Brooke and Jeffrey: Second Date Update - Second Date Update: Trying To Connect 4

Episode Date: May 20, 2024

What do you do when someone suddenly STOPS replying to your texts? One of our listeners did something a little UNUSUAL to get his crush’s attention. Hear what it was in a Second Date Update!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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You just go up and down on your horsey while getting shwasted. Sounds like I'm going to vomit. Yeah, it's true. It's part of the fun. There's another one that's called the Ping Pong Emporium with over 100 ping pong tables you just play and drink. It's like beer pong or whatever pong you want. Whatever type. Dude, that's awesome.

My personal favorite, though, is Lou's Gas Station just off the highway. I don't think that's themed, buddy. It is themed. It's just like a gas station, and you can actually pump gas there. You just get a six-piece sushi and a 40 of Mickeys, and then you head into the restroom and see what happens. Kitchy. That's my style.

But I guess one of our listeners did a themed bar for his first date the other night. His name is Matt, so let's talk to him. Matt, how you doing? I'm doing okay. How are you guys? Are you wishing you knew about Lou sooner so you could have taken her there? I can show you where it is. I mean, I'm open to new places.

That's my guy. Maybe I'll see you in the restroom there. First, let's focus on this date you went on. Who is the woman that you met? Tanita is her name. Did you guys meet online on an app no actually it was a she's a friend of a co-worker of mine whoa we never hear about things like this this is weird yeah i'm recently single and um my co-worker just was like oh she's recently

single too so showed me a picture i was like oh yeah she's cute single too, so showed me a picture. I was like, oh yeah, she's cute. Let's do this. I hate that. Okay. I mean, he thought she was cute. That's exciting. Nobody sets you up unless they're taking pity on you. What? Well, they're both looking for a rebound, so it kind of works. I got set up with my husband. Exactly. Pity. There's no pity. Someone felt bad for you

and hooked you up with some stranger. He's a great man. He turned out to be the best guy ever. Yeah, he is. You, that's what I'm saying. Wait a minute. You're the pity party over here. That's what I was trying to say.

Anyway, back to Matt, Brooke. Let's not focus on your pitiful life. Matt, tell us about yours. Well, I was kind of trying to make it a year of yes. So I can understand where you're coming from. So I was like, you know what? I'm just going to say yes to these things. What was it like when you guys

first met? We first talked on the phone and we decided, yeah, let's meet in person. So we went to this bar that is like a bar and board games place. Oh, fun. I've heard of those. Why do you say, oh, it's negative, Jeff? Maybe it's not a jam sally.

Board games for romantic activity. It's fun. I don't know how that goes. But that's for you, Jeff. Not everybody. It's a family game night, but I don't know about a date. What games were you playing? My favorite game is Kinect 4, and hers is Sorry, so we grabbed one of those two.

And those are perfect because they're easy to have conversation at the same time you're playing them. Yeah, I mean, that's what I like about Connect Four. It forces you to look at the person because it's vertical. Because it's vertical. And sorry helps you apologize and has you practice for the relationship. I've definitely played both of those games before, but with blindfolds and handcuffs on. So it's probably a little bit different rules than you played. How do you know when you win Connect Four if you have a blindfold on, Jeff?

Everybody wins that game. Yeah, that seems like there were some different rules. Yeah. We don't talk to Jeff about that stuff. You did the childhood rules. Yeah. What was it like? It was great.

Neither one of us were overly competitive. We had some drinks. I mean, your producer even asked me, he was like, is there anything that you could think of that went wrong? And honestly, there was nothing that was weird. We got to know each other and it felt really cool. Do you think it was too boring? I mean, like, that's the only thing, like, if there's nothing.

That stood out? Yeah. No, it was fun. The thing is, after the date is kind of a different story. Uh-oh. Wait, what do you mean? So I fully intended to go out with her again, and she was into it. We talked about it.

