Brooke and Jeffrey: Second Date Update - Second Date Update: Food Zoned

Episode Date: July 26, 2024

One of our listeners claims she was just TRYING to flirt, but it went so badly it almost caused the guy to crash his car! Hear what happened in your Second Date podcast!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Hi, I'm Ed Zitron, host of the Better Offline podcast. And this January, we're going to go on the road to beautiful Las Vegas, Nevada, to cover the Consumer Electronics Show, tech's biggest conference. Better Offline CES coverage won't be the usual rundown of the hottest gadgets or biggest trends, but an unvarnished look at what the tech industry plans to sell or do to you in 2025.

I'll be joined by David Roth of Defector and the writer Edward Ongueso Jr. With guest appearances from Behind the Bastards' Robert Evans, It Could Happen Here's Gare Davis, and a few surprise guests throughout the show. Listen to Better Offline on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever else you get your podcasts from. Second Date Update. In the dating world, there's different things and topics that can bond people together. Okay, like what?

Like, for example, Brooke on a first date likes to talk about her family and how they compost each other's waste for fun. Yes. Did you just say I do? Like, do you do that on first dates currently? I mean, we use peat moss. Yeah, see? Some guys are into that. She ended up getting married

from it, so it works. It's like my husband would love you. Not even a lie. It's his job, actually, to churn the composter. Oh, wow. Well, that's so sweet.

Family get-togethers. Just so romantic. It's two churns per person, Jeff. Do you want more? Thank you for all the details. We definitely needed that. Other people, though, they might bond over, like, sports teams or TV shows, critiques of the Kama Sutra.

It's different for every couple. Hey, I'm trying to find her. Critiques. Ways that can be improved. Yeah, I get it. I can bend my ankle. One of our listeners, Marissa, bonded with a guy recently over their shared love

of food. Yes! This is Jose and I's love language together, too. Some people like it. It's not for everybody, but I'm willing to hear it out. Marissa, welcome to the show. Hi, guys. How are you today? Do you count yourself as a total foodie

or what? Yeah, what's your level of foodie? Are you like, I post and do reviews every day, or you're like, oh, I like the casual burger here and there? No, I would say I'm definitely like a foodie that likes to go around and I try different spots and do the festivals and all that.

So you're always up on like what the latest restaurant that opened you know okay and so you and this guy bonded over your shared love of eating and food so what what's this guy's name i mean i definitely thought that justin and i bonded over food he his profile so that he was a foodie and he loved to cook. I'm a foodie that loves to eat. It sounded like a perfect match. You don't just say that. You can't lie about being a foodie. You don't know when people ask you questions about stuff. If you're someone who likes to cook,

finding someone who likes to eat is like... Oh, yeah. It's like two puzzle pieces that fit together. Yin and yang. So you said the guy's name was Justin. What was attractive to you about Justin? The foodie thing was a big thing for me. He was just cute and just so sweet and easy to talk to.

So that kind of was like the big point. Alexa, stop rolling your eyes at cute and sweet and nice to talk to. I want to hear what they did on the date. What are two foodies doing on a date? It's got to be good. That's a good question. Did he say sweet? Ew.

Yes. She brings up a good point. What did two foodies do for a first date? Well, he took me to a new restaurant that I hadn't tried before. Had he tried it? Yes, he had. What'd you think? I mean, it was

like a cute farm-to-table place that had like a French twist. Are you asking what you thought of the date not what you thought of the restaurant? in general either way whatever you want to tell us marissa we're here to just hear about your date so he said farm to table if you want to read off the whole menu to us then go ahead oh my god i want to know what you thought when you saw him for the first time i thought he was cute he looked just like his pictures. We had great conversations. I thought that was really lovely.

You know, you're just kind of like sitting and eating, so that can sometimes be awkward, but it wasn't. And we talked about like exotic food that we've both tried before. Nice. How was the food?

Can I ask really quick? You don't have to go into it. Was the food good? Because that's a lot of pressure. Yeah, so I felt like overall it was pretty good. We had a bunch of things. Not everything was delicious, but it was fun to try. Okay.

Is there any way he could have been insulted by a review like that? Yeah, because I was insulted by that. I know. Because Jose, honestly, he would take that personally. I'd be like, are you kidding? Did you not eat the same soup dumplings I was eating? Even though you didn't spend any time actually preparing them yourself. You just chose the restaurant.

