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Speaker 5: Imagine on the most romantic day of the year. You
Speaker 5: have two people reach out to you, both asking if
Speaker 5: they can be your Valentine. Oh my god, are you
Speaker 5: in a dream?
Speaker 2: Jeff, you wake up.
Speaker 5: It's both together. It's not about me, it's about one
Speaker 5: of our listeners. What do you do? Because I can
Speaker 5: tell you with full certainty, you should not do what
Speaker 5: this listener did, because it's landed him here asking for
Speaker 5: help with an awkward Tuesday phone call. You're gonna hear
Speaker 5: all about the fateful decision he made coming up next.
Speaker 4: It's awkward. It's Tuesday.
Speaker 5: It's awkward Tuesday phone call. What percentage do you think
Speaker 5: dating experts say getting back together with an X is
Speaker 5: a good idea?
Speaker 1: I mean only times I've heard of it, literally got
Speaker 1: married good idea?
Speaker 2: Or fun idea?
Speaker 6: Good?
Speaker 2: Yeah, because it's fun.
Speaker 5: Yeah. Well, but maybe they've grown brooke. Maybe the problems
Speaker 5: that caused your breakup are all resolved now. Ah, maybe
Speaker 5: the statute of limitations on that restraining order finally expired
Speaker 5: and you're free. Yay, that's that's not a good romantic.
Speaker 6: Again.
Speaker 5: So what's the expert's final number on the chances that
Speaker 5: will work out with your ex? Less than five percent?
Speaker 2: So you're saying there's a chance it's above zero. It's
Speaker 2: actually better than I expected.
Speaker 4: I know two different couples that broke up and then
Speaker 4: years later got back and they're married.
Speaker 2: Just wait for the divorce.
Speaker 5: But nobody knows those percentage numbers more than our listener.
Speaker 5: Brock reached out to our show needing some help. Rock
Speaker 5: Welcome to your life.
Speaker 6: Then, I really wish I would have heard the a
Speaker 6: couple of weeks ago. I would I would have made
Speaker 6: a couple of different decisions.
Speaker 4: Oh yeah, you should just be always googling the divorce
Speaker 4: rate periodically.
Speaker 2: It sounds like you're in deep regret right now.
Speaker 6: That's a bulls eye right there.
Speaker 5: Wow, good job, but we.
Speaker 2: Can work from that.
Speaker 5: Yeah, what happened? Why do you say that?
Speaker 6: So? I was seeing this new girl for a month, Chloe,
Speaker 6: super casual, new relationships. Things are going great. We've really
Speaker 6: hit it off and really connect And on Valentine's Day
Speaker 6: she reaches out and she asked me if I want
Speaker 6: to be her Valentine. Oh, I got asked, and I'm like,
Speaker 6: that's what every guy wants, you know, Like I feel special.
Speaker 6: I said, yes, I'll be your Valentine.
Speaker 2: Okay, Okay, does that mean she's going to plan a date?
Speaker 2: That's awesome.
Speaker 6: I mean I didn't know what it really meant. I'm like, hey,
Speaker 6: I'm with you and you're with me, so cool. Okay.
Speaker 1: Yeah, it's almost like a cute way to ask to
Speaker 1: be exclusive.
Speaker 2: I guess.
Speaker 5: I mean Valentine's just hang out that day.
Speaker 1: Yeah, things are good though, you're flattered, people are happy.
Speaker 5: Sure, So what happen next?
Speaker 6: Well, my ex she texted me the same day, and
Speaker 6: it was a long one. Yeah, it was. It was
Speaker 6: basically her saying how much she missed me, how she
Speaker 6: felt bad about our relationship ending the way it did,
Speaker 6: she laughing for somebody else. She wished that she could
Speaker 6: take it all.
Speaker 1: Back Valentine's Day when she suddenly single again.
Speaker 6: Okay, okay, And she also told me she wanted to
Speaker 6: see me for Valentine's Day.
Speaker 5: Oh but you've already said yes to Chloe.
Speaker 2: You're already someone's Valentine.
Speaker 6: Yeah, I know, But I also still had feelings for her,
Speaker 6: and we didn't break up that long ago. It was
Speaker 6: only a couple months ago.
Speaker 2: Yeah, I get it.
Speaker 4: That does change it a little.
