Brooke and Jeffrey: Second Date Update - Second Date Update: Finding Nemo, Losing Date (#10)

Episode Date: December 9, 2024

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Listen to the Good Moms, Bad Choices podcast every Wednesday on the Black Effect Podcast Network, the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you go to find your podcast. It's Brooke and Jeffrey in the morning, and our listeners have given us so much this year. I mean, yes! I mean, thank you for all the listens,

all the comments and feedback. Thank you to the strange men who found Alexis's Amazon wish list and made her dreams come true this year. I'm happy to you. Really. And we just felt like we had to do something nice

back for the listeners. I know. I mean, honestly, they're the ones that helped Jeff take down Julia Louis-Dreyfus. Yeah. that helped Jeff take down Julia Louis-Dreyfus. Yeah. All of us took down Julia Louis-Dreyfus. Don't count me in on that.

It was a team effort led mostly by Brooke. No, why'd you even bring it up, Brooke? Yeah, I should have. Sorry. But we wanted to thank you and do something special. That's why today we're going to start a countdown of the top 10 second date updates.

This is our special gift to you because it's 100% free and we had to do very little effort for it. So please don't complain about the ads. Just skip them. Yeah, just skip forward. And we're going to start with number 10, which is titled Finding Nemo Losing Date. It's the movie Pixar would have made if they wanted to make all the children cry in the theater. Please sit back and enjoy our number 10 second

date update. Second date update. As a guy, I can think of a lot of qualities that men might be looking for in a female companion. Someone who's sweet, who likes to laugh.

Oh, that's a must. Didn't hear any laughter from the ladies in the room. That's interesting. Women like people who are funny. Yeah, we do. So, continue. But extra toe, wouldn't say no to that. Wait a minute, why?

You never know when you need a really good back scratch. Just toss that foot in there, mama. Get to work. You know what they say about guys with 11 toes. They got the extra claw. But maybe the number one sexiest quality a woman can have from a guy's perspective is somebody who is low maintenance. And apparently, from a guy's perspective, I know the ladies aren't going to understand that. I like a little high maintenance.

No, yeah. Jose loves high maintenance. That's your perspective. I know the ladies aren't going to understand that. I like a little high maintenance. Jose loves high maintenance. That's your perspective. Apparently, that's what one of our listeners, Eddie, found recently from his date who in typical low maintenance fashion is not calling him back.

That's really low maintenance. I apologize for her actions. I do not think they're warranted, okay? You haven't heard anything about his date yet. I do not think they're warranted, okay? No. You haven't heard anything about his date yet. I am already on Eddie's side. Okay. Good, Eddie.

How does that feel, Eddie? That feels really good. Oh, my God. You guys are like bro bonded or something right now. Where'd you find this low-maintenance woman? So we met online on one of those chat sites, you know? Okay. Lomaintenancegirls.com.

Is that what you're trolling sites, you know? Okay. Lomaintenancegirls.com. Is that what you're trolling right now, Jeff? Yeah. Sounds like a gold digger site. They're on like once a year. You can only catch them. You gotta be on there all the time. You match.

See you next year. What's this low maintenance woman's name? Melanie. Melanie. Okay. I mean, did you know from the beginning that she was someone, I mean, that you were looking for, right? Well, you know what? I really liked on her profile.

It said that she was low maintenance. So that was a gem for me. So I was like, you know what? Prove it. Oh, no. Oh, no. Okay, I like that. That's an interesting challenge.

That really sounds like you're high maintenance when you say that, Eddie. No, no. So I asked her, you know, do you want to do a fancy cooking class or play? She said, we can, but that's not really her thing. Good. So she passed your first test. She said, literally, if you want to grab food

and just watch a movie in the back of your car, I'm up for it. In the back of your car? What, on your phone? Where are you going phone watch the movie definitely have to be creative okay i decided to test it so we ended up meeting in one of those parking lots outside one of those outdoor malls this all sounds so sketchy are you really going with the back seat of the car idea yeah Yeah, I mean, I had to test it.

Okay, that's why she's not calling you back. She actually came? Yeah, she showed up. She gave me a big hug, and she did look like her pictures. That's great, but did you ever warn her that this was actually the date that you had planned? I wanted it to be a surprise. No. No, surprises are typically good things.

