First Date Follow Up - The Jubal Show - Brandon & Caitlin - Did One Text Kill the Spark… or Make It Stronger?

Episode Date: December 22, 2025

It’s a holiday edition of First Date Follow Up, as part of the 12 First Date Follow Ups of Christmas, voted on by you! Brandon thought his date with Caitlin was near-perfect—pizza, drinks, laughs, and even a kiss to end the night. So why did she suddenly go silent? 👻 When Caitlin finally picks up the phone, one post-date message becomes the center of everything—and it’s not what Brandon expected. Was it romantic… or way too much too soon? As emotions, humor, and a little Shakespearean flair collide, this follow-up takes a turn no one saw coming. Listen to find out what was said, how Caitlin really felt, and whether this ghosting story ends in heartbreak—or a surprise second date. Ever been ghosted after what you thought was an amazing date? Do you REALLY want that Second Date? The Jubal Show has your back! On First Date Follow Up, we track down the person who disappeared to get the real reason why. Awkward, hilarious, and sometimes downright shocking—First Date Follow Up delivers the truth, whether you want to hear it or not. Will there be a second date or just secondhand embarrassment? Subscribe to The Jubal Show's First Date Follow Up and find out! ➡︎ Get on The Jubal Show with your story - https://thejubalshow.com This is just a tiny piece of The Jubal Show. You can find every podcast we have, including the full show every weekday right here…➡︎ https://thejubalshow.com/podcasts The Jubal Show is everywhere, and also these places: Website ➡︎ https://thejubalshow.com  Instagram ➡︎ https://instagram.com/thejubalshow  X/Twitter ➡︎ https://twitter.com/thejubalshow  Tiktok ➡︎ https://www.tiktok.com/@the.jubal.show Facebook ➡︎ https://facebook.com/thejubalshow  YouTube ➡︎ https://www.youtube.com/@JubalFresh  Support the show: https://the-jubal-show.beehiiv.com/subscribeSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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or wherever you get your podcast. First date of follow-up, powered by the Advocates Injury Attorneys, online at Advocateslaw.com. Because it's Christmas time, we're counting down the 12 first date follow-ups of Christmas as voted on by you. Yeah! We count down all the way

to the number one first date follow-up that you voted on. Brandon is on the phone today for a first-date follow-up, and he's getting ghosted by Caitlin. So in a few minutes, we're going to call her and see if she'll tell us why she's ghosting him and maybe get him another date. But first, Brandon, how long has it been since you heard from Caitlin?

Man, it's been probably about a week. or so. Okay. Okay. We've been trying to hit her up? Yeah. Been trying to text call and nothing.

Nothing? All right. Well, tell us a little bit about your date. So we were set up by a mutual friend. Man, my friend was right. Caitlin was beautiful and so fun. And instantly, I was, I was hooked. So we took her, or I took her out to just this chill pizza place and pretty cool.

They'll let you build your own pizza and put your own. toppings and stuff and you get to be you know creative with with your with your pie and uh that's that's all cool but i'm you know i'm really more of just like i wrote you guys so i just did that but katelyn she actually convinced me to try some burrata and prosciutto on my pizza and i got a hand at her it was it was delicious i didn't know what i've been missing out on please tell me you rolled your ours when you ordered that. I did. Okay.

I got a throw in a little bit. I love Italian, so anytime I can say, Buddha now. Okay. You're really painting a picture now. Thank you. No, it was great. So good.

They were like, well, let's just keep this going. We grabbed the nightcap. Got some wine at a place next door. Fortunately enough, Caitlin loves a good whiskey, too. So I treated her to an excellent Japanese whiskey. And that opened the door to, talking about travel and our hopes and dreams and places we've been, places we'd like to go. So then after that, I walked her home and actually ended the night with a kiss.