Speaker 2: I could see that we've been there, So.
Speaker 5: What did you do?
Speaker 6: I mean, I said yes, I'd be her Valentine's too.
Speaker 5: Try to do a double Valentine.
Speaker 6: I don't know.
Speaker 2: He hasn't thought this out too far.
Speaker 5: Hold on, I like where this is going. So what
Speaker 5: happens on Valentine's Day?
Speaker 6: Oh? I mean, first off, I hung out with Chloe
Speaker 6: and then it was great and fun, and then I
Speaker 6: hung out with my ex.
Speaker 5: Oh wow, I didn't think it was gonna work out.
Speaker 5: That's wonderful. Two women were made happy that day, Brooke.
Speaker 5: That should bring a smile to your face.
Speaker 2: You hung out with them on the same day.
Speaker 6: Yeah, the day of the year.
Speaker 2: I'm like a late day, late celebration.
Speaker 6: With one of them. I mean, what can I do?
Speaker 6: I was two people's Valentines and I had to be there.
Speaker 1: Well yeah, yeah, it sounds like you probably didn't feel
Speaker 1: guilty about doing it to your ex because she sounds
Speaker 1: like she was maybe overlapping at the end of your relationship.
Speaker 5: So what's happened since then?
Speaker 6: So? I had spent more time with my ex and
Speaker 6: we kind of we picked things up where they left
Speaker 6: off and it was good for a while. But a
Speaker 6: couple of days ago she dumped me again. For another guy.
Speaker 5: Oh yeah, same thing that happened the first time.
Speaker 1: I mean that's like first time, shame on you second time.
Speaker 5: I don't know that's saying. I think I've always heard
Speaker 5: blame the ex.
Speaker 6: I agree with you on that.
Speaker 2: Blame the Yeah, it's not cool of her, I would
Speaker 2: agree with that.
Speaker 5: All right, So you've reached out for an awkward Tuesday?
Speaker 5: What made you do that? Where are you hoping to
Speaker 5: get out of this?
Speaker 6: So? I need you guys to call Chloe for me?
Speaker 3: Oh okay, rebound double time?
Speaker 6: I say that. I mean this is more like I
Speaker 6: was robbed of an opportunity to build something genuine with
Speaker 6: Chloe because of my ex. Chloe doesn't know about any
Speaker 6: of this that's happened, and I need this to be smoothing.
Speaker 4: You want to tell her?
Speaker 2: What did you tell Chloe?
Speaker 6: Like?
Speaker 1: I mean, did you stop seeing her while you got
Speaker 1: back together with your ex?
Speaker 6: I mean, I've been more distant and I haven't hung
Speaker 6: out there as much.
Speaker 2: Okay, so you were seeing both? Yeah, she's probably clocked
Speaker 2: on by now.
Speaker 5: Yeah, well we don't know. Is there any hints that
Speaker 5: she's aware of you going back to your ex girlfriend?
Speaker 6: Now?
Speaker 2: Nothing does that feel like cheating.
Speaker 1: I mean, if Chloe were to have been seeing another guy,
Speaker 1: would you consider that cheating on you?
Speaker 6: I mean, if I didn't know, even no.
Speaker 5: Nice, I like that. If I'm not aware of it,
Speaker 5: but it's not cheating.
Speaker 6: It is if I don't know, there's nothing for me
Speaker 6: to be upset about her.
Speaker 5: I like that. Okay, So now you mess. You want
Speaker 5: to reach out to the girl that you kind of
Speaker 5: ditched to see if you can start things up again
Speaker 5: with her, and you don't want to tell her about
Speaker 5: the whole situation with your ex.
Speaker 6: Yeah, I mean this is only a couple of weeks ago. Like,
Speaker 6: this isn't a long time ago. So I just need
Speaker 6: some advice on kind of how to bridge the gap
Speaker 6: and take it back up.
Speaker 2: Okay, so you've kind of ghosted her for a couple
Speaker 2: of weeks.
Speaker 5: Well, okay, some girls like head games, no one ever. Well,
Speaker 5: we're going to have to play them when we come back.
Speaker 5: Give our advice to Brock and let him make his
Speaker 5: awkward Tuesday phone call trying to reignite things with Chloe.
Speaker 5: I'm not right after this. Hold on, it's it's Tuesday.
