Speaker 1: Hey, it's brooking Jeffrey in the morning, and you all
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Speaker 2: Is there anything more cringey than seeing a marriage proposal
Speaker 2: gone wrong? Oh my gosh, It's like you can't look
Speaker 2: away as the guy drops down to a knee and
Speaker 2: then gets rejected, and suddenly the vibe inside that David
Speaker 2: Busters is all messed up. Oh yeah, Now, imagine that
Speaker 2: humiliation happening not once, not twice, but three separate times
Speaker 2: to the same dude. Oh my god, that's where one
Speaker 2: of our listeners is right now, and he's not ready
Speaker 2: to give up just yet. He's seeking the type of
Speaker 2: advice that only we could provide in your brand new
Speaker 2: Awkward Thursday Phone Call coming up next. It's awkward. It's Thursday.
Speaker 2: It's awkward Thursday phone call. Brook. How many times did
Speaker 2: you make your husband propose before you finally said yes?
Speaker 5: Who?
Speaker 1: He just did it once?
Speaker 2: Oh wow, Wow, gave it up to him right away.
Speaker 2: I know, I know. I've always been easy, Jeff, you know,
Speaker 2: Oh my gosh, not expecting that well at all. According
Speaker 2: to Chat GPT, who is the expert authority on this show,
Speaker 2: the most times a man should pop the question after
Speaker 2: getting rejected is once, maybe twice.
Speaker 1: My dad proposed I think like three times to my mom.
Speaker 1: Oh they've been married almost fifty years.
Speaker 5: Oh.
Speaker 2: Say, it looks different for everybody, clearly, but one of
Speaker 2: our listeners, Joe, needs help because he's already passed the
Speaker 2: one or two pop the question threshold. Hey, look at that,
Speaker 2: and he needs a little bit of advice. Joe. Welcome
Speaker 2: to the show.
Speaker 4: Hey, Joe, you're in a scenario most people never would
Speaker 4: be in.
Speaker 2: Brother, Yeah, that's okay.
Speaker 1: You know you're still together. That says something like sometimes
Speaker 1: when someone proposes and they say no, it's like, oh
Speaker 1: my god, we shouldn't be together.
Speaker 2: Yeah, we have a lot of advice to offer you
Speaker 2: before hearing anything about your story. Up, we're pumping them up. Jack.
Speaker 2: That's good. Well, let's hear about the relationship that you're
Speaker 2: in right now.
Speaker 6: Yeah. It's my girlfriend EM and I. We've been together
Speaker 6: for five years.
Speaker 1: Did you say her name was EM like the letter ema?
Speaker 5: M M.
Speaker 6: Okay, sorry, okay, I call her AM sometimes. Sorry that
Speaker 6: makes sense.
Speaker 2: Okay, Well, we prefer only formal names on this show,
Speaker 2: so lock it up. So you've been with her, you
Speaker 2: said five years?
Speaker 6: Yeah, five years. We've done everything together. We've traveled to
Speaker 6: all kinds of places. We have a dog, we bought
Speaker 6: a condo together.
Speaker 2: Have you guys kissed? Okay? Yeah, all right, just covering all.
Speaker 1: The How does she how does she feel about the
Speaker 1: idea of marriage?
Speaker 6: This is the thing we have talked about. We both
Speaker 6: want to be married. Okay, so I take action, I
Speaker 6: go and I propose and she said no.
Speaker 1: Wait? Why why did she say no? I mean she's
Speaker 1: obviously in it with you for the long haul.
Speaker 6: Yeah, I don't know. I don't know because I've then
Speaker 6: proceeded to propose a couple more times. I've actually proposed
Speaker 6: three times in the last eighteen months.
Speaker 2: Okay, whoa what.
Speaker 6: Are you not getting?
Speaker 5: Like?
Speaker 2: Where are you doing it? Like? How's it going down?
Speaker 1: I feel like we need the story behind what.
