Brooke and Jeffrey: Second Date Update - Second Date Update: You, Me & Apathy

Episode Date: March 25, 2024

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Second Date Update We're going to do a fun little experiment here. Oh, that's exciting. Brooke, before you got together with your husband, Michael, think about the last couple guys before him that you dated. I need you to rate them based on their attractiveness. Just simply 1 to 10, the last two. Oh, they're both Well no okay

One of them They're changing in your head I'd give one of them an eight And then I'd give one of the other ones When he showered Five That was when he showered? Oh god

Unshowered It's true Probably not You went up She likes to go shower No three I'd go lower on that one. A three?

Okay. So we have an eight and a three. He had really greasy hair. Now, a recent study says if you average out the numbers of your exes, that is what society deems your number is. So, Brooke, you would be a solid five. Wow. I don't actually argue that.

Wait a minute. Okay. I didn't think you would. It's like you are what you eat, you are who you've dated. And one of our listeners may be dealing with a numbers crisis in his dating life. His name, and I apologize if I pronounce this wrong, is it Thom, T-H-O-M? Yeah, it's Thom, there's an H. Oh, and it's pronounced like that.

Like Thom with an H. What's up, Tom? Hey, guys. So according to your email, it says that before the date, you considered yourself to be a six, but afterwards you consider yourself a four now. Uh-oh. Oh, no. Why do you feel that way?

Did you fall face down on an escalator? What's going on? No, no. I mean, when I went out with her, I thought she was a six easily, but she's like not calling me back. So now I'm thinking I'm a four. Oh, you think you are? You're not meeting her, Steve. You can't lock down a six.

Then, yeah, what is that? Can we just like put it out there that no woman, no matter where you actually think they stand, should ever be called anything but a seven or an eight? Well, yeah. Yeah, at least not to their face, but she's not on the phone right now, so we're allowed to be honest. She's really not calling them back. Why do you think you failed? I have absolutely no idea.

Look, I didn't put in a ton of effort. Maybe that was it. It's one big clue there. I don't know. I didn't listen. I didn't do anything. I don't know what her name is. Yeah, do you know what her name is? Do we put that much effort in? Yeah, Tori.

Tori. Is it Tori or is it Thori with an H in the middle? That's funny. It's just T-O-R-I. Yeah. Okay. Where did you meet Tori? Dating app.

All right. Which I normally, it was weird. I normally, I kind of aim higher I'm going after Sevens and eights What are you saying? Hear him out No

It's like fire No you gotta Wait listen I mean that was the thing I've been like Kind of going after These sort of I guess

Aesthetically more Beautiful women But it wasn't really working So I was kind of like Well you know I'll go out with this girl She's probably a six I feel you brother

Do you always think Of people on this rating scale? No, I mean, all men think that way. Surprise news flash. Surprise news flash. We think beautiful women are beautiful. That's different. That's your issue. That's different than rating every single person you meet.

Okay, so here's my question. Women do this. I know women rate guys. I don't rate people in my head. Like, yes, I here's my question. Women do this. I know women rate guys. I don't rate people in my head. Yes, I find them attractive or not attractive for sure. But I don't play. Eight was one of your boyfriends and three was the other

one. You don't rate people? Okay. I guess you're right. We'll go off of your word on that. Can I just ask Tom a question? Go ahead. I'm curious because it doesn't sound like you are attracted to this woman. Yeah. And it doesn't sound like you're interested.

Why are you calling us to get in touch with her? I mean, it's not as if I wasn't like 100% unattracted to her. I mean, we were definitely getting along, I guess. Are you just bored? When you say I get, it really sounds like you're bored, bro. There's people you keep around when you're bored. Or he's being rejected and he hates it. You know what I mean?

Like it's a want what you can't have thing. That's true. I don't know. I mean, look, we just went to like a dive bar. It wasn't like we did some big fancy dinner. I wasn't exactly willing to spend a lot of money on it. What? I don't know.

