Brooke and Jeffrey: Second Date Update - Second Date Update UPDATE: Drunkards and Dragons

Episode Date: January 14, 2024

We're adding a little extra content to help you get over the Sunday Scaries! After meeting her real-life Romeo in a Dungeons and Dragons game a few months ago, we have an update from a couple on how their magical romance has gone since!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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But what would it be like to fall in love in another realm? Whoa, cool. Could you imagine what that must look like? I can't. I can't. What dost thou art looketh like, my fair maiden? Ew. Good. Men were so manly back then, weren't they?

Do you have tights on right now, too? Yeah. Honestly, I'm not a very big fantasy role-playing guy. Obviously. Unless it comes to costumes and large lightsabers. That's a different story. But one of our listeners is really into it, and it actually helped her meet a guy recently. Now, she's asking us for help today.

Her name is Leah. Leah, welcome to the show. Hey, everybody. Would you call yourself a fair maiden? Only what I'm trying to be. Okay. All right. So tell us about the guy you met. What's his name? His name is Jonathan. Okay. And where did you meet Jonathan? One of the guys in my D&D group was doing a one-shot, which is basically just like a one-night-only game. All right, we have to slow way down. So you said D&D, which is Dungeons & Dragons? Yeah, it's Dungeons & Dragons.

Okay, and I forget, that's not like magic where you play with cards. Dungeons & Dragons is a board. It's a board, okay. No, it's basically Basically you're playing pretend And there's rules and you roll dice Yeah I knew that Opening a Stranger Things If you like Stranger Things

So wait one shot what does that mean Is it tequila That's what I thought I'm like maybe I'm into Dungeons and Dragons Dungeons and Double Shots Maybe six shot i'd be down for it oh my god drunkards and dragons oh now we're on here we go talking now you got our language okay so basically usually when you play dnd it's like stranger things you play over the course of

like a long time okay but in this game it's like just one time. Okay. So it's a quick game. It's a quickie. Yes. Okay. All right. And how did you meet this dude? How did you do the quickie with the guy? He is a friend of one of the other players.

So everybody brought like new people to see who enjoyed it. And so Jonathan was playing a character also. Okay. What character were you? I am a halfling bard. A halfling bard? You say that very flirty. I know what you mean.

Go on. I'm very excited about my halfling bard. She's very cute. She's little. That's why they call them halflings. And she plays a cello, but it's like bigger than her, so she plays it like a double bass. It's very silly. I used to be in an orchestra. That's cute. Okay, so she plays it like a double bass it's very silly i used to be in an orchestra that's cute okay so you're a halfling bard and who's this mystery man that

wooed you or not man what's his character a beast right so he is a human fighter so he's just like real good at like punching and kicking and shooting arrows boring okay oh okay so he's a frat guy yeah he's gonna do dnd So he's a frat guy. Yeah. He's going to do D&D, but he's still going to be cool. Yeah. That's what it sounds like. I don't want to get fully into it.

And so does the guy have a character name? Yeah. So I'm Jenna, and he was Lim. Lim. Lim. Is that because he's got a big throat? No. You are just rooting this game for her.

Another type of D&D. So how do you guys end up, like, interacting? How does the bard and the human fighter end up interacting in the game? Well, basically, like, we're all on the same team. We're all trying to do, like, this magical mission. Like, we were rescuing a dragon from a princess. Oh. Oh, okay.

The princess took the dragon hostage? What is happening and so you know we're we're doing magic we're punching we're kicking and i'm like i'm a very different person when i'm playing dnd i tend to be like kind of shy and like don't overstep my own comfort zone but like that's the nice thing about d is like, you get to kind of try on whatever. So like, you know, my character, Jenna, is like bold and brash. And she's all like, hey, stranger. Oh. Yeah.

This is like role playing at this point. Yeah. So he starts flirting right back. And so we take like a little break to grab our drinks and our refills and whatever. And so we start talking and I'm like, oh, wait, in real life, you're also a really cool person oh look at his dnd love so okay so you guys broke away from the game for a second to just talk normally leah and jonathan not yeah the bard and the limb limb right okay and so were you feeling a connection that way? Yeah, I was.

