Brooke and Jeffrey: Second Date Update - Second Date Update: Super Kid Shames the Day

Episode Date: June 9, 2023

The guy on the phone says a random child walked up to their table during a romantic dinner and said something that threw off their ENTIRE EVENING. Is a kid really to blame for him not getting a Second 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.

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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. Second Date Update. What's the fastest you've ever gone from dating app to first date? Oh. Oh, wow, that's interesting. Because usually it takes some, you know, sweet talking and finagling. A little get to know you, you make a couple jokes exchange a couple picks

yeah but gabe says they only sent two messages before they agreed to meet up what were the messages it had to be more than how are you wow i don't know what it says it either screams super charming or super desperate so which one of those would you say describes you the best? I would say definitely super charming. Oh, okay. You know, it's okay if you're both desperate at the same time. It cancels each other out. It's like two negatives.

Yeah, that's how Brooke met her husband. It was great. Gabe, a lot of people can relate. I had a girl snap me the other day, hey, I got a pack of Bud Lights, can I come over? And I was like, whoa, whoa, stranger danger. And I don't day. Hey, I got a pack of Bud Lights. Can I come over? And I was like, whoa, whoa, stranger danger. And I don't drink. That's also a terrible intro. Yeah, I know.

She obviously was thirsty. And Gabe, by the way, that was his mom, too. Well, you don't need to tell everyone, Jeff. You're already starting off on a higher level than us. Tell us about the woman that you met online, right? Yeah. So I met this girl named Abby off a dating app. And we didn't really mess around with this small talk right away.

And I'm like that anyway, so it was kind of perfect. She's like, hey, I'm not a big texter or pen pal person. Let's just meet. Oh, wow. Is that the first message she sent you, or had you messaged her first? No, no, that was on her dating profile. Oh. Oh, so that's the PSA for everyone.

Okay, okay. So it wasn't special treatment for you. Correct. She's very blunt and to the point, which I really love. I can be refreshing, yeah. So what did you write to her to make her interested in meeting up with you in person?

Well, I think it wasn't much. It was like, I agree with you. Let's not get stuck on this app and text. Let's meet in person. And she had an amazing smile. So I knew I was, there was attraction. So I'm like, great, let's meet. That's awesome.

Because you have the entire rest of your lives to talk and bore each other and get to know each other that way. Let's just cut right to the juice. I don't know that you're total strangers. Like you don't even have, I mean, it's one thing when you're like set up on a blind date by a friend, you just, there's some like, well,

somebody's vouching for this person. True. This is like out of the blue internet stranger. Yeah. I didn't really feel she was a stranger. Like she had a nice listings of stuff on her profile. I kind of had an idea of who she was. I,

you know what I mean? Like I, I kind of knew at least in writing what kind of person she was. So I felt comfortable mean? Like, I kind of knew, at least in writing, what kind of person she was. So I felt comfortable. It wasn't a big deal. That's great. That is good. Yes.

Yeah. A little danger is exciting on a first date. So what did you guys end up doing? I mean, you obviously met, right? Yeah. So we met up at a restaurant. Public area. You guys really jumped right into it.

Yeah. I thought for sure it would be coffee. Yeah. It was dinner. And she, getting to know her a little bit at dinner, she's a very to-the-point person, but still friendly. She wasn't like, d*** or mean or anything. She is very beautiful, great smile.

That'd be kind of funny. She sits down. She's like, all right, let's get these appetizers going. Don't look at me. Don't talk to me. Let's eat first. Yeah, let's eat, and then we'll go from there. But it's so different.

Like, you're going into a dinner where you know nothing about this person. All the other dates, you already know some history, right? Yeah, a little bit. But if you get to know people, then that gives you reasons to not like them. So it's safer to not do that. I get it. Jeff's like, I've never dated you. Yeah.

No one should ever ask me anything. We'll be good. Did it work out well for you, Gabe and Abby? Yeah. What was the conversation like? It was a great conversation. We talked about family and what she's into and what she does outside of work. So it was a nice flow.

I mean, I'm not going to lie. And then actually something really cute happened. Some little kid came up to our table. He was in a Superman cape. He came kind of running up. And she was playing along. Hey, Superman, are you here looking for your villain? She was playing into this kid.

