Speaker 1: The second, A true romantic person can make a date
Speaker 1: night out of literally any situation grace, and that's why
Speaker 1: for their third wedding anniversary, Brooke and her husband emptied
Speaker 1: the septic tank together at her parents log cabin, which
Speaker 1: set the mood just right. I hope you didn't go
Speaker 1: rolling around in the mud. If you know what, it
Speaker 1: looks like, there's a clod And that's how her son
Speaker 1: Alder came to be him didn't matter for the tree
Speaker 1: roots that were causing the problems her listeners. Jeremy says
Speaker 1: he came up with a pretty unique date idea that
Speaker 1: he doesn't think has ever been done before. And I'm wondering, Jeremy,
Speaker 1: was raw sewage involved in your date night? Or are
Speaker 1: you not as romantic as Brooke is? Maybe not as
Speaker 1: romantic as all that to do a spot? Yeah, but
Speaker 1: tell us about the lady that you met. What's her name? Sure,
Speaker 1: her name's Tessa. We met through a dating app. Okay,
Speaker 1: like a lot of people my age do. Now, how
Speaker 1: long did you guys like text or DM before you
Speaker 1: met up? We were like talking for about like three
Speaker 1: to four weeks a long time. So we're on gonna happen.
Speaker 1: I've been single for a little bit and we really
Speaker 1: connected over true crime podcasts. I'm really into it at Okay,
Speaker 1: so not so much like raw sewage as like human
Speaker 1: blood and internal organs. See, it's still sexy in a way.
Speaker 1: I think it's gross. Yeah, okay, so you both bonded
Speaker 1: over true crime. Okay, how do you make a date
Speaker 1: out of that? Though? Are you gonna listen to a
Speaker 1: podcast together? Actually that's where this is going. So, you know,
Speaker 1: since we're both into true crime, I have this idea
Speaker 1: of like, why don't we just go to the courthouse,
Speaker 1: you know, like to sit in on like actual trial.
Speaker 1: Oh my god, Oh my god. You know, real trials
Speaker 1: are real boring. Alexis just first thought. Guy wants to
Speaker 1: take you to a courthouse sexy or no, not sexy?
Speaker 1: No if the guy's a lawyer. I was going to say, rich,
Speaker 1: what's the case? Like? Im I into it? Like the drama,
Speaker 1: you know, the person on trial? I mean, what was it? Like? Well,
Speaker 1: it was actually really boring? Yeah, how long did you
Speaker 1: guys stay? We sat in on one trial and it
Speaker 1: wasn't like obviously like a murder case or something really huge.
Speaker 1: It was just domestic assault kind of thing, and that
Speaker 1: was boring. No, it's depressing. Yeah, like you're on a
Speaker 1: first date talking about relationships and then you're seeing the
Speaker 1: worst of the world, but another relationship. On the bright side,
Speaker 1: it makes you look really really good as an option.
Speaker 1: At least couldn't be that bad. At least I'm on
Speaker 1: this side of the jail cell. They stayed through the
Speaker 1: whole thing. We like hopped around, you know, we actually
Speaker 1: sat in another one and again it was just like
Speaker 1: a traffic violation, so nothing exciting going on there. Yeah,
Speaker 1: it's like three hours, like, yeah, he was jaywalking, Yeah,
Speaker 1: this is hot. We went to the cafeteriaan the courthouse
Speaker 1: and we just had some lunch. I've actually heard doing
Speaker 1: the segment What You're in the Courthouse that the that
Speaker 1: the cafetiers were pretty fire, Like they have nachos and
Speaker 1: pizza slices and stuff. Pretty fire for like stadium feed again,
Speaker 1: but like people can make a romantic data of anything.
Speaker 1: You're on a date. What was her reaction, Well, she
Speaker 1: seemed to be like kind of bumped out and everything,
Speaker 1: like she was on her phone quite a bit. I
Speaker 1: guess you didn't find it as interesting as well, you know,
Speaker 1: it's like, not my fault. I would courthouse has had
Speaker 1: more stuff going on. I can't control that, you know,
Speaker 1: So you needed to be more like murder entertainment like
Speaker 1: that do on podcasts and TV. You know what I'm saying.
Speaker 1: The irony is like you like true crime podcasts, but
Speaker 1: you don't like true cry right like in real life. Well,
Speaker 1: I hope you went on Yelp and left a bad review.
Speaker 1: Where's the romantic atmosphere in here? Were you guys? Able
Speaker 1: to get back on track? Ever? And not really am?