You do not talk about this chef that way. I hope he wasn't offended. That was new stuff to me, and I had just never tried it before, so I was being honest. I hope that's not the reason why. That would be so lame that that would be a reason you wouldn't call somebody back. He's like, if she doesn't mess with the brioche i'm out okay so was that the whole date just having dinner no since he picked the restaurant i picked the dessert place after oh that's cute yeah okay so i i mean i took him to one of my favorite spots and i felt like he was really happy he ended up with this melted chocolate whipped cream

concoction. He said it was good. Yeah. That's great. Instagram worthy. See, I think it sounds kind of like a sensual dish as well, like melted chocolate. Well, now we're getting too turned on in the studio. We've got to move on from talking so much about

food here. Tell us how did the night end? Hopefully there's no food involved. Or hopefully there is. Oh my God. What happened? I thought maybe we would go for a walk, but he told me that he had a really early day.

So he ended up just taking me back home. And in the car, I will say, I did try to like rub his leg while we were talking to be kind of flirty. And he was like, don't touch me. I me I'm gonna crash and then that was a little awkward he screamed that was he joking or was it like or was he like no no seriously you're distracting he was like you're really distracting me right now so I I thought maybe he's maybe he's like a little bit ticklish on the legs I'm sort of imagining don't touch me, I'm driving.

Or like he was afraid he was going to stomp on the brakes. Yeah. Oh no, don't touch me. Or they had so much food he was worried like touching could make a problem. So, I don't know. Do you have any theories about what went wrong? I'm just wondering maybe if I was just too forward with

the leg cuts. I don't know. Now you're making me think it was my review of the restaurant. So I'm with the leg cuts. I don't know. Now you're making me think it was my review of the restaurant. So I'm just a little lost. I don't know. Okay. Maybe, but really, if he's a real foodie, that would just be a challenge. Oh, you didn't like that? It just sounds friendly.

It sounds like you just talked about food the whole time. It's possible you just got food friendzoned, though. Oh, wow. Food zoned? Yeah, food zoned. Food zoned. Real quick, what's your review of this first part of the second date? How are we doing? I mean, like, the meal before, I've never tried it, what's your review of this first part of the second date? How are we doing?

I mean, like the meal before, I've never tried it, so I guess we'll see. That is a challenge. Yeah. Not a glowing review like I was hoping, but maybe we can finally win your approval when we come back. We'll call Justin for you and try and get you your second date update right after this. Second date update. Two romantic foodies, one delicious date.

Oh. Because our listener Marissa says she went out with a guy named Justin who is also a proud food lover. Hey, we got a lot of the text more too. It sounded like if Food Network and Hallmark did a mashup and made a rom-com.

But he took her out to a nice restaurant that had a little French twist in it. So after, she got to pick the dessert spot where they sailed off on a melted chocolate whipped cream pleasure boat into the sunset. It does sound like a pleasure boat. Yes, it does. Sounds fabulous. All aboard. Problem is, she is not getting a call back.

So Brooke, what's your take on the situation? I mean, it might not be shocking, but I can be a little aggressive at times in my life. Look, Brooke, no. What? Never. I'll tell you. I disagree with you, but I'm afraid of the backlash. Jess in the corner of the room right now is scared of her.

And she made the first move, and some guys, that freaks them out. I mean, honestly. You're talking about the leg rubbing. Yeah, she rubbed his leg in the car. Some men love that about women, and other men are like, they just don't know what to do. Do you get that a lot, Marissa? You feel like you're a little bit intimidating? You come on too strong?

Do you rub a lot of males' legs and have them recoil? No, I really don't. I don't. Okay. She's like, I've touched so many knees. Well, don't let this one leg stop you, okay? It's good to be a strong, independent woman out there. Brooks never let no stop her before.

So let's see if it works for you. It could have just been a food zone situation. Let's give Justin a call, though. You say that like everyone knows what that is. It's made up. It's like the friend zone. They're just food friends. Yeah, but we made it up.

Not more than that. We made it up 10 minutes ago, so you've got to tell people. Well, now it's an official thing. Okay. So here we go. I'm going to dial Justin. Hi, this is Justin. Very official.

Hi. Thank you for answering, Justin. I don't even have to ask who it is. We're a radio show. We're called Brooke and Jeffrey in the morning. We're hoping that you have a minute to talk to us. I'm sorry. Who is this?

I don't know. My name is Jeff from Brooke and Jeffrey in the morning. The whole team is here. Yeah. And we do something on this show called a second date update are you familiar with that uh yeah i've heard of those oh you have oh that's cool well now you get to be in one isn't that cool i don't know what the date would be oh really you don't remember any dates or maybe you've gone on a lot maybe well the one that we're talking about is a woman named Marissa, and you went to like a French restaurant with her?