And I think I got some signals that he was too. I mean, after the game, we actually went and we got a beer. Oh. So that's a date date. Yeah. So was there any romance when you guys got the drinks? I mean, I felt something, but I didn't act on it. Like, I really felt like there might have been a moment where, like, maybe a kiss could happen. But I didn't really see anything from him, you know, and I didn't want to, like, overstep.

Oh, you needed to bring out your inner half-wing bard lady. Yeah, you should have transformed into the bard and kissed him right on the mouth. Yeah. Like a naughty little bard does. Oh, no, I couldn't. Yeah, you could. You could. Maybe Leah couldn't, but the half naughty little bard does. Oh, no, I couldn't. Yeah, you could. You could. Maybe Leah couldn't, but the halfling bard could.

What about the board game? So have you reached out to him? I texted him to see if he wanted to hang out again. You know, I phrased it so vaguely, of course, but he hasn't really gotten back to me. Maybe you were just too vague then. Maybe that's the thing. He didn't understand you didn't want to LARP. You know, it's possible.

And I don't mean to stereotype, but my guess is with the D&D dudes, you need to be pretty up front with what... I mean, I just don't think they probably pick up on small flirting cues all the time. You're saying they don't expect women to hit on them? Yeah! Yeah!

I'm trying to be nice, and that's his big stereotype. Brooke is thinking of like elementary school kids playing D&D. This is just a guy that showed up for a one-off. I'm not trying to be mean. I'm asking if you think that's the case. Yeah, no, I definitely don't think that he's like the stereotypes or anything. I think he just seemed like a cool guy. Oh, that's good.

All right. Well, let's find out for sure. We're going to play a song. We'll come back. We'll call Jonathan for you, and we'll attempt to cast a charm spell on him when we do your second date update. We said it wrong, didn't we? I think we said it wrong.

No, I think it really landed. Oh, okay. It was perfect. It was perfect, she says. Okay. We're going to do it right after this. Hold on. Second date update.

You're in the middle of a second date update update and we're going to find out how the couple is doing right after you hear part two. Just a warning for our halfling bard on the phone. This second date update

could be a rough one. So you may need to double knot your chastity belt. Oh, we're doing that? Maybe release it. I don't know. Oh, wow. I'm not sure what's going to happen here.

What I do know is that one of our listeners, Leah, met a guy named Jonathan while playing Dungeons and Dragons at a friend's house. Jonathan was a newcomer to the group and they had a little flirtation in the game, which led to the two of them grabbing drinks outside of the game. Yes. Just them. And she felt a genuine connection. But after that, Jonathan has disappeared

like a mischievous half-elf wizard casting an invisibility spell outside Baldur's Gate. Do you play Dungeons and Dragons? Why do you know all this stuff? I just Google a bunch of Dungeons and Dragons stuff. Oh, you did. Oh, okay. But our job is to get Jonathan back

on the phone to explain himself and possibly make a baby with Leah. What? Why are we doing that? Why are we going from chastity belts to babies? I just said possibly. Isn't it in between? That would be a very successful second date update if you ask me.

Y'all are scaring me. You better not scare him off. We're just going to call Jonathan and see if he wants to go out on another date. How's that? All right, let's do it. Okay. We'll try not to embarrass you too much, Leah. I'm going to dial Jonathan's number right now. Here we go. Hello. Hi, I'm looking for Jonathan. Yeah, this is he. Hey, Jonathan. My name is Jeff

from the radio show, Brooke and Jeffrey in the Morning. How you doing? Good, thanks. Okay. What's it about? We're doing a segment on our show called a second date update. Basically, that's where if one of our listeners

goes out on a date and afterwards, if they're not calling them back, they'll email us to reach out and try and help them figure out the reason why. Have you heard of this before? No, I haven't. But I mean, it sounds cool. It sounds like very marketable, great idea.

Thanks. Wow. I like you, Jonathan. I don't know why, but I'm very impressed by you. Yes. Or do we just like him because he's complimenting us? Whatever. Either way.

