Brooke and Jeffrey: Second Date Update - Second Date Update: It's No Picnic

Episode Date: December 9, 2022

One of our listeners forgot one IMPORTANT thing and it ruined his entire picnic date. After that awkwardness he’s calling us for some help grabbing him a Second Date!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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When you see an attractive person online, what's your best move to start the conversation? Funny gif. I know for our technical director, Ashton, he starts with two words. What does he do? And this is true. He opens with, hey, trouble.

Oh. Okay, Ashton. Do you want replies? The success rate is probably under 20%, maybe even under 2%, but it's not going to stop him from trying. It worked on you, Jeff. It worked on you.

Got me to swim. Okay, now we know why we hired him. Now we got the job. One of our listeners, Spence, says he connected with a very attractive woman on a dating app, and it was purely coincidental. So let's talk to him and hear about it. Hey, troublemaker. Oh, don't do that.

Welcome to the trouble bubble. The. Hey, troublemaker. Don't do that. Welcome to the trouble bubble. The trouble bubble, huh? Yeah. It's getting worse. Trouble happens on this show. On this bubble. Okay. I picked the right day to call, that's for sure.

You're in a weird mood. Yeah. I think it's so weird that you're saying you coincidentally met somebody online. Yeah, that's interesting. Isn't it all purposeful when you're online dating? Tell us what happened. So I met Robin on a dating app. And the whole reason that we met is because under hobbies, she had listed glassblowing.

Coincidentally, I've actually taken a glassblowing class. And so I thought that I would strike up a conversation about that. Oh. I took one of those, too. Did you make a little dish to put your, like, paper clips in? Because that's what I made. That sounds really fun. You know, I made, like, you know those glass balls you can buy at, like, Pier 1?

Those kinds of, well, they're used to, you know? But I made stuff like that. Oh, okay. Your item was even more useless than mine. Cool. And here's the weird thing about it. So I messaged her

about the glassblowing and she tells me that she doesn't even know what I'm talking about. What? She's never done glassblowing and the chat's not in her profile

and I realized as we're chatting, I think I was talking about like a different girl. Oh. Oh, girl. But she wrote you back which means she thinks

he had a cute picture yeah you know i'm just glad we're talking at this point you know what i mean because like half the battle of online dating is getting them to respond and that's tough so what did you do like rush over to her bio and be like haha what a joke huh that was funny so we just kept chatting and uh we're getting along pretty well and i decided well i do want to And she said, sure, she would love to. All right, good work. So what did you end up doing for the date? Well, we did a picnic in the park,

and I feel like a picnic is kind of a cheap date. That's what I was literally thinking in my head. I was like, I don't know. Yeah, I got some cheese at the TVK. But I mean, it's not negative cheap. I'm just trying to save a little money. Yeah, but you could still make it cute, even if it's not that expensive. Yeah, and it was.

It was kind of cute. I also brought a Frisbee so we could play Frisbee a little bit. I played a ukulele, so I brought that. I went to the convenience store, and they have food prepared. No. Convenience store food? I thought you were talking like a charcuterie board or something. Oh, no, no.

They had like tub of potato salad. Don't bring a tub of anything. Two plastic spoons and that's a date. It's funny that you should bless me on a potato salad because actually I forgot to pack forks and knives and stuff. Yeah, that's going to be a problem. Scoop it with your hand at that point, just straight in. Or you're just air dropping it from the top. Yeah, that was a little awkward.

So we had to actually like scoop some of that out using like the lid of the container and then put it on each of the plates. Did she do that or was it just you that did that? I mean, we both did it, but it was my idea. Creative, creative. I'm trying to help. She was down with it, it sounds like.

I know. And, you know, I thought she had a good sense of humor, too, because at one point, like, I pretended to feed her, like, with the potato salad from my hand. Oh! I was joking. But it was, you know, she knew I was joking. She laughed.

So it was actually in your hand at one point, though? I mean, listen, this sounds like a disaster, but the fact that you just said she was laughing the whole time is actually good. I mean, is that the vibe that you were getting, that you and Robin were connecting during this entire date? So, yeah. I mean,

overall, it felt really good. We especially started to connect, I think, too, when I broke out the wine. It sounds like everything's going pretty well. How did the night end? Oh, man. So we're at the park, right? And we're just having a good time.

The sun starts going down, and I feel like, oh, it's getting kind of romantic, you know? And I invited her to come over to my place. Oh. Oh. I told her, I was like, look, you know, I only live like 11 blocks away. You know what I mean? We could totally walk. Whoa.

11 block walk? That seems far to me. It seems a little far. I mean, why not just get an Uber? Well, because, again, it's like I'm trying to save a little money. Plus, it was a nice night. We could walk. It only takes like about maybe a half hour at the most, you know, 45 minutes.

