this older, leader, mean cat. Well, maybe if your cat was more mature, it'd be OK. Hanging out with my older cat. OK. My cat was more mature it'd be okay hanging out with my old My cat is plenty mature We'd really be concentrating on the name-calling Yeah exes house here. Well, that wasn't cool, but neither lying about the edges your cat. Why would you do that? Why don't you lie about anything like that? Your cat why would you do that? Why don't you lie about anything like that?

Mean my ex wasn't lying about that He is nine and then if that's the only thing standing in the way of this I mean we can always go get a five-year-old cat Like the problem-solving that's a positive so my cat's a third wheel now. That's great Yeah, you find very interesting things important for your dating life You got to think of it from my perspective if this does work out and we're together No, we've got two full-time cats and one part-time cat that we're shuffling back and forth between a deck who thinks I'm a whore Yeah, I mean I could see that part, but I mean it's nine. It's not like you're gonna have to do it for many years Like I take offense to that because my cat may be nine, but she looks seven at worst

But we are really stuck on this. I know, she's very upset that she got cat catfished. That's the big issue. Well, she got fish-catted. It is, you did cat catfish me. Okay, we're going with the double cat. Right, you're very sorry, right? Tell her how sorry you are for doing that.

Yeah, yeah, I mean I'm very sorry for telling you the wrong age of my cat. And I mean going forward, I swear I sorry for telling you the wrong age of my cat and I mean going forward I swear I won't lie to you about something like that Something like that Well, cuz that's like super important I want her to know how important it is that I'm taking her her cat age very importantly I won't lie at all all Okay, I mean honestly Christina He is taking it into account and I think a lot of people would not be so patient

Brooke is basically saying team rat team rat and so we would like to offer to send you out on another date with him And we would pay for it. I don't know two cats three cats one cat no cat Whatever however many cats you want or don't want on it Yeah, and find a five-year-old one Well, I doubt he wants to go out again with a What do you think I mean as long as the price is right I'm kidding obviously I would I would love to have a second try at this. Yes, you went through all this effort to make this happen and we're running out of time

here, so what do you say, Christina, one more date with Rhett? I need a yes or a no. Fine, yeah, whatever. Fine! Fine! It's a romantic fine! Fine! Are you down?

She just said fine! Yeah, she's still emotional. She'll get over it. I'm okay with fine. Okay! I'm sorry, but are we miracle workers? Because that is insane. I told you right!

Yes, we should take all the credit for this. Yes! You're right. Brooke and Jeffree in the morning. You know what really makes me happy? Hearing someone regrettably agree to go out on a date again. Fine, Jeff. Just ugh, fine.

They're gonna look back and listen to this on their wedding day, right before Christina turns to the pastor and is like, ugh, fine, I do. Yeah, well, I'm pretty sure the ex is gonna show up to that wedding. Yeah. I just hope the cats show up.

Aw. Aw, little bry little. I don't think anybody's showing up, I think he's gonna host it at their house. No, at the ex's house. Yeah. Yeah, it's a good it at their house. No. At the ex's house. Yeah. Yeah. It's a good reminder that everybody-

That is crazy. Everybody values different things in their relationships. And for Christina, she values honesty about your cat's real age. That's number one on the relationship. I mean, maybe- You could've still been dating the ex. Yeah.

She's like, I don't care about that. Around number five is ex name calling. There you go, yes. Yeah. It still mattered to her, just not quite as high. Yeah. Everyone's got different priorities. And we know that now.

So whatever is important to you, we will call that person who's not calling you back, email the show so we can help and go check out all of our second day podcasts wherever you get yours at Brooke and Jeffrey. Brooke and Jeffrey in the morning. Hey Brooklyn nine Niners. It's a reunion. The ladies of the nine nine are getting back together for a special episode of the podcast More Better. Host Stephanie Beatriz and Melissa Fumero welcome friend and former castmate Chelsea Ferretti.

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Carrie Harper Howie turning Big Macs into big moves. Catch Eating While Broke every Thursday on the Black Effect Podcast Network, iHeart Radio app, Apple Podcast, wherever you get your favorite shows. Come hungry for season four. Dressing. Dressing. Oh, French dressing. Exactly.

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