Brooke and Jeffrey: Second Date Update - Second Date Update: The Irish Jig Is Up

Episode Date: December 18, 2023

The woman on the phone today left her date alone with her mom for one hour... And now he isn't calling her back. What did her mom say that scared him away?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Listen to Crumbs on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Second Date Update. Quick question for the room. Okay. If you're on a date with someone, you think it's important that you spend a lot of face-to-face time with them?

Or is it cool if you don't really hang out together for most of the time? What's the point if you don't hang out together, Jeff? Oof, yikes. I was hoping you wouldn't say that. What? Because one of our listeners, Morgan, needs our help today after she went out with a guy and apparently spent about 90% of the time in completely different areas. Why? Some guys might find lots of space and no talking extremely

attractive. So Morgan, this might've worked in your favor. It sounds like my co-hosts aren't a big fan of your dating strategy though. Sorry, Morgan. Oh my gosh. I don't know if I was either. I don't know. I can't imagine someone being't know. Oh, no. Morgan, wait. I can't imagine someone being like, how was your date? Oh, it was great. I saw him for three minutes. Like, what? Well, let me explain, okay?

Okay. So, James and I met online. Okay. And I really liked his profile. I felt like he just sort of had this, like, twinkle in his eye that I really liked. Oh. That's a sweet way to describe someone. Maybe he needs to get that checked out at the doctor.

I think of Santa Claus when you say that. But yeah, sure. Yeah, he made some sort of comment. He said something like, I'm a social introvert ready to enjoy the city. And I don't know, I really liked that. And we started chatting. So our schedules were really kind of tight and crazy and uh well so some some backstory i actually i'm a dancer on the side and okay hi so what you're doing now

we're talking so that is not what she meant what oh sorry no get the mind out of the gutter here i'm a pro dancer and i was invited to perform with a few of my friends at this local Irish festival. Oh, are you like an Irish step dancer? Is that what you do? Yeah, it's one of the things that I do. Yeah. And I kind of thought, you know what, like maybe this is a great thing to invite James to because it's something different, cultural, and it can kind of show him this different side of me that, you know, it's important to me.

Yeah. And he said himself as an introvert, he wants to get out and see stuff. And maybe Irish dancing is one of those things. Yeah. So here's the thing though. My mom was insisting that she come to the festival too. Yeah.

Oh no. Yeah. You you know she wanted to watch me which i get and how could i say no to that i know but it's like mom i've been doing this for my whole life like you really need to see this one performance so to get around it i told james i was like okay let's meet for a drink right before. Nothing like Irish dancing with a little bit of alcohol. Yeah. I feel like everybody dances better when they're a little bit tipsy. I do.

Yeah, it's how the Irish do it. Okay. So he did meet, but it was like really brief. I mean, we had one drink. I guzzled it down and then had to go. Okay. So you didn't get a lot of time with him at that point? No.

So this is where like the real problem started. Uh-oh. There was not really anywhere to stand, I guess. And I had introduced him to my mom right before I left to go like, you know, to the backstage area. And he stood and he ended up standing and watched the show next to my mom is your mom single and flirty because mine that's what I want to know what type of mom do you have are you leaving her with a barb or is your mom different no my mom's awesome she's really awesome she's very wow mine is too is she the type of mom that would be like

grilling him with questions the entire time that i am like positive i can say like she's not that type okay so after the dance you go meet up with them what's their vibe together as people are people happy so that's where there's a problem um so we finished our number and instead of like just being done and getting to go back into the crowd they like ushered us into this vip tent where they wanted to do like pictures and meet and greets and i had no idea that that was going to happen and meanwhile you know james is waiting out there and i felt so bad yeah okay and even if you do get him into the tent it's like you're taking pictures you're busy it's not like right totally so I found a brief moment that I texted him and I was like I'm so sorry I'll be out really soon okay and what did he say

did he respond he's like yeah no problem and he's like me and your mom are having a great time out here beers like don't even come back it ended up taking over an hour oh did he leave because i would have oh i wouldn't have hung around either i know i at that point i kind of thought you would have left but i did i found james and my mom they They were still together. No. He spent over an hour with your mother? That's a good sign. If he stuck around long enough through all of that, that must mean he either really, really likes you or he really, really likes your mom.

Or he doesn't know how to say no and get out of social situations. That is classic introvert. I apologized profusely. And he was like, no, no, I mean, that's okay. Like, I get it. It's okay. But, and he was like, I can only stay another 10 minutes. So I was like, totally.

Like, we just basically chatted until he then had to leave. And now, of course, he's not responding to my text. And how long has it been since the festival? It's been like a week and a half. Oh my God. Yeah. What did your mom say about him? She loved it.

Oh good. That's a good sign. Yeah. Like I really would like to do like a redo, you know, we'll do a more normal, like dinner and a movie or something. All right,

well let's get to work here. We're going to play a song, come back and call James to see how he felt about your date together. Date with her mom. And if James doesn't answer, then we'll call your mom and ask her about James. Either way, we're getting some answers when we do your second date update next. Second date update. You know, they say that you can tell a lot about a woman just by looking at her mom.

