First Date Follow Up - The Jubal Show - Tristan & Justin - The VR Date Disaster That Led to a Surprising Ghost

Episode Date: December 1, 2025

In this episode of the First Date Follow-Up, Justin reaches out after getting completely ghosted by Tristan, despite what he thought was an amazing VR arcade date. From explosive gameplay moments to one very suspicious “bulge” in his jacket, something on this date set off major red flags. Now, Tristan reveals the real reason she disappeared, and it’s not what anyone expected. 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 Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. First day to follow up. Powered by the advocates injury attorneys. Online at Advocateslaw.com. Justin is on the phone today for our first day of follow up, and he's getting ghosted by a woman named Tristan. So in a minute, we're going to call her and see if she'll tell us why she's ghosting him and maybe get him a second date. But first, Justin, how long has it been since you heard from Tristan? Oh, it's been a minute. It's been like two weeks. Yeah, it's been like two weeks. Like even leading up to the date, we were going like at the buildup was like once a day, like quick exchange, like, oh, you know, goofy thing happened on the way to work or whatever. And then

then it was like leading up to the date it was like a couple times three times a day at some point and then and then it just completely dropped so I feel like after the date I was like okay it'll be at least once a day and then after a couple of attempts nothing out yeah that's a very obvious that's a very obvious ghost well why don't you tell us what happened on the date or how it went I mean the whole day was great. I mean, it was, I mean, she's amazing. Like, we hit it off with, like, a meme off.

Like, we had a, we had a group chat going, and, like, she sent a meme and I sent a meme, and she kind of, like, privately texted me and was, like, that was fantastic. And it was just like, okay, it's on, it's on. Were you guys met, like, in a group chat you guys met? Yeah, basically. Okay, okay. 20, 25, man.

Yeah, but you got that side text, though, so that's a good sign. That was huge, right? I was like, okay, I was not expecting. It was pleasant surprise. And then, um, so anyway, we went, we went out. She was just really great. So we went to, I don't know, I heard good things about like a VR arcade. And I was like, I never tried it.

I want to, this seems like the type of person that'd be down to try something new with me. So I went for it and she was down. So we went to this VR arcade. and it was awesome I don't I'm not a huge gamer but I dabble and it felt like she had the same vibes so we were just being nerdy together kind of like a different side of me that I got to let out a little bit and it was just super fun it was like it was like this uh race you know race to the finish beat the clock kind of thing so they had like different scenarios of uh of like high like you know fun stressful situations it was like a bomb we had to diffuse a bomb we had to diffuse a bomb right okay right so it was like super fun and playful and then um you know we're we're doing the doing that thing and as i'm recapping the whole day i think this is probably so we do it we do it in the bomb thing and she's like cut the blue wire cut the blue wire cut the blue wire right and then i don't know if it was half

joking like 60% serious and 40% joking but i went i went i went There's no blue wire. This is how I'm going to die. And I kind of just, like, went a little crazy. Okay. And I felt, like, contact on one of my hands. And so, like, kind of hard contact. Like, I kind of threw my hands up when I was like, I'm going to die or whatever.

And I felt contact. And I, like, peaked under my headset. And I saw that I had, I think, and I'm pretty sure I called. clobbered her, her arm, like her shoulder. Oh, no. Like, just kind of, like, splailed and went, and I was like, oh, shoot. I didn't say shoot, obviously, but, like,

we played it off, like, we kind of laughed it off after that, even though, like, there were people around, and, like, people were having different reactions. It was a little embarrassing, but we laughed it off and played it cool. We had the spot had smoothies, and so, like, we just, you know, we just chilled out and had some smoothies,

and then even after we, you know, didn't defuse the bomb or whatever. We still were able to hang out for a little while. So, yeah, I don't, you know. 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 then maybe get you a second date, okay?

Okay, thank you. We'll get your first date follow up next. Right in the middle of your first date and follow up, if you're just joining us, Justin, is on the phone, and he's been getting ghosted by a woman named Tristan for two weeks, and 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, Justin, why don't you break down your situation for us again real quick? Yeah, so I met this girl Tristan.

We hit it off. Super great connection. We went to a VR arcade and we were, you know, problem solving with the virtual reality. And we were I was trying to defuse a bomb. And then in the, in diffusing the bomb. I made like a pretty big gesture and I accidentally hit her pretty good in her shoulder. And we laughed it off. We still had smoothies after the bomb was not diffused.

And so I'm confused as to why I'm being ghosted because I'm looking at that situation of the potential reason. But it seems like we resolved it. So yeah. Oh, well, let's see if you did resolve it. Are you ready for us to call her? All right. Yeah, let's do this.

Here we go. Hello. Hi, I'm going to speak to Tristan, please. This is a radio show. It's called The Jubal Show. Hi, Tristan. I'm Nina. Hi, I'm Victoria.