She didn't roll her eyes and say, God, some parents. This is a restaurant. Get in control of your children. I'd be like, kid, get away. Basically, I would have been the same way. Kid, go scram. Go with your parents.

You're interrupting our day. She was charming, actually. I was like, oh, look it, I want to have kids one day. And so I'm like, maybe this would be a great mom. She's a future MILF. I hope you didn't tell her that. That's usually a turn off when you hear that on a first date. You're going to be a great mom.

Yeah, no, I held off on that. Okay, good. Yeah, it's a sweet thought. How did the dinner end? So it ended, I thought, pretty well. And I said to her, you know, I'm thinking I'd want another date with you. And she kind of laughed and says, we'll see, but in a cutesy way. But now it's been, here we are, a week and a half later, and nothing.

She hasn't responded to me. So maybe she wasn't being as cutesy as you thought when she said that? Yeah. Did I do something wrong? Did I say something? I'd like to know where I stand. I feel like it's going to be easy if this is a direct person.

I was just going to say that. I mean, it's easier to pick up than it should be a short phone call. Yeah. But she might be brutally honest. So you better be prepared for that. But you would think if she was that brutally honest, she would have just told him directly,

we're not going to hang out again. Instead of leaving him hanging. I don't know. A lot of maybes flying around. Could have been her kid actually in real life and she just wanted to like get away from him. Mommy's on a date. I told you. Sit in booth number four, honey. That could have been

her little test and you failed. Oh no. That's her little super boy. If that really was her kid then you know that's pretty impressive. Bravo to her. I didn't If that really was her kid, then, you know, that's pretty impressive. Bravo to her. I didn't see that coming. But the kid didn't look like her, by the way. Didn't look like her.

So I didn't think that. You better go check your bill. Make sure you didn't pay for a kid's meal. We're going to find out for sure when we come back. We call this woman and we interrogate her on if she's a mom or not. And if she wants to go out with you again. I think we could come in a little looser than that. No, we're coming in hard and fast like Superman would

when we do your second date update right after this. Second date update. Look, it's a kid in a cape at a restaurant, and he didn't get kicked out. Yay! Because one of our listeners, Gabe, was on a date with a woman recently when a super child swooped up to their table. Yeah!

And the woman he was with, named Abby, treated him really nicely. Yeah. Shockingly. Aw, pleasant. Played along, even got into the game of pretend. Yeah, like, who's the villain? Ah, broccoli is my kryptonite. No!

And when he suggested afterwards that they hang out again, Abby replied, we'll see. Yeah. Which he thought was flirty until she stopped calling him. Yeah. Directly to the point. Yeah. And hopefully it's not going to take superhero strength to get Gabe another date here, because looking around the room, I don't know if we have it in us.

Yeah. To be honest. Alexis said she lifted one weighted at gym yesterday. I did. I'm a little sore, but I might be able to pull through. Wow. A two and a half pounder? Good for you. Five after there's one in each hand. Wow.

Never mind. She's giving us more credit. Gabe, on a scale of one to ten, how confident are you that we're going to get this done for you? Probably a six. Oh. I thought it would Probably a six. Oh. I thought it would be. You could have lied to us and said ten. Well, yeah, nothing against you guys.

I just feel like I've done something wrong, and I'm a little nervous about it. Okay. So you're the reason it's a six. Okay. I like that. We blame you. All right. We're going to put all the blame on you if this goes wrong, but if it goes right, 100% of the credit goes to us. I like that.

Deal? That works. All right. I like that. Deal? That works. All right. I'm glad we agree. Let's call this lady for you, see if we can get another date. Here we go. Hello? Hey, is this Abby?

Yeah. Hey, Abby. You may or may not know us, but we're a radio show called Brooke and Jeffrey in the Morning, and we were hoping we could take a second of your time to talk date life. What? Hi, Gabby. Hi, Abby. Sorry, I almost called you Gabby because of who you announced. Oh, wow.

I mean, it kind of makes sense. You were laughing at what I said. No, I don't know. It wasn't you. Sorry, Abby. You should probably talk to her a little bit. I like talking around her. No, seriously. Gabby, it kind of makes sense. You were laughing at what I said. I don't know. Sorry, Abby. You should probably talk to her a little bit. I like talking around her. No, seriously.

