First Date Follow Up - The Jubal Show - First Date Follow Up: Bailey & Craig - He Thought the Date Went Great… but it didn't

Episode Date: August 18, 2026

Craig thought his date with Bailey was a total success—great conversation, a romantic ending, and plenty of chemistry. So why did she suddenly stop responding? When The Jubal Show gets Bailey on the phone for a First Date Follow Up, her reason for ghosting Craig sparks a brutally honest conversation about dating, attraction, first impressions, and whether one small detail can ruin an entire date. Listen to find out what really happened—and whether Craig and Bailey have any chance of a 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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and it was happening. I thought it went really well, so I don't know. I'm not sure why she's not getting back to me. Okay. What did y'all do? Um, we went to, uh, went to this restaurant and the water. Oh, it's like a Ski food place. Nice. Yeah, they have like great appetizers and stuff. And, and then we talked a lot and, I mean, she did bring tarot cards to the date. Like, to do a reading? Yeah, but she really didn't know how to, how to use them. So it was kind of like fun and cute. It was kind of like a, like an icebreaker type deal. Okay. Okay. Okay. And yeah, we were both like making up stories about what our future would be like. And it was cool.

We kind of just like, you know, talked about how much kids we wanted and grew up on a farm. It was fun. It was like we both, she was saying something similar as well. And yeah, then it was going, everything was going great. And we walked, I walked up to her car. And we kind of, you know, made out on the parking lot. And we did it for a while. And it was great.

And then I don't know. And I want to get a hold her because she's like really, really fun. She's like really fun, fun pain with that person, which I'm really like looking for right now. And I really like the excitement she brings. Did anything happen on the date that was awkward at all? Yeah, a little bit. Okay. The way he said that, I sound like, yeah, there was this huge thing.

Afterwards, I realize I actually, I'm kind of embarrassed by it, actually. because when I got home, I realized, like, I spilled olive oil on my pants, like my, my, I'm from the bread from, like, my, on my crotch area. Okay. And I didn't notice at all until I, until I got home. So my only thing I'm thinking of, I'm afraid if she thought, like, you know, I peed myself. That's the only thing I think why she might be, not be calling me back. Especially if it's in a certain area. I mean, it could look awkward.

Yeah. Well, especially if she didn't see it. And maybe she did. I don't want to take a picture of my pants. Like, hey, about this. I think it's kind of weird. Craig is on the phone, and we're about to call Bailey, a girl that he went out with, who's now ghosting him and see if she'll tell us why she's ghosting him

and maybe get him another date. But before we do that, Craig, why don't you catch everybody up on your situation? Yeah, I went up this girl at Bailey. We had a lot of fun, went to a seafood place. We, you know, played terror cards, messed around, joked around, me out a little bit. I think it went well. I think everything went well until I got home. And I realized I had some oil from the bread and I spilled on my pants.

And I just spit in my crotch area. It doesn't look great. So, and I called texted. I haven't heard back. So I don't know. She's kind of ghosting you. I'm so sorry. I'm laughing.

But that's, I mean, come on. That's got to be kind of funny. Yeah, I mean, it is. Like, even if she is ghosting you because of that, it's still pretty funny. I know it is 100%. All right. You ready for us to call her? Yeah, sure.

Yeah. Okay, here we go. Hello. Hi, may I speak to Bailey, please? Yeah, this is she. Hi, Bailey. How are you? My name is Jubal, and this is a radio show.

It's called The Jubal Show. Hi, the whole show's here. I'm Nina. Hi, and I'm Victoria. Oh, hi, I'm good. Hi, guys. Thanks for calling, I guess. Yeah.

Have you listened to the show before? Yeah. Cool. So we're calling because this is a first date follow-up where if you go on a date with somebody and you end up ghosting them, they can have us get you on the phone and ask why you're ghosting them

and you're currently ghosting somebody. Okay, maybe. Do you have any idea? Who would email us? Oh, you know, I'm casually, you know, have met some people, so I'm not exactly sure. Okay, Bailey's busy. So it could be a number of people.

You want to throw out a name? Okay, let's see. Is it Craig? Yes, congratulations. You did win something. You got that. right. It's Craig. He emailed us and told us about your date and he says that you haven't talked to him for a week and he's wondering if you'll tell us why. Um, I mean, it actually might kind of sound super stupid. But yeah, I guess I have been avoiding him. Um, so I didn't like his shoe.

