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Speaker 1: iHeart podcasts, bring you the ultimate Summer of love Tree.

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Speaker 1: This is famously available everybody, It's famously available. I'm your host,

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Speaker 1: Ben Higgins. It's the final conclusion to this date that

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Speaker 1: we've been tracking. At least we think it's the final conclusion.

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Speaker 1: We were there when they met on the pod for

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Speaker 1: the first time. We talked to him after the date,

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Speaker 1: and I've talked to my trusted spies of the evening.

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Speaker 1: Now it's time for me to connect with the star herself. Mercedes. Hello, Hello,

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Speaker 1: let's hear all about it.

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Speaker 2: Oh my gosh, we have so much to talk about.

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Speaker 1: There's so much to talk about. Let's start from the beginning.

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Speaker 1: In all transparency, I have talked to Bryce, I have

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Speaker 1: talked to our spies. You are the final chapter to

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Speaker 1: this first date conclusion. Walk us from the beginning. I mean,

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Speaker 1: we've talked to you in the setup. But let's start

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Speaker 1: with when the two of you first met each other.

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Speaker 1: Walk me through that.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean obviously, so Deana was podcasting with him,

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Speaker 2: and then they're like, all right, Mercedes coming. It felt

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Speaker 2: like I was like on a game show. But I

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Speaker 2: walked in and like, initially like so cute. He's very

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Speaker 2: attractive and like right off the bat, you can tell

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Speaker 2: he's super personal and can talk to literally anyone, which

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Speaker 2: I love. And yeah, I mean like right off the bat,

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Speaker 2: I felt like super comfortable. I wasn't like super nervous.

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Speaker 2: I mean I was nervous, but like not like anything crazy.

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Speaker 2: So felt super comfortable in the beginning, and it started

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Speaker 2: super good.

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Speaker 1: Your outfits were matching. We've covered this on all well

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Speaker 1: now three interviews we've done. Was that exciting for you?

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean we were both wearing silk looking good.

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Speaker 2: I mean it definitely wasn't like a, oh my gosh,

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Speaker 2: we're matching, like I don't know, I mean it was funny,

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Speaker 2: like yeah, but I know we were both wearing silk.

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Speaker 2: It's so funny, a.

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Speaker 1: Little unexpected, both wearing silk, black silk.

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Speaker 2: Uh.

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Speaker 1: To be exact, you were looking stunning, no questions asked.

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Speaker 1: You were looking absolutely gorgeous. He is a very handsome man.

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Speaker 1: But there I want to go back to the time

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Speaker 1: that we talked before the date, when I mentioned he

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Speaker 1: had been on reality television. You did take a step back.

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Speaker 1: You you acted like it wasn't a thing, but it

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Speaker 1: felt like from your reaction maybe it was was it?

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Speaker 1: Was it an actual thing for you?

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Speaker 2: No? No, not really. I mean I like, like, like

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Speaker 2: I said when we were on the podcast, when I

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Speaker 2: first like initially think about it, I'm like, oh, like TV.

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Speaker 2: But I'm like, but I've been on TV, and I

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Speaker 2: also know so many great men that I've been on TV.

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Speaker 2: So it was like, I don't know. I think for

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Speaker 2: a second, I was like oh, but then I was like, no,

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Speaker 2: it doesn't actually matter. But then he told me he

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Speaker 2: was on he was on f Boy Island, and I

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Speaker 2: was like, oh, but he was like one of the

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Speaker 2: good ones, so it's fine.

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Speaker 1: Yeah. F Boy Island was actually created by and produced

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Speaker 1: by a former Bachelor ep along Gale.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, that's what he was saying. I didn't know Alon

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Speaker 2: is that his name.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, he's a great guy. You missed that on a

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Speaker 1: great chapter of the show. Yeah, we've mentioned also people

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Speaker 1: have brought out to us that he was a complete

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Speaker 1: gentleman to you from the beginning. He gave you his

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Speaker 1: coat when you're waiting for an uber because you were cold.

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Speaker 1: You got in this sprinter van together. Then kind of

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Speaker 1: after that, it was a long drive. From your perspective,

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Speaker 1: how did that drive go.

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Speaker 2: It was good. I mean, like we conversation with him

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Speaker 2: was really really easy, and honestly, I wouldn't say deep

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Speaker 2: is the right word, but like I did. I don't know.

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Speaker 2: He like got me to open up in ways that

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Speaker 2: I don't usually open up, like right away, so I

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Speaker 2: was like kind of cool. But yeah, the conversation was

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Speaker 2: really really good. I wasn't expecting to be like side

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Speaker 2: but no, it was great. Like the conversation was good,

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Speaker 2: like know each other in that ride.

