Brooke and Jeffrey: Second Date Update - Second Date Update: Offer He Can't Refuse

Episode Date: May 31, 2024

One of our listeners says a DEAFENING silence happened after an awkward question from their waiter on their date, and now she’s not getting a call back. Brand new Second Date podcast is right here for ya!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Oh my gosh. We've had other people say, I am ready to marry this person right now. Yeah, that's not a red flag at all. On the phone. That's a little too much. But rarely do we have people email and tell us, I want a date, even though I'm not 100% sure I really want to go out with them again. Okay, well, I mean, even if they don't tell us, most of them are thinking that. You know?

Sure, but it's a little bit confusing to me. So we're just going to get the listener on the phone who said that to us today. Her name is Ari. Welcome to the show. You do realize this is second date update, not second date. Maybe. I don't know. We'll see how I feel by the end of the call.

Right. Hi. Yes, I do understand. Okay. So you're committed here. I mean, are we just calling this person because they rejected you? Like, let's be honest for a second. No, it's not even like that

like i like this guy okay well tell us a little bit about him what's his name how'd you meet so um his name is victor i met him online and um he really looked so nice he had a really nice beard i'm so jealous of dude i love a good beard love a good beard. Jeff, looking at you. I know. Of course she brought it up because I'm in here. That's not when I met Jeff. You looked at him when you said it. I know the winks were a little bit aggressive, but that's okay.

Okay, God. You guys are so uncomfortable. Clearly you're not alone, Ari. So a good beard stuck out to you. Yeah. Yes, it was really nice. So we went on three dates. Three?

Three. Hey, you're already breaking the rules. That's a second date update. So now there's a fourth date update actually today. Wow. Okay. Well, listen, the first two, they went really well. Okay, so.

What'd you do? Just real quick. Are you doing coffee or what? So the first date, we showed up in matching outfits first. Oh, wait. On purpose? Yeah. No, this was like, it was an accident.

That's so funny. Was it like jeans and a plain t-shirt or like something crazy? That's true. Floral print. It was like white top, brown bottoms, and white shoes. No! Couples will dress alike.

That is good chemistry. You naturally have the same sense. You're on the same wavelength. That's what I thought. The room thinks this is a good thing. Okay. What were you doing for your date? Oh, so like we just went for a drink.

Okay. It was a really good time. So he's like, look, let's go for a second one, right? So we did something fun again. Just drinks. Nothing too heavy. Okay. So you basically went on the same date twice.

The same good date twice. Just with different outfits both times. Yeah. Unless you guys decided to wear the exact same one for date number two again, because the first one went so well. How am I going to find you in the restaurant if we're going to wear the same thing? We were just wearing different clothes on that second date. Okay, so that one obviously went well because there was a third date, right?

Yeah, so we decided to go a little more upscale for the third date. That's the right timing. We did dinner at this fancy restaurant. It was really nice. Yeah. Okay, so how did date three go once you got to this nice restaurant? So, like, I had got there first. And in order, you know, to to get seated you have to have a

credit card on sale with the host so i put my credit card down so we wouldn't lose the table okay you know he was running a little late okay that's nice well that's not nice that he's late what that's a bad move oh i mean it's a third date like things happen right like maybe got caught at work or something super late yeah like just normally four hours later when he finally showed up how did it go no it wasn't that late it was like he was about like 15 to 20 minutes okay so you're still feeling good yeah everything is fine and then like the bill comes and the waiter's like hey should i just go ahead and run the credit card that's on the file. Oh, that's your card. Yeah. What happened? Well, like, he's just looking, like, stupid. The waiter or Victor

your date? I think Victor. Victor. Because he's probably confused. Is he confused or is he trying not to hear it? Like, I don't know. He's making it awkward because he's very like hesitant and he knows that my card is on fire yeah he does know he's defaulting to you i guess to be like it's your card you get to make the decision did you pay for the last two dates because then i

could kind of see it oh that's a good question he paid for them but i mean he's the guy so yeah traditional guys would go oh no way give me that Give me that bill. After a few days, I don't know. Like, and she's the one that put the credit card down. I would think that you're telling me that you're wanting to pay. So what happened? So because things is just so weird and awkward and the waiter just standing there looking at both of us. I'm like, well, just go ahead and run my car. OK.

Once the waiter walked away, he was like, well, your card is already on file. So, you know, we should just make it less of a headache for the waiter. He didn't say thank you? No. Oh. And the bill was over $200. Oh, what? Yeah, it's a nice place.

Oh, okay. But I'm like, whatever. I'm like, I'm not tripping about it. Okay. But, like, after that date, okay. But I'm like, whatever. I'm like, I'm not tripping about it. Okay. But like, after that date, we haven't really been talking as much. Like, at first, I felt like he was really putting pressure on me and keeping in contact. I'm like, when am I going to see you again type of thing. But like, since that date, everything slowed down a lot.