Oh. Okay, we're stretching it now. minutes those are big blocks so did she agree to that or not well no i mean and i get it i wasn't trying to push anything or either but the date ended like on a really positive tip though i mean like we hugged we said goodbye we totally talked about getting together again okay and uh and then we kind of left it there but i've been i've uh texted her a few times and i haven't heard from her okay so a lot to process there yeah yeah and we need to think about this a little bit more too we're gonna play a song we'll come back we'll call robin for you

and we'll ask her what she thought about your picnic date in the park with the potato salad and no forks all right sounds great salad great we'll do it right after this hold on we're in the middle of a second date update with spence and he made a point of telling us about his relatively inexpensive picnic experience with robin he emphasized the inexpensive a lot where he brought reasonably priced wine, a ukulele, convenience store sandwiches and a tub of potato salad without any eating utensils whatsoever. Yeah. And right there, I'm thinking if I'm out with this guy, there's no way I'm not calling him back. Are you thinking? Are you being sarcastic right now? For some reason, Robin is hesitant to accept love when it's being hand-fed to her with a creamy mayonnaise-soaked potato. And all she had to do was go on a 45-minute walk back to his place. Is that so much to ask?

What's going on? So we're about to call and find out what's wrong with her. Isn't that right, Spence? What's wrong with her? Yeah, that's what I want to know. What's wrong with her? I don't know. right yeah that's what i want to know what's wrong with her i i think spence you may get a little bit of truth back when we call her that may hurt your feelings a little bit i just want

you to prepare you for that it is what it is i don't know what could possibly hurt your feelings that she could say because i don't like potato salad i guess i'm just trying to help him like you know just set yourself up with a thick skin right now and hopefully we find just a really normal reason she's not calling you back normal okay well i'm more optimistic than i think you sound thoughtful you sound frugal. He didn't even remember forks. How is he thoughtful? Okay, not completely thoughtful. I brought the ukulele. Yeah.

See? Yeah. Okay. I think there's a lot of positive qualities you have, and hopefully Robin can see them. But we're going to call her right now and see what she has to say. You ready? Yeah, of course I'm ready. All right, man. We're going to do this.

Here we go hello hey this is jeff from brooke and jeffrey in the morning i'm looking for robin this is robin hey robin hey robin question mark this is robin uh-huh wait where did you say you were from again? From Brooke and Jeffrey in the morning. And we are calling you with a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity here. Hey, hey, hey. That, I think, is actually true. Yes.

Yeah. The opportunity I'm talking about is for you to be featured on a mid- to low-tier morning radio show. And as a bonus, we can't and won't pay you anything. You realize this sounds like a scam. Does that sound fun to you? I guess. Yep. See?

I got it. This sounds amazing. Yeah, that's right, Robin. You do sound like a good time. Because you went out on a date with one of our listeners recently named Spence. Oh, yeah, I did.

Yeah. And so Spence has asked us to reach out to you on his behalf. Can you guys just tell him that I have a boyfriend or something? Yeah, that's a lie. That's a lie, Robin. Unless you actually have one, then we can't really say that to him. But we'd like to tell him something. Because he told us a little bit about the date that you guys went on with the picnic in the park.

But we'd like to hear what it was like from your perspective. Well, I thought he didn't want to spend a lot of money on the date, first of all. And then I thought when he opened the food, it was like, I hope I'm not going to regret this one later on because it looked like it was from a convenience store. Can't confirm or deny that fact. But we talked to Spence about this and he feels bad about that. He has some regret. He does. He understands that maybe he could have done a little bit more or made some different decisions.

But at the end of the day, he said you guys still laughed about it. You know, I was kind of laughing with him when all the quirky and, you know, all the stuff happened during the date and the ukulele when he brought it out. But something happened. Oh, something else. I'm not even sure if he knows about it. Whoa.

Oh, really? All we know is what he told us, so if he doesn't know, then we probably don't know. Yeah, he definitely needs to know, don't you think? Well, I don't know. It's kind of embarrassing. He doesn't seem like a guy who gets embarrassed very easily. That's a good point. And part of being on our show here is that you agree, you're willing to hear maybe some things you wouldn't necessarily want to hear,

but he's ready to accept whatever it is that he messed up on. Okay. What did you see? Well, okay, so this is what happened. At some point throughout the date, he gets a phone call on his cell. And I guess he didn't want to take it in front of me,

so he goes around where it's a tree that was near us and sorry it's like i'm gonna go buy a soundproof tree real quick yeah but you know we're pretty close with the tree well yeah it's kind of like rude to take a phone call during the middle of a date unless it's an emergency right no he was actually nice about it like he's like hey you know i really have to take this call so I thought it was a really important call. And I was like, cool. Sure. Yeah.

Okay. So what's the problem? Well, then what happened is that I heard him saying, hey, I don't think I'm going to make it tonight because I have a good chance of getting laid. No. Oh, no. Oh, my God. It sounded like he was talking to one of his buddies, you know? And after that, it was, like, over for me.

Yeah, absolutely. A little presumptuous. Totally. Like, what do you think I am, like, gas station potato salad girl who would just give it up after you hit it? Exactly what I'm thinking. She's like, no. That seems exactly like you, Brooke.