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Speaker 1: For sure, there was a depth, you said to the conversation.

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Speaker 1: I'm very curious what kind of things he got you

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Speaker 2: Yeah. So we were talking about like our moms and

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Speaker 2: how like moms are amazing, and then I was like, yeah,

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Speaker 2: people just because it's like a whole it's a whole story.

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Speaker 2: But I did with him, And so I don't know,

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Speaker 2: I thought, Yeah, I just like opened up. I don't know,

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Speaker 2: it's like very rare of me, especially on first date.

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Speaker 1: So I mean, and I'm sure then, I mean, you

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Speaker 1: probably know more about you than than most Their first reaction,

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Speaker 1: especially to the two of you having these kind of conversations, well,

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Speaker 1: like what were they thinking, Well, I don't think.

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Speaker 2: They heard like it was very much like us two

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Speaker 2: they turned around. Gabby and Jess were in front of us,

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Speaker 2: But I would say most of the car ride it

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Speaker 1: So they yeah, like they they weren't necessarily like listening

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Speaker 1: watching the body language on the sprinter van ride. She

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Speaker 1: guys were, you know, sharing mutual friends. You were talking,

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Speaker 1: you were laughing, and then you arrived to the actual

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Speaker 1: We had taught, we have talked about this before. How

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Speaker 2: Yeah, he's definitely good, like on his own. But I

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Speaker 2: he met most everyone in the sprinter van, so that

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Speaker 2: just because I'm not like super super close with them,

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Speaker 2: I think he did really good of like just enjoying

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Speaker 2: we'll probably get into that.

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Speaker 1: But yeah, we're going to get into that. The if

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Speaker 1: we pause, then at this moment, you've put yourself back

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Speaker 1: in the place where you've entered, the venue, he's met,

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Speaker 1: the people you had, the car ride together. How are

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Speaker 2: Good first date? Like in that moment, I was like, Okay,

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Speaker 2: this is going really good. But I will say Ben, like,

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Speaker 2: I don't think I was ever at a point where

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Speaker 2: I was like super excited about him, if that makes sense.

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Speaker 1: That makes sense, And I think I think it definitely

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Speaker 1: is a thing on the first date. Right. He can

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Speaker 1: be attractive, he can be a gentleman, but if the

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Speaker 1: fake that. I'm curious. Can you help me understand why?

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Speaker 2: Yeah? I mean I can't pinpoint it exactly, but I

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Speaker 2: do think like our lifestyles are a little different, and

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Speaker 2: said some things that and they weren't bad by any means,

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Speaker 2: Like I think this guy is great. I just know

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Speaker 2: the way that I live my life and the way

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Speaker 2: that he might be living his like doesn't really align.

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Speaker 1: I mean, from what we know about you, and we've

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Speaker 1: done some deep dives on you personally, you are a homebody. Yeah.

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Speaker 1: That's been to your benefit and to your demise when

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Speaker 1: it comes to dating. Right, you get very comfortable at home.

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Speaker 1: You have some really deep loyal friendships. You From what

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Speaker 1: I understand about you, you aren't like a go outer, right,

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Speaker 1: Like that's not like a thing that you seek after anymore.

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Speaker 1: You're getting to the age where you know, you're more

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Speaker 1: are to stay up till two am. And is all

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Speaker 1: Okay, yeah, and there's no judgment there. That's been my

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Speaker 1: day at you know, two am. He's still working. You know,

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Speaker 1: Is that what you're kind of talking about?

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Speaker 2: Yeah? Yeah, because he, like he told me. I asked him,

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Speaker 2: I'm like, do you like go out in la a lot?

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Speaker 2: And he kind of said that, like, you know, I

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Speaker 2: if you want to go out, go out, I just

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Speaker 2: like don't know if my lifestyle would align with that.

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Speaker 1: You know, Yes, I understand, uh. And I think that's

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Speaker 1: intuitive to those things. Because you are, you know, potentially

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Speaker 1: But I would like to push back on you a

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Speaker 1: little bit here, yes, and say, I mean I have

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Speaker 1: going out a lot more as a single man than

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Speaker 1: I ever did once I met my wife. Once I

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Speaker 1: reasons for us to be home.

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Speaker 2: Yeah.

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Speaker 1: So I do think that slows things down quite a bit.

