First Date Follow Up - The Jubal Show - FDFU Sam and Lila: Is Sam's family business a deal breaker?

Episode Date: July 16, 2026

Sam and Lilah seemed to have all the right ingredients for a great first date—dogs, a sunny brewery patio, fun conversation, and plenty of chemistry. But after Sam revealed the surprising family business he inherited, everything changed. Days turned into weeks without a reply, leaving Sam searching for answers. When Lilah finally explains why she disappeared, no one sees her reason coming, and the conversation takes a wildly unexpected turn. Is this a misunderstanding they can move past, or is it a dealbreaker unlike any other? SEO Keywords: first date follow up, why she ghosted me, dating podcast, ghosting story, Bumble date, relationship advice, funny dating stories, awkward first dates, mortuary job, unusual careers, podcast dating segment, second date, dating fails, viral relationship story.Support the show: https://the-jubal-show.beehiiv.com/subscribeSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Listen to Disgraceland on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. First date of follow-up. Powered by the Advocates Injury Attorneys, online at advocateslaw.com. Sam is on the phone today for our first date follow-up, and he's getting ghosted by a woman named Lila.

So in a few minutes, we'll call her and see if she can tell us why she's ghosting him and also maybe get him a second date if he still wants one. But before we do that, Sam, how long has it been since you last talk to Lila? Oh, it's been about a couple weeks, I guess.

A couple weeks, okay, that's a while. Yeah. Yeah, why do you want to get a hold of out for a few weeks? Like, plenty of fish in the sea. Little good. I think for me it's just getting some sort of answer. You feel like you're kind of left with no closure. Maybe I'm one of those people, but I don't know.

I always feel like I need some sort of, I need to make sense, you know? Yeah, totally. I get that, especially when you think something went really well. So why don't you tell us about the date? Yeah, yeah. So I met Lila on Bumble, you know, just swiping. And it was great. I really liked her based on her profile.

She seemed really grounded. outdoorsy and she had a dog which I do so I thought great connection I thought about the dog situation being such an organic way to kind of connect so I said let's go to the dog park and we went to this beautiful park and the dogs kind of ran around had a good time they seemed like they really got along it was a nice day date very PG safe everybody's happy doesn't feel like any sort of like you know no one's trying to do anything just meeting the dogs we went out of the park with the dogs and then Yeah, and as I felt was doing really well, I said, you know, there's a little brewery in a patio down the street. And it was a sunny day and everybody's chilling out.

And we started playing a little cornhole and, you know, just there's a pool table as well inside. And we just, we did all. Yeah. And the dogs were, it was a dog friendly place. So like they brought out little dog water bowls. And so I asked her basically what her family does and what and she wanted to know what mine did. And I decided, you know, it's not of a funky business that my family does. it's interesting anyway

and so I said why don't you guess so we started playing this kind of cute guessing game and I told her I inherited the family business so that's where I left her but I kept it really cryptic

with some clues I was like yeah there's always a continuing business it's always kind of built in you'll never run out of it these were my clues and I kind of got to a place where

she wasn't getting it and long story short I just kind of got to a place with the dogs and I felt like, I felt a little response and I'll explain that I'll be more careful next time about the dogs. And the date went on and we left in good turns. Maybe it was something about the game. I don't know.

I don't know. Well, we'll see if we can figure it out for you. We'll play a song, come back and then call her and see if she'll tell us why she's ghosting you. And maybe get you a second date if you still want one, okay? Sounds good. All right. Okay, we'll get your first date follow up. Next.

It's the Jebel show. First date follow up. powered by the advocates injury attorneys online at advocates law.com. Right in the middle of your first date, follow up. If you're just joining us, Sam is on the phone, and Sam's getting ghosted by a woman named Lila, so we're about to call her and see if she'll tell us why she's ghosting him and maybe get him a second date.

But before we do that, Sam, why don't you break down your situation again real quick? Yeah, we met on the dating app. She was really cute. I loved her dog. My dog really loved her dog. We went on a great little dog park date, took it to a brewery. And basically, in the date, we were playing a bit of a guessing game as to what my family business was.

And left on a pretty good note, I thought. And here we are. I just hadn't heard from her in like two weeks now. All right. You ready for us to call it? Yeah, yeah, please. Okay, here we go. Hello.

Hi, man, speak to Lila, please. Speaking. Hey, Lila, how are you? This is a radio show. It's called The Jubel show. Hi, Lila, I'm Nina. Hi, I'm Victoria. And my name is Jubal.

What's going on? Oh, hi. Hi. Have you ever heard the show before? Yeah, you guys pop up on my TikTok sometimes. Oh, cool. Oh, nice. That's cool.