Yes. I do remember Marissa. Okay. So she said that you guys bonded over both being foodies and that you took her out to this great restaurant and said it was a little bit of a newer experience for her, so she didn't necessarily give a glowing review of every plate that came out. Yeah.

And she's a little bit worried that maybe that worked against her. Like maybe you felt insulted by that for some reason. No, I like that she tried everything. That's not – she was into it. I mean, look, everyone's tastes are different, but honestly, I was more shocked by dessert. By dessert? Oh shocked by dessert. By dessert?

Oh, by dessert. Yeah, she said that she took you to this place that they do like melted chocolate. Fudge, whipped cream. Yeah, it sounded amazing. Yeah, she told me about this great dessert place, but she didn't take me to a fancy place. She took me to 7-Eleven. Wait, what? Wait, I was imagining like there was the buckets of ice cream out and they had to scoop it for you. I'm still not knocking it.

You know, like sometimes they give those Michelin stars to like a taco truck. It's a secret like one of the best wines ever is at 7-Eleven. The first time Alexis has spoken up the entire break, it's about 7-Eleven fast food. Finally something I can relate to. Okay. Wow. Let's go. What did you eat at 7-Eleven?

7-Eleven is in the Michelin. What did she tell you I ate? Chocolate. She said it was like a melted chocolate with whipped cream stuff on it. Like, it sounded fancy. I was expecting a lava cake. Oh, yeah. No, she got this, like, hostess chocolate cupcake thing.

And she microwaved them in the store. She asked to microwave them in the store. Wait, that is a great hack for Rotary. It is a good hack. Sounds like a mess, though. But this is not the fancy dessert I was imagining. Did you try it? I tried it. Yeah, we ate it

outside on the curb like animals. Probably along with some other people hanging outside a 7-Eleven. Oh, okay. So you didn't love it, though. What was wrong with it? What was wrong with it? Brooke still can't figure it out.

He just took her to this fancy French restaurant with all these, like, amazing foods, and she's like, oh, my God, you have to try a melted cupcake. I feel bad for her. I had a moment in my life where I was dating this older guy that I thought was so cool, and his sister asked us to bring dessert, and so I thought it'd be great to get store-bought brownies and put Cool Whip on top of them. That's so trashy, Brooke! I didn't know!

I didn't know it was trashy, and it was like this come-to-Jesus moment for me. Oh, Brooke! Look, it's obvious that I'm a real foodie and whatever she thinks is a foodie, I don't know what that is, but it's not going to work between us. You're going to let that stand in the way of love? And there's different levels to foodism.

Yeah, there's other gas stations. Yeah. I like it. Alexis might recommend one to you later, but before we can do that, first I need to let you know that Marissa is actually on the other line and has been listening in on this entire conversation. Oh, why would you? Okay.

Marissa. I assume she wants to talk to you if she's there. Marissa, are you there? I mean, I feel like I am a foodie, and I know everything there is to know about snacks. So I'm very offended right now. Oh, you are? Okay. I don't think you should have your feelings hurt.

I mean, he just has a different level, right? Like, you think you're the one that should tell me how I should feel right now? No, no, no. You did say that he's on another level than you. No, I didn't mean it like that. I'm just trying to make you feel better. I've been there. I've been you.

I get it. I've been you. What is that?'t mean it like that. I'm just trying to make you feel better. I've been there. I've been you. I get it. What is that? I was sad and lonely and depressed once and had terrible decisions. I didn't know Cool Whip was white trash, okay? I had no idea. Now you're calling her white trash. Oh, wow. Wow. Oh, my God.

Like a really big turn. This took a huge turn for me okay sorry i'll keep it aside we need to connect you and justin so the two of you can talk this out we're trying to stay out of this justin talk to her i don't know this is the right place this is a little crazy to do this so i'm sorry for how you heard this oh yeah i, I don't understand why you think you're so much better than me because you like things that no one can pronounce, like wah-wah or whatever, but... Fla-graw?

You said fla-graw? That is literally, yeah. That's how Alexa pronounces it. Oh, my God, it's pretty gross. You don't... It's duck. It's duck. Duck or goose liver?

Oh, it's really good. I didn't message you back because I didn't know how to explain this to you. I mean, you could have easily just texted me instead of ghosting me. That's terrible. Just because I took you to a place that had fantastic snacks. I know all about expiration dates and that Doritos should be sitting in longer and they should marinate in their spices.

I know things. Wait, you like to eat things past the expiration date? Is that what you just said? I mean, like, everyone knows Doritos should be sitting longer. Wait, what? Why? Wait, why do they just taste gross? They, like, marinate in the bag, the spices.