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Speaker 2: M hmm. Well, and I feel like I've definitely been

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Speaker 2: like the girl that goes out, Like I've had my

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Speaker 2: time doing that. I just think in past relationships, like

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Speaker 2: you just said it, like when you find someoney, you

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Speaker 2: like want to be home, you want to do all that.

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Speaker 2: And then so I did that with my ex, and

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Speaker 2: then I like was the going out girl again. I

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Speaker 2: just feel like recently, especially like I've been really like

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Speaker 2: diving into my faith too, and I feel like that's

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Speaker 2: why I'm not out. And I will say, like even

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Speaker 2: after like we went to another bar, do you know

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Speaker 2: what I'm saying, Like it wasn't like, oh, it's ten

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Speaker 2: was great. But then like once we went home, he

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Speaker 2: It's what I am, you know.

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Speaker 2: I think frustrated is the right word, because honestly, his

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Speaker 2: jingle Bell, I was very much like, Okay, like dates

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Speaker 1: You feel obligated to kind of all so entertain him

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Speaker 2: Yeah. I did feel like a little obligation, But I

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Speaker 1: Before the day started, we did get an interview with

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Speaker 2: Yeah, well he had my number four. He got my

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Speaker 1: he went in early and said, before anything else happens,

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Speaker 1: It's smart, it's good, it's good, it's a good play.

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Speaker 2: But yeah, no, didn't end in a kiss. And then

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Speaker 2: he texted me and he was like, I really wanted

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Speaker 2: I was honestly asleep when he sent it.

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Speaker 2: It well, I think he texted me at like four am.

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Speaker 1: A late night, Mercedes. We gotta get honest here with you.

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Speaker 1: Though he told us he would like to get together again,

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Speaker 1: he said he don't come to Nashville to do that.

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Speaker 1: Would you say yes to a second date?

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Speaker 2: I don't know. I feel it's not that it's like

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Speaker 2: like we have been texting or anything. It's not like

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Speaker 2: a one hundred percent no, But it's also not one

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Speaker 2: But honestly, my gut is being like, there's no like

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Speaker 2: which I hate saying that because I don't want to

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Speaker 1: You know, you've mentioned us you would rather somebody be

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Speaker 2: Yeah.

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Speaker 1: I do want to ask, though, why not a second date?

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I don't know. I mean I feel like, which

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Speaker 2: and not saying I wasn't excited to get to know him,

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Speaker 2: that's not the right word, but I just I didn't

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Speaker 2: that says a lot, and I don't know if I

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Speaker 2: because like you said, like the situation was like not weird.

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Speaker 2: Weird's not the right word, but like he was around

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Speaker 1: But yeah, I'm not I definitely don't want to push

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Speaker 1: your reasoning because on paper, if you write everything down,

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Speaker 1: you're like, yeah, that was a good date, Like it

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Speaker 1: Are you talking to anybody else? Is that what kind

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Speaker 2: No, no one else, but I will say, which is

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Speaker 2: is bad. But like I did like kind of compare

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Speaker 2: it to my last day, my last first date, because

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Speaker 2: my god, like so excited, you know, and I was

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Speaker 2: like I want to see him again, like I and

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Speaker 2: I just don't feel that this time but maybe, like,

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Speaker 1: Thing to do well. And I mean, if I'm honest,

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Speaker 1: man treated you great and at the end. But I

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Speaker 1: understand what you're saying. The first date, there is there

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Speaker 1: was a spark. Like my first date, I will say

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Speaker 1: there was a spark, there was a desire to talk again,

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Speaker 1: If we're to quantify the success of this date on

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Speaker 2: Would say a six six point five.

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Speaker 1: That's actually better than I thought you were gonna say.

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Speaker 2: Oh really, yo, because like it went good, Like the

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Speaker 2: I enjoyed getting to know him, but for some reason,

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Speaker 2: I'm not like I need to see him again. You know.

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Speaker 1: One of the best things about first dates or dating

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Speaker 2: Know, And that's what's tough about because I'm doing this

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Speaker 2: like figuring out, like you just said, what I like,

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Speaker 2: what I don't like and all these things. So I

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Speaker 2: don't know. I'm glad I have you to like help

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Speaker 1: Well, And part of this is like I have the receipts,

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Speaker 1: I have the memories of what has worked, what hasn't.

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Speaker 1: What you've said you wanted, but maybe you said you

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Speaker 1: I only want to uplift Bryce here. Yeah, because I

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Speaker 2: Good qualities. He didn't let me open a door. He

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Speaker 2: then he was very like I don't know, like he

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Speaker 2: To so he me personally. I feel like when I'm

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Speaker 2: Remember when I told you were like who's gonna be

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Speaker 1: It is, I would say. From my perspective though, and

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Speaker 1: Like I just would have been very nervous for this date.