Right. So the next day, I sent her a text, and I didn't get any response. So after a few hours, I was feeling a little antsy, so I sent another. And I'll just read it to you guys. Hold on. So I wrote, you better text me back because I might go out with someone else tonight. And then like a bunch of cute emojis.

Oh no. I mean, I see what you were trying to do there. Reading a text. If you spoke it, maybe. But reading it, especially when you read it from someone you don't know that well. I thought she would see that it was a joke and she'd be like, yeah, what's his know like i thought she was gonna rip me back on

it what's the name of the guy you're going out with so what did she say back anything no and so i just kind of sent a few more texts oh god no what did you say as a follow-up uh i just kind of stuck with the same theme i i just was like all right i'm going out i like sent her a picture of some shoes i was like see i'm getting balled up years from now i'm gonna walk down the aisle and say i do if you don't text me back so bro that is so gringy i'm sorry kind of love that she ignored it all have you talked to the co-worker that set you guys up? No, because I just feel like it's embarrassing. It's too embarrassing.

I mean, I even sent her a sorry gif with the commercial from the board game. Trying to make an inside joke that's not really happening there. Just too far past. Exactly. This might be too far gone, but there's a chance we could bring it back. Oh. Let's hope. Can we delete the text?

Is it too late for that? It might be too late for that, but hopefully we can get her on the phone and sweetly convince her to give it another try. Yeah. Yeah. I mean, I really screwed up. I mean, you guys know that. So if you can help me, I'd appreciate it.

Just don't start the convo with, you better text me back. Well, you better stay on hold this entire time. We're going to move on to a different person and get them a second date update. I just sent you a picture of my shoes. I deserve that. I deserve that. We're going to do your second date update right after this. Hold on, man.

Second date update. If you're just joining us, we're on the phone with Matt, who says he went out on the perfect first date. Beers, board games, body flirtations. That night was flawless.

After the date, though, a little bit of a different story. Matt admits he may have messed up because she wasn't responding to his texts and in a misguided effort to get Tanita to respond he tried to egg her on

a little bit with something like hey, if you don't respond to me, I'm gonna go out with someone else. Oh my god. And he'd only given it a couple hours too for her to respond. It's not like she'd left him on read for a day or two. And when he still got no reply back, he kept teasing for a while, saying, I'm serious.

I'm going to swipe on someone else soon. Now I'm putting on my shoes if you don't call me back. Are you a dad? Because dads never know when the joke's over, either. I am not a dad? Because dads never know when the joke's over either. I am not a dad. Just checking. The thing is, he hasn't said, like, he's in love with her or anything like that. But you can tell that he does like her.

And you might do some questionable things when you're really into someone. No, I really truly think you read it as a joke. I think she did not. Yeah, I mean, that's the basis of it. I think I just figured I'm already embarrassed. I might as well lean in. Yeah. You tried. We're going to try harder, though. We're going to try harder. We're going to call

Tanita here in just a second. Digging out of a hole. Yes. You're not painting it very nicely for him. You're kind of piling on. You asked. I'm just saying, I like to get a little positivity before we make these calls. A little forward momentum. Oh, okay, then maybe she blocked you before she saw the rest of them.

There we go. That's positive. That's the forward, bright thinking that we need. Don't you feel a little bit better now, Matt? There we go. Thrilled, yeah. Good news is we're not blocked yet, so let's call and see what she has to say. Here we go. Hello? Hey, is this Tanita?

This is. Hey, Tanita. You're on the radio right now with a fun morning show called Brooke and Jeffrey. Welcome to the show, Tanita. Yeah. Oh, let me get show, Tanita. Yeah. Oh, let me get another cup of coffee. Okay. That's actually our tagline.

Yeah. It's not. Not really, though. I'm joking. I know this might be weird, but we do want to talk to you about your dating life a little bit, if you have a second. Oh. What do you mean?