Like, you put thought into stuff look i like her already i love low maintenance but i think she was saying it as a joke bro and low maintenance doesn't mean you don't want to have someone that's thoughtful yeah at least wine and dine we're already getting all judgmental we should figure out what happened when you showed her what the date was yeah so i said i had a surprise for her. Oh. I took her to my car, opened the back door, and then right there, there's three big bags

of Wendy's. You know, I was being thoughtful. Wendy's. Oh, nice. Spicy nugs, dude. And then I had Finding Nemo playing on a portable DVD player.

Bro, this is my perfect date. You want a wine and dine? Still in a mall parking lot, guys. And like, the smell of the fast food in a car, I'm sorry, it just never smells good unless you're the one that orders it and brings it in. Yeah, lot, guys. And the smell of the fast food in a car, I'm sorry, it just never smells good unless you're the one that orders

it and brings it in. This comes from all the high-maintenance women in this. Never satisfied with the lengths that... Did she laugh? What did she say? She's blown away, obviously. Yeah, yeah, she laughed, but she wouldn't get in. Yeah. Oh, no.

Eddie, I mean, even the movie choice is kind of Predator, you know, like feeling. Pridey Nebo in the back of the car. It's a Disney movie, Brooke. Yeah. This is all red flags. Did she not get in because she had to push the other teenager out of the way? Nah, nah. She said she doesn't really know me yet. Yeah. Okay. Nah, nah. She said she doesn't

really know me yet. Yeah. Okay. Look at that. She's smart. She's thinking this through at least. Yeah, I didn't think of that.

You're right. Did you have a plan B? So we went to a bar next door. We each had a beer and I teased her. I was like, you know,

the Wendy's is getting cold. Ew. Ew. It's already cold. The first thing you guys did was eat the Wendy's, man. The rose. you guys did was eat the Wendy's, man. Gross. You're not still pushing the Wendy's.

You need to give up on the Wendy's, man. Well, I mean, well, it worked because a few minutes later, we were in the back seat watching Finding Nemo. Oh, that's my dude. One beer and she says yes to that? Now all these are cold chili.

Someone needs to talk to this girl. We had our burgers. We had our Frosties, you know? Oh, Frosties. How is that not melted? Can you just let him get through one sentence without judging him? Please. Okay.

Sorry, Eddie. You slurped it with a straw. Then what, Eddie? It wasn't like we were in a movie theater. We'd both seen the movie. Yeah. So we could talk through it. That's true.

I like that sometimes. That's fine. Okay. So you're hanging. Now, is she feeling safe and comfortable with you yeah i i think so but it was a little weird because it was good but we didn't get to the end of the movie like about three quarters into the movie she says she had to go well that's like an hour into the movie my friend i mean she said she was there a while yeah she was and i was

okay with it because after so much fast food, I hope so. Listen, you don't want to sit next to me. Ew. With the windows up. I feel you, dog. Eddie, don't get the fast food on the first date. Okay.

Brooke, it's Wendy's. It is a delight. Okay? It sounds like you felt like you left it on an okay note. Yeah, yeah. I thought we did. So I walked her to her car. I gave her a hug.

But for some reason, I haven't heard from her since. Free Wendy's. Free movie. it on an okay note yeah yeah i thought we did so i walked her to her car i gave her a hug but for some reason i haven't heard from her since free movie he walks her to her car free drink i mean did you really truly feel like you guys had a connection though eddie that's that's what matters i mean i know i'm making fun of you for the finding nemo and the interesting choices but you know i i really think that we did and you said that she's low maintenance so maybe she's playing the really really low maintenance slow game. And you said that she's low maintenance. So maybe she's playing the really, really low maintenance, slow game here. I just hope that she answers the phone when we call her and get your second date update. All right.

Next. Second date update. Man, even when a guy does absolutely everything right. Yeah. Women, they just have this way to find something wrong and spin it against them. We are just so picky. We are so demanding. Thank you for finally saying it.

I have a list of things you could improve on. We're not sarcastic at all. I'm bringing it up because one of our listeners, Eddie, took out a woman named Melanie who described herself as low maintenance. And she told him, I'm the type of gal who'd be happy just eating fast food in the back of a car while watching a movie. But then, of course, when Eddie shows up with three bags of Wendy's and finding Nemo on Blu-ray in his SUV, Melanie and all the ladies in the room go, well, obviously she didn't mean watch a movie in the car. I'll say what you mean, ladies. Come on. I can't. What? Come on. She didn't mean watch a movie in the car. Say what you mean, ladies. Come on. I can.