Speaker 6: Yeah, it's different places, different ways. Two of them. I
Speaker 6: was in public, like it was by a beautiful tree
Speaker 6: in the park, the worst one, if I can let
Speaker 6: you know.
Speaker 2: Yes, let's do the worst. Yes, that sounds fun. What happened?
Speaker 6: I paid for a firework It's like, and you imagine, yes,
Speaker 6: let's get married and then a nice fifteen minutes of fireworks.
Speaker 6: But she said no, and then we had to sit
Speaker 6: there and watch fireworks, I'll get a reading. Yeah, go
Speaker 6: home and just go to bed.
Speaker 3: I don't care why she doesn't tell you what's wrong.
Speaker 2: Does Emma say anything about it?
Speaker 6: Yes, she has told me she's fully ready, wants the
Speaker 6: universe lets her know that she's ready.
Speaker 1: This is out of your hands.
Speaker 6: He's ready.
Speaker 1: Is she really into astrology like the planets aligning?
Speaker 6: And no, no, I've never I don't even know it.
Speaker 2: Now, Well, what does she mean that the universe will
Speaker 2: let her know?
Speaker 6: She just tells me the universe will let us both
Speaker 6: know when it's the time. I even once proposed I
Speaker 6: gave her a card that said, hey, babe, the universe
Speaker 6: told me I should put a ring on it.
Speaker 2: That's clever.
Speaker 6: And her response was, yeah, no, that's not it.
Speaker 2: The universe is a person that we need to ask
Speaker 2: permission from.
Speaker 1: That's not a bad idea. Have you talked to her family?
Speaker 5: Maybe?
Speaker 6: Well? Yeah, yeah, I actually did. I have asked her
Speaker 6: father for permission all three times.
Speaker 2: You went to her dad on three separate occasions to
Speaker 2: ask for her hand in marriage. There's buddies. Now he
Speaker 2: comes back. It happened again, brother?
Speaker 6: Oh yeah, he just kind of shrugs his shoulders each time,
Speaker 6: and by the time he said, well, son, I'm surprised
Speaker 6: you are still with her, but he called your son.
Speaker 1: Yeah, dude, that's so bizarre. So where are you at, Like,
Speaker 1: are you willing to be patient enough to wait for
Speaker 1: whatever this universe moment is?
Speaker 5: Yeah?
Speaker 2: Do you even want to keep asking?
Speaker 4: Yeah?
Speaker 6: I kind of do. I mean, I get it. Most
Speaker 6: guys at this point would have said, forget it, I'm done.
Speaker 6: If the universe is not giving me a green light yet,
Speaker 6: and then maybe we should separate. But she's making it
Speaker 6: very clear that she does not want to break up, okay,
Speaker 6: and she's been happy and cheer even when she says no.
Speaker 6: It wasn't like a down or no, it was a
Speaker 6: like a positive, optimistic.
Speaker 2: Yes silly. So okay, this you're definitely in a weird position.
Speaker 2: But what made you reach out to our show for?
Speaker 2: What are you looking for?
Speaker 6: Looking for some advice on how do I even talk
Speaker 6: to her about that? I don't want to propose on
Speaker 6: your show or anything like that.
Speaker 1: Okay, you want to figure out what the universe like
Speaker 1: when you'll know?
Speaker 6: I would like to understand what is she looking for?
Speaker 5: Yeah?
Speaker 2: Help him unlock the key to her heart to say yes.
Speaker 4: Jef, you should call her and say you're the universe calling.
Speaker 2: I like that, But unfortunately this is an awkward Thursday
Speaker 2: phone call, and that means Joe is the one that's
Speaker 2: going to have to do the unlocking himself. Yeah, so
Speaker 2: we're going to come back and give you a little
Speaker 2: bit of advice to help you call your girlfriend of
Speaker 2: five years to figure her out what sign from the
Speaker 2: universe is she looking for before she says yes to marriage.