Speaker 1: And I suggested like, hey, do you want to go
Speaker 1: like see a movie or something, and said it was
Speaker 1: still early afternoon, so we had the whole day and
Speaker 1: she's like, oh, I got the single on later to
Speaker 1: day with my friends, so I'm not available. I mean
Speaker 1: after a few hours you kind of that's your window.
Speaker 1: Well it's interesting you suggested another activity where you just
Speaker 1: sit and not talk again. I'm now just seeing that.
Speaker 1: So yeah, clearly a few regrets. Looking back on your date,
Speaker 1: I mean, how did it end? I just kind of
Speaker 1: peter it out, you know, just said all right, well
Speaker 1: I'll catch you later, just like I kiss on the
Speaker 1: cheek and haven't really gotten I mean, she's kind of
Speaker 1: responded my text, but very short answers, not really engaging,
Speaker 1: you know, kind of putting off another date. So I
Speaker 1: just I need to kind of win her back. If
Speaker 1: you guys have any ideas, like date night ideas or something,
Speaker 1: I was going to ask you what you do differently
Speaker 1: if you got another chance. I don't think we'd obviously
Speaker 1: go to the courthouse again unless there's something really juicy,
Speaker 1: so you know, it would have been like one of
Speaker 1: those Netflix true crime stories that we happen to be
Speaker 1: like a part of that history. That would have been
Speaker 1: a game changer. Yeah, the court, but at least now
Speaker 1: we have something to work with. We're gonna google some
Speaker 1: of the biggest crimes that have happened locally in our
Speaker 1: area and maybe we can send you to one of
Speaker 1: those court cases. When we get her on the phone,
Speaker 1: let's just go with drinks. Maybe you guys should just
Speaker 1: go get drinks. We'll start with drinks, then we'll build
Speaker 1: up to the really romantic stuff murder, and we'll do
Speaker 1: your second date update right after this. Hold on second. Wow,
Speaker 1: what a great idea for a first date if you're
Speaker 1: into true crime. Just head right to the source and
Speaker 1: bring your special lady down to the courthouse so the
Speaker 1: two of you can laugh and make fun of the
Speaker 1: criminals being prosecuted for low level misdemeanors and then share
Speaker 1: a hot kiss during the sentencing. Oh is that probation?
Speaker 1: They didn't get to the sentencing party, that's why they
Speaker 1: didn't kiss. I'm just saying, where's that suggestion in Cosmo
Speaker 1: Magazine's Hot Date Night tips. It's probably there, probably because
Speaker 1: that's really where Jeremy took Tessa the other day for
Speaker 1: their first meetup, because the two of them bonded over
Speaker 1: true crime documentaries while they were talking online and thought
Speaker 1: it might be fun to show up to a real one.
Speaker 1: It quickly realized court isn't quite as exciting as it
Speaker 1: seems on the Netflix shows and Judge Judy, so the
Speaker 1: romance never really materialized and he's just really hoping for
Speaker 1: a redo none, right, Jeremy, Yeah, that's exactly right, I'm
Speaker 1: hoping for I don't think you should beat yourself up
Speaker 1: over this, though, because it was I mean, Tessa was
Speaker 1: into it too, like it was your decision together. It
Speaker 1: sounds like to go to it, So maybe she's having
Speaker 1: the same regret right now, like, ah, we would have
Speaker 1: done something different, it would have worked out, but we
Speaker 1: didn't should him back, I know, because because they had
Speaker 1: bad vibes, you know, like the vibes could never get on.
Speaker 1: So you just you don't want to call people back
Speaker 1: after that. Maybe she just needs a little nudge from us. Yea.
Speaker 1: Possibly she fell in love with the defendant, those bad boys,
Speaker 1: they always all I gotta do. Wait three years for
Speaker 1: him to get out. The bailiffs. Oh, I make good money. Now,
Speaker 1: that better not to happen. That bailiff was at least sixty.
Speaker 1: So we'll see what Tessa has to say. I'm going
Speaker 1: to call her number right now, right hopefully she answers.
Speaker 1: Let's see, hopefully she's not missing. Hello. Hey is this Tessa? Yes,
Speaker 1: he Tessa, what's up? My name is jeff from a
Speaker 1: radio show called Brooke and Jeffrey in the Morning and
Speaker 1: a podcast. She's really familiar with podcasts. What show are
Speaker 1: you calling from? It's called Brooke and Jeffrey in the Morning.