What? We're just taking you literally at what you're saying. Now we're trying to figure out if Eddie took things too literally. Brooke, I don't know. What advice do you have for Eddie that he needs to decipher what you really mean? Eddie, I think one of the like hard pieces for me listening to you to describe your date was how you kept saying I was testing her. Like, that's always something is like, ugh, that feels so bad. You know, I've been on so many dates with women that say that, and they're pretty high maintenance, and they just don't know it.

Okay. Oh, yeah, that's a wake-up call. Did you tell her that you were testing her, though? Like, I'm wondering if that was maybe part of the problem. No, I definitely wouldn't do that. Oh, okay. It usually works really well when you're like, hey, by the way, this is a big test, so you better answer right. He could have easily said in the back, hey, I was just doing this date because you said you were low maintenance,

and I just wanted to see if that was right or not. And that would have come off sexy to you? No, that's what I'm saying. If he said that, then that's why she's not calling him back he's damned if he does he's damned if he doesn't it's a terrible date a terrible date that she suggested to him and he just listened to but what do we know let's just call her and hear what she has to say you're ready to do this eddie ready as i'll ever be all right here we go. Hello?

Hey, is this Melanie? This is she. Hey, Melanie, my name is Jeff from the radio show, Brooke and Jeffrey in the morning. Why are you laughing? I had to feel like Brooke should take it from here. What? I'm not saying anything. See, I've already screwed it up.

I screwed it up because I giggled halfway through it. Melanie, how are you? Sorry, Melanie. Hi. I'm good. What can I do for you? Great question. Yeah, well, it's not really what you could do for us, but what you could do for one of our listeners that you went out on a date with named Eddie. Okay, and who is this again? Who am I?

Yeah, we're Brooke and Jeffrey in the morning. We're a radio show. And we're trying to help Eddie figure out what went wrong or if anything did go wrong on your date. Because he told us a little bit about it. He's not sure if he made some mistakes. But we'd just like to know what you think of Eddie. You know, I guess when I first met met him i thought that he was kind of funny okay can i just ask like you show up to a mall parking lot and this guy opens the door and he's

finding nemo and wendy's in the back seat what are you thinking in that moment i kind of i kind of had that lady feeling of like, I put myself in this situation because I made a joke. It was a joke. It was a joke. Duh. Did you say before you told him, though, by the way, what I'm about to tell you is a joke. Oh, it's always fun to be with someone that you have to establish what is a joke and what isn't every time you talk. I wanted to give him the benefit of the doubt because, I don't, texting is hard and like, maybe it was just interpreted, you know,

we've been getting along as we've been talking, you know, online. And, and I just figured it might as well be worth it to take the shot. We had our food back there and it seemed like it was kind of fun at first, but the vibe just changed like drastically once the movie started what do you mean once once finding nemo came on no it's finding dory is that what it was no he said no i think it was finding nemo v-o-g okay uh i definitely will remember that it's called finding nemo because that was one of the big issues um that he kept coming back to. He was getting like super agitated by the storyline.

What do you mean he was agitated? Oh, to a point where he was like changing color in his face. Like, why can't they find that damn fish? And like, where the hell is it? We need to get a private investigator on this because it's taking too long. Was that a joke? I mean, maybe you guys just don't understand each other's type of humor, right? True, true.

And listen, when I say I'm low maintenance, I mean, like, I try to give people the benefit of the doubt. I'm not holding a lot of judgment, but this guy would not let this go. He just was getting heated. And like he's over there ranting and raving about how it should be called losing Nemo. And that is a fair point. But the thing is, that was weird. But he turned off the TV and then he suggested that I could help him find the real nemo in the back seat and i just wait what is that like he's like i've hidden a fish somewhere in this car what does that mean was he like it was it a sexual thing i think it was is that what he said it was an innuendo i don't know it just went from like a little awkward first date misunderstandings to like really creepy, really fast.