Speaker 2: All right, it's a little crazy, but we're gonna do
Speaker 2: it an awkward Thursday right after this. Hold on, it's awkward.
Speaker 2: It's Thursday. It's awkward Thursday phone call. You gotta feel
Speaker 2: for our listener, Joe. Here's a guy who's been in
Speaker 2: love with a girl for five years.
Speaker 5: Oh, they're so cute together, and.
Speaker 2: He desperately wants to marry her. She said no three
Speaker 2: times to his proposals.
Speaker 1: But in a happy way, but not yet.
Speaker 2: With a big smile. Yes, absolutely not, and made it
Speaker 2: clear she doesn't want to break up. She does want
Speaker 2: to get married. It's just the universe hasn't told her
Speaker 2: that it's right yet. Whatever that means. Even Joe isn't sure,
Speaker 2: that's why he's hoping to get some clarity here with
Speaker 2: us today during this awkward Thursday phone call, and find
Speaker 2: out what exact exactly is his girlfriend waiting for. What
Speaker 2: is Joe doing wrong? What's not aligning for Emma to
Speaker 2: say yes to his proposal? So, Brooke, what's your advice?
Speaker 1: I think you give up on the universe Joe.
Speaker 2: Oh, I don't think you wait around.
Speaker 1: For any universal sign. I think you tell Emma listen.
Speaker 1: I got a three ask limit. I did my part.
Speaker 1: You understand the universe better than I am.
Speaker 2: You do the asking. Now it's up to Emma now
Speaker 2: to propose. Wow, give up your man card, Joe? What
Speaker 2: do you think that a.
Speaker 1: Man card thing?
Speaker 6: Yeah, that's better than just giving up altogether.
Speaker 1: It makes your life easier, right, Like you don't have
Speaker 1: to plan anything, you don't have to worry, you don't
Speaker 1: have to spend any more money. It's all up to Emma.
Speaker 6: You don't think it'll look like I'm giving up and
Speaker 6: then that'll make her give up.
Speaker 1: No, I think you're saying like I don't get the universe.
Speaker 2: You do. It's just one piece of advice. You can
Speaker 2: not use it. Jose, what do you think.
Speaker 4: Well, you said you're okay waiting and proposing again, but
Speaker 4: that may not be the right move for you.
Speaker 2: Man.
Speaker 4: You need to give her a soft ultimatum.
Speaker 5: Uh.
Speaker 4: Oh, that way she's like, oh, I'm gonna lose him.
Speaker 2: The universe may speak to her. Yeah, it may speed
Speaker 2: up her timeline if when you say yes, I just
Speaker 2: got a text the universe and its time. What do
Speaker 2: you think, Joe?
Speaker 6: I do want this happen sooner later. It's getting a
Speaker 6: little a little expensive.
Speaker 2: Too many fireworks shows kind.
Speaker 6: Of don't want to have to meet with her dad, Joe.
Speaker 1: You don't have to meet with her dad any I know,
Speaker 1: maybe I.
Speaker 6: Should bring her dad with me.
Speaker 1: No, I have her dad do it for you. Like, Hey,
Speaker 1: Joe would like to propose? Will you finally say yes?
Speaker 2: We are officially cutting off the advice. Yeah, and we're
Speaker 2: just gonna dial your girlfriend and see if she answers.
Speaker 2: You got this, Joe, You're gonna find out what the
Speaker 2: universe wants from you.
Speaker 6: Thank you.
Speaker 2: Okay, here we go. I'm gonna dollar number right now.
Speaker 2: Let you make your awkward Thursday phone God, let's do it.
Speaker 5: Hello, Hey baby, Oh I didn't I didn't recognize the number. Hi,
Speaker 5: what's up, mama? How you doing, Booby?
Speaker 6: I'm doing your head? How are you?
Speaker 5: You remind me later before you come home. I seams
Speaker 5: on sale at a supermarket.
Speaker 6: If you can grab some somewhat some pumpkins.
