First Date Follow Up - The Jubal Show - Taylor & Jake: He Ghosted Her After a Perfect Date… But the Real Reason Is Wild 🤯

Episode Date: April 23, 2026

Taylor thought she ruined everything after sending a brutally honest text—to the wrong person. But when she gets ghosted, the truth behind Jake’s silence turns out to be something no one saw coming. This hilarious and unexpected First Date Follow Up is packed with awkward moments, dating anxiety, and a twist that completely flips the story. 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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Radio app. Apple Podcast or wherever you get your podcast. First date follow-up. Powered by the Advocates Injury Attorneys. Online at Advocateslaw.com. Taylor is on the show today for a first date follow-up, and she's getting ghosted by a guy named Jake. So in a few minutes, we'll call him and see if he'll tell us

why he's ghosting her and maybe get her another date. But first, Taylor, how long has it been since you talked to Jake? Hi, it's been six days. Oh, okay. That's not terrible. Almost a week. felt like forever though guys like i'm like freaking out i've been freaking out yeah it's the worst feeling okay but it makes me feel so stupid no it's not stupid yeah that's not your fault that

you know unfortunately it happens but we'll see we can figure out why we don't know it's not the fault but we'll tell us about the date well so we actually met at a mutual friends birthday party um and just from that like that wasn't our first date but that whole night i mean I spent the entire night talking him. I barely even said, happy birthday to my friend. But we were just in the kitchen, like, making stupid jokes,

and that kind of led to us talking the entire night. And I just had a really great time with him then, and I haven't really felt that in a long time. And so we planned a date, and then we got ramen, and we walked around a park, and it was, like, exactly, like the moment that we met.

What do you think could have gone wrong? Okay, so I do think it is my fault, actually. And I feel like it's the, I mean, I'm a clumsy person, but this is like the worst thing that I've ever done, I think. It's very embarrassing. So, you know that, you know, when you, like, check in with your best friend in the middle of the date and you just give them, like, the, you know, the text that's like, okay, your vibes are good or whatever.

whatever. Yes. So, so actually I, I did send that text to him instead of my text. She texted him? Oh, no.

What did say? Let me just read it to you. Okay. So he said, I said, he's cute, but if he says vibes,

unironically one more time, I might combust. Oh. It was kind of a joke. It was kind of a joke because it was actually, I was going to tell her later that that was actually like an inside joke between like me and Jake that we were, because we were talking, like, we were being like bros and I don't know, we were just pretending to be bros and doing all this stuff.

And so it was kind of a funny thing to me that I was just going to tell her about later. And then, yeah, I sent that to him and then reading it back, I'm like, oh, that actually sounds like I actually am making a dig at him or something and that's not at all what it was oh my god but yeah so I sent that to him what did he say when he got it like did he call you out like did you just make a message or I didn't know I he didn't see it because like I sent it while we were still on a date and so I mean he's such a sweetheart like you didn't even look at his phone the entire date so he didn't even see it until after we had already parted ways and I don't know like today ended so well we kissed and we yeah we made that plan

to meet again and then after after the day that's when I saw that I sent that oh my gosh I'd be freaking out right now too well oh no Taylor is on the phone and she's getting ghosted by a guy named Jake so we're about to call him and see if he'll tell us why he's ghosting her and maybe get her a second date but first Taylor why don't you recap your situation for us real quick okay yeah well six days ago I went on a date with a really cute guy that I really like a lot and he made me laugh so much, which never happens. But during the day, I had

sent a text that I meant to send to my best friend. I accidentally sent that to him, and the text may have seemed like a dig at him, and it was supposed to be a joke, and he wasn't ever supposed to see it. I think that he may have taken it.

I feel that secondhand anxiety for you. Yeah. Yeah, it's real. I know. We'll see if that is the reason. Are you ready for us to call him? Yeah. Yeah. All right. Here we go. Hello.

Hi, may I speak to Jake, please? Yeah, this is Jake. Jake, hey, how you doing? This is the Jubal show. It's a radio show. What's up, Jake? My name's Nina. Hi, I'm Victoria.

I'm Jubal. How are you? Good. Good. How are you guys? Good. Do you listen to the show? I don't.

I don't listen. Not actively. All right. Well, no worries. The reason we're calling you today is because of a segment that we do-do on the show. You said do-do. Sorry about that. Wow. Both of you.

Are you serious? You should really listen because that's the high caliber kind of stuff you get on the show, you know? That was really funny to me. It was funny to me too. Because do-do, Victoria. Oh my gosh. Jake, I'm sorry. We do a segment on the show called the first date follow-up.

That's where if you go on a date with somebody and then you end up ghosting them, that person can email us and get you on the phone to ask you why you're ghosting. So we got an email about you from somebody. Yeah, this is that Taylor? Is it Taylor? Yes, it is Taylor. You knew that fast. Yeah.