We'll take it, Jonathan. We don't get very many of those on this show. So back to the second date update. Recently, you met a listener of our show who had a great time with you and has been trying to get in touch, but has been having a little bit of difficulty with it. Her name's Leah. Yeah, that name sounds familiar. Yeah. Do you remember her?

You played Dungeons and Dragons with her? Yep. Yep, I do. Yes, she was a halfling bard. And I guess you were a human fighter, a very sexy one, according to her. That sounds fitting. Now we're complimenting him. I like that.

So the reason that we're doing this whole phone call is because Leah wants to understand why after you guys had a really nice time together, she's been having such a hard time getting a hold of you. Because she wants to see you again. Well, yeah, she's an interesting person. I like Leah. I think that she was nice. She's a little

intense but then again so is camping camping camping is intense it's intense you guys oh inside tense he's funny too okay play dnd and make jokes i thought it was another dnd thing you do but what makes you say that Leah's intense? I didn't get that impression from her. Like, she's into the game, obviously. But why do you say intense? Well, I'm not sure if she was nervous

or something like that, but right when we got there, I mean, I think she was still coming off the high of the game, but she started trash-talking me a little bit, in a way. Like, hey, man, had you not been on my team, I would have owned you.

I would have, like, slept on your corpse. And I was like, oh. Oh, wow. have like slept on your corpse and i was like slept on your corpse that's intense wait did that make you laugh though well it nervously so i mean apparently she was part of this necro napper group thing they pull on like some sort of like slay and sleep apparently wait is this in dnd or is this necro group outside of dnd like necro they would like kind of a do like a slay and sleep like they would just destroy people in the game and then they would like sleep on the corpses and it's weird stuff i still can't tell if this is like real life slaying people and sleeping on them or is this like dnd world it's in the game

it's very important to clarify though because I'm having a hard time. Whatever it was, it was just a turnoff. I mean, I like her as a person and I enjoyed spending time with her. But whatever it was, it just seems to me that she would probably be better off with somebody who's in a D&D as much as she is. Yeah. I mean, I feel like because we spoke to her for a little bit, Jonathan, and she sounds like a very nice person to us. And I think she may have just been caught up in the game. You guys had just come from playing.

And she did describe that her game character, whatever you call it in D&D, is very different than who she is in real life. She did say that. That is true. Well, I just felt like D&D was her life. And I'm not sure if I'm looking for somebody like that. Okay. Okay. Okay. I get it. Maybe She would say differently. Maybe she

would. Let's find out because I need to tell you Jonathan, Leah's on the other line listening and she wants to talk to you. Oh. Careful. She's going to take a nap on you if you sound too bad. Leah, are you there? Oh, I am so embarrassed.

Oh, sweetie, it's okay. So, Jonathan, Leah's there. She's been listening to this entire conversation. I think she's bright red. Yeah, I'm really glad this is radio. Yeah, we don't want to see the corpse that you're sleeping on. Oh, come on.

Hey, listen, Leah, I'm just telling the truth. I'm not meaning any harm or any foul. But, I mean, hey, if, Leah, I'm just telling the truth. I'm not meaning any harm or any foul. But I mean, hey, if you want to explain your side and just kind of get an understanding for me, like, I would love to hear that. Wow, he is reasonable. We need you on this show. Yeah, I don't know.

I guess I got a little too into it. I didn't mean to scare you off like that. I hope that you're not like turned off from D&D also. Maybe explain the necro napper thing I mean, okay It's just this really silly thing that like one of the other guys and me in the group Thought of in a previous game where it's like yeah, we slay our enemies and then we're gonna like take a relaxing nap I promise it's funny in a game

But like yeah outside of- Can I help just a little bit and I think I can compare this and make this sound a little less weird in Fortnight after you kill someone if you want to be toxic you can dance over their body. Oh, that's terrible Get your kill and you're like ha ha I got you and then you do an emote is what it's called So I feel like you're doing the same thing. It's just a lot more dark. Good news, it's a relaxing nap. Jonathan, does any of this make you feel a little bit better about Leah?

Partially. Okay, now we're getting somewhere. That's better. Inching the right way. Yeah, sure. I mean, it was just skinning things and wearing them was kind of weird. But I guess it's because I didn't understand it.

