First Date Follow Up - The Jubal Show - What was misheard in this First Date Follow Up?

Episode Date: January 16, 2023

First Date Follow Up is when we get an email from someone who went on a date and the other person isn't calling back. We get that other person on the phone to see why they're "ghosting".Believe it or not, if you mishear something and don't ask for clarification, then things will get confusing. You will understand what we mean by that in this First Date Follow Up!Leave a rating and review wherever you listen. It will help the show out in a big way. If that's not your thing, you can find us on social media here:https://instagram.com/thejubalshowhttps://twitter.com/thejubalshowhttps://www.tiktok.com/@thejubalshowSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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His name is Martin. And she has no idea why. Larissa, thank you for your email. Thanks for coming on the show. Before we get into your date and why you think you might be getting ghosted, how long has it been since you went out with Martin? It's been like a week or two. A week or two.

Okay. So probably like a week and a half then? Yeah, around that. How many times have you tried to reach out to him in that week-ish? I mean, like I reached out a couple times, but I also don't want to seem overbearing. You know what I mean? Yeah. And so after your date, did he just ghost you?

Like he hasn't responded to anything? Yeah, he has not responded. Did you reach out via text or was it like on social media? Yeah. Yeah. Like I texted like we had a good time on our date. So I texted him right after I didn't hear back. And then I texted a couple of days later and still didn't hear back.

And I'm just confused. We really did have a good time. OK. Another question just to follow up do you follow him on social media because like maybe you could see that he's active on social media so it's like a 100 we follow each other but he's like one of those guys that doesn't post a lot you know what i mean okay tell us about your date i mean it was so fun we went to this um entertainment type center where they had mini

golf and bowling arcade games like all of that stuff those are always fun dates yeah yeah i mean like we got food and drinks and everything like we were there for a couple hours you know like it was so fun you know and at one point he even won me a teddy bear. Cute. Felt like I was in a rom-com because, you know, I was like, he walked me to my car afterwards. And he was like carrying this teddy bear for me because it was too big. Like, it was so cute. Did you get a kiss at the end of the date? Did you let the teddy bear in on it? No, he didn't do that.

But he did give me a kiss on the cheek okay um yeah he was just like really cool and you know just a really well-mannered gentleman okay that's nice so why do you think he's not calling you back then honestly i have been racking my brain for this. I don't know. The only thing I could think of was that I'm pretty clumsy and I dropped our cup of coins at the arcade. It was not my best moment. It was a little embarrassing.

I don't know. It could be that. Did they go all over the place? Yeah. Over that person. Did you pick them up? Yeah. Any of those places, their And did you pick them up? Yeah. Okay.

Any of those places, their carpets, to me, I don't want to pick up anything that goes, I could drop a million dollar bill if I had one. And I'd be like, I'm not picking that up. It's not worth my life. Yeah. I don't know. It could be that. Or I was thinking maybe it could be because I didn't want to play mini golf and he did.

I don't know. I don't know. Those are the only two things I can really think of. Wait, what do you mean you didn't want to play mini golf and he did i don't know i don't know those are the only two things i can really think of wait what do you mean you didn't want to play mini golf and he did like was it uh like um small disagreement a little bickering not even he was like hey do you want to play mini golf that looks fun i was like oh no we should do this instead and i like showed him another game and we just did that instead yeah i mean and if he was so upset about you not wanting to play mini golf that he's ghosting you,

you probably don't want another date with that guy. I don't feel like that's what it is because he was such a gentleman. You know what I mean? Yeah. I'll be honest. I agree. I feel like it's something outside that, that neither us or you expect because the two reasons that you gave,

dropping the coins and then not wanting to play mini golf, surely that isn't a reason to just ghost you. I'm thinking it definitely has to be something else. Or maybe you're not telling us something. Ooh! Are you not telling us something, Larissa?

No, I'm telling you guys everything I know. Only one way to find out. We'll find out soon because we'll play a song, come back, Larissa? No, I'm telling you guys everything I know. Okay. Only one way to find out. We'll find out soon because we'll play a song, come back, and then call Martin and see if we can figure out and see if he'll tell us why he's not calling you back. And if you still want another date after hearing it, try to get you another date, okay? Sounds good.

All right, we'll do it next. If you're just joining us for today's first date follow-up, Larissa's on the phone for a first date follow-up. She's getting ghosted by a guy named Martin. They went to one of those entertainment center type places for a date, played mini golf.

He even won her a teddy bear. They didn't play mini golf. They didn't. She swerved that, but they played all the other games. Yeah, where am I at? They didn't play mini golf, but it has mini golf.

And she thinks that one of the reasons she might be getting ghosted by Martin is because she didn't want to play mini golf and he brought it up so maybe he was offended at that or he's really into mini golf like way too much into mini golf and didn't want to call her back or the fact that she spilled her tokens all over the ground and that was embarrassing for larissa and maybe martin thought that was embarrassing as well didn't want to call her back neither of those sound like a reason that somebody would ghost you, Larissa. But we're going to call him in a second and find out why Larissa is getting ghosted and see if we can get her another date.

All right, Larissa. Now that you've got a few minutes to think about it, is there anything else you can think of that would be a reason he's not calling you back? That's it. That I've been wrapping my brain for the whole week. Okay. All right. here we go. I'm going to dial the phone right now. Hello?