It was, I guess it was a little awkward, but. It was awkward? Well, you just like, I went in to kiss her, kiss her sheep, and then, like, she turned, and I ended up, like, kissing her lips. and it was a it was kind of an awkward slash funny moment but cool and okay like one of those weird first kiss moments where it's like some you're kind of kind of dancing trying to figure out where you're supposed to go with it yeah yeah like it was it was kind of like funny moment but um

I mean it turned into kind of a passionate kiss and and we plan to see each other afterwards okay that's good but she hasn't gotten back to you what do you think what do you think the reason is ghosting you that's the thing I don't know Like we had a great date, you know, the pizza was great, the drinks afterwards were great. You know, the kiss, although awkward, was kind of funny, and she didn't seem to put off by it. You know, she actually leaned into the kiss afterwards. So it seemed like everything was happening, but then, I don't know. I mean, you know how these things go, like anything could have happened during the night that she might have, I don't know, just sound disgusting or off-putting and then just didn't.

want to make it awkward i don't know i'm kind of i've never been ghosted so i'm just got i have all these questions let me go ahead we're just joining us for today's first day follow-up brandon is on the phone and he's getting ghosted by kately so we're about to call her and see if she'll tell us why she's ghosting him and see if we can get him another date but first brandon before we call her why don't you refresh our memory on your date with kately so kately and i went out of date I said it by mutual friends. We had pizza and wine, and that was great, build your own, and then we went out for drinks afterwards, great conversation.

I walked her home, and we ended up kissing, and it was great. And then she was excited to, seemingly excited to sing me again. But after that, it's just been nada, it's been no communication. And you have no idea why? Yeah, nothing. It's kind of disappointing, so I really, liked her. I thought we had great chemistry and it seemed to be mutual. So, yeah, I'd be really bummed if it didn't work out. Yeah. Well, you ready for us to call her? Absolutely.

All right. Here we go. Hello? Hi, may I speak to Caitlin, please. This is she. Caitlin, hey, how are you? My name is Jubal. I'm calling from a radio show. It's called The Jubal Show. Hi, Caitlin.

We're all here. I'm Nina also on the show. Hi, and I'm Victoria. Okay, hi. Hi. What's going on? What's up? Not much.

Why are you calling me? Have you ever listened to the show before? No, I'm sorry. That's okay. You don't have to apologize. Maybe you will know. We're calling you because we do a segment on the show. It's called the first date follow-up.

That's where if you go on a date with someone and then you go, ghost them, that person can email us and ask us to call you and see if we can figure out why you're ghosting them. So we got an email about you from somebody that you went on a date with. Oh. Are you ghosting somebody? Well, you are, but do you know who it is? Is it Brandon? Yes. Brandon emailed us and told us a little bit about your date. He said he really likes you and he thought you were into him so he's confused as to why you're ghosting him. Do you mind telling us? Well, I did really like him. Okay. He taught. and smart and kind of awkward, which is actually kind of charming.

So you liked him, but you're ghosting him? Well, he texted me something after our date that I just, like, haven't been able to get over. I didn't really know what to do with it. Was it a picture or something? No, no, God, no. I mean, that happens. I think he's a good guy. What did he text you?

okay um let me let me find it uh okay the text says your magic and have awakened parts of my body that i have never felt before oh that sounds romantic it's like on the line you know like i don't that's just that's a lot after one date and kiss and like i don't know if he's like in a shakespeare play like It's he taking himself seriously when he says that. I kind of was expecting another text that was like, you know, hark, fair maiden, I longed for another evening of your presence or something like that, you know? That could have been cute and funny.

You know, there's some people out there that believe in love at first sight, so if they're laying it on thick, that could be a good thing. It was so earnest, and it just kind of felt like too much, and I think he hasn't been in a relationship in a while, and so I was afraid he was in like, this romantic dreamy bubble and I I got to be with someone who's in the world that I'm living in you know what I mean? So it just hits you like a little bit too much? It just felt a little, I mean, how is that possible? Like I'm just a person. Oh my gosh, give yourself a little bit of chronic, Caitlin. But like I've awakened parts of his body that he's never felt before.