And my name's Jubal. What's up? Hey, hey, hi. Have you ever listened to this show before? I believe so, once in passing. Grab it around. That's not bad. Well, you can always listen to the show.

the podcast on the jubel show.com if you want calling you today because we do a segment on the show called the first date follow up and what that is is where if you go out 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 and we got an email about you from somebody do you know who would email us i may have an idea yeah maybe okay who do you think it is um i don't want to name them just in case but But I kind of feel like I know maybe. Okay. I don't know.

Jason? No, it is not Jason. Jason might be wondering why you're ghosting him, but he has not contacted us. But Justin did. Oh, okay. Do you mind telling us why you're ghosting Justin? Well, I ghosted because he stole a VR headset. What?

Yeah, he just, like, stuffed it into his coat. So, like, we went on a date, and we had VR headsets to use at this, you know, gaming place. And, like, he shoved it under his jacket. And then when we went for smoothie, like, all I could notice was this weird puff sticking out of his jacket. And that's when I knew, like, who looked around with a tech bulge? Like, that's not cool. Like, I just don't date people who steal, like, it's a standard of mine. If you could say that, like, that's just, no, that was just absolutely, like, red flag behavior.

So you didn't call him out on it or anything or ask him to try to confirm that it really was a stolen VR headset? No, no, I didn't because, like, I knew it was. I just, I saw him stuff something in his jacket, like, what else would it be? Like, that's the only thing we were using at the time. So, like, yeah, no, he definitely stole it. Wow. So you don't want to go out with the guy who steals things from. places that you go to? Is that what you're saying?

Absolutely not. Okay. Well, thank you for telling us. I do have to let you know that Justin is actually on the phone and wants to talk to you. I don't know if he's currently wearing the VR headset, but he is on the phone. Oh, God. Justin? Uh, yeah.

Did you jack a VR hit, uh, VR headset? No. What? Uh, I can't help but laugh because it's obvious. I absolutely did not. deal that I wouldn't have stolen the headset when I paid for the whole two-hour package. I went back. I took it to the counter.

You check them in, you check them out kind of thing. And that's what they told me to do. So that's what I did. And maybe I like, I think I remember doing a little bit. Yeah, I did like a little bit because we were,

you know, I was just adding on to the bits that I was, you know, we were just just using a bomb and it felt like kind of sneaky. So I was being kind of sneaky, like returning the set, being real goofy and trying to play off hitting you in the arm I was trying to just

like just totally no pun intended to fuse that situation I did not steal the VR headset the VR headset was not a VR headset it was um it was a

it was a stuffed penguin it was a stuffed penguin so it's a giant stuff penguin So, like, the prize wall, like, Tristan, you remember the prize wall? And then you were like, you, you kind of commented on how, on how cute the giant stuff penguin was. So when you went to the bathroom to wash your hands, I kind of snuck, you know, I sneaked, like, I bought it and, like, tried to sneak it. So I wanted to surprise you with it.

And then, yeah. You didn't steal the VR headset. You weren't, like, smuggling equipment out of there when. views for leaving you know i have no desire to upgrade my no i i have no desire to upgrade my tech in that way uh it's just i'm yeah it was it was a penguin wait but so why didn't you give it to her then jester i for i kind of just the smoothie was went great and then i just kind of forgot about it and then yeah so where's the penguin now jesson i think i I actually, now that I realize, I think I left it at the smoothie table.

No. Yeah. Because I was, I was like, I'll take it to the parking lot, but then it went really well with the smoothies and all that, and I kind of just forgot about it. I think I just left that, that poor little guy there. Oh, my God. I can't, I, yeah, you had just a lump in your thing. I thought you were just completely, like, smuggling things out or something, and then they're

like, so. No, no, I didn't. I know. and I'm sorry, no way, no, and I'm sorry again for accidentally hitting you in the shoulder. I promise, like, I would love, I really would love to take you out again, and I promise I will not hit you accidentally or persistently or anything, any kind of non-consensual physical contact will not take place. And also, I won't pretend to smuggle anything at any given moment. I feel like I'm digging myself in a hole at this point. I just love to thank you out of time, period.

Tristan, would you like to go out with Justin again on another day? We'll pay for it. I mean, honestly, like, that's extremely darky and just kind of adorable. But also, I'm kind of like, am I stupid? But, yeah, no, yeah. I mean, maybe we can go back and find my penguin just for me. Yeah, but let's go back and find your penguin. Okay, all right.

Well, congratulations, Justin. you got another date. It is. Tristan, thank you so much for the second opportunity. I'm not going to smuggle anything unless it's like snacks and do a movie theater. That's not the only thing I would consider smuggling. Okay, yes, and I won't judge you on curious that. Maybe I'll ask this time.

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