What was wrong with his shoes? He was wearing these like, um, these like half sneaker kind of like half hiking boot kind of shoe. Um, you know, are dates. And he just felt a little too like, you know, crunchy granola for me. A crunchy granola. Okay. You know, there's like that type, the granola guy. I don't know. That shouldn't be a big deal. I know that sounds probably a lot of people think that sounds super stupid.

But for me, at this point in my life, like, it just seems like that's his vibe. And I'm like way too tired and like I'm getting older, like to try to change a man and like make a man fit into like the kind of style in life that I would live. and to change how he acts or how he dresses. So yeah, I just feel like I'm past that, like, teaching stage of my life. And I just want to find a man who is, like, an already trained, ready to be, like, the way that I like them. So you don't want to have to train a dude again to get him to? Yeah, like, let's be real. We all know we train our men.

I mean, come on. Like, you know, the dress, like, women kind of, you know, we train our dudes to be in the way that we like our dude. And it just seemed like, I'd have to work too. hard to try to change him and I shouldn't want to have to change somebody from who they are. You shouldn't. Yeah, you're right there. You shouldn't want to do that. I mean, I get wanting to influence somebody. Like, if you really like somebody and you really hate their shoes, I mean, there's definitely a way to be like, babe, you know what you'd look really cute in. I know. And that seems simple, but it just seems like the way of life. I know. I guess I just felt like I was like,

oh, this is going to take like months years of like trying to like maybe make you be the dude that I'm usually into, but it's not your style. So at this point, I was just like, you know what, forget it. Like he was actually super hot. I had a great time with him. I just, yeah, after that, I was just like, this isn't gonna go past the first date. Did you know that Craig is on the phone listening

and wants to talk to you? No. Well, he is. Well, hi. Hello. Hi, hi, how's doing? Hi, I mean, good. I'm sorry that you had to hear all that.

It's nothing personal. I think it's kind of shallow, to be honest, especially like over shoes. Like I have other pairs of shoes. I mean, yeah, I mean, I think it's, I don't know how you judge someone based off one, a parent, one date, but I guess that's your thing. It's kind of what you do, so.

Well, I mean, and I apologize. If you were like confused, I mean, I know we had like an awesome kiss at the end of the night and that was great. It's just like to me, of course we made out, you know, like I had two glasses of a chardonnay and you were there, you know, like makeups are just like innocent and fun like I think maybe by us kissing you probably thought it would be more serious after that like I don't know it didn't have to mean anything like I just thought it was a one great date and that was a great time but that we just like leave it at that

okay I mean that's that's fine I mean I guess you had a lot of past trauma about training guys or whatever that means um but there was just a pair of shoes so I mean it's fine it's cool No worries. Um, I hope you, uh, you know, bring, bring a pair of shoes to your next date. So you want the guy to wear. So you feel more comfortable. Yeah. I mean, I wouldn't really need to bring the shoes.

I was obviously looking for a man who just like knows how to dress on a date is what I kind of mean. Like, um, I mean, you do you. I'm sure you have plenty of other great shoes. Then like, why was that like the choice to represent who you are on date one? So I wouldn't say this is all on me just like, I don't think it has anything with trauma. It's just calling I don't want to waste my time on someone who like isn't really putting the thought in on a date.

I mean, I think a lot of girls like what I wear. I mean, I didn't like your, I don't like your makeup. It was really sloppy, but I wasn't trying to end the entire relationship because you couldn't, you know how to put on makeup. I guess that's your thing. So, you know, I just thought you had a bad makeup day. I won't see how well you did the next time. But I guess we're not doing that.

So. No. And like you said, you'll find you'll find. You said there's plenty of girls who like your shoes. So definitely go find one of them and you'll have a second date. I'm sure. Are we sure about that? Bailey, would you like another date with Craig?

We'll pay for it. No, I'm good. You know, I like somebody who really wants to bring it and wants to respect me on the date. I'll pass. No, I'm good as well. I'd rather not go on a second date. Someone who's empty and shallow has trauma over shoes and shirts and a very questionable makeup choices. If your bookshelf and your for you page are equally important to your personality, welcome home.

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