Brooke and Jeffrey: Second Date Update - Second Date Update: Relationship Recipe Fail

Episode Date: June 2, 2023

One of our listeners paid to fly a woman out to meet him… and the date went so bad she bought her own flight home a day early!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.

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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. Nowadays, most people who are on Facebook use it to either stalk their exes to find out who they're dating now, purchase discount Chinese-made products off the marketplace. Wait a minute, it's starting to sound like... Or angrily scream their political beliefs in all caps while vowing to unfriend anyone who disagrees with them. Everything that's happening in the world. This all checks out. This all checks out, Jeffrey.

Apparently, there are some people who still use Facebook to find love. I'm also in that category. Are they not in a senior center? It could be, because that's what happened to one of our listeners, Eric. Eric, which extremist chat group did you meet your lady in?

We met on the comment sections of a Facebook group called Gross Food. Gross Food. Okay. I think that is the only thing left that's fun on Facebook are the funny groups you can be part of. That and the Brooke and Jeffrey Facebook page. It's a lot of fun.

That's a lot of fun. Yeah, you should go follow if you haven't already. But tell us, Eric, about the girl that you met. What's her name? Samantha. Okay. Samantha, okay. What's funny is that I wanted to ask first about the gross food that you both commented on.

Yeah. Actually, I was thinking that. Okay. What was it? Yeah, it was this chili burger, and it just looked awful. Oh, yeah. Someone's chili is like a weird brownish liquidy. Not a real photograph-friendly food.

No. That is definitely for sure. Actually, Eric sent us a picture of the chili burger that got them talking. So here it is. I printed it out. It looks absolutely great. It's runny chili. It looks like somebody took two buns and then reached into a porta potty, basically.

Don't say that. It lives up to the gross food filter that you needed to post. Pretty disgusting. How did you guys start talking about it? She was like, is it bad that I want to put that on my face? And I was like, well, 20 bucks. Can I watch? Hey.

Oh. You guys were meant for each other. I love it. Because after I saw that, oh, wow, that's a visual. I can still eat it. It just looks gross. Okay. So did you actually, like, you actually parlayed that into a date?

Well, yeah, sort of. I mean, we started DMing for a while, and I really did want to hang out, but she told me that she doubted I could actually watch her eat it because we live, like, 300 miles apart. Oh, right. I was going to say, like, what are the chances you're in the same city? Well, that's what video chat dates are for. Yeah.

That's true. Video chat eating this? Is that what you guys did? No, so we stayed friends on Facebook for a few weeks and mostly just talked about food and getting to know each other and stuff. And I was finally like, hey, what if I fly you out over my way

and we try to cook a chili burger together? Nice. Oh, you're going to cook that thing together? You're going to fly her out? See, that's what you're thinking. I'm thinking she's going to spend a whole weekend with a stranger that she met on Facebook. Well, she can get a hotel or he can get her a hotel, right? They also talked for a few weeks, he said, before he made that offer, right, Eric?

Still like a lot of time with one person. So she was kind of surprised, but she eventually said okay. And we chose the weekend to do it. Nice. Okay. So you guys spent a whole weekend together yeah kind of what was it like when you picked her up at the airport well i offered but she didn't want me to oh you know she has some like savings or she just tried to get a free weekend vacation she's like i'm ubering into the hotel i'll be fine yeah a lot of times we don't

look our best as soon as we get off of an airplane. So maybe she needed some time to collect herself before the actual date started. That's a good point. So, I mean, when did you guys finally meet up? She came over to my place and we had the same chemistry that we had online. Nice. Good. That's really important, dude.

Yeah. But then the disappointment started. Uh-oh. Oh. Why? Who was disappointed? Both of you or? Both of us. That's really important, dude. Yeah, but then the disappointment started. Uh-oh. No. Why? Who was disappointed, both of you or? Both of us. Yeah, the recipe was just awful.

So the one that we found said that you should bake the burger, like the raw meat and the chili and the cheese and everything together all wrapped inside a tin foil. Oh. That sounds so mushy and disgusting. No wonder it looks so awful in the picture. I mean, you're following recipes based on gross food pictures. Like, what are you expecting to get?

That was the hilarious point, right? Like, let's recreate it. But why would you be disappointed? I mean, how did that turn out? I mean, after an hour, it was a total mess. It was horrible. And it just wasn't done. So we put it back in the oven, and we tried cooking it some more,

and thought we'd eat it again later. But she it was getting late and she should go back to her hotel okay wow but uh i was like you know you can stay over it's all right if you want that sounds romantic i mean was there any chemistry between you two like you're watching a show nothing happened there was no yeah there was good chemistry at the beginning of it, but, like, as the anticipation for this nightmare burger that we've been waiting for and talking about for weeks just rose,

I just got nervous. Wow. So the horrible food that you planned to make was so horrible that it actually ruined the day. Yeah. Wow, dude. I mean, how gross emotionally as well.