Gabby, what's up? Who is this? What the fuck? No, it's Abby. It's Abby. Oh, sorry. Brooke messed it up. You know what?

I'm mashing the name up with the guy that you went out with recently. That's what Brooke said. You're not listening either. Oh. This is a mess. This is all awful. I'm sorry, Abby. You know what?

At this point, we're just going to have Alexis take over. Good idea, Alexis. Alexis, run the combo. How many people are on the phone right now? That's a lot. Where's four of us? It's a whole room full of us. Together we make one great.

Four of you? Well, we're a morning show. It's a radio show. I'm on the radio. Yeah, we got there. Congratulations. We're doing a segment called the Second Date Update, and we're trying to help out one of our listeners named Gabe, who you met at a restaurant recently.

Yeah, yeah, I know. Did you have a fun time with Gabe? Well, here's the deal. I liked getting to know him. I found him to be interesting at first, but then he said a bunch of things that were pretty off-putting to me, and I'm just going to leave it at that. I'm sorry. Yeah. I mean one of the good things he said about you is he loved

how honest you were and so I don't know that he would be hurt to hear what you have to say. Yeah he's just a little clueless. I don't think that he realizes that he said anything that could have come across offensive. One of the things that he said to me at first was you look nice in this light. Okay.

Okay. And where's the bad part well because it's in this light backhanded yeah oh you read into that that's the thing there was no light it was super dark where we were like i was nice in the dark that's bad that's rude that could be a compliment you don't need light to look pretty i've heard you say this before. Like, ooh, the lighting in here is perfect for me and things like that. For me, I can say that about myself. Well, he said more than that. We haven't even gotten to the other things he said. Oh, there's more?

He said, I bet you're so pretty that the guys online are throwing themselves at you. What, like guys in person don't throw themselves at me? Oh. Come on. That's so nitpicky. I think that's a little bit of a stretch. I think that maybe you were hurt from the lighting comment and then

now you're looking for the backhanded compliments. No, like I have nothing else to offer except my look. Like, come on. You know what's interesting? He didn't even bring up your looks when we talked to him about... Don't tell her that, Brooke. No!

Oh my God! He says you're gorgeous. interesting he didn't even bring up your looks when we talked to him about don't tell her that she has other things to offer he talked about how lovely and and and how great she was with the kid and what a good person she seems like that's true he said oh the kid you didn't mention a good moment where a kid came up to the table and you were really playful. Yeah, he was like so impressed that I shockingly be good with kids. Like, of course, I'm good with kids. It seems like every. Hold on. You were offended that he said that you seem to be good with kids. Yeah. Like, why wouldn't I be?

I don't think he meant it as a surprise. He just has never met you before. So everything's new and surprising. You go in with low expectations. But I just think you give him a chance. Like, he just has never met you before. So everything's new and surprising. You go in with low expectations. But I just think you give him a chance. Like, he's nervous. He's trying to be nice to you. I don't see it that way at all.

Well, you don't have to take it directly from us. You can actually hear it straight from Gabe's mouth because he's on the other line listening right now, wanting to talk to you and not compliment you in any way. Oh, come on. Don't set him up like that. Well, I don't know that. Gabe, are you there? Hey, guys. Hey, Abby. Hey. Here we are.

He's like, this is awkward. He's clearly a little bit scared. So there's another person on the line, too? Ew. The one you went out with. God, this is like a crazy party. It is like a party. Gabe, talk to Abby.

Tell her what you meant. I didn't mean anything like negative or derogatory. I was trying to compliment you. I was trying to be flirty. I was trying to be cutesy, cheeky. You know what I mean? And I don't remember you having an ego like you do now. I will say that.

That's not helpful. That's not helpful. That's not helpful. Did I win you any points? But, I mean, I'm shocked to hear all this. And when I said you look good in this light, you took it in a way that I meant that had nothing to do with what you thought it was. Like maybe you have some insecurity issues. I don't know. Oh, I have insecurities now, too.