If she was a seven or eight, then you would have gone the extra mile and like paid extra. I probably would have. Okay. Hey, Thon. You're a guy. I think that's fair. Were you nice to her when you were on the date?

Yeah. I'm being serious. Yeah, tell us about the date. Did you compliment her? A little bit. I mean, we hung out and we laughed every once in a while. It was kind of cool. The one thing that was kind of strange, after we had been drinking a little bit, I went

to the bathroom and I came back and I was going to give her like a surprise hug but she was she was sitting down on a bar stool and i kind of like gave her a hug from behind and it was almost like i got her in like a little headlock oh i don't you mean you're standing up and she's sitting so the lineman isn't right those are just cute he didn't really put her in a headlock my husband's height it's like whenever he hugs me from behind, it is literally like a chokehold. And I hate it. I hate it so much. Did you let go after 30 seconds or did you let her lose consciousness?

She literally falls asleep. I gave her like a little noogie, you know, kind of thing. Wait, what? You gave her a noogie? Are you joking? No, that's a joke. No, it was just just a stupid quick thing. That's a little friendly behavior, my friend.

I would never call a man back. I don't care if he was a 20 on whatever scale you're working on. Okay, fine. Dude walked up and gave me a noogie. I'm with you. Okay, but you're a five. You don't get to choose like that. We're talking about a six.

We're talking about he went out with a six. What was her response to the noogie? Yeah, look, she seemed startled at first, but we had been drinking, so she just brushed it off, and we just got back to talking. I'm sure when she realized it was you, everything was okay. And her mood didn't change? Like, she didn't become more icy or cold towards you?

You know, to be honest, I didn't really notice because I was sort of like not as interested anymore i sort of lost the desire to take it any further i was like yeah whatever are you trying to be a jerk right now no look i mean i'm being honest with you that's totally how it was on the date i was just like not into it but then when i got home it was like i realized out of all the dates i've been on and all the dates that I don't like, I kind of liked her the most. She was the best of the worst. Right.

Right. Okay. Okay. I'm really concerned with myself that I followed that. Position that some of us have been in many, many times. So, okay. How long has it been since your date with Tori then? It's been a week.

Okay. Have you tried to put any effort in since it doesn't sound like you put any in initially? Yeah. I mean, look, I waited about four days. Then I called once. I didn't leave a message or anything. I just hung up. And then I texted her after that.

Wow. Okay. Good. And they say romance is dead. Well, some people might think you're coming on a little bit strong there. You let it ring once? Bro, clingy. But we'll see how Tori feels because we're going to come back.

We'll call her directly. I'm actually really excited to hear her opinion of this situation. Maybe we'll have her rate you. I don't know. I feel like we should just drop the rating. I actually want to hear her rating. Everybody loves it. And then we'll rate everybody in this room.

We should stop rating. We're going to come back and do it. Rating is not healthy. It's a rate fest when we come back for your second date update right after this. Second date update. We've got an interesting situation on our hands here with one of our listeners, Tham, spelled like Tom but with an H in there. Yes.

And to a few of us on the show, it sounds like he only wants another date with this woman, Tori, because he's kind of bored. Or he's being rejected and hates that. I can't decide which. Yeah, we're not. It doesn't seem that into her. No. At least according to some people in this room. According to him.

To me. He said that. Well, I don't know how he feels. Personally, it sounds like he is passionately in love. That's his passion? Trying to play it coy. Oh. Not give away his true feelings.

He told us that he was being honest like eight times, so I don't know. That's what a coy person would say. He got me, Jim. Yeah, trick me too. The truth is there really weren't a lot of highlights to cover from their dive bar hangout Except for when he tried to hug her from behind and accidentally put her into a mini headlock

That's a huge highlight yeah, I mean I'm more low-light I for her kind of playful flirtiness there It's not well to some it could be Almost like the I do kiss. Yeah. It's very cute and romantic. I see potential for it. Anyway, we're hoping to help cure Thaum of his, you know, eternal boredness and get him another date with Tori here. Brooke, is there anything disparaging you'd like to say to Thaum before we begin here? I feel like I covered it all. Yeah?

