Brooke and Jeffrey: Second Date Update - Second Date Update: In The Air Up There

Episode Date: March 8, 2023

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I'm going to go bad. I'd love to say good though, Jeff. I love romantic gestures. Maybe it does depend on the gesture. Like carving your initials into a tree. Sweet? No, terrible for the tree. Just stop defacing nature.

Don't worry about the tree. Just sweet for the relationship. Brooke, plant seeds in your initials. Thank you. Thank you, Jose. Maybe carving initials of all your former victims into the tree. Maybe that one's not so sweet. Why are they victims of one?

The tree's also a victim at that point. You have to remember them somehow. It's just like a whittled stick by the end of it. But one of our listeners, Patrick, says he's worried that his grand romantic gesture may have accidentally backfired on him. Oh, man. We'll get to that in just a second. But first, Patrick, welcome to the show. Hey, guys. How are you doing?

Hey. It's always, like, kind of cringy waiting to hear what you did. Why? I don't know. It's just, like, outside of maybe, even flowers feels like pushing it on a first date. Brooke, you're already hating on all romantic gestures in any form. We haven't even heard what he did. Maybe for something really, really nice.

Brooke wants a firm handshake and eye contact. Hello there. No. Be careful with the eye contact. Oh, sorry. That's a little bit too aggressive. I don't want to be too romantic. Sorry, Patrick.

What did you do? Actually, who did you go out with? That's where we should start, right? Yeah. What's her name? So her name's Ashley. We met up online. Man, I'll tell you, she's so beautiful.

Like, she had the most insane smile. Oh, that's sweet. An insane smile? Like a Joker smile? Like, kind of Joker smile, but then with the tattoos, it really did it for me. Are you being serious? No, I'm totally kidding. Okay.

I mean insane in that like you don't see this smile every day. Oh, that's really nice. I love a great smile. Can I just ask you on your dating profile, did she have any inkling that you were some sort of romantic person? Did you describe yourself that way? Can't people describe themselves that way? They can, I just don't swipe to them. They can do it. Maybe she would like it, you know?

No, I don't describe myself as a romantic or anything like that. So she didn't know it was coming either. I think the key to a grand romantic gesture is to be surprising someone with it, not telling people I'm I think the key to a grand romantic gesture is to be surprising someone with it, not telling people I'm going to surprise you with a grand romantic gesture. Yeah, that's a good point.

How many surprises on a first date have we heard that end well? Well, if they're coming to us, they're not good. There's got to be a good one, though. We're waiting for the one good one. What is it? Tell us that you came up with a good one, Patrick. Well, I think so. So basically we talked for a few days, right? We go out to this

like mom and pop pizza shop because our chemistry seemed like it was really good. Okay. So, invite her out to this place, right? Literally the best pizza I've ever had, guys. Always those little places. Nice, dude. So, what was it like when you first saw her? Well, like I said,

her smile was insane. It made me want to go crazy oh that's a sweet comment to you it sounds a little psychotic because he keeps using the word insane and crazy but i know what he means and i just think it's nice like a welcoming beautiful smile her beautiful eyes made me want to have a mental breakdown it was amazing truly that is okay what was the grand romantic gesture though i want to know so as we're like and have a mental breakdown. It was amazing. Truly. That is a kind gesture. Okay. What was the grand romantic gesture, though? I want to know.

So as we're walking into this pizza place, there's this guy that's selling flowers on the corner. And like I said, I'm not really one to be romantic, but it felt right. And when you're walking by, you're like, that seems like a nice idea. Okay. Get her some flowers?

Yeah, so she's selling these bouquets for like $20. That's a lot of money. I only had $15. Would you do ask her to spot you $5 so she could get her some flowers? Hey, buddy, why don't you take like 16 petals off of that bad boy and buy $15 worth?

So she even offered to like give me the other $5. Oh, that takes away. You can't help me. So she even offered to, like, give me the other $5. Oh, no. That takes away. You can't help me. Wait, you openly said. Okay, never mind. No, she offered, first of all.

Second of all, I said no. Oh, okay. That's good. But it's like, I will give you one red rose for $15, which feels like an even worse idea on a first date. Red roses are, like, love, and I'm not trying to be weird about it. I just thought it was nice. I don't know.

So you did it? You spent the $15 on one red rose? 20 minutes later into haggling for some flowers. In front of your date. Yellow means friendship. Can't do that one. I think we need to go back to the definition of grand romantic gesture. This isn't grand.

It doesn't fall under it. What did you end up doing? So clearly this is going really, really well so far. So the deal we ended up doing was 10 bucks for this wilted bouquet. And the flowers did not look great. I will discount flowers. Did she laugh?

