First Date Follow Up - The Jubal Show - Joseph & Mia - A Perfect First Date… Until One Awkward Moment Changes Everything

Episode Date: December 10, 2025

In this holiday edition of our First Date Follow-Up countdown, Joseph says his date with Mia was one of the best he’s ever had—great conversation, future plans, nonstop chemistry. But after one unexpected encounter during the night, Mia suddenly ghosted him. Now Joseph wants answers. Was it a misunderstanding, a secret red flag, or something else entirely? 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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Joseph is on the phone today for a first-day follow-up, and he's getting ghosted by Mia, so we're going to see if we can find out why he's getting ghosted. and maybe get him another date if he still wants one. But first, Joseph, how long has it been since you heard from Mia? Well, I mean, it's been a couple weeks now, and I'm getting kind of worried. You're getting worried. Is there a reason why you feel worried, like about her or about her how she's ghosting you? Most of it's about how she's ghosting me.

It's been a little while, and it went so well. This was one of the best days I've ever had. It seems so promising. We actually, we were set up for dinner in a movie. and we were talking for so long at dinner that we ended up missing the movie like that was great you know yeah

you miss a whole movie well no I mean we were able to get in it's just it's been we ended up missing the opening so it just it felt really good you know talking to her tell us more about it what did you guys talk about why you know do you feel like it was so great oh well I mean we went

a pizza place because she had said in a previous conversation how much she loved pizza. And I was like, oh great, this is kind of casual, but also kind of like, you know, sort of a dinner's a little more than just like coffee. It was great. We didn't talk about our careers, you know, our families. We seem to be on the same wavelength. You know, actually we both mentioned that we wanted to check out a museum that we had been looking at and maybe we could do that sometime.

And I was like, oh, good. Okay, so like second tape right there. It's kind of built into it. I just felt really promising. Did anything happen on the date where it's kind of an obvious sign of why she's not on you back? I've got, I'm not going to lie, I've got an idea of what might have happened. See, while we were out, I saw my sister and, you know, my sister is married and I go over to dinner with her. her family every once in a while so I can see my nieces and nephews.

We recently talked about how I probably shouldn't talk about my love life, you know, around like the kids right now, you know, just until things get kind of settled. Because that way, you know, it became awkward for them. And when, you know, I saw it out, I was like, oh, no, this is kind of awkward. This is kind of weird. How do I act in this situation? I wouldn't be surprised if that was a little confusing. Wait, so you didn't talk to your sister?

No, no, I just was like, oh God, what do I do here? And it probably kind of upset how I spoke to Mia as well. Did you tell Mia that it was your sister who was there or that you knew each other or anything like that? No, I was afraid it was going to make things even more awkward. I was like, oh, God, if I just kind of play this off, let's not even like make a thing out of it. It's one of those the bigger than things, the more weird it gets.

I'm not going to lie, I'm not sure I did a great job at that. It sounds like it was kind of weird. Yeah, it sounds awkward. Yeah. All right, we'll see if we can figure it out. We'll play a song and then come back and call her and see if she'll tell us why she's ghosting you and maybe get you another date, okay?

Okay, thanks. Next. Joseph is on the phone. He's been getting ghosted for like two weeks now and doesn't know why, so we're about to call the girl that he went out with her name is Mia and see if we can figure out why he's getting ghosted and maybe get him another date. But before we do that, Joseph, why don't you refresh everybody's memory about your date with Mia? Sure. Me and I had a great time. We went to a pizza place. We talked about setting up a second date at a museum.

We actually were talking for so long. We almost missed the movie. I'm not sure why she hasn't gotten back to me after like a couple weeks. I'm a little worried that it's because I was a little awkward when I saw my sister out, but I'm not sure. Okay, well, we'll give her a call right now and ask her if she'll ask her why she's going to see you and see if she'll tell us and then maybe get you another day. You ready? All right, let's go. All right, here we go. Hello? Hi, may I speak to Mia, please?

Um, this is her. Hey, Mia, how are you? My name is Jubal. I host a radio show. It's called The Jubal Show. Hi, Mia. The show's here, too. I'm Nina.

Hi, and I'm Victoria. Oh. Hi. Hi. How are you doing today? Um, good. Okay, so what's the show? It's a radio show.