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Speaker 1: There was a lot of things that would have made

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Speaker 1: And I imagine a lot of men will feel that

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Speaker 1: do I have to say? Whatever? And that's just kind

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Speaker 1: That's also why I think the thing that stood out

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Speaker 2: Yeah.

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Speaker 1: I don't know what he was hoping the evening brought

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Speaker 1: and what the late night evening entailed, but that's also

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Speaker 1: one of my re always was one of my reasons

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Speaker 1: for leaving as soon as I knew the out was open,

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Speaker 1: Not because I wanted to leave, but because I knew

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Speaker 1: I had done what I need to do to at

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Speaker 1: least get my foot in the door for maybe that

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Speaker 1: second date.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, no, for sure, I don't. I feel like he

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Speaker 2: was really nice, So there's really nothing like bad or like.

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Speaker 2: But that's the only thing that I could think of

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Speaker 2: was the just thing.

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Speaker 1: Obviously, I don't know if this goes to a second

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Speaker 1: date or not. That's your decision to make. You just

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Speaker 1: gotta let us know if it does, or I guess

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Speaker 1: either way, if we were to set you up again

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Speaker 1: here soon some qualities that you like, you really want

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Speaker 1: us to look for. I think it's been clear somebody

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Speaker 1: of a shared faith is very important to you. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: you've brought that up before. I think as you date seriously,

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Speaker 1: it's probably going to become more and more of a focus.

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Speaker 1: Anything else that you really want us to kind of

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Speaker 1: and this isn't talking about Bryce or not talking about Bryce.

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Speaker 1: We're talking in general, anything you really want people to

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Speaker 1: pay attention to.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, someone I think being family oriented is really good.

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Speaker 2: I also think, like I want someone who's like which

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Speaker 2: I've said this before, but also has like a passion

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Speaker 2: outside of their like job. Like I feel like I

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Speaker 2: want someone who finds like it exciting to like go

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Speaker 2: volunteer or do things outside of like what they have

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Speaker 2: to do in life.

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Speaker 1: You know, I do, I do, And I mean I

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Speaker 1: think that's one of the things that my wife and

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Speaker 1: I've talked about recently in our life. Is one of

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Speaker 1: the things that's made our marriage most successful is our

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Speaker 1: ability to talk about our passions at dinner outside of

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Speaker 1: just like the job that we have or each other.

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Speaker 1: We love each other, very passionate about each other. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: but it's really fun to hear about her desires for

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Speaker 1: X y Z and her to hear about my desires

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Speaker 1: for golf. And she does it, and it's fun, and

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Speaker 1: I think that's those are all great things. They are. Mercedes,

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Speaker 1: I want to just say, I'm appreciative of you for

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Speaker 1: going on this date and trusting us. Are you upset

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Speaker 1: by any means that you went on this first.

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Speaker 2: Date now, not at all. I had a great time

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Speaker 2: and like he's seriously, like so such a good person,

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Speaker 2: super nice. Like I had a great time with him.

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Speaker 2: I just don't know right now if it's like I

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Speaker 2: want to go on a second date. But I don't know.

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Speaker 2: I don't know. I think I need like a few

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Speaker 2: more days to like kind of think about it, to

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Speaker 2: be honest.

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Speaker 1: That's fair, that's fair. Just keep us updated. We'll follow

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Speaker 1: along with you. We don't go that far. Mercedes, keep

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Speaker 1: us updated, keep informing us on all of your dating life.

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Speaker 1: We appreciate you jumping on here and talking about it.

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Speaker 1: And we also appreciate you going to Iheart's jingle Ball,

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Speaker 1: which is always a fun time. You had a fun

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Speaker 1: time there at least.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, it was so much fun. We made a blast.

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Speaker 1: That's great. Continue to listen to famously Available. There's a

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Speaker 1: lot out there right now about this first date with

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Speaker 1: Mercedes and Bryce. We have the spies, We have Bryce,

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Speaker 1: we have Mercedes. We have the pre date conversations, some

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Speaker 1: very helpful episodes to kind of get a glimpse into

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Speaker 1: what a first date is like for so many. I

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Speaker 1: also just think it's very resting. The follow along, we'll

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Speaker 1: see where the Bryce Mercedes friendship, relationship acquaintances go. We'll

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Speaker 1: keep you updated here on Famously Available, But until next time,

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Speaker 1: I've been Ben and we'll talk to you soon.