And I really don't know why. Oh. Okay. That's weird because you paid. Like, it feels like. Yeah. So going back to the beginning of this call, is that why you were saying because of the whole bill situation,

maybe you're not 100% sure you really want to see him again for another date? Yeah. And if he doesn't want to see me again, I feel like he needs to run me my money. Like, he needs to pay for half of the day. Dang. Oh, wow. His half. Okay. He should. There's Venmo. It's easy. I don't know.

You can't say that. If, like, a guy can't come back and say you didn't go out with me again. I mean, if you're never going to see him again, what's the harm in asking? You know? Alexis, if a dude asked you that, you'd be so upset. But I would do it because I can't say no. She doesn't have it in her. But if he says yes, then you don't care about the bill situation.

Oh, God. Yes, if he says yes, I don't care because we'll probably go to more fancy restaurants and then he'll pay. All right. Well, we're going to see how this goes when we call Victor to get you your second date update and maybe half of your money back. Hey, debt collector. Right after this.

Second date update. We're in the middle of a second date update. Maybe half of your money back. Hey, debt collectors. Right after this. We're in the middle of a second date update. And if this doesn't go well with Victor, we may need to go full Godfather on him. Oh, that's the music. I see. Wait, I haven't seen these movies. Explain. It's Jeffrey from the second date update.

I'm going to make you an offer you can't refuse. That's pretty good, Jeff. Either you pay the nice woman or we can make it real uncomfortable for you. And send you a gift card to Applebee's. With half of the balance gone kaput. Gone kaput.

Oh my gosh. It's actually the worst thing that we could do in this situation. Give a half-used gift card to somebody. It's just the worst thing that we could do in this situation. Give a half-used gift card to somebody. It's just disrespectful. Do you have an old Italian monster living inside your body? Why is that actually good? I'm not going to tell you where on my body it's at. We can't really threaten Ari's date here.

But if he says he does not want to see her again, Ari wants to ask him to pay her back for half of the bill from their final date. Because it was at this nice upscale restaurant he kind of stuck her with it yeah so kind of kind of it was a little awkward like don't you think ari that he thought you wanted to pay absolutely not he should have never thought that oh he showed you disrespect and it's not okay. Okay, we hyped you too much. You lost it in that one. I think you need the music.

We're going to call Victor here. Hopefully, we can avoid all of that. And he just says yes, he would love to see you again. It's all a big misunderstanding. But I'm going to dial his number right now. Here we go. Hello? Hey, is this Victor?

This is Victor. How you doing? Oh, you're so polite. I'm good. I'm really good. I'm good, too, Victor. Thanks for asking. What about you, Alexis?

I don't think he cares. Oh. Yeah. Sorry to confuse you, but you're on a radio show right now. Okay. About what? For what you said? Is it about what?

It's about comedy and fun. Good question. How do you feel about us setting you up on a hot date with a sexy woman that you've already been out with multiple times? Why did your voice get deeper and deeper? Because I wanted it to sound enticing. I see. All right. I'm interested to tell you more.

All right. Perfect. All right, Victor. Because there is a woman who has gone through us to reach you, and her name is Ari. Oh, yeah. I remember her. Yeah. I hope so.

You guys went on three dates together. Yeah, we went on a couple dates together. We had a good time. Okay. Good. Okay. went on three dates together. Yeah, we went on a couple dates together. We had a good time. Okay. Okay, so this is sounding positive. We're trying to help Ari feel this out and get a vibe of where your relationship with her is at. Not that it's a relationship, but just she wants to see more of you, and it hasn't happened, and she's not sure why. Yeah.

It feels like the momentum has stopped. A little bit, yeah, but I'm going to explore my options. I mean, I'm new to the city, so I wanted to, you know, date a little bit. So I want to see who's in the city. Oh. But she's still, you know, in the fold. She's still in the fold. Okay.

And of course you're not going to tell her that. Like, hey, sorry I'm not hitting you up. I'm going on a lot of dates. Yeah. Yeah, of course not. I mean, you're allowed to do it. How many women are in your fold? I've been on maybe two other dates, probably.

Oh, that's not too bad. Okay. That seems normal. So you're not completely cutting her out. It's just you're also opening yourself up to other possibilities. Yeah. Well, like I said, I was pouring my options into the city. You're scouting the roster.

Huh. Got it. Maybe it gives a little bit of clarity. It doesn't feel great to deliver that news to her yeah specific because um what we do have to deliver it i mean this is the awkward part yeah victor the part that you might not know about this is that ari is actually already on this phone call listening oh waiting to talk to you you make this phone call right now? Yeah. That's what I meant when I said this call. Oh, okay.

So, yeah. He's like assessing the damage right now on his head. I think you're okay. But let's ask Ari, are you there? Yeah, I'm here. Hey, Victor. Hey, Ari, how you doing? I'm doing great.

But, yeah, like I heard everything that you said. Yeah. So, like I said, we went on a couple days, had a great time. I'm still new to the city, so I'm exploring my options, seeing what's out there. Okay. You're going to say it again. Yeah, like you already said that. You keep saying it over and over.