It's called The Juble Show. We do a segment on our show called The First Day Followup. That's where if you go out on a date with somebody and then end up ghosting them they can get they can email us to get you on the phone and ask why you're ghosting them and we got an email about you from joseph oh oh yeah yeah yeah yeah i definitely went out with a guy named joseph okay great well joseph said you you've been ghosting him for like two weeks now and he wants to know why he thought things went really well and he liked you a lot um well it actually did start off really well we went and had

pizza and we had a lot of things in common. We were laughing. We were even planning on going to a museum for the next date. But then we went to the movies and he is clearly not over his ex because we saw his ex there and he was acting really weird. He showed no affection to me. It was very awkward. And then after the movies, we rushed out of there.

And so that is why, because he's not over his ex. How do you know that was his ex? Did he say that? He didn't say that, but it was like he looked over at her. He was acting really strange. It just, it felt like it was his ex. I mean, you kind of just know that's his ex. You know, it was awkward because he like stopped touching me.

He stopped. I mean, who else would it be, you know? Could it be like his sister or something? Well, why would his sister care if he was touching me? That is a very fair point. But sometimes what we think is happening isn't always happening. Possibly. I mean, was that a sister?

I don't know. Let's ask him, because Joseph is actually on the phone listening and wants to talk to you. Oh, hi. Oh, my God. Okay. Oh, wow. Hi. No.

Yeah, you were actually. something really weird with that girl. It definitely felt like that was your ex. You had your hand on my lap, and then when you saw her, you took your hand off, and it was just very distant. It was very awkward. Yeah. Believe it or not, that actually is my sister.

That's your sister. Yes. I was, we have an agreement that I don't like, that I don't talk about. my ongoing, like, romantic relationships for a little while here. Uh, definitely not, you know, around my nieces and nephews. And it's kind of that. A couple of like, oh, God, it's, like, not time. I don't really want to, like, introduce your family on a first date.

You know, I had, um, sorry, I did not handle that well. Yeah, you, that was, why did you just say something or text me after words. I mean, we rushed out of the movie theater. What? Yeah, Joseph, you didn't play this right. Yeah, after we just rushed it out and then, like, it just felt very awkward. I mean, if you kind of explain, which is kind of weird that you don't want to talk about your relationship, but I guess sometimes you don't, I mean, it was our first date.

I guess I got, I guess I got that. Like, you don't want to, you know, introduced to the family, but that was really weird. You didn't say hi to her? or even say anything to me did she say anything yeah yeah right yeah no i just kind of wanted to leave the situation i was really thinking i was like oh good i'll just kind of get out of here i'll play it off cool uh i very clearly did a terrible job of that yeah you did i mean yeah it was like it was very comfortable and then all of you saw her and like this night and day you were affectionate and then

nothing Joseph you kind of turned into a red flag I'm really sorry you're so sweet and I really wanted this to work out for you but you can't just run away from a situation that's uncomfortable every time something's not cool for you you can't just go oh let's go

oh my God that's funny that was your sister for it sure I know stuff happens but I mean on a first day meeting family I can you just say it's your friend but yeah your sister's obviously not going to be but listen if you're doing it in front of kids you're just like hey this is my friend Bob

you know well Joseph you could have done that next time yeah next time yeah well how would you like to have another awkward situation happen with Joseph because I think there might be many he seems like an awkward like I mean that in a good way it's endearing yeah would you like to go on another date with

Joseph we'll pay for it how many siblings of these how many times will this happen Joseph it's now we sent it to sister I actually feel a lot better. It was a little weird. You should tell me next time.

But yeah, I actually had a really good time at the pizza place. And I would like to see that museum still. So I would totally want to go out with you again. So you run into his next girlfriend at the museum. Okay. Sorry, just kidding. I wish you the best. I know he has a reputation, but it's going to catch up to him.

Gabe Ortiz is a cop. His brother Larry, the mystery Gabe didn't want to solve until it was too late. He was the head of this gang. You're going to push that line for the cause? Took us under his wing and showed us the game, as they call it. When Larry's killed, Gabe must untangle a dangerous past, one that could destroy everything he thought he knew. Listen to the brothers Ortiz on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts,

or wherever you get your podcasts. Hey, everyone, it's me, Katie Couric. Did you know that I recently joined Substack? Very exciting. It's where I'll be sharing my unfiltered conversations with the people everyone's talking about. I'll also tell you what I'm reading, what I'm watching, what's making me crazy,

and what's giving me hope. If you like deep dives, hot takes, and real talk, you're in the right place. Search Katie Couric on Substack and hit subscribe. I'll be there reporting live, most likely, in my pajamas. See you there. You know, the shade is always,

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