What are you talking about? It's a segment that we do on our show called Second Date Update. And one of our listeners has reached out because he went out with you recently, had a great time, and now hasn't been able to arrange that second meetup. His name is Matt. Oh, okay. Yeah, he said he guys played board games together, which sounded really fun. Yeah, it was fun. The whole date was fun until after the date after the date wasn't fun well yeah i mean i don't know i don't know if he told you anything or whatever but i did hear that there were some texts exchanged and

and by exchanged i mean just from him yeah and the good news he's self-aware at how embarrassing those are oh really well there were a lot more than just some texts it was like i mean i don't know to the extent of what he said but like he said there was a lot that he was trying to like egg you on and say he was going to go on a date with somebody else if he didn't reply he was trying to joke but we also understand how it could be read not as a joke at all and by, like, read literally just as a red flag. Yeah, well, he, like, literally walked me through an entire date with somebody,

and that's where I kind of was like, maybe. Yeah, what do you mean? Wait, what do you mean he walked you through a date? Oh, yeah. It was first, like, he was talking about, like, let's meet up, and then he's like, oh, I'm going to go out with somebody if you don't text me back. And then it was like, I'm out with a girl now. What?

You're missing out. Wait, wait. He really went out on dates? No, I think it was a joke. I think he was just joking. I thought that was the perspective that we got. Hold on. You read us the text and maybe we can decide.

Yeah. Okay, okay. Hold on one second. I'm going to look it up. You didn't really go on dates. I didn't think so. Okay. perspective that we got hold on you read us the text and maybe we can decide yeah okay okay hold on one second i'm gonna look it up you didn't really go on dates i didn't think so okay okay i'm walking out the door now that was the last okay i just bought it okay yeah i just bought a drink everything's going well oh my god i think he's trying to be funny, Tanita. This feels icky now, though. Yeah, I'll read you his next text. Okay.

I'm playing pinball with her, but sure wish I was playing games with you. The board games that you were playing on your date? Still gets worse. Still gets worse. Wait, there's more? No. There's more. Oh, I like that you can find the humor in this, though.

I appreciate that. It's a little bit terrifying, actually. But his next text, this is the last one I got. So, I kissed her at the end of the night, but was thinking of you the whole time. Smiley face, winky face, heart. What? Oh, my God. No. That's, likeinky face, heart. Heart? No!

That's like mean. And this is over like a, what, three hour time span that he sent any of these? Well, it was like a whole day from the beginning. Oh my god. How did you not respond? Or block him? Honestly, after the first one, I was at work. It was like, there wasn't even

enough time Between the text For me to answer him And then it just Went off the rails Whoa Did he make up That date too? Yeah he had to

Or is that a real thing? I mean what is he doing Like literally texting At the same time He's kissing someone? No after I'm very curious And I just want to

Ask him directly Because I need to tell you Tanita that Matt's on the other line right now listening to this. Oh, gosh. Yeah. With another girl. It doesn't help. Matt? Hey, yeah.

Man, I thought I was embarrassed before. Matt. Fill us in, buddy. What's going on? Fill her in. I mean, what do you want me to say? I told you guys I sent some embarrassing texts already.

You said you sent like four. Not a whole day's worth. Not I just made out with my date. Yeah. I don't remember giving a number. Were you on a date? Were you on a date with another woman for real or was that all

just like made up as a joke? I really don't want to have to say. Dude. What? Well, then it's not funny at all. I thought that you were like, ha-ha guy. No, look, look. Okay, here's the...

So I went on another date, okay? Yes. Oh, my God. Tamita, I thought about you the whole time. It doesn't matter. Have you learned nothing in the last two minutes? To be like, honey, I cheated on you, but I was thinking about you the whole time. Okay.

So creepy. I'm sorry. I mean, Tanita, does it change your mind a little bit that he actually followed through and went out with a real girl? It's like kind of sweet and truthful in that way. It'd be kind of deranged if he made that whole thing up. Yeah. I don't think so.

If he made it up, I would have gone out with him again because that was like, I totally would have because he's really, really trying hard and maybe making a joke. But no, this is like a hard pass. Oh my God. We haven't even gotten to that part yet, Tamita. Hey, can I change my answer?