But we didn't know that that had happened on the date. Spence didn't tell us about that. I'm sure he didn't realize she heard him. Yeah. And actually, it's a great question to ask because Spence is on the other line right now. Yeah. He's on the other side of this tree wanting to talk to you. Spence, we don't think you're getting laid.

Spence, what's going on, man? I am so embarrassed, Robin. I'm so embarrassed that you heard that. I thought that I was behind the tree. You couldn't hear my conversation. So you did say that? Why would you even say it, Spence? Why would you even say that?

Well, I mean, I was kind of hoping, you know? I mean, you were cute and uh we had a good time i mean there's nothing wrong with that right like there's nothing wrong with hoping it'll go further well i don't think there's anything wrong with hoping but like talking to your buddies about it like while she's a few feet away and a first date it feels yeah she didn't get one thing wrong about that, though. I wasn't talking to one of my buddies. Oh. Okay.

I was actually talking to my mom. No. No, you weren't. Why would you tell us that? That does not make it better. I'm close to my mom, you know? Isn't that, like, a good trait that you want? Are you serious?

You tell your mom, hey, I think I'm going to get it in tonight. I'm not going to make it home for dinner? Not that explicit, but mom wants me to be happy. Okay. Well, your mom does sound kind of sweet, so at least she cares about you and your love life.

What are you talking about, Jeff? That is not a conversation you have with your mother. Everybody has a different relationship with their parents. You can't judge them for that. That's also true. Robin, are you judging him?

I am judging him. Yeah. Yeah. Totally. 100%. And what were you going to do, Spence? I'm sorry. You're going to take a 45-minute walk home, and then you guys are going to get it on?

Is this a situation where you were going to be taking Robin home to your mom? Is that where you live? Well, she lives next door. But I don't know. I wasn't planning on coming over to mom. That's why I was talking to her on the phone. Because usually I go have dinner at my mom's house and she wanted to know if I was on my way.

Okay. So that she could look through the window and wave to you guys as you guys are in the bedroom. This is weirder than what I thought before. Okay. So that she could look through the window and wave to you guys as you guys are in the bed. This is weirder than what I thought before. And it was already kind of weird. I don't understand why it's so weird. We had a nice time. I thought we connected. Well, it's weird to know that that was your plan with me, right? Even throughout the day. Like, it's just just it's horrible like i wouldn't even if you take me to a really expensive restaurant if i hear you say that it's just respectful that's a good point

i'm with you on that one how about this robin if we hang out again and we i won't tell my mom about anything of our relationship okay if we can go out another time mom doesn't have to know anything that sounds like it's actually a big promise to him, honestly. She's going to be upset, but it's just what I'm going to do. I think mom needs to get her own life spent. I know. Usually he high-fives his mom after he's done with every date. So this is going to be a big deal.

If you're willing to go out with him one more time, then we would pay for that date. Why do you think I called you guys? It's a smart man. It's a smart man. It's a smart man. His mother raised him right. His mother did not raise him right. Okay, that is the opposite. Okay, at least he's smart.

But Robin, what do you say? I feel sorry for him and I want the best for him, but I can't. I can't date with him. I'm sorry. Not shocking. Have we learned anything here, Spence? Yeah, good question.

Well, let me tell you this. Next time I do a picnic date, I'm bringing corn and a cob. And forget the potato salad, because you can eat corn and a cob with your hand. Oh, my God. And there's the lesson. That'll get a girl home with you. Yeah. Mom raised him right, see?

Yeah. Brooke and Jeffrey in the morning. You know, guys, the more i think about it having a close relationship with your mom and telling her intimate details about what you hope to do on a date it doesn't necessarily sound like a bad thing to me wait what what are you talking about i mean you you hate talking to your mother but i'm thinking for spence like if he really is a 45 minute walk home then mom can go buy the prophylactics and leave them in his mailbox by the time he gets back. That's a win-win.

And you know that mom wants grandbabies. She's not going to do that. I don't know about that, Brooke. But if anything, you sound jealous. Oh, gross. Because you always say that you have the closest relationship with your mom. And now that somebody beat you, you're all sour grapes. Competition.

We do not talk about that. No, you guys just show each other. No, gross! I feel like you've told us stories about your parents being intimate. I walked into the house once and I heard them and I was scarred for life and I never came home unannounced ever

ever ever again. But you still waited in that hallway for a good 30 seconds before you left. I was on the first floor and they were upstairs. That's how scary it was. Wow, there's a lot of details that you're telling us about. We won't let you think about that for a little bit more.

Meanwhile, she's bright red with jealousy. I know. Texting to 78592 if you're interested in going out with Spence. You're going to have to get in line behind Alexis. Whoa, no. Line's ending. I'll call his mom for you. I don't know if Spence's mom would approve of Alexis, honestly. But if you ever want to get a second date update, email the show. We can call the person who isn't calling you back. Brooke and Jeffrey in the morning.

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