Oh, really? Okay. Haven't you heard that? Does that work the same for dads? No, I don't think it's. It's just the moms. Okay. We skip.

Moms are a telescope into the future. Yeah. So are dads. Brooke, you're going to get hotter. Yeah. What? Look, I know this is already. That's not a compliment.

This is a weird way to start off a second date. But in this case, it actually applies because Morgan's date, James, spent most of the time hanging out with Morgan's mom. Yeah. An entire hour together because Morgan was busy dancing and shaking hands up on stage and then behind the stage. The good thing is that her mom and James were getting along really well. Yeah, thankfully. So says her mother and the fact that he didn't leave. Yeah, that's a good sign. And, sorry, we may have asked you this already, Morgan, but your mom and dad, are they still together?

Yeah, they've been together for a long time. Okay. Well, happily together, I should have said. Why do you keep thinking that the mom is moving in on her man? Brooke, this is a fear a lot of women my age have. For me, it's a strange concept to have your mom get along with your date. But that just might be a reflection on my parents. Yeah, she's cool, and she's happily married.

Okay. Okay. There we go. So really, whatever you're thinking, don't think it, because it's impossible. Okay. I'm going to stop my my thinking what are you thinking why do you think james isn't calling that's the question i think that it's just because he was annoyed he maybe he thinks that i wasted his time which i feel bad i did waste his time i mean he probably was just sort of like if this girl is so self-centered and yeah totally well we're

just gonna call james and interrogate him right off the bat let's do this okay hello oh you actually picked up actually well this is james right yeah okay now we can do it oh my god you guys wow james what's up my man you're on the radio right now with brooke and jeffrey in the morning oh god whoa uh what was right yeah i'm not sure what's going on okay what's going on is we heard that you went out with one of our listeners named Morgan the other day. This is really awkward. Well, I mean, she actually feels pretty bad about your date. She didn't realize that she wouldn't be able to hang out with you for a whole hour.

Like, that's a long time. Wasn't her intention. Yeah, that was too bad. I was really looking forward to hanging out. She said the same thing about you. She really was hoping to get off the stage and back to you as quickly as possible, but it was totally out of her control. It was kind of weird, too, because

her mom was there. We heard about that. She told us the story, and we were all shocked when she said that you were still hanging out with her mom at the end of all of this. Like we thought for sure you would have bailed. Nobody would have thought bad of you if you did. Yeah.

You kind of got stuck there, huh? Yeah. And I mean, I like her mom. She was cool and honest and stuff. But after a half hour of hanging out and learning all about Morgan's childhood, I started running out of stuff to say. Wait a minute. You got the whole rundown? A half an hour.

Wait a minute. What do you mean by learning about her childhood? The year zero to 12 or 13? How far did you get into? Well, she was just kind of saying like that she's always been this way since she was a kid, a little flaky. Oh. Oh.

She called her daughter flaky? Yeah, yeah. And that was kind of crazy she said that. And I stood up for her. I mean, I said, yeah, maybe she's flaky, but she's nice and fun. I was standing up for her.

She just managed her time, but it doesn't mean she's flaky. I don't think flaky is the worst thing you could say about somebody. Like, my best friend is super flaky. This is kind of crazy. James has met her for all of two minutes, and now he's defending her to her own mother. That is funny. And then I said, is this a bad thing for me to pursue her? What?

Is she not ready for a relationship? Oh, you just, like, straight up asked her mom that? Well, it's the most person in her life that's a good person to ask yeah so her mom was like it's up to you but there are other options she's trying to talk you out of dating her daughter hold up other options what is she saying what are the other options yeah What's in the room? Yeah. So that's when I got scared because I thought she'd say herself. Yeah.

But she brought up Morgan's younger sister, Taylor. Oh, nice. Wow. What? Oh, my gosh. What do you say to that? Oh, my gosh. What do you say to that? Talk about favoritism. Well, hold on.

Did you get pictures? Dude, you guys, that is so low of a mother. You don't even know. What happened? Well, she said to me that Taylor's single too and definitely won't flake on you. I mean, you got to get a photo of Taylor before you can make a final decision on this. That's what I thought. I was like, that's inappropriate unless of Taylor before you can make a final decision on this. That's what I thought. I was like, that's inappropriate unless she's

hot. Did you ask for pics? Yeah. She showed me, um, she said, here's the pictures, and so I haven't met her sister yet, but her mom gave me her contact info. You're gonna do it? Yeah, I mean, we

might hang out this weekend, I don't know. Oh! Oh! You're gonna do it yeah i mean we might hang out this weekend i don't know no wonder you're not calling morgan back to set up another date that'd actually be worse yeah that'd be worse if you have a date with both sisters on the book oh my gosh i know morgan is a little bit of a flake so i i don't know if she's hung up by now and flaked out on this call, but she should be on the other line wanting to talk to you, James. Oh, man. What? Yeah.