That kind of sealed the deal. Yeah. Okay. Well, there's been a lot of misunderstandings happening this entire. I don't know. I'm just saying a lot of misunderstandings and now there's a lot of misunderstandings and maybe we should actually give eddie a chance to explain himself because melanie he's actually on the other line listening right now and he wants to talk to you um i'm sorry he's like on the phone

yeah i think he needed to hear that to be honest yeah eddie you Yep, I'm right here. Are you dying of embarrassment, Eddie? No, I mean, look, there's a lot of emotion in that movie. You know, it just turned me on. Wait, what? Wait, what? Did you just say that it turned you on? There's just so much emotion. I mean, how can I not be turned on, you know?

Look, as a guy, it's hard to be smooth and funny and not get judged. And you know what? I feel judged right now. You weren't smooth or funny, though. Hey, you're saying that you were, like, using a pickup line on her with, you want to find Nemo in the backseat? Yeah, you know, I was just trying to be smooth, trying to be funny. Look, I can identify with that, that sometimes it's hard to think of the smooth line in the middle of the date, especially when you have a Disney movie on.

Golden rule, just stay away from using Disney and sexual innuendos in the same sentence. There's a way that it can work. There isn't, Jeff. Just don't do it. I have a star that you can wish upon. What does that mean? Don't know. What are you, Tinkerbell can wish upon. No. What does that mean? Don't know. What are you, Tinkerbell all of a sudden?

Or are you Pinocchio? I'm just trying to help our listener here somehow. I think maybe we're just miscommunicating. You know what? How about we do a redo? We could do a redo. And I promise you, if we watch a movie like Finding Dory, that does nothing for me.

No, the sequel is nothing. I hope that fish dies. It's so stupid. if we watch a movie like Finding Dory, that does nothing for me, you know? So we can... No, the sequel is nothing. I hope that fish does. Yeah. It's so stupid. I mean, that dumb Dory fish. Not an Ellen DeGeneres fan. Okay.

Melanie, I mean, how does hearing all that make you feel? Oh. I think I am just not the right fish in your sea, Eddie. Hey! She did it! She's good at it. It works when you're shutting somebody down.

Are you sure? Because there's not a lot of fish like me. It was pretty rare. I feel like... Is he a goldfish? Aren't there like a ton of them? Melanies. Oh, clownfish.

I got to tell you, you're a pretty common fish, my friend. I think you got the clownfish right. Yeah. Is that what you're feeling like, Eddie? Are you doing okay? You learn anything here? I don't know. Maybe she was thinking it the wrong way,

but I felt like I was being pretty romantic. Oh. Oh, boy. I just think you guys don't get each other. Oh, boy, she says. Oh, boy. Hey, Mickey Mouse. Oh, boy.

Definitely lesson learned, though, boy. Hey, Mickey Mouse. Boy. Definitely lesson learned, though, Eddie. If you do exactly what the woman says, she'll eventually hate you. That is exactly the lesson. That's exactly what I learned. That's why we're never going to get anywhere, Jeff. So we're getting everywhere? Is that what you're saying? I am sorry this didn't work out for you, Eddie,

but I think there is some girl out there who is going to be willing to help you find your Nemo. In the meantime, stick to your toy story. No. That doesn't make sense. No, that's not appropriate. Brooke and Jeffrey in the morning. Can't say I'm surprised that that second date update didn't work out. Yeah.

Yeah. You think, Jeff? I know. I mean, I know you tried to stick up for Eddie, but it got harder and harder, didn't it? Yeah. It did. I can't be honest and say I actually wanted to stick up for him in the first place, but part of my job is trying to come through for the listeners.

By the end, you were the only one sticking up for me, and I was like, okay. I mean, can't sometimes just the goal be to everyone learn a lesson here? Yeah. Because I don't think Eddie did. This is an NPR, bro. I just. I just. I'm really concerned about Eddie.

Let's just imagine, though, for a second, that it actually worked out between those two. Yeah. How cute would it have been at their wedding for them to say, we conceived a child in the backseat because he told me to find Nemo. And I did. Oh, yeah. I found told me to find Nemo. And I did. I found him. I found Nemo. It would have been one of those weddings where the bride would go up to the maid of honor and say, don't mention

anything about how we really met. Didn't tell my grandma. Okay, I'll skip the Nemo part, but we did meet in the back of a car. Aww. I'm just saying. Missed an opportunity today. If you don't want to miss out on an opportunity, make sure you're emailing the show

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