No, they don't ferment. It's dried potato chips. No, the flavor soaks in deeper if you let it go past the expiration. You wouldn't understand, Jose. I'm the foodie in the room here. No, I'm the foodie. Let me explain how food marinates past the expiration date. I didn't even know Doritos could expire.

That's impressive. We'll try not to eat them that long. I mean, you just taught us something there, Marissa. That's impressive. I mean, I don't appreciate everybody laughing at me and making fun of me and being sarcastic. I know about snack food, okay? I am a foodie. Okay.

I'm on your team. You're a snack foodie. Oh, I've never heard of that. A junk foodie. Don't do junk. Okay, I'll say snack foodie, but I'm not, like, a junk foodie. Right, no. You just microwave ding-dongs at 7-Eleven.

But she takes the foil wrapper off because they can't put that in the microwave. Does she? Look, Marissa, we're not trying to offend you. And, Justin, we're not trying to push you away. We're trying to bring you two together to see if you'd want to meet up one more time and try a whole new restaurant. It's called Applebee's, and we have a gift card right there. We will let you guys go there, and we will pay for it. Yes.

I don't think so. I'm sorry. Thank you for—sorry, I didn't reach out for it. Yes. I don't think so. I'm sorry. Thank you for... Sorry, I didn't reach out, Marissa, but I don't think so. Applebee's is good too, though, dog. He's stuck up, Marissa. Don't worry about it. Got a mozzarella stick up his butt.

We can all just go together instead of Justin. Goodbye. Oh! Group lunch! Dude, eat good in the neighborhood, baby! Okay, you guys can go and do that. I'm kind of above this, so. You have fun.

Brooke and Jeffrey in the morning. Well, look at that. She didn't get food zoned after all. Just food shamed. Hey. You know, I'm like, I want to go try her trick, her 7-Eleven hack. Is anyone else with me? Yes.

Jeff, I will introduce you personally to Ding Dongs. Your life will be changed. Also, you like chocolate muffins, and you've never thrown one in the microwave, bro? I do microwave muffins. Oh, just not a Ding Dong. It's the concept. Melt a Ding Dong into like a globby chocolate creamy mess? We'll find out.

Yeah. We'll get to the bottom of this. We did get to learn a great fun fact about Doritos, though. You wait three years, and then that last week of freshness... Chef's kiss. It's like kimchi. The flavor gets stronger. I feel like it's longer than three years until they expire.

No. You have to wait a whole lifetime. I never would have figured that stuff out. The snack foodie would be a huge hit on TikTok. Yeah! Somebody definitely needs to start that. I'm rooting for her. You know, I'm all here. Yeah, and so while you're on TikTok checking out snack foods, needs to start that. That's true. I'm rooting for her. Yeah. You know, I'm all here. Yeah, and so while you're on TikTok checking out

snack foods, make sure you also go to the Brooke and Jeffrey TikTok page and find clips of our second dates, our phone taps. Everything is right there. That's at Brooke and Jeffrey.

Oh, you want me to bring you ho-hos too? Yeah. Oh, zebra cakes. Remember those ones? Yeah. Okay, you guys are losing me now. Brooke and Jeffrey

in the morning we're so done with new year new you this year it's more you on bumble more of you shamelessly sending playlists especially that one filled with show tunes more of you finding gemini's because you know you always like them more of you dating with intention because you know you always like them. More of you dating with intention because you know what you want. And you know what? We love that for you. Someone else will too. Be more you this year

and find them on Bumble. Joel, the holidays are a blast, but the financial hangover, that can be a huge bummer. If you are out there and you're dreading the new statement email that reveals the massive balance that you may have racked up, well, you could use our help. That's right.

I'm Joel. And I am Matt. And we're from the How To Money podcast. Our show is all about helping you make sense of your personal finances so you can ditch your pesky credit card debt once and for all, make real progress on other crucial financial goals that you've got, and just feel more in control of your money in general. You know it. For money advice without the judgment and jargon, listen to How to Money on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Hi, I'm Ed Zitron, host of the Better Offline podcast. And this January, we're going to go on the road to beautiful Las Vegas, Nevada to cover the Consumer Electronics Show,

tech's biggest conference. Better Offline's CES coverage won't be the usual rundown of the hottest gadgets or biggest trends, but an unvarnished look at what the tech industry plans to sell or do to you in 2025. I'll be joined by David Roth of Defector and the writer Edward Ongueso Jr. with guest appearances from Behind the Bastards Robert Evans, It Could Happen Here's Gare Davis, and a few surprise guests throughout the show listen to better offline on the iheart radio app apple podcasts wherever else you get your podcasts from