Brooke and Jeffrey: Second Date Update - Second Date Update: My Dream Woman

Episode Date: February 10, 2024

We may have met the baddest of all BADDIES in today’s Second Date… and it’s all because of HOW he managed to seduce his date…See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Ugh, 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 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 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. The great prophet Rihanna taught us that sometimes you can find love even in the most hopeless of places. Oh, yeah.

Yeah. Wouldn't you know it, Riri was right right. She always is. Because one of our listeners, Sean, emailed in saying he had a romantic connection recently in a place you probably wouldn't think to go find love. Oh, interesting. We'll find that out in just a second where it is. Was it a hopeless place? We'll see. Sean, welcome to the show, man.

Hey, how are you guys? I'm always concerned if Jeffrey's weirded out about where you found love just from his own love past. I didn't say like the grocery store, which is like common. I didn't say weirded out. I just said it was unexpected. Okay, okay. That's true. That's a different definition.

So where was this place, Sean? And how many unexpected holes did you find in the walls around you? So, long story short, I had to do community service for what I did with a buddy of mine. But I chose to do volunteer work at a food bank the other week. Oh, cool. Yeah, yeah, yeah. So I met a girl named Sophie who was really cute, and she was also volunteering. Okay. Okay, hold on.

You can say also volunteering. She was volunteering. You were forced to also volunteering. Okay. Okay, hold on. You can say also volunteering. She was volunteering. You were forced to be there. Thank you, Jose. I mean, it is cool that you chose a great charity, but. Forced volunteerism. Racker, way to put it. Yeah.

Okay. Did she know? Can I just ask right off the bat? Did she know that's why you were there? Oh, good question. I think she thought I was also just, like, volunteering. Okay. You never mentioned it. Well, why would you? Hey, everyone. I think she thought I was also just like volunteering. Okay. You never mentioned it.

Well, why would you? Hey, everyone, I don't want to be here. The courts made me. Let's help some people out. No, no, no, I'm not a volunteer. I'm a criminal. Yeah. I mean, I don't want to start from a deficit.

No, totally. Some people lead into the bad boy thing. I'm curious, how did you start things off? What was the opener? I tried to make a joke while we were there, and it was a little inappropriate. I said, yeah, they called me up because apparently they ran out of sausage.

Oh. Wow. Wow. Wait, she laughed at that? No, she didn't get it. Okay. She said, I don't think they can store meats here. It's mostly just canned goods.

She's being very literal. I hope you didn't explain the joke. I hope you just let it go. No, no, it's funny because I'm referencing my body. Yeah, yeah, I'm talking about peep-a-roon. No, I'm glad. I just moved on. Thank God.

Good, good, good. You picked up the cues. It's a blessing in disguise. Let's not pull that one out anymore. Okay. Good choice of words, good. You picked up the cues. It's a blessing in disguise. Let's not pull that one out anymore. Okay. Good choice of words, Brooke. Pull one out. Okay.

So what ended up happening with you and Sophie? Well, we were there together for like three hours, and we were just side by side for a long time, just talking, getting to know each other. And the more we hung out, the more relaxed and comfortable I felt with her. Okay. And I think the feeling was mutual.

Oh, you do think so? Because no one goes into volunteering at a food bank thinking they're going to meet somebody. She may have just, you know, was friendly. Yeah, it's not like you're like, oh, I'm going to do makeup and wear my nicest dress and go volunteer. I need more cleavage for the food bank. You're getting the real natural Sophie. Yeah, well, how often are you with somebody for three hours straight nowadays, you know, besides like golfing. Okay.

Good analogy. Or work. Yeah, we were all together for like nine hours every day. Or a prison cell, in your case. Oh, well, that was important. No, it's not. Brooke, we're talking community service. That was a joke.

Come on. All right. Did you end up asking her out? Well, yeah. I mean, I made another joke at the end

and I was like, I've got an empty backpack. We can load it up and have dinner. With the canned goods? Now you're stealing from the food bank? Did she laugh then?

Yeah, she laughed. She got it. She has a sense of humor. That's an obvious joke. All right. Good. So did you go share a can of SpaghettiOs together? So I told her I wanted to volunteer again when she was working,

so I got her number, and we texted for like two hours that night. Oh. Hey, that's good. I wanted to keep the conversation going. Nice. So it was obviously a romantic thing then. Yeah, that's what i thought and then ever since those two hours nothing hasn't responded to anything have you gone and volunteered no no no

i didn't think so just had a feeling um maybe your bad boy attitude rubbed off on her and now she's living a life of crime yeah she can't can't go back. She did steal a bunch of stuff. She took him seriously. I have no idea. I'm just wondering, I don't know, maybe she lost her phone. I don't know. I think so. Anybody lose them anymore? Yeah.