So that's what I'm talking about. Okay, wait, let me just jump in really quick. I think what he meant by that is I'm really, really sorry. Yeah. This is why Jeff's a good compliment translator. All you have to do is bring Jeff on every date you ever go on, and he will interpret in the correct way. Men have a hard time expressing what they really feel inside so i can

translate he's deeply apologetic i'm not hearing that at all like yeah gabe why are you saying things like that you're being like you're like accusing her of having a big ego and being insecure why would you even mention that again i was being trying to be cute and flirty and now i'm hearing the side of her, which came out of nowhere. She didn't say any of this during our dinner. I'm just glad I didn't say anything wrong, truly. Don't get too upset. I can understand, Gabe, you're feeling a little bit attacked because she thinks that you're being insulting and you don't feel that way.

Maybe this is a good chance to hit the reset button and try complimenting her in a totally non-offensive, completely 100% safe way. Good idea, Jim. Whenever you do, Gabe, do not say you're smart for a woman. Don't say that. Don't say what Brooke's husband tells to her. I will compliment you right now again, Abby, like I did a few times. You are remarkable.

You are gorgeous and an incredible soon-to-be mother. And how you kind of played with that young kid who came over with the super-ranking. Soon-to-be mother? What, do I look fat now, too? No. Oh, no. You don't ever say soon-to-be mother. No.

Where are you getting this? Like, what's wrong? Like, what's happening here? What's said soon-to-be mother? No. I've heard enough. Honestly, this has been enough. I didn't need to engage in it a second time, quite frankly.

So, I'm going to go. Oh, no. I like it. He's trying, but it's just not working. Word of advice, next time you go out with a woman, a beautiful woman, a lovely woman, I mean, maybe you just try not to shame her all the time, okay? I don't think that's his intention. It's not a bad piece of advice. Well, of course, I think everyone should know that. Gabe, you can compliment her on that nice piece of advice

that she gave you. That was a wonderful piece of advice, Abby. I'm going to take it to heart, and I'm going to make a note in my journal about it when I write tonight, so I appreciate that, and I wish you the best. You're beautiful. You're charming. You don't have an ego. We're done.

Now it's all sarcasm. It's like he's overcompensating. Are we even going to ask, Jeff? We still need to, I think, technically. It's just like their chemistry is off. Like, no one's done anything crazy or wrong. You know, this wouldn't happen if they texted before they went on a date. Oh, maybe.

That's a good point. But we would love to offer to send you guys out to meet up one more time. Hard pass. Thank you, Al. Hard pass. Okay. Shocking. Well, it's a no from Abby, it sounds like.

But Gabe, I haven't heard from you. Are you still in? Why does it matter? It doesn't matter. A solo date by yourself. Oh. Do we offer this? Yeah, I mean, if you guys are paying, I wouldn't mind that.

That'd be nice. Okay, we can, like, practice. Yes. By yourself. Maybe across from a mirror. He's at a low-lit diner just talking to himself. Getting super offended by the things that he says. Brooke and Jeffrey in the morning.

Okay, well, that was one of those second dates that escalates quickly, and we don't know what to do with it. You know, it's like, how can two opposite people just find each other? Yeah. I know. That just don't go well together. Darn it. But they did. Brooke, though, I do have to give it to you here.

For what? Because you were very calm and rational when talking to the callers today and not emotional and controlling like normal. I was impressed is what I'm trying to say. That is what we call a backhanded compliment, Jeffrey. No, I'm just saying that you were so poised that I hardly even noticed your mismatched outfit. Okay. You can't take offense to that. I'm giving you a compliment. I said I noticed your mismatched outfit. You can't take offense to that. I'm giving you a compliment. I said,

I didn't notice the outfit. It's not getting the ears right. If it was anyone else, I'd take offense to it. But it's Jeffrey. And I don't really care about his opinion. I think that you're hearing what you want to hear there. Just the fact that you're hearing it all at your age

is a miracle in itself. So let's give her some applause. Everybody, let's give some applause to Brooke. I can't hear that. The whole studio loves you. That's what I'm trying to say. Remember, if you want to get a second date update, you can email the show. We'll call that person who isn't

calling you back. Check out all our second date updates on our podcast, wherever you get yours, at Brooke and Jeffrey. 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 playlists,

especially that one filled with show tunes. More of you finding 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.