Do you have a few minutes to talk to us about it and tell us why you're ghosting? 100% totally. I'd love to. Oh, okay. So my roommate got a VR headset, you know, you put them on your, like, go into, you can play games and like that's cool. That's cool. Yeah. No, you're crazy, but like, and I've never used it before, so I kind of got like real.

really, really addicted to virtual reality ping pong. Okay. And I've been going crazy in it. And I stood too close to the corner of this wall and fractured my wrist as I was playing. Oh. You fractured your wrist playing VR. Okay. That's funny.

I'm sorry. I shouldn't laugh at that. That hurts. No, it's okay. I mean, it's stupid. I feel so stupid about it. And now, like, because I fractured it, I like it hurts to hold my phone like my phone sitting on my desk right now and I'm just speaking into it I

I can't type I can't text I can't play virtual reality ping pong I can't do anything so and okay well it's just tough it's like I'm trying to I'm trying to verbalize my text you know and like speak them out so that Siri picks them up yeah voice attacks yeah vibes are snorting and Brahmin's destiny and it like it doesn't make sense okay so because you hurt your wrist you can't communicate with people. I just can't feel dumb. Okay. Honestly. Okay. That's why you're

ghosting? A little bit because like I don't know how to, it's frustrating when I can't text it and I don't know how to be like, hey, uh, I haven't talked to you because I broke my wrist playing virtual reality ping pong. Yeah. I didn't even anything like a wall. Oh, well, if you guys

hit it off like you think you did, I don't know that she'd think it was dumb. Maybe she thinks it's cute. I guess maybe. be I didn't really think about that. Can I say something? Can I say something? Yes, you can. Hey, Jake, that's Taylor.

She's been on the phone listening. Wait, what? Yeah. Taylor? Yeah. Oh my gosh. Oh my gosh. Like, I just, I thought I totally humiliated myself.

I've been spiraling for the past six days. But you've got a VR ping pong wrist injury? What? Yeah. That's what this is all about. Yeah, kind of. I'm so sorry.

No, I mean, like, that's so random and adorable, but also, like, it's been six days, and I thought that you hated me. What that happened? I don't know of him out of him right now.

I don't hate you. I literally, I could, I could never hate you. I thought, I was, I've been, like, really happy that,

that we met and beating myself up that I feel like I can't just be an adult and just do the adult thing and tell you I broke my wrist playing ping pong. Well, you're playing like that. VR ping pong. Oh, me, of course. I was like, I would play VR ping pong with you, Jake. I'd play that with me.

You know, once your wrist feels. I mean, I can just swap to my left hand and then you can use right. You probably shouldn't say you can use your left hand. Otherwise, she's going to get even more mad. You could have texted with your left hand. I can't. I can't. No, I don't know.

Okay. Because Jake, he's a very cute human. I don't know. Oh, okay. Well, that's cute. Jake, would you like to go out on another date with Taylor? We'll pay for it. Yeah.

Yeah. Yeah. For sure. 100%. Okay. Well, Taylor, congratulations. Yay. Thank you guys. I'm so happy right now. Oh my God, me too. You're going to sleep good tonight.

Absolutely. When a group of women discover they've all dated the same prolific con artist, they take matters into their own hands. I vowed, I will be his last target. He is not going to get away with this. He's going to get what he deserves. We always say that trust your girlfriends. Listen to the girlfriends. Trust me, babe.

on the Iheart radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcast. I got you. In 2023, Bachelor star Clayton Eckerd was accused of fathering twins, but the pregnancy appeared to be a hoax. You doctored this particular test twice in so much, correct? I doctored the test once.

It took an army of internet detectives to uncover a disturbing pattern. Two more men who'd been through the same thing. Greg, a lesbian, Michael Mancini. My mind was blown. I'm Stephanie Young. This is Love Trapped. Laura, Scottsdale Police.

As the season continues, Laura Owens finally faces consequences. Listen to Love Trapped podcast on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. What's up, everyone? I'm Ago Vodam. My next guest, it's Will Ferrell. Woo, woo, woo, woo, woo. My dad gave me the best advice ever. He goes, just give it a shot.

But if you ever reach a point where you're banging your hands, head against the wall and it doesn't feel fun anymore. It's okay to quit. If you saw it written down, it would not be an inspiration. It would not be on a calendar of, you know, the cat. Just hang in there. Yeah. It would not be. Right. It wouldn't be that. There's a lot of luck. Yeah. Listen to Thanks, Dad, on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. On a recent episode of the podcast, Money and Wealth with John Hobriant, I sit down with Tiffany the budgetista aliche to talk about what it really takes to take control of your money. What would that look like in our families if everyone was able to pass on wealth to the people

when they're no longer here? We break down budgeting, financial discipline, and how to build real wealth, starting with the mindset shifts. Too many of us were never, ever taught. If you've ever felt you didn't get the memo on money, this conversation is for you to hear more. Listen to money and wealth with John Hope Bryant from the Black Effect Network. on the I'd Heart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcast. This is an IHeart podcast, guaranteed human.