You replace them immediately if you do. Yeah, maybe one of her roommates explained the sausage joke to her later. You know, I bet she didn't even remember that. I'm going to go with Jose on that one. If anything, she should like you more after she understands you. She's like, oh, wait a minute. She's hilarious. Alright, so how long

has it been since you volunteered? Like a week. She definitely has a phone. A week with no response is a big red flag. We're going to call her and see if she even answers. Maybe she did actually change her number after working with you. I hope not. That's extreme.

Maybe we'll find something in the middle when we come back. We'll do your second date update right after this. Second date update. Over like 90% of these calls now have people that meet on dating apps. Yeah. But today's was different. These two met volunteering at a food bank together. Are we playing My Heart Will Go On?

Is that what I hear in the background? It's Can You Feel the Love Tonight, Brooke. Sorry. It's low. Okay. Thanks for derailing what I was saying. Sorry. I'm listening.

They met at a food bank. Yeah. Game. And that's where Sean ran into Sophie. They sparked a whirlwind romance there filled with canned goods and canned laughter. Oh, and sausage jokes. But even though they texted for hours afterwards, suddenly she cut off all communication. Yeah.

Which is weird. And Sean, rest assured, I talked to Brooke off the air, and she promised promised unlike the last seven ones of these that we've done she's not going to throw you under the bus. Doesn't that feel good? I appreciate that, Brooke. Oh, yeah. I pinky swear it on that one. I mean, I wouldn't trust her.

But that's what she says at least. I mean, it really feels honestly like this comes down to she thought you guys were friends and maybe you finally made the move on text message and she finally got it, right? Two hours of texting. That could be just like three texts. Yeah.

Two, honestly. And like scheduling when he was supposed to come in again. Right? Remember how we said we're not going to throw Sean under the bus? No, I'm just saying. I don't know that she saw the same way you did, the relationship. That's not a bad thing. I was hoping for a little more hope when we...

Okay, well, maybe we can put her onto the idea. You know what? I hope. I was hoping for a little more hope. Okay, well maybe we can put her onto the idea. You know what? I hope that she got arrested and she's in jail and you guys are going to serve a sentence together sometime soon. So who's throwing who's under the bus now? The point is we're all on your side here, Sean, no matter what. So let's do this. I'm going to call her number right now.

Okay, thank you guys. Appreciate your support a lot. Put support in quotes, just like volunteer. All right, here we go. Hello? Hey, is this Sophie? Yes. Who's calling?

Good question. My name is Jeff from a radio show you might have heard of called Brooke and Jeffrey in the Morning. I don't know. I thought we were big on the volunteer circuit, but apparently not. You don't sound like you have a radio voice. Yeah, I agree. Brooke doesn't have a very good voice for radio. It's true.

Wow. Okay. I was going to say we called your mom just now. That's what she would say, Jeffrey. Oh, wow. About him. I don't know what's going on out there. But, Sophie, we're doing a segment called a second date update.

We would like you to be involved because we're trying to help out one of our listeners named Sean. Oh, Sean. Oh, you oh sean from the food bank and you guys didn't really go on a date you just met and hung out and volunteered yeah i mean i i thought he seemed nice i was nice did you understand that he was like interested in you you know and wanted to Yes You did, okay No, I mean, I was thinking about him I mean, actually the entire evening after that Oh, okay

So you dug him, you were into it Yeah, I just can't trust him Can't trust him Why? Why do you say that? So, I guess because I was thinking about him that night, and I went to bed, and he was in my dream. We were back at the food bank.

Okay. What happened at the food bank? Maybe the delivery of sausages by the kids. I'm sorry, what does that mean? Just a food option to get people. Don't worry about it. Sorry. It was just so good.

I liked it. Why is it bad that he was with you in the dream at the food bank? So he was stocking shelves and his phone went off. Okay. In your dream. Yeah, in my dream. Okay. And I look over and it's his fiancee and okay very clear that he was cheating

on her in your dream oh okay that's a weird dream yeah that's not a very good dream why is that why you can't trust him because i know it was a? A sign that you have some trust issues in relationships and now they're playing out in your dreams? No, it's more of a sign that he's big trouble, that the universe was warning me, that I need to stay away from him. What? But it's just a dream, though.

He didn't actually do anything. No, I know, I know. Take NyQuil, because that gives you really vivid dreams. Alexis loves NyQuil. No, the thing is, I have these types of dreams, and they turn out to be real. Oh, you're like very, you're one of those people who's very in tune with the universe. You want an example? I'm sorry.