You nervous or something? Yeah, he does. I'm not nervous at all. Oh, you're not nervous. No. Okay. Well, you should be. You should be nervous because I'm not with none of that like i'm not part of your starting lineup buddy i don't know what you think you got going on here

but like we've been on three dates so you should have like some type of idea like whether you want to take this further or not i don't care about you being new to a city like i'm not one of your little flings i don't move like that i mean how many dates does it take for you, Victor, to decide whether or not it's the real deal with somebody? I don't have to answer that. I mean, the amount of time it takes me to fill a person out. So I don't have to answer that. I'm trying to help Ari.

She just feels like she's waiting forever. Well, I don't know about forever. I think she's just saying three dates you need to know. Tell me the names of the girls you've been dating. Who are they? I might know them. Names? Nope, never do names.

Never show Instas either. Okay. You're going to hurt your own feelings here. Maybe just addresses or something. What a welcome to our city. Seriously, right? We're really nice here. Yeah.

I promise. We've got a lot of people to date. The dating scene is totally cool. Victor, you're not saying anything. What are the girls' names? I don't need to tell you that information. That's my information. Like I said, I'm exploring out in the city.

I had a great time with you. No, bro, you're saying it again. He's like reading a script at this point. I feel like that's a BS excuse. I feel like that's a BS excuse. Oh, that's interesting. Because he can't stop saying that. Do you think that he's just trying to cover?

Like, maybe he just doesn't like you that much or something? I don't mean it in a mean way. He may be trying to be nice. Yeah, or maybe he just wanted a free meal that night because I paid. Remember? I knew this was coming up. Here we go. Since you don't want to, like, you don't really care to, like, go on another date or whatever, I'm fine with that.

You need to go ahead and pay me up half for that dinner so you need to go ahead and like venmo me half of that bill i have to receipt if you need me to text you a picture of it and you can split it down the middle and send me your half oh okay i can say the same thing for you i paid for the drinks for the first two days so why don't you send me that money back too. Drink and a whole steak meal appetizer. You had a four course meal. You had four lemon drops on the first date. Damn, that's a headache.

And that's a classy drink too. No wonder it was a nice date. I appreciate that she's doing all the work for us. Try to have the sugar on the rim too. Do you see the point here? It's okay if you're asking, but not okay if he's asking. Oh, no, it's definitely okay if I'm asking. He's a man.

A real man wouldn't even have let me pay. You should have pulled out your credit card. Let's start there. I mean, the reason why you pulled your credit card out is because I got there late. I was stuck in a little traffic getting there. But at the same time, I mean, I thought you were paying for dinner because I paid for the drinks on the first two days. So it seemed like it was fair. But you didn't even say thank you afterwards.

I'm sure I said thank you afterwards. We had a little, you know, situation in the parking lot afterwards. I gave her a nice little kiss, said thank you, and kept it moving. A kiss is a thank you, isn't it? No. No. Absolutely not. Running me my money back would be a thank you.

I don't think she's going to drop it, Victor. She's pretty strict. She wants the money back would be a thank you I don't think she's going to drop it she's pretty strict she wants the money back so do you want to give your Venmo out right now no do it all man no I'm not giving my Venmo out really well guess what this city isn't that big I'll see you around buddy oh that's a threat oh godfather

godfather we need you they'll make an offer he was unprepared all of god no this is not enough Godfather, we need you. They'll make an offer. He was unprepared. Olive Garden. No, this is not it. Sounded like the Godfather having a stroke, Jeff. We got all the breadsticks that you can put in your mouth if you're willing to go out.

Oh, you're asking. One more time and then we on our tab. Victor, you want to go out again? Ari, it was nice meeting you, but I'm never paying you that money back. Oh. Victor, you want to go out again? Ari, it was nice meeting you, but I'm never paying you that money back. Oh! Okay, that's fine. That's cool. I'm not going to, but hey, ladies, Victor, don't date him!

Don't date him! Because if you do, we're going to have to break some kneecaps. Hey, whoa! I got two darts. Find them someplace. Maybe we'll see you two on Small Claims Court Break some kneecaps. Hey, whoa. That got too dark. Too quick, Jeff. Find a good place. Go back to the bread stand. Maybe we'll see you two on Small Claims Court on Judge Judy, all right?

Good luck. Brooke and Jeffrey in the morning. You know, we never did get the names of those other women that he's dating, and now I'm really curious. You are? I don't think it matters. I think it does. Text in 78592 if you are currently dating Victor. We want to meet you and set you up for another second date update.

And first and last name, please. I feel like with Victor's list, this is just going to be Victor's update update. I do. I want to call him again. Do all Victor updates all next week. And he's like, you guys again? Okay. And he ends up single at the end is how I predict it.

But it's fun for us. You guys again? Yeah. Okay. And he ends up single at the end is how I predict it. Yeah. To work out. But it's fun for us. And make sure you go to Brooke and Jeffrey, wherever you get your podcasts. You can find all of our second dates there. And of course, thanks for listening. Brooke and Jeffrey in the morning. Ugh. We're so done with New Year, New You.

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