Speaker 5: You know the ice cream that you like? That that
Speaker 5: cherry chip ice cream that you like. I just noticed
Speaker 5: it was on sale. If you want to grab some
Speaker 5: on your way home.
Speaker 6: Oh yeah, I'll get that.
Speaker 5: Okay. What's up?
Speaker 6: What's up, Bobo? I'm I'm just thinking about us and
Speaker 6: I love and all of these proposals, and let's talk about.
Speaker 5: It, or how about we don't.
Speaker 6: If we don't talk about it, then I'll just be
Speaker 6: thinking about it all day. But I was thinking about
Speaker 6: the universe. Yeah, it's how me and the universe. I
Speaker 6: don't I don't know how to talk to the universe.
Speaker 5: But well, how many times have I told you? You
Speaker 5: don't talk to the universe? You listen to it? You wait?
Speaker 6: Yeah? Yeah, Well like I haven't heard it. And I.
Speaker 5: Know you're confused, and I know I've said this to
Speaker 5: you before, but you have to trust that the universe
Speaker 5: is going to reveal it and it's time. It's you
Speaker 5: we just have to wait for it coming.
Speaker 6: Baby. I have been patient and I and I've been listening.
Speaker 6: I don't know exactly what you're looking for, and I'm
Speaker 6: no listen. I'm where I don't know if it's if
Speaker 6: it's worth it that we can and you what you want.
Speaker 5: Wait a second, what are we questioning here? There's none
Speaker 5: of that, you know, and I know that we're meant
Speaker 5: to be together. You know I love you, you know
Speaker 5: I want to be with you. I just have to understand.
Speaker 5: I've had this thing and I just I need to
Speaker 5: follow it through what thing.
Speaker 6: The universe thing or I'm continuous could do what?
Speaker 5: Okay?
Speaker 2: Yeah, well yeah.
Speaker 5: If I feel like if I tell you then it's
Speaker 5: going to ruin it, it's not, then it won't be
Speaker 5: the point.
Speaker 6: I just need to help. I feel like I'm at
Speaker 6: my end. I just need a clear path.
Speaker 5: No, it's not like that even, it's just it's just
Speaker 5: it's just okay. When I was twelve, I made a
Speaker 5: pact and the path was I want to sign from
Speaker 5: the universe that the man I marry is the right one.
Speaker 6: And so what you haven't gotten the sign yet?
Speaker 5: The thing is the sign. It needs to come from you.
Speaker 6: Baby, I'm very cold. We had fireworks, we had cheese.
Speaker 5: No no, no, no, no. I know that's not the that's
Speaker 5: not the sign. That's not the sign.
Speaker 6: What what kind of he?
Speaker 5: What do you mean?
Speaker 6: Baby?
Speaker 5: It's a word? Okay, So it's a word that is
Speaker 5: only between the universe and I. It's just we know,
Speaker 5: and the thing of it is the time that we've
Speaker 5: been together so far, you've not said it. Oh my.
Speaker 6: The only reason that you said no to all of
Speaker 6: my proposals it is because I haven't said the magic
Speaker 6: word that you came up with when you were twelve.
Speaker 5: Hello. Hello, there's a loud word.
Speaker 2: I guess, yes, yeah, Hello, Hello Emma.
Speaker 5: Hello.
Speaker 2: Was the word awkward?
Speaker 1: Maybe the word was awkward again?
Speaker 2: Maybe? But this is a radio show. We're called Brook
Speaker 2: and Jeffrey in the Morning. Oh, welcome to it.
Speaker 5: Hi, Joe, what did you do?
Speaker 1: Oh?
Speaker 6: I was looking for help and they're just going to
Speaker 6: help help. Let's figure it out, right, guys.
Speaker 2: It's kind of fun to leave you hanging a little bit, Joe.
Speaker 1: But I think we should spend the next five minutes
Speaker 1: just saying words yes see and if we could get.
Speaker 2: It, what do you guys?
Speaker 4: Think a twelve year old came up with over twelve
Speaker 4: year old.