I'm skeptical. I am too. I've heard of people like that. Yeah, I've heard of people like that too. That are psychic in their dreams. Okay. Okay, even if that was the case, if you thought that they was real, why wouldn't you just ask them?

Yeah, I just trust my gut. And, you know, back in high school, I had a boyfriend who was cheating on me. Yes, high school. But it happened. I dreamed it first, and then he confirmed it. Oh, so you may have intuition. I think we probably do need to step back for a second. How could Sean be cheating when the two of you haven't even gone out on an official date?

That's a very good point. You guys just. Cheating on who? Yeah, but, you know, he's interested in me. He made that clear. He was flirting with me over text. And in your dream, he wasn't cheating on you. He was cheating on his pretend fiance.

Or his real fiance. I mean, that's what I think is happening. Oh, wow. Well, luckily. Could be true. We don't know. fiance or his real fiance i mean that's that's what i think's happening oh wow okay well luckily fiance could be true we don't know well we can know really right now by punching up sean who's actually on the other line oh man he's on yeah he's on the other line he is he's very dog i think so sean can you put your fiance on the phone i'd'd like to talk to you, please. I don't have a fiance. I'm single. Oh, so he is single.

Or so he says. Oh, man, I don't know what to believe now. So easy to convince Jose to go one way or the other. I'm looking at our text board right now, and there's a lot of people who are also skeptical about this. Yeah. Just not calling a guy back over a dream that you had. Oh, my God.

Do you know how many times my husband's cheated on me in my dreams? Oh, Brooke, that's awful. Look at that. Volunteer that. I mean, you know. Someone's a little insecure in their relationship. No, come on. Always your husband's the one who cheated. It is.

Never you. Well, look. Sean, you reached out about Sophia here. Let me just ask you, let's just get this out in the open. Are there any other women that you're currently dating? I'm single, so I am talking to other women, but it would be weird if I wasn't. Yeah, that's normal.

I knew it. See, I knew it. I have these feelings. You knew it? Wait, what? He said he's talking. That's how dating works. He's talking to you. Yeah, guys always say they're talking, but I know what that means. I mean, come on, are you talking to her vertically or horizontally?

You guys haven't even, again, gone on a date. You're not being romantic with other people, right, Sean? He could be. That would be fine. I mean, she wants to know. I want to know. I think we all want to know. I want to know. You all want to know.

What do you all want to know? Who have you been sharing your sausage with? Are you being romantic with other women? Creepy question. It is kind of. See, I told you. He doesn't want to answer it. I mean, he is thinking for a while how to say something.

Because nobody wants to talk about the other people they're talking to with someone they're trying to pursue. You don't ask that. Yeah. Yeah, Jeff. Jeff is against you. I'm the one. I've tried it a few more times. I have no idea who to believe.

You have nothing to worry about. You're the one I'm interested in. You're the one i want to go out on a date with oh that's nice that is so weird that's exactly what you said in my dream what oh word for word if not this is a really creative way to blow off a guy without feeling bad about it that's true any girl can use this take notes i'm not trying to blow him off. That's what happened in the dream. And the next thing I know, he's with his fiance. Maybe it's a sign that you're about to meet your fiance.

Couldn't it be interpreted other ways? It is a dream. Look, the last time I had a cheating dream, it was two years ago, where I dreamed I cheated on my boyfriend and then I actually did it. Wait, what? But you have control over that.

You can't predict a future that you're going to choose. I could dream that I kissed Jeff on the cheek and I could do it right now if I wanted. No, Jeffrey! I don't think you're going to change her mind on this one. I'm just saying, the universe works in weird ways.

It's not the universe. I think you might be right, Sophie, because I had a dream last night that the two people on the phone said yes to going out on another date. I like that. The universe says you two should see each other again. I bet it was a romantic dream. And we should pay for it. No, man.

I just have to trust myself on this one. What if I throw in a gift card for extra sausage? Stop it. You keep saying sausage. I don't understand what you're getting into. Nor should you. It's fine. It's fine, Sophie.

I'm sorry. I'm giving up on this one. Are you guys going to see each other at the volunteering? Yeah. Sean, are you going to be volunteering again, like you said? Yeah, purely volunteering. Well, I got to get back on the dating scene after being paroled for a while. Oh, wow.

I knew I should have been listening to my guts. Parole? No, thank you. She had a prison dream the other night, too. Sophie, you're amazing. The fiance was a conjugal visit. Look at Jeffrey in the morning. Ugh, 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 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 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.