Speaker 1: I don't I don't know what that is. We're on
Speaker 1: radio or on podcast, We're on YouTube, We're all over
Speaker 1: the place. You should listen radio still exists. Oh okay,
Speaker 1: hurt Tessa. That was like right in my heart. Okay,
Speaker 1: that was not called for, and yes it does. That
Speaker 1: was a first degree stabbing. But that's also why we
Speaker 1: have a podcast. We're gonna forgive you, though, if you
Speaker 1: can give us some answers that we've been looking for
Speaker 1: to help out our listener named Jeremy. Wait, Jeremy the
Speaker 1: guy I went on a day with. That's right, you
Speaker 1: do remember why did he call you? Well, because he
Speaker 1: had a well, I can't even say he had a
Speaker 1: great time. He he told us that you two met
Speaker 1: up the other day at a courthouse for a date,
Speaker 1: and even he admits that maybe it wasn't the best
Speaker 1: date idea. You thought it was a good idea going
Speaker 1: in as well, right to do the courthouse thing since
Speaker 1: you both like true crime, he said, well, okay, so
Speaker 1: just for doing this. Um, I definitely was open to
Speaker 1: the idea because we certainly have the podcast thing in common.
Speaker 1: But yeah, I mean it was pretty snooze fest. I'll admit.
Speaker 1: He feels really bad that he went through with that
Speaker 1: and wants to switch things up for another meet up
Speaker 1: something more exciting. Some hesitation though from you it sounds
Speaker 1: like he didn't give you all the details. I mean
Speaker 1: he said, you guys went and aid in the cafeteria.
Speaker 1: Was that lame because that sounds kind of lame. I
Speaker 1: mean that was like probably the least concerning part of
Speaker 1: the day. Lunch was fine. There was a concerning part.
Speaker 1: Oh yeah, what was that? I don't know, France I
Speaker 1: was going to get him in trouble. But uh, the
Speaker 1: minute we got there, he was like immediately like, oh,
Speaker 1: let's go to the third floor. And I was like, oh,
Speaker 1: have you been here before? Do you like do this often? Okay?
Speaker 1: And he's like, I've been here before. I was involved
Speaker 1: in a Ponzi scheme when I was younger, So I
Speaker 1: had a trial up on the third floor. I know
Speaker 1: that they need some good trials up there. We didn't
Speaker 1: get that detail when we talked to him. Wow, but
Speaker 1: he's so casually dropped it like it didn't mean anything
Speaker 1: to him. Yeah. I mean I guess like he kind
Speaker 1: of explained that, like you got accused, that he wasn't
Speaker 1: convicted of anything, Okay. He just was like, yeah, I
Speaker 1: know my way around since I've been here before. Okay,
Speaker 1: So he was innocent. That's good. So is it just
Speaker 1: that history that turned you off? Okay, you want to
Speaker 1: talk about history. So the first trial was boring, so
Speaker 1: we left and he was like, let's go down the
Speaker 1: hallway to this other room. He's like, I know this fun.
Speaker 1: I had to go to this trial for a different reason.
Speaker 1: He's had to go to multiple times. God, because he
Speaker 1: was caught passing sad check and it's all for like,
Speaker 1: boy doesn't have a lot of money. So is that
Speaker 1: something that turns you on or turns you off? Because
Speaker 1: now I'm kind of getting interested because I was like, oh,
Speaker 1: so you've been to court twice and he's like, oh yeah,
Speaker 1: my twenties. I like found myself on the court system
Speaker 1: quite a bit. He's like, I even got wrongly accused
Speaker 1: of simple assault in a park fight. What it's never
Speaker 1: good when the person's always wrongly accused, Like if it's
Speaker 1: like you're multiple over and over again at some points
Speaker 1: were probably it sounds like he's just in the wrong
Speaker 1: place at the wrong time, all the time, ever the
Speaker 1: wrong one everyone. I'm like, maybe there should be a
Speaker 1: podcast about him, Like we're doing it right now. Oh no,
Speaker 1: okay's been there. Hey man, that sounds like a hardened criminal.
Speaker 1: I'm not breaking the law right now, I promise you that.
Speaker 1: And as I said before, I had a pretty wild
Speaker 1: time in my teens in my twenties, but that's all
Speaker 1: in the past. And yeah, I am a changed man.
Speaker 1: And I mean I was honest with you, and I
Speaker 1: let that part of my life available to you, and
Speaker 1: I thought you might connect and be sympathetic because you're
Speaker 1: into true crime. But I don't know. That's a lot.