Speaker 1: See is it a person, place or thing?
Speaker 5: Us?
Speaker 6: Games?
Speaker 5: Look, guys, I know you're all trying to help, and
Speaker 5: I understand that he's frustrated. The Joe the universe will
Speaker 5: give you the word when the last you just.
Speaker 6: Hard bark.
Speaker 4: Ambulance.
Speaker 5: Yeah, we don't know.
Speaker 2: We don't have a lot, We don't enough time for that, Joan.
Speaker 2: And remember she was twelve when she made the packs.
Speaker 2: You have to think of words that twelve year old
Speaker 2: girls would like.
Speaker 6: That's what baby. I don't know that many words.
Speaker 1: Okay, Joan, Emma, you could be losing the most patient,
Speaker 1: loving man, the person you're supposed to be with, because
Speaker 1: you're stuck on this thing that you made up when
Speaker 1: you were twelve years old.
Speaker 6: Can I can I say, baby, you're not losing me.
Speaker 6: I'm not losing you, but we might both end up
Speaker 6: in the looney bin.
Speaker 5: That's positive, all right, all right, Heney baby boo boo.
Speaker 5: We'll talk later over some ice cream. Okay. I love
Speaker 5: you and I know that the words will come to you.
Speaker 2: You're not gonna tell us that defeats the purpose of
Speaker 2: the whole game. Brooke, Dude, that's not a fun game.
Speaker 1: So wait, is he gonna like be talking to you,
Speaker 1: like in the bathroom while you're brushing your teeth and
Speaker 1: he accidentally says the word and then you just break
Speaker 1: down in tears and say, yes, I will marry you.
Speaker 5: That's the question and better directed to the universe.
Speaker 1: I can't ask the universe questions.
Speaker 2: I'm aways supposed to listen like.
Speaker 1: This is a very complicated relationship with the universe.
Speaker 2: Joe. I feel like we got a lot of clarity
Speaker 2: out of this phone call, but we are running out
Speaker 2: of time. At least you know that there is one
Speaker 2: word that you need to say to unlock a yes
Speaker 2: to your marriage proposal.
Speaker 1: Maybe start playing scrabble together. It'll come up, you know.
Speaker 6: Yeah, go pick up a dictionary and.
Speaker 2: Page every morning to her, Joe. It's really good that
Speaker 2: you love her, because I don't know that anybody else
Speaker 2: ever could Brook and Jeffrey in the morning.
Speaker 1: I feel for Brooke right now because I can't get
Speaker 1: it out of my head.
Speaker 2: And you could hear how badly she wants to know
Speaker 2: what the word is, dude. Honestly, well, people couldn't see
Speaker 2: this on the radio, but Brooke actually whipped out her
Speaker 2: check book and was prepared to write a large sum
Speaker 2: of money just to bribe the woman into finding out
Speaker 2: the magic word.
Speaker 1: Do you know any glisteners would be grateful if I were?
Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, but Brooke held back. So I'm proud of
Speaker 2: you for that. Brook. It is crazy, though, that they've
Speaker 2: been together for five years. They do everything vacations and
Speaker 2: shopping and home ownership, and not once has he said
Speaker 2: the word that entire time.
Speaker 1: Unicorn or glitter.
Speaker 2: Yeah, these are too normal too.
Speaker 4: I have a feeling he's just gonna accidentally say it
Speaker 4: one night, like in his sleep, and she's gonna wake
Speaker 4: him up and be like, oh my god, we're getting married.
Speaker 2: They're gonna say even say during a fight. Oh no, great,
Speaker 2: now you have to propose there. It is well, Brooke.
Speaker 2: If we come to learn that the word is moist,
Speaker 2: do you want to know or do you want to
Speaker 2: be kept in the dark on that one word moist?
Speaker 2: We never know, and we can. By the way, the
Speaker 2: word that we can do for you is help. We
Speaker 2: can help you with your personal life if you ever
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