Anything left? Yeah. What I want to ask him is if he is going to be embarrassed if he gets rejected on the radio. Um, no, honestly, not really. Okay, good. No pressure. I mean, she's already basically rejecting you as it is. True. Can't be rejected.

I don't know how, you know, how much else I can worry about that if it happens. Okay. Okay. All right. Well, usually people are like... So you just don't care about that either. Okay, we're just IT. We're just a little apathetic. I can sense the passion in Tom's voice right here. Sorry, Tom. All right. Well, usually people are lost. So you just don't care about that either. Okay. We're just a little apathetic. I can sense the passion in Tom's voice right now. Sorry, Tom. My bad.

What if Tom's just killing time with us right now? He's like, man, I'm kind of bored. I'm just going to call this radio station. Maybe. Well, let's get it done. We'll see what she has to say. I'm going to dial her number right now. You ready?

You guys, are you asking me that? Yes. Yeah. Okay. Never mind. Let me just focus on Tori here. Okay. We get so many emails, and this is the one we chose to do the call with.

I mean, Brooke, we're not going to turn down the chance to interview a hard four on his dating life. Self-admit. Yeah. So here we go. This is for Tom. Yikes. Let's call her.

Hello? Hi. We're looking to speak with tori um yeah this is her no it is a dumb joke sorry i just thought tori what's up you're on the radio with brooke and jeffrey in the morning hey tori hi sorry about that weird yo it's gonna get a lot weirder here in a second we don't know that for sure we do want to pry into your personal life just the tiniest bit and ask you about a date that you went on the other day with a guy named thom oh you probably met a lot of thoms so this one uh he was the one that took you to a dive bar? Yeah, Thaum. Okay. I remember him. Okay. He's weird.

He's weird or it's weird that we're calling you? No, it's weird that you're calling me. Yeah, we're weird. We know. Well, we're just trying to ask in general how you felt about the date and how you felt about Thaum himself. I don't know. He's okay. Okay. Fine. He's fine. Oh, I don't know. He's okay. Okay.

He's fine. He's fine. Oh, okay. That's not a bad review. You gonna ask her, Alexis? On a scale? Yeah, I was waiting. No, no, no.

Let's not go into the superficial route. That's just rude. Okay. I don't want to hear that. That's just rude. He says that. Oh, it's just rude now. I see.

I see. We're above that. No, we're not. We want to ask, like, we want to get a sense of how you really feel about Thom. Is there a chance that there might be another meetup maybe? I mean, I guess he did text me. I never texted him back. It was a fine day.

I mean, it didn't really seem like he wanted to be there, but I didn't really want to be there either. like I I didn't really want to be there either. So, oh, OK. Why didn't you want to be there? I mean, it wasn't like a bad date. It just wasn't a great date. I don't know. I guess I've been like going back and forth on how I feel about him. OK, like part of me is like I can probably do better. Then there's another part of me that's like, is it even worth trying to find somebody else? Don't settle.

Don't settle for Thawne. Thawne is our listener. He's asked us for help. I don't want him to settle either. You didn't say that to him. You only said it to her. Tori, is there any highlights or lowlights, any moments from the date that really stand out to you?

Any lights? I mean, not really. I haven't even really thought about him what do you mean you haven't thought about him i don't know just like you know you have an experience it's like and then you just kind of like go about your life and don't like give it much attention maybe no highlights is a highlight like that's actually in itself that's interesting well i mean wait are you guys asking me yeah have you ever thought of it that way all right the similarities are actually pretty striking i know that's confusing me and i seem like i can't wait to see the fireworks that explode out of a conversation when we tell you tori that thumb is actually

on the other line right now listening to this conversation oh yeah and he wants to jump in and talk to you huh hey how's it going hey yeah that's tough so we're just going to back away and let you two lovebirds talk this out go ahead dramatic sorry i i mean i i don't want to like hurt your feelings i'm just being honest like i i don't know i just didn't feel like it was that special really no offense to you like you're a nice guy i mean look no offense taken i i i agree it was it was fine it's not like we we didn't hate each other yeah no i don't know. I mean, I guess, like I said, I'm like going back and forth.