Speaker 1: That's a lot like how did you get reformed? Like
Speaker 1: did you get some sort of help or therapy or something,
Speaker 1: because that seems extreme to go through. I don't quite
Speaker 1: believe that you're fully changed. I mean, do people ever
Speaker 1: really change? WHOA Wow, that's a very centical view of things,
Speaker 1: and it seems very judgmental of you right now. Actually, yeah,
Speaker 1: I've never been arrested for anything, so I can't imagine
Speaker 1: that's actually good point. Some people completely change around. I
Speaker 1: think Jeff I did a guy that was a convicted
Speaker 1: grand theft auto. He had that and that was It's
Speaker 1: not something that most people go around dragging about. I'm
Speaker 1: just saying it didn't divine who he was. He made
Speaker 1: a bad choice when he was young, like that happens,
Speaker 1: and he had a pretty good explanation for everything. Are
Speaker 1: you still with him? No? Weird? Why not the auto guy?
Speaker 1: I mean the other Maybe you should practice what you preach, Brook.
Speaker 1: I didn't break up with him because of his felony. Overall, Tessa,
Speaker 1: it sounds to me like Jeremy is being up front
Speaker 1: with you at least about his past. He's not trying
Speaker 1: to hide it from you. He's putting it all out there.
Speaker 1: I'm literally broadcasting it on the radio now, apparently. Yeah,
Speaker 1: and listen, anyone on the run would not go to
Speaker 1: the courthouse, Okay, if he was wanted for something, that's
Speaker 1: not what he would do. Sure, Yeah, but how do
Speaker 1: I know that? I don't know that for sure. Like
Speaker 1: maybe he's like going to these courtrooms to like learn
Speaker 1: about how he can be better at crime. I don't know.
Speaker 1: Is how you approach every man is there's a potential
Speaker 1: that things can go bad. Therefore on every man of
Speaker 1: beating has committed a Ponzi scheme and try things works.
Speaker 1: And in his defense, he was absolved of every crime
Speaker 1: he got accused stuff, So in just until proven guilty,
Speaker 1: and I would like to give him the chance to
Speaker 1: prove just how boring he really is by sending you
Speaker 1: on another date with him, and we would pay for it.
Speaker 1: You know what, I'm going to jump in here. Um,
Speaker 1: I'm going to go ahead and pass myself. Oh, he's
Speaker 1: very judgmental, bad boy, jumping into saying I don't play
Speaker 1: by the rules of the radio anymore. I want to
Speaker 1: do it my way. Thank you for declining, because I
Speaker 1: was about to. I didn't want to have to hurt
Speaker 1: your feelings, but you just showed your Wow. Look at that.
Speaker 1: A guy commits a few, several dozen crimes in his
Speaker 1: life and suddenly he's labeled a bad guy. Wow, I
Speaker 1: guess this is case dismiss We need a gavel. I
Speaker 1: don't have a gavel. I have a tape dispenser in here.
Speaker 1: So the court dismissed. That just broke the tape dispensers. Look, Jeremy,
Speaker 1: you broke my tape disposer. Put his wants on our
Speaker 1: walls of the tape brooking Jeffrey in the morning. You know,
Speaker 1: I'm trying to think about what would have made that
Speaker 1: courtroom date even worse than it already was. I don't
Speaker 1: is there anything he should there be worse? Than admitting
Speaker 1: to all the times you've ever had to make an
Speaker 1: appearance in the courtroom before that moment. Well, I mean,
Speaker 1: if you're at the place where it happened, how could
Speaker 1: it not be top of mine? For yeah, like I've
Speaker 1: been here many times. This brings back so many happy
Speaker 1: memories for me. Actually, use the bathroom on the second
Speaker 1: floor much nicer. Maybe if the guy at the metal
Speaker 1: detector was like, oh hey, Bob, good to see you again.
Speaker 1: You forgot these and handy some like iron knuckles, then
Speaker 1: it could have been worse iron knuckles. K. Yeah, I
Speaker 1: think that's what you mean. Oh well, everyone art streets
Speaker 1: every Yeah, brass doesn't do the trick on this body.
Speaker 1: But I mean other than that, I think it's safe
Speaker 1: to say courtroom first date. Cross that one off of
Speaker 1: your date list. Ideas. Yeah, if anyone else is thinking
Speaker 1: about it there, Yeah, there's one guy that's like, dang it.
Speaker 1: But you know what, whatever your first date is, whether
Speaker 1: it was romantic or just super boring, we want to
Speaker 1: help you out. You can always email the show. We'll
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