That's how these work. Where's the tailor? Morgan, you still there? No, I'm here, and I'm literally about to burst. I don't even know what to say right now. I don't even know who to be mad at. My mom, my sister, James. Well, hey, I mean, you could have left the VIP tent anytime. I mean, your mom said this stuff happens all the time and said you're super late, never show. I don't know. I'm

at this stage in my life where I need someone that's going to be there for me. This is comical at this point. Okay. I did not know that I was going to be kept like that. I had no idea. I was told from the start, this was going to be a 10 minute thing. And I thought that you were the type of person that was such a go with the flow personality that could be cool enough to be like, we'll hang out later. But like, clearly I get it now. Like I really get it. You stayed because my mom kept telling you more things about my sister, my cute little sister. And then you got more interested in her.

And so then that's why you didn't leave because you were like, yeah, tell me more about your sister. Oh my God, her voice, your voice just keeps getting higher. I feel like, Morgan, has this ever happened to you before? That is crazy.

Has mom stolen one of your boyfriends and handed her off to the younger sister before? Never. Never. That she knows of. Yeah, that's true. Okay. Okay.

Wow. Morgan, obviously there was something going on and you need to have a conversation with your mom. But I don't think you can really blame him. Like, if you were standing there with somebody's dad and the dad's like, this guy sucks, you'd believe the dad. I mean, who wouldn't? Yeah. I mean, yeah, she's known you longer than I have. I didn't know what to do.

I mean, yeah, James, no, she's known me longer than you. Duh. Wow. Yeah. She is the mom, I guess. You know, Morgan, I really hate to bring bring this up but weren't we supposed to do this call a week ago and then we had to reschedule because you had a conflict is that true is that true oh wow that's why it's been a week and a half since we called she really wanted to call

after a few days isn't that right morgan it's right but i'm'm not even going to even like let that blow over. I'm so upset right now. Okay. Girl, just own your flakiness, okay? It's fine. I am not flaky, okay? I don't even know what to do at this point. I have to call my mom like immediately and James, you better not be my sister.

That's all I'm thinking of now. Like, this is crossing the line. Are you still interested in James? No, but he's still not allowed to see my sister. Okay. So, James. She has dibs. It makes sense. That checks out.

Normally what we do here is I would offer to send you and Morgan out on another date, and we would pay for it. Oh, don't you dare. But what I'm going to do instead is ask you to not see Morgan's sister. Oh, thank God, Jeffrey. And we'll give you money to not see sister. Oh, thank God, Jeffrey. And we'll give you money to not see her. Oh, my God. Are you kidding?

I mean, it's a gift card, but it still counts as money. We'll send you the red one. What do you say? Yeah, a gift card is nice, but I'm just going to keep texting her. Oh. Are you kidding? Oh, my gosh. I mean, I've already gone through all this.

I may as well just see what happens now. Oh, wow. I mean, yeah, if it doesn't work out, you're in the same spot, right? You know what, James? Like mother, like daughter, let me tell you a little bit about my sister. Oh, God. We don't have time. Wait, no, no, no.

I want to hear it. You have to play a song. Brooke and Jeffrey in the morning. Be here same time tomorrow because Morgan agreed. Yes, to do an awkward Tuesday phone call with her mom. Oh, my gosh. It's going to be fireworks tomorrow at 730. Brooke and Jeffrey in the morning.

You just heard it from Brooke. Morgan has agreed to come back on the show tomorrow to confront her mom in an awkward Tuesday phone call. Oh my gosh, this is some drama. I am freaking out. And I heard her talking to our producer off the air and she was saying, how could my mom do this to me? I can't believe it.

I want to hear it from her. That's what I was saying and I'm not even hurt. She's having a hard time believing that this actually happened. The original plan was for me to confront my mom tomorrow, but we're going to have to push that conversation back to a later time. Let somebody else confront their mother. That one doesn't sound as fun.

It's not going to last. But I still want it to happen. So don't miss it. Same time tomorrow, the drama will continue. Oh, my gosh. Bring it. If you missed any of today's second date update, we're going to have it up online on Spotify

or anywhere you get your podcasts at Brooke and Jeffrey. 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 is because you know you always 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. Jon Stewart is back at The Daily Show,

and he's bringing his signature wit and insight straight to your ears with The Daily Show Ears Edition podcast. Dive into John's unique take on the biggest topics in politics, entertainment, sports, and more. Joined by the sharp voices of the show's correspondents and contributors. And with extended interviews and exclusive weekly headline roundups, this podcast gives you content you won't find anywhere else. Ready to laugh and stay informed? Listen on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. I'm Emi Olea, host of the podcast Crumbs. For years, I had to rely on other people to tell me my story.

And what I heard wasn't good. You really f***ed last night. It felt like I lived most of my life in a blackout. I was trapped in addiction. You had to grab the lamp and smash it against the walls. And then, I decided I wanted to tell my own story. Listen to Crumbs on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.