Hi, may I speak to Martin, please? Yeah, this is he. Who is this? Martin, how are you, man? This is Jubal. I don't know if you have ever heard of me or not, but I host a radio show called The Jubal Show. It's a radio show, and my name is Jubal,

and then there's some other people here as well. Yep. Hi, I'm Victoria. I'm Benny. I'm Christian Grace now. Yeah. Hi. So have you ever listened to the show before? Yeah, I have once or twice. 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 end up getting ghosted, that person can email us to see if we can find out why they got ghosted, so that's why we're calling you. Okay, but I haven't gotten ghosted, so I don't know. You're doing the ghosting, yeah, you're the ghost. Okay, yeah, yeah, I know, Larissa, yeah. I don't know. You're doing the ghosting. Yeah. You're the ghost. Okay. Yeah. Yeah.

No, no. I know. Larissa. Yeah. So yeah, Larissa emailed us. Larissa emailed us and she told us all about your date. She said she had a great time. She thought you were awesome.

Yeah. She said some very nice things about you, Martin. But why aren't you calling her back? Okay. She is absolutely right. We had a great time i really enjoyed you know hanging out with her and talking to her and stuff like that but i'm pretty sure on the date she said she was a jehovah's witness and i know like how strict they are like with the they're not celebrating

the holidays and like the no premarital sex thing and I just don't think I could date somebody that's that you know strictly religious I like how you put the holidays first I like how you put the holidays first to play what you really wanted to talk about just being honest I like holidays man

so that's why you just you wouldn't want to date a Jehovah's Witness and I'm not you know trying to like talk down on her or anything Okay, so that's why. You just, you wouldn't want to date a Jehovah's Witness. Right, yeah, just that. You know, and I'm not, you know, trying to, like, talk down on her or anything. Like, you know, happy for her and her religion, but I don't think I could do it, you know? Well, what if she's not that strict with it? Yeah, she kept talking about being a Jehovah's Witness, man. Like, she brought it up a lot of times, so I i'm like i think it's something that's a big

part of her life okay well you could have told her that yeah yeah yeah i feel like religious differences are a very fair and you know grown-up way to say look we're we're cool but i think that's gonna be a difference we can't get over so uh you just didn't want to have the conversation though i didn't i thought it would be awkward and i just, you know, I just stopped talking to her. Okay. Well, it would be an awkward conversation if you had to have that conversation with her. It would be. I agree with you. And that's why she's on the phone listening and wants to talk to you

right now. Yep. Okay. Okay. Okay. Hi. Hey. Yeah, I'm just like a little confused because I'm like the furthest person from being religious. I'm pretty sure. You said multiple times like, yeah, I'm a Jehovah's Witness.

And like, I'm such a big Jehovah's Witness, which I thought was, you know, it was great because you seem excited about it. But it was a lot of talking about Jehovah and how it changed your life. You know, you kept talking about how great he is and, like, how surprised you are that some people, you know, aren't into him and, like, his words and the way they affect you and things like that. Like, you were big on Jehovah. Honestly, I'm sorry.

I can't help but laugh because you you have it all wrong no you were talking about it non-stop were you on a date with someone else you don't know she kept talking about jehovah non-stop and how jehovah has changed her life i remember you saying jehovah are you not jehovah's witness? No! What? I was talking about Jay-Z. You know, Jehovah, that's his nickname. Are you serious? You were talking about the rapper Jay-Z? You weren't talking about religion?

Yes. What? Wow, now I'm even more concerned, because you worship Jay-Z. I mean, I thought so bad. I kind of do, too. I like him a lot. Have you never heard

Jay-Z referred to as Hov or Jehovah or Hova or anything like that? Don't get me wrong. I've heard of Jay-Z, but I'm not a big hip-hop fan, so I didn't know he called himself Hova or Jay Hova. I thought she was a witness. I thought she was a witness. Oh, man. Wow.

I mean, I didn't know that either, so I'd probably think the same thing. Really? No, I... What are you laughing at? What are you laughing at what are you laughing at larissa i remember now like telling you how i follow him and now i'm thinking about it i meant i followed him on social media she follows him every day all right well wow uh yeah lot of drinks, a lot of noise that night. Sorry. Now that you know that Larissa is not as religious as you thought she was,

I know that you're not the biggest hip-hop fan, like you said, so you're not a huge fan of Jay-Z. Are you willing to go on another date with someone who is a big fan of Jay-Z, of that hova, or is that still a turnoff for you? We'll pay for another date if you go out with Larissa again. No, no, no. Larissa, if you are willing to, I would love to apologize,

slash go out with you again over dinner, if that's possible. Let's do it. Praise Jay-hova. Oh, my God. The Jubal Show on demand. Let's do it. Yay! Praise Jehovah. The Jubal Show on demand. Hey, everyone. It's Katie Couric. Well, the election is in the homestretch,

right in time for a new season of my podcast, Next Question. I'm bringing in some FOKs, friends of Katie's, to help me out, like Ezra Klein, Jen Psaki, Astead Herndon. But we're also going to have some fun, thanks to some of my friends like Samantha Bee and Charlemagne the God. We're going to take some viewer questions as well. I mean, isn't that what democracy is all about?

Check out our new season of Next Question with me, Katie Couric, on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Jon Stewart is back in the host chair at The Daily Show, which means he's also back in our ears on The Daily Show, ears edition podcast. Join late night legend Jon Stewart and the best news team for today's biggest headlines, exclusive extended interviews, and more. Now this is a second term we can all get behind. Listen to The Daily Show, ears edition on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. The forces shaping markets and the economy are often hiding behind a blur of numbers. So that's why we created The Big Take from Bloomberg Podcasts, to give you the context you need to make sense of it all.

Every day in just 15 minutes, we dive into one global business story that matters. You'll hear from Bloomberg journalists like Matt Levine. A lot of this meme stock stuff is, I think, embarrassing to the SEC. Follow The Big Take podcast on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you listen.