I mean, did you guys make it a joke? how did she react? that could be so cute I felt like she at least appreciated it like I said the pizza was really

the biggest thing so we still go in have the best pizza that she says she's ever had oh that's a good sign I asked her to go back to mine

because things were going so well and? I may have said goodbye the next morning. Oh, that's cute. Those flowers got a lot more wilted because the room was so hot.

What? Steamy, little wilting. Nobody wants a humid, sticky room. Yeah, it's disgusting. Wow. Yeah. Well, it's been three days now. It's not that long.

But long enough where I'm like, where, what happened? Yeah, long enough. That's a good way to put it. And she hasn't texted you back at long enough where I'm like, where, what happened? Yeah, long enough. That's a good way to put it. And she hasn't texted you back at all? That's why I'm here. Okay. Well, if the flowers gesture didn't seal the deal, then maybe the gesture of getting a phone call from a radio station,

maybe that'll help push her over the edge. That's pretty grand. Cross my fingers, guys. It's grand. I don't know if it's romantic, but it's grand. We'll find out. We're going to do your second date update right after this. Second date update. Great pizza, $20. Stimulating conversation, $0.

And? A bushel of badly wilted flowers. Should be priceless, but they cost $10. And Patrick, our listener, paid it. And it actually worked out for him, because Ashley stayed the night over at his place. But after three days, now she's not calling back.

We're calling so soon. I'm just so worried that we're too eager. There's no such thing as being too eager in love. Yeah, there is. Don't quote me on that, actually. But we're going to try and find out if there's a solid reason for why

Ashley has broke off communication. Patrick, how are you feeling? I'm a little bit bummed out. I'm not going to lie. I'm confused. It may not be a loss yet. Like we talked about, it's only three days. Maybe she's just busy. Yeah, but zero? Nothing? Not a hi, I'm kind of busy, sorry.

That's a bad sign. And after $10 of wilted flowers, she owes you at least something, an explanation. At least an emoji. I don't know about that. Let's try and get something out of her here. Are you ready? Yeah, I am ready. I see that she's gotten my text message, so they've been delivered.

She hasn't blocked me. So like you're saying, it's not not completely that was a thought that crossed your mind maybe okay all right all right patrick it feels like that happened to you in the past now somewhat concerned like i know when i've been blocked dating apps are weird man that's what's weird we can all agree on that Let's see what she has to say, though. Here we go. Hello? Hey, is this Ashley? Yes, it is. Who's this? Hi. Sorry, I don't

hope we're not interrupting anything. You sound busy, but we're... Who is this? We're a radio show called Brooke and and jeffrey in the morning wait a radio show yeah an english one don't worry yeah with jose there um we're called brooke and jeffrey and we're doing something called the second date update okay it's a segment that we do where we try and help some of our listeners get in touch with someone after they've gone on a date. Okay. That's kind of fun. We got a guy who's like super eager to see you.

But not too eager. Yeah, he's like right in the middle. Just the medium perfect amount of eager. I thought you said there wasn't such thing as being too eager. Okay, Jeffrey, why are you concerned about it now? I think we agreed that there was no certain amount of eagerness. That is right. I'm sorry.

I'm just a little freaked out. Okay. Yeah, it's okay i'm sorry we're calling about a guy named patrick that you went to pizza with the other night sorry i'm confused right now we heard he fed you the best pizza of your life so that's gotta get points yeah we went to this really cute little like kind of i guess mom and pop like pizza shop it really was very good i mean he told us all about your date. And so we got an idea that it was a pretty good time because you ended up staying the night over at his place.

Oh, my God. Wow. He didn't tell us anything, any details beyond that. But that's OK. I mean, you sound giggly and excited. I will. I don't know. I'm just a little freaked out right now.

I've just never been on a radio station before. Did you plan on getting back to him to set up, you know, something else? You know, I just haven't like kind of figured it out yet. There was just something that was like a little bit kind of off. So I just haven't had the time to like address it yet. Do you mind if we ask what was off? Because Patrick is really confused he's not sure what happened yeah so i did spend the night over his house um and then like i woke

up the next morning and i just felt like disgusting like we all feel that though no no no not like that it was more so like physically like i had really oily skin and like really greasy, greasy, greasy hair. And like, was he like not changing sheets in a long time? I don't know, but it was so weird because that first, that never has happened to me ever. Even if I haven't washed my hair in like three days, like I don't have greasy hair at all. My skin is actually quite clear. They take really good care of it. But like I came home just so freaked out.