So you have heard of the show before. But you're calling me, so that's what you are. Yeah. Yeah, well, we're calling you because we do a segment on the show called the first date follow-up. That's where if you go out on a date with somebody and you end up ghosting them, they can email us to get you on the phone and ask why you're ghosting them. Yeah. Oh, so we're like on right now.

Yeah. Okay. And Sam. Weird, but cool. Sam emailed us. Uh-huh. Mm-hmm. And Sam told us a little bit about your date and is wondering why are you ghosting him.

Would you mind telling us? Yeah, sure. I mean, truthfully, yeah, it's really just about his work. You know, he runs his family business and good for him. It's a successful business, but it is a mortuary, and I just, I don't do dead people. I don't want to be with somebody who comes home to me after, you know, handling dead people all day, you know? Yeah. That's really it.

Well. So it said he works at a mortuary. You don't want a dude that handles dead people. It's a consistent income. No, I do not do. dead people. I don't even watch scary movies. Like, no.

Okay. Okay. I bet he kind of runs across us a lot. I feel like it would be kind of a weird thing. I mean, that's like a family business. He could make good money. Yeah, I don't know. I mean, maybe I'm crazy, but for me, it's like an energy thing.

Like, if you're around dead people all day, like, spirits can attach to you and stuff. And I just like, I don't want to risk it. I want to deal with that. Like, if I was in. a scary movie. I'd be the girl that like first sign of something crazy. I'd be like, I'm out and I would survive. You know? Okay. So this is your

survival move right now. If somebody pulls out tarot cards, I'm out. Like, the TV card, I'm out. Like, you don't mess with this stuff, you know? Sure. Yeah. Well, thank you for telling us, Lila. I appreciate it. And just to let you know, Sam is actually on the phone and wants to talk to you. Yeah, I mean, you go on.

I mean, Lila, you ghosted me over that? You go to me over that. Yeah. What? You, I mean, really, you should have just mentioned that Bobby and I could explain it to you a little better. I just, I don't do dead people. Like, I don't have a better way to put that, but like, I don't want, I don't want to be in a relationship with someone who is around dead people all day. Like, just thinking about it makes me uncomfortable. Like, they're gonna, they're smells. I just, like, I can't stop, like, I couldn't stop picturing it. Like, I have this, honestly I have a fear of dead bodies even like like I'm actually afraid of zombies like I know

they're not real but I don't think they're impossible to become real you know like when there's no room left in hell they're going to roam the earth you know oh my gosh are you kidding wow that's what people say this is not this is not the walking dead it's not sheer the walking dead. It's none of those shows. Listen, it's a respectful profession. My family's been in it for a century. And it's about money, too. Like, let me be honest with you.

Like, my family's unloaded. And it's the same business. There's always going to be returning customers. You know what I mean? You know, really, basically people die. That's life. Spirits don't care about your bank account. So true.

That's crazy, though. You listen, you got it. You got to maybe get some sage or some palisanto and just cleaning your house. I'm just saying, like, you know that there's nothing to do with me. Energy doesn't stick on people like that. Listen, no, I'm telling you, I got home from our day, and I went to turn on the light in the bathroom, and it, like, burned out, and it was so loud, and it was, like, dramatic in a way that light's going out just isn't. Like, I'm telling you, this was the universe is telling me not to mess with this.

Oh, that's a big coincidence. Well, right? Yeah, that's what I'm trying to say. Is it coincidence, though? Coincidence. We had such a great chemistry. And I just want to think, like, what if we go back and start it again, no dogs, no talk of what my family businesses or work? Just like a normal chill date.

What do you say? Damn, how am I supposed to kiss you after you've been breathing in dead body, zombie air all day? Zombie air? Let's come on. I can't do it. Oh, well. Oh, well, are you sure, Lila, would you like another date with Sam? We'll pay for it.

No, I'm sorry. I just, like, I can't do it. I, I, there are people that won't care about this, and I cannot get past it. Are you really going to say no to a hot, rich once in a lifetime kind of man because you're scared of some zombie shit? I mean, yes, because zombies don't give us back about any of that. You think the zombies are going to come and say how much money is in your race to out before they get back you? Okay. They don't care.

You know. I mean, honestly, all the brains are for me then. I'll eat all the brains my side. All right. That didn't help. Well, you're in brains alone, Sam. I'm sorry. Joubles' first date follow-up.

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Guest stars, collaborators, and friends, including director Jonathan Chrysall, the mayor himself, Kyle McLaughlin, legendary musician Amy Man, and many more. Kyle is going for it here. You fully improvised, not just words, but a song about it. Well, I thought you were all going to write a song. I remember you thinking that. Listen to Podlandia. A.O. Rewatch on the IHOL.

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