I made the whole thing up. Yeah. Let's rewind the tape and up. Yeah. Oh, yeah. Let's rewind the tape and delete. I feel like this is the first time ever. It's like normally people want what they can't have, and Tanita just doesn't want it. Just doesn't want it at all. We don't know that for sure yet. I think that's pretty clear, Jeff, but go ahead.

I mean, it's part of the segment. I just think before I ask Tanita, obviously he's very embarrassed by what Jeff, but go ahead. I mean, it's part of the segment. I just think, before I ask, Tanita, obviously he's very embarrassed by what happened, but he knows he made a mistake and sometimes when you really, really are into someone, you do really, really dumb stuff because you're afraid of losing them. Yeah, like make out with other women. I mean, that happens when you're really

into someone. Plus, Matt, you're not still seeing that girl, right? No, no. I mean. Good answer. Okay. I think he was just about to say he'll be there.

Let's stop having you talk and start asking Tanita if you'd like to go out with Matt one more time. And we'd pay for it. You know, he was so good at Connect Four and so good at Sorry. He wins all the games. So he's really good at playing games. I'm going to say no. Oh. That was a weird going to say no. Oh. That was a weird way to get there.

Got my hopes up for a second. I feel like he's good at the dating thing. I thought she was going to be like, what are you doing? All right, Matt, dude. Well, there's your answer. Yeah, we can't get you another date, buddy. Yeah. I thought of something to say, but I almost feel like it's worse than the other stuff I said. Oh, I don't think that.

No, we're talking. The hole can't get deeper at this point, Matt. Go ahead. Yeah, go ahead. Tanita, I just wish you would quit playing games with my heart. No. Oh, my God. Hang up, Jeff. Hang up.

I was cringing as I said it, but I have to. So we're all of our listeners. So thank you for that, Matt. Brooke and Jeffrey in the morning. Oh, man, I was so hoping when we asked the question, tell me that wasn't a real date. I really wanted him to say, no, that's not real. Are you crazy? I made that up to get under her skin.

Yeah, that's exactly what he should have said, even if it was a lie. Oh, my God. This man, I swear. And, like, he didn't fill us in on that part, like, when we first talked to him. Yeah. This is, like, important information. So when he told us he really did go out with someone else, you could hear all of our reactions. Yeah.

Plus, the text board was lighting up with people. Just call him an idiot. Yeah, not happy. No. They said, ditch this guy. We did get one text in support of Matt though. Was it the other person he was out with? No, turns out it was from Matt himself.

He said, hey, this is Matt. I'm listening to myself on the radio and I think she should reconsider. It's not as bad as it sounds. Come on, Matt. He's really good at texting while he does things. Matt, it was as bad as it sounds. He can get a lot of first dates. I mean, he had two. Back to back. He's likable at texting while he does things. Matt, it was as bad as it sounds. But it's amazing. He can get a lot of first dates. Yeah.

I mean, he had two. Back to back. He's likable. The trick is that next one. Yeah, that's the hard part. We'll keep working on that for you. But if you want some help getting another date, we can try. Just email the show.

We'll call that person who isn't calling you back. 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. Jon Stewart is back in the host chair at The Daily Show, which means he's also back in our ears on The Daily Show Ears Edition podcast. Join late-night legend Jon Stewart and the best news team for today's biggest headlines, exclusive extended interviews, and more. Now this is a second term we can all get behind. Listen to The Daily Show, ears edition on the iHeartRadio app,

Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. The forces shaping markets and the economy are often hiding behind a blur of numbers. So that's why we created The Big Take from Bloomberg Podcasts, to give you the context you need to make sense of it all. Every day in just 15 minutes, we dive into one global business story that matters. You'll hear from Bloomberg journalists like Matt Levine. A lot of this meme stock stuff is, I think, embarrassing to the SEC. Follow The Big Take podcast on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you listen.