Yeah, I'm sorry. How did you end things that night? Well, I got real nervous, and I was like, you know, play a board game. So I started pulling some out and stuff. But she wasn't into it. Yeah, I mean, I don't want to fly to a new city to play board games inside. I feel like you should have taken her out at that point. Like, shown her around. Totally. Let's go to a real restaurant. Yeah. Let's get some good inside. I feel like he should have taken her out at that point, like shown her around.

Totally. Let's go to a real restaurant. Let's get some good food. I don't know. Playing Candyland with a stranger in his apartment could be kind of fun. That sounds like Facebook, honestly. That's what I expected. It's full circle. He's like, you want to play Farmville? I don't know. So did you guys meet up the next

day? Nah, she took her early flight home and that was it. Oh, wow. She even paid the change fee to make it happen. I know you're desperate to get out when that happens. Looking kind of bleak at the moment, but we've started off with worse. Do you like her still? Yeah, of course.

I mean, that's why I reached out. I mean, I wanted another chance at something that isn't going to go terrible. Well, and you had chemistry the very beginning. Before you cooked, you said you felt the same chemistry. So there's something there, but you got to find it, bro. We're going to help you find it. We're going to play a song. We'll come back, call Samantha for you and get your second date update right after this, all right? Awesome. Thanks. All right, hold on.

Moving 92.5. Second date update. How do two people hundreds of miles apart have a common bond? I'll tell you how. Sounds deep, Jeffrey. It's through gross-looking food. Yeah. Because that's where they met, on a Facebook group dedicated to ugly meals.

We're talking about Eric and Samantha. They both commented on the same chili burger, and sparks flew from there. It's romantic. Isn't life amazing that people can connect that way now? Yeah, I actually do love that. Any type of food connection is great. I will continue to stay off Facebook. This didn't do it for you.

No, you don't belong there. Flash forward to their wedding and it's like, I married this woman because we both commented on a burger that looks like it was found in an outhouse at Coachella. I love this woman. There's chili burgers all over. Everyone's eating chili burgers. You guys are getting way ahead of yourselves.

We couldn't even get through one successful night. After he paid for a plane ticket, for God's sake. You can focus on all the negative stuff, but I think life is pretty great. That's good, Jeff. I'm imagining their six-tier chili cake. It might not be that great because they did try to recreate the recipe that they saw online, which took so long that Samantha left

and went back to her hotel and then rebooked her flight home for the next morning. What's your take on this type of messy love? Maybe she just wasn't as dedicated to gross food as you thought. She was an imposter in the group. I mean, I'm just saying. Eric, you hear that?

You're too good for her. Maybe she actually likes attractive food. Yeah, I mean, we had a great conversation for, like, multiple weeks about it, so I think we were on the same page. Yeah, that's true. You guys... Just a long way for that still to be a thing, though. Like, the joke should have ended.

Yeah. Did you connect over other things? Yeah, I mean, we talked about a bunch of stuff over the phone and via text the stuff yeah brooke a bunch of stuff okay another group they're in yeah a bunch of stuff that's gross all right now we're gonna ask her a bunch of stuff when we call samantha and try and get the second date update for you. All right, Eric, here we go. Yeah, definitely. Please.

And like, I know you guys normally do like gift cards or something, but if you could get her just a flight out, that'd be great. Let's slow it down, Eric. Have you looked at a radio station's budget lately? Yeah. Here's 300 Delta gift cards. We'll work on it. Okay. Let's just dial her number and see what she has to say.

Here we go. Hello? Hey, is this Samantha? Yeah. Hey, Samantha, what's up? This is Brooke and Jeffrey in the morning. Oh, yeah. She may not listen.

I don't know if we're on in your city. Yeah. We're on in a lot of cities, Samantha. We're a radio show. Hi. A radio show? Yeah. And we do a segment here called A Second Date Update.

We're trying to help one of our listeners get in touch with you after you went out really far for him. You flew 300 miles to hang out with him. Eric called you? Yes. Yes. He thinks you're fantastic. That's so weird. Really? Why is that weird?

I don't know. Like, it sounds like he went a long ways to make sure that you could come visit him. He played for a playing game. Well, technically, she went a long ways to visit him. I know, I know. But you guys had a big connection. Like, why would you say yes to an entire weekend

with somebody if you didn't? Oh, my God. This is, like, really awkward to talk about this generally, but, like, I don't even know if you guys are real people. Like...

What? You got us. We are robots. That was so dorky. I loved it. I loved it. That joke is so bad. Only a human

could have possibly come up with that. Yeah. We're real. We're real, and we're seriously trying to help out one of our listeners because he's really confused after your hangout. He does not know why you ran back to your hotel and then booked a flight home the next morning. Yeah, I know. But like, did Eric tell you the story?

I don't know. We heard about your guys are going to make a chili burger at his apartment, and it was taking way longer than expected. It started to get late. He tried pulling out some board games, and you had to go. That's all we really know. I had to go because he kept asking me to stay the night, and that was the first time we met. Right.