Speaker 5: It's awkward Tuesday phone call. Who wouldn't want to jump
Speaker 5: into the dating pool after this because our listener, Brock,
Speaker 5: if you're just joining us, was put in a tough
Speaker 5: position a few weeks ago when two women asked if
Speaker 5: they could be his valentine on Cupid's big Day.
Speaker 2: He couldn't say no.
Speaker 5: Well, first was a girl named Chloe that he'd been
Speaker 5: casually seeing for a month, and he said yes to her.
Speaker 2: And he liked her, excited about it.
Speaker 5: But then he got a message from his ex Yikes,
Speaker 5: also asking to see him, and Brock said yes to
Speaker 5: her too, because there are still feelings there. And really
Speaker 5: he's been spending most of his time with his ex
Speaker 5: until a few days ago when she dropped him again
Speaker 5: in the same way as before, leaving him for a
Speaker 5: different guy. So he feels like he made the wrong
Speaker 5: choice and now wants to reach back out to the
Speaker 5: first girl, Chloe, to reignite that spark without Oh yeah,
Speaker 5: by the way, I left you for my ex. So
Speaker 5: how does he pull that off? Brooke?
Speaker 1: You're up, well, I think that last part is totally wrong.
Speaker 1: I've been in this position before, and I think this
Speaker 1: is what you have to do, is you have to
Speaker 1: come clean and you have to say, listen, that experience
Speaker 1: really taught me something, and it's that I'm so over
Speaker 1: her and I just want to be with you.
Speaker 5: Oh that's mature, Brock. Are you still awake after that?
Speaker 6: I mean yes and no.
Speaker 2: Can you come out looking like the hero, Brock?
Speaker 6: It is super risky to do that though.
Speaker 4: That's making yourself very vulnerable.
Speaker 2: But you're honest, she wins. I mean, I don't see
Speaker 2: a downside to this.
Speaker 5: I'm sure she's not going to be offended when she
Speaker 5: finds out the real reason that he did it.
Speaker 2: But hanging out for a month totally.
Speaker 5: I'm with you there. Now you have that piece of advice, Brock. Jose,
Speaker 5: what do you think, Well.
Speaker 4: There's a famous Seinfeld episode where Kramer gets fired and
Speaker 4: then he just keeps showing up to work.
Speaker 2: Oh yeah, right, nobody notices.
Speaker 5: Yeah yeah, So you gotta.
Speaker 4: Do the same thing, act like nothing happened and you
Speaker 4: guys are still doing good.
Speaker 1: Isn't that what we just talked about our show called
Speaker 1: ghost lighting? Oh yeah, ghosts ghosted someone and then you
Speaker 1: pretend like you didn't.
Speaker 5: It is the hot, cool new thing to do right
Speaker 5: now in the dating world. So I like Jose's advice,
Speaker 5: very topical, he's already ghosted. He just seems to do
Speaker 5: the gaslighting.
Speaker 2: Very topical or very toxic.
Speaker 3: You can choose mature toxic here twice, two options.
Speaker 6: I don't think it's toxic. Again, Like, if she doesn't know,
Speaker 6: then nothing bad happened, right.
Speaker 2: I haven't talked to her in week. She knows something,
Speaker 2: she's got a moral, but.
Speaker 5: She won't know. If he's just feeling the good vibe.
Speaker 5: She'll just ride that train with him.
Speaker 6: Yeah, I mean, who's to say something bad happened?
Speaker 5: That's right?
Speaker 6: Maybe I was in an accident, maybe my dog died.
Speaker 6: She doesn't know her.
Speaker 2: Make up a little far, But go ahead, ghost lighter.
Speaker 5: I think you got the spirit of it. We are
Speaker 5: running a little bit short on time, so I'm in
Speaker 5: a dial Chloe for you, and we can step away
Speaker 5: and let you make your call. You feel ready, I'm
Speaker 5: ever gonna get Let's do it all right, good luck.
Speaker 5: We'll be here waiting to jump in if you need us.
Speaker 5: Here we go.
Speaker 6: Hello, Hey, Chloe, what's up? Ah?
Speaker 1: Who is this? Hey?
Speaker 6: It's mad It's Brock. What's up? Oh? What number is there? Oh?
Speaker 6