It's a little overwhelming to me. Okay. And then I don't know if I'm, like, on a pedestal. I just, it just made me a little nervous. Okay. All right. Well, thank you for telling us that. Now I got to let you know that Brandon is on the phone and has been listening and wants to talk to you.

Okay. Hark, sir, maiden. Yes. I am nice and tale. Well, I have dreamt of this pleasureous occasion. See, it's funny. I would be able to keep to you again. Hi, Hark.

I'm sorry. I just put your business out on the radio, but you didn't have them call me, so. No, that's quite all right. What parts of the body were awakened, Brandon? I mean, I'd rather not discuss that. What? I think people understand. That was pretty bold of you, Brandon.

What was going on through your mind when you sent that text? I'm I don't know I was awakened um no I'm just I'm a playful guy and but I Kail I just want to assure you that I do live in a reality and after our date I was like legit I've never felt that way and you know after my last relationship I just that was lacking and and I want another date and I want to be a part of your reality oh maybe I'm over the top but I This is how I was feeling, honestly. Well, Kaelan, would you like another date with Brandon? We'll pay for it.

Yeah. Oh. See, Shakespeare's got gay. One is fair maiden. Congratulations, Brandon. You did it. You got another date. I mean, I like that he has a good attitude and could laugh at this.

And I appreciate that we're more on the same page than I thought. Kaylin, and I can't say how I'm sorry I'm, and I promise, if I'm going overboard with anything, you can always talk me about it. But, Hark, Sir Kailen, my heart and the onions are in bloom. I'll wait for next week at the Outback Steakhouse soon. Okay. All right, enjoy the blue line, Amber, thanks.

That is a romantic. Joubles' first date follow-up. Michael Lewis. here. My best-selling book, The Big Short, tells the story of the build-up and burst of the U.S. housing market back in 2008. A decade ago, the Big Short was made into an Academy Award-winning movie. Now I'm bringing it to you for the first time as an audiobook narrated by yours truly. The Big Short story, what it means to bet against the market, and who really pays for an unchecked financial system, is as relevant today as it's ever been. Get the Big Short now at Pushkin.fm.

audiobooks, or wherever audio books are sold. Hi, I'm Danny Shapiro. We were in the car, like a Rolling Stone came on, and he said, there's a line in there about your mother. And I said, what? What I would do if I didn't feel like I was being accepted is choose an identity that other people can't have. I knew something had happened to me in the middle of the night, but I couldn't hold on to

what had happened. These are just a few of the moving and important stories on my 13th season. of Family Secrets. Listen to Family Secrets on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Welcome to Decoding Women's Health. I'm Dr. Elizabeth Pointer, chair of Women's Health and Gynecology at the Atria Health Institute in New York City. I'll be talking to top researchers and clinicians and bringing vital information about midlife women's health directly to you. A hundred percent of women go through menopause. Even if it's natural, why should we suffer through it? Listen to Decoding Women's Health.

with Dr. Elizabeth Pointer on the IHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. I'm Robert Smith, and this is Jacob Goldstein, and we used to host a show called Planet Money. And now we're back making this new podcast called Business History about the best ideas and people and businesses in history. And some of the worst people, horrible ideas, and destructive companies in the history of business. First episode, How Southwest Airlines Use Cheap Seats and Free Whiskey to fight its way to the airline is. The most Texas story ever. Listen to business history on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts,

or wherever you get your podcasts. Whether it is getting swatted or just hateful messages online, there is a lot of harm and even just reading the comments. That's cybersecurity expert Camille Stewart Gloucester on the Therapy for Black Girls podcast. Every season is a chance to grow. And the Therapy for Black Girls podcast is here to walk with you. I'm Dr. Joy Harden Bradford.

and each week we dive into real conversations that help you move with more clarity and confidence. This episode, we're breaking down what really happens to your information online and how to protect yourself with intention. Listen to Therapy for Black Girls on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcast. This is an IHeart podcast.

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