He said he mentioned that he told you he could stay. He kept asking me me and i was like eric i don't know you like this has been a nice date and he was like pouting he was like doing the guy thing of like oh but like you came out here like i really like hanging out with you all of that yeah he was making you feel guilty about it yeah and i'm like i don't even know you like you almost like you invited me here under false pretenses yeah yeah yeah that's understandable we did not know that he made you feel that way and honestly i don't know if eric realizes he made you feel that way either but we can ask him right now because he's on the other line listening and wants to talk to you.

Yeah, hey, I didn't mean to make you feel uncomfortable. I was just trying to be hospitable. And it's not like I was saying we had to do anything. The fact that I wasn't, like, answering your text after should say something.

Oh. All right. Cool. All right. Good phone call, everybody. I right. That's it. Phone call, everybody. Phone call's over. I mean, it's hard. Eric, you're not a man of many words.

Maybe you should have, like, talked to her more. I mean, maybe that's why she felt uncomfortable, because the only thing that was coming out of your mouth was that question over and over again. Were you drinking that night? Maybe you forgot that you asked that question. Yeah. I guess.

I mean, I don't know. I don't think it's that rude to offer someone to not have to go drive their car, rental car around a city they don't know. Yeah, but I said that I didn't want to stay. So I'm actually really glad I got a hotel because what kind of position would that put me in, you know? Oh, you paid for your own hotel? Yeah. Okay. But, I mean, I had a spare bedroom for you.

I guess I didn't really go into the details about everything, but I probably should have. Yeah. No, I mean, I wouldn't even have done that. I don't know you. I'm, like, single, going into a new city that I don't know, and then, like, it would have been different if we were, like, boyfriend-girlfriend, like, officially dating, but we weren't, and this was just, like, a first-time thing.

Okay, well, do you want to be my girlfriend? Oh, no. No, Eric. I don't think that was what she meant. No, he's kidding, guys. I gotta say. Although, it is a good question. Do you have an answer for him, Samantha?

No, stop it. Not like that. I'm not going to do that over the radio. I'm not stopping you. Sorry, the radio move wasn't good. Maybe you should text her the question. I don't think that he was purposely trying to make you feel uncomfortable. But Eric, I do think if you're going to invite a woman into your city, you have to go the extra mile to make sure she feels safe and that she feels comfortable.

Coming from someone who has offered and flown girls out to cities, okay, you always make sure they know they have a hotel. No expectations. Absolutely not. You do your thing, and it's all about communication. Show them that gesture. Take the front door off of the hinge just so that they know you can get out whenever you want. It is wide open.

I mean, Sam, maybe it just didn't cross his mind. You know, like, guys don't have to think about that when they go into new cities to meet people. Yeah. Yeah, well, I mean, I feel like I've just totally screwed the pooch on this one, and there's no real recovery. But, I mean, I'd still like to have a second chance. Was that a sorry I heard in there? I heard something about pooch screwing, but let's call it. I'm sorry.

No, this is just too weird. I feel like it doesn't make sense to like have strangers I've never met speaking for him. Yeah, I mean, it is one of those things you got to go with your gut on this. And that's what your gut telling you. Well, I just don't want this potential relationship to go down in flames because so few people in this world actually bond over gross food. There's a whole page for it, Jeffrey. It seems like there's hundreds of thousands of people. Yeah, but how many

of them actually fall in love? Yeah, that's true. None, apparently. They didn't either. We wanted it to be one. Okay. Yeah, I mean, I really wanted to try a meatball shake that I saw with her, but... Ew. No, no, her, but... Ew. No, no, no, no, Eric. I think we're done here.

Well, hold on, Samantha, because we would offer to pay for that meatball shake on your second date. I think I can afford to make a meatball shake on my own. Yeah. Oh, didn't know we were talking to moneybag Samantha. That's a girl who makes her own meatballs, Jeffrey, all right? Excuse me. Brooke and Jeffrey in the morning. Well, that may have been the most cringeworthy moment of the entire

year. It would have been different if we were boyfriend-girlfriend, officially dating, but we weren't, and this was just a first-time thing. Well, do you want to be my girlfriend? Oh, no. No, no.

Why did you have to play it? What if he's listening right now? He already had to live through it once. He's the one who said it. Honestly, thank God she said no to that. If that worked, I would have thrown my headphones down and been like, I'm done with this job. Is it really that easy? What happened to you all rooting for love?

Jeffrey, you just don't want easy love. You want hard love. Honestly, he didn't even sound like he was into her for most of the call. Yeah. It doesn't sound like he's a guy who's like super passionate maybe about anything. Yeah, like he may not be a romantic guy. Yeah. Yeah.

I mean, I feel like he learned a lot from this. I hope so. For example? Not pressuring people to stay at his house when they don't want to. Make people feel comfortable. I don't know if he actually learned that lesson. Yeah, his lesson's like, next time, ask her to be my girlfriend before I fly her out. But we can help you learn some important life lessons in your dating life.

Or make fun of you afterwards. Sure. We'll do it all. Just email the show. We'll call the person who isn't calling you back. Brooke and 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 Gemini is 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 iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever else you get your podcasts from.