I couldn't wait to go home and just get in the shower. Isn't that like the TikTok thing right now that people are talking about? Like the boyfriend air? Exactly. My roommate said that it's boyfriend air and I never heard. It's like it's not him. It's like something in the I. I don't know how to explain it. Like you're living in

a leftover pizza box, essentially. That sounds kind of nice. I would love to live inside of a pizza box. I've never heard of boyfriend air. I feel like it's all of my college, but now it's like, okay, if they're cleaner. Right. So it's just being

around him, you think, made your skin oily? You walk into an apartment now it's like, okay, if they're cleaner, you know? Right. So it's just being around him you think made your skin oily? You know, you walk into an apartment and it's like there's maybe a poster tacked up on the wall and, like, a black leather couch. Usually no soap in the bathroom. Yeah, exactly. Sounds like Brooke was with Patrick, too. I mean, like, they're an upgrade if they're not sleeping on a futon. Like, that type of dude.

So what, is that what was going on? I mean, you weren't that far off, but the futon wasn't on the floor. Like he had a bed, but you were kind of spot on with all the other things. So were you just grossed out by him?

Yeah. I was grossed out by him, but like the way that I felt when I left. It wasn't him. It was his atmosphere. Let me ask you this. How does the air feel to you right now? Clean.

Really? Well, she's at work. But there is Patrick who's on the line. Don't you think the boyfriend air would have snuck in if it was something to do with him? And we're on the air. Through the phone? Yeah. Oh, my God.

I don't know how boyfriend air permeates. Yeah, I just heard of it. But Patrick is there. Patrick? Boyfriend air sounds like just the most ridiculous thing that i've ever heard i can't believe that that's the reason that you're not talking to me that doesn't make any sense not that i'm not talking to you i'm just like taking a second to like process it because it was so weird and i didn't know how to address it a second or three days i don't. You pull out your phone every time you like look anything up. If you go on maps, if you're navigating, I know that you've looked past our messages

a couple of times. I'm just confused. Well, that's a little harsh. I just needed a minute to like figure out how I was going to say, because this is a really weird conversation to have. I've never been in this situation before. So I'm just surprised by your hostility because you were so sweet.

I'm just confused. I don't know. It sounds like this is like the second time it's happened. Maybe this is you. Maybe this is a you thing, not me. What? You think that she has bad girlfriend air and she's spilling her air into your apartment. That sounds like it at this point.

I mean, it sounds like, Patrick, your place is just like a stereotypical bachelor pad. That's rude. I mean, would you agree with that statement? I've never been there. I don't know.

Yeah, I know. Why would you just throw out that assumption? Because that's what she described it as. She described it as boyfriend air. She didn't say his apartment

was a dump. They go together. Yeah, it's the same. Is your apartment a dump, bro? Like, what's in your fridge right now? Listen. It's a very good judge of how someone lives. It's a radio bit from 30 years ago. No!

I'm telling you. It's what it is. Okay. I don't just have condiments. And as far as, like, in terms of my apartment, it's the nicest of all of my friends, so... That's good. You're a step ahead. I mean, I think we're getting too much into the nitty gritty of this. The bottom line... The gritty was the problem.

Okay, well, I'm just saying, Ashley, you said that you felt like you had a really nice time, that he had a nice personality and you vibed together. Isn't that the most important part? Sure, but the logistics. I don't want to feel like a grease ball every time I hang out with him.

Every time I go to his apartment, like that's what I've been like considering. Like, how do you say to someone, hey, your apartment had a greasy feel about it. And I feel gross. Like, can you do something? What is he going to do? Move? Like there's nothing. Well, there's an idea.

Moving isn't a bad option, maybe. I didn't think about that. Patrick? I'm certainly not going to move after a first date. I mean, I thought things were great, Ashley, but how about this? What if we try your place and see if you still have the greasy feeling? Because if that's the case, then it's me, not you. That's true.

You can grease up your apartment. Her place has her own toothbrush and some face wash. Maybe that's all she actually needed. Did you just ask her for a free hookup over at her place this time just to test the air? Listen, I know you're jealous, and that's okay. You're welcome to steal that if you want to. Ashley wasn't against it. I like how we're testing the grease levels right here.

Ashley, what do you think? Test out the grease and report back to us for a free date? It's just like the only person that this is going to prove anything to is him. Like I live in my apartment, so I obviously know it's clean and not greasy. But I will say that like nobody has ever done anything like this with me before ever and it's totally worthy of a second date oh you have a good sense of humor actually i could barely understand what you were saying through the laughter but she said second date you got a second date bottom line but i guess the rule is this time you can't hook up because the intimacy

could lead to extra greasiness. I read that on Brooke's bumper sticker once. Wow. It was a long one. 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

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