And if you explained it to me that you're like, not this person that goes and does this on a regular basis in real life, then I would probably. Okay. Leah, can you assure him of that? Yeah. Oh my gosh.

No, I work at a post office. I don't like that. That doesn't help. There's been some incidents at post offices over the years. So I don't think they dance at all. I mean, Jonathan, don't you feel like outside of the D&D world and all the D&D lingo? Did you have a fun time with Leah?

Oh, absolutely. Oh, that's a great answer. Yeah. And maybe next time when you guys meet up, there can be no D&D involved whatsoever. So you just get to know the two of you as regular human people. Yeah. Well, I'll tell you what, Leah, do you really like Dungeons & Dragons, like, a lot?

I mean, yeah. It doesn't mean that I, like, have to have it be my whole life. Well, I like normal, Leah. When we just kind of sat down and had a good time. So how about I give you a shot where I actually can just sit down with Dungeons and Dragons Leah and just listen and understand how you got started with that. I'm not sure.

Wait, are you asking her out? Like, how about I give you a shot? Like that was a little. I think what he's saying is he already knows he likes normal Leah. He wants to give Dungeons and Dragons Leah another shot. Jonathan, if I were Leah right now, I'd want to sleep on your corpse.

It was weirdly worded. Let's try it for him. Jonathan, here's the deal. We would love to send you and Leah, normal Leah, out on a normal date and Yes. And we'll pay for it. Really? Yeah. That sounds good. Okay.

That's a yes. You agree? Yeah. As you kind of said in the game, I accept thy maiden. Hey! Maybe don't start the game right now. There's definitely going to be some corpses left on after this.

All right. Well, congratulations, Leah. We got you another date. Oh, man. Wow. I'm excited. I can't. You guys, we've never done it

for a NecroNapper before. Never. But I'm really proud of us. I think in the D&D world, we just ranked up. We did. Yeah. That's right.

Chastity belt's coming off tonight. Congratulations, you two. Brooke and Jeffrey in the morning. That was a second date update from a few months ago. One of the stranger ones that we've had for sure. I mean, the first necro-napper we've ever had. Definitely. Probably the last, but it ended on a good note. And now Jonathan and Leia are back to tell us what's been going on since that happened.

Jonathan and Leia, welcome back to the show. Hey! Okay. You sound happy. That's always a good sign. Yeah. Are you guys still dating? You guys still together?

Yeah, what's the status? Oh, my God. No, no, we're not together. Oh. Oh. That's weird. Usually when people want to do a follow-up with us, it's because they're in, like, a cute relationship.

I mean, between, you know, Dungeons and Dragons and just life, we kind of realize it's better if we're friends. Okay. So you guys did go on a few dates. Yeah, to be fair, we went on a couple. They were a lot of fun. It was nice because I kept going to the parties with her, and it was fun, but she actually introduced me to her roommate.

Oh, she pawned you off onto somebody else. So wait, are you dating her roommate? Yeah. Yeah. Oh, okay.

Okay. How long has that been going on? Uh, just a couple of months and, uh, we're moving in together. Wow. Leah, how do you feel about that?

I mean, if it was anybody else taking her away, I would definitely be mad, but Jonathan is so sweet. I think it's really good for her. You guys are so cute. You definitely make a lot of money because most people would be really pissed. You just lost half my rent. She found another roommate maybe, like that.

That's true. Well, no, I just have to say that, Leah, you are a sweetheart, and I appreciate you very much, and I'm very thankful that you introduced me to Valerie, so thank you. Oh, that's awesome. It worked out. So, like, the first time ever that friend zoning was good. Yeah.

Yeah. Well, thanks for sharing, you guys. Of course. And, Jonathan, good luck with Leah's roommate. Don't screw it up. Oh, my God. I won't. Right? Because they up. Oh my God. Right. Cause they're moving in pretty quickly. Yeah. Text in to 7, 8, 5, 9, 2. If you want a second

date update, email the show and we'll call the person who isn't calling you back. 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'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. 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. perfect companion to stay on top of what's happening now. Plus, you'll get special content

just for podcast listeners, like in-depth interviews and a roundup of the week's top headlines. Listen on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.