Part of me is like, yeah, why not? It was like fine. And then the other part of me is just like, it's not even on my mind at all that we even went out. You know? Is this where dating's at? Yeah. Is this what's happening right now? You're interrupting Sparks, Brooke.

I mean, look, I appreciate the honesty. And I'll be honest with you. I mean, I kind of only thought about you when this radio show came on. They sort of asked me if I wanted to do the second date call. So we asked. I mean, that's fair. That's totally fair. Like I think back on their date, there's nothing like special about our date. You know, like I get it. I know. But it's weird. Like that's what I kind of liked about it. Like the lack of interest, like there was no drama and like that's kind of not bad.

That was actually the most positive thing that I've heard any of them say. One of the most romantic things that's ever been spoken on this show. Are you guys attracted to each other? I guess. I mean, I guess. They both thought about it for the same amount of time. Very long pause. I think you guys are actually perfect for each other.

You're madly in love, and you just don't care enough yet. The bar is set so, so low for both of you that this might actually work. I don't think there is a bar. I think the bar is left. Well, let's find out for sure because, Tori, we'd love to offer you another date with Thawne, and we would pay for that date if you're willing to see him one more time. I mean, I guess, like, the dating apps are just so bad right now. Like, I don't know if you guys are on there,

but there's just, like, pervs and weirdos. And, like, I had, like, a group of three saying they wanted to add a fourth one time. It's just, like, rough out there. So we're giving up. I guess, yeah. Why not? It doesn't hurt to do another one. So you're settling. All right. Well, Tom.

It may hurt, though. Well, hold on, Brooke. He may have changed his mind. Let's ask him. Tom, are you still up for this? I mean, I think it's great. I mean, I'll take a free date. All right. I'll take a free date. I'll take a free date, and why not? How much worse can it get?

Sure, what the heck? Well, congratulate. I don't even want to congratulate you. It doesn't feel like it deserves a congratulations. Oh, I think it does. I have never been so depressed at the end of a second date. Now it's officially my favorite second date we've ever done. Now that book's depressed.

Good work, Thaum and Tori. You're going out one more time. Good luck. Thanks, guys Thaum and Tori. You're going out one more time. Good luck. Thanks, guys. Are we done? Okay. Oh, wow. Brooke and Jeffrey in the morning.

Why do I feel like this is going to be one of our highest rated second date calls of all time? Tori and Thaum. I'm going to go with I don't agree with you. It's Tori and Thaum. Are you kidding? It's interesting. In 20 years, I feel like we're all going to look back in this moment and say, wow, Tori and Thawne were couples goals.

I mean. Forget Zendaya and Tom Holland and Ryan Reynolds and Blake Lively. Give me Thawne and Tori for relationship. They click so hard they don't even realize it. Yeah. They didn't care enough to realize it. Sure. Is that chemistry, Brooke? If that's what you want to believe in is this type of love, then I.

Don't be jealous because you'll never feel the type of love that was exploding between them. You know what they say. Sometimes fireworks are silent. Oh, my God. I can't wait until there's a marriage proposal. I know. It's like, so, I don't know. I was thinking, like.

If you wanted to. Sure. Yeah, sure. That's fine. And she's like, who, I don't know. I was thinking, like. If you wanted to. Yeah, sure. That's fine. And she's like, who are you again? Yeah. But remember, if you ever want to get a second date update, you can always email the show. We'll call that person who isn't calling you back.

Even if you don't really want one. Yeah. Kind of maybe want it. Just bored. Yeah. We'll help you out. It's Brooke and Jeffrey in the morning. Jon Stewart is back at The Daily Show, and he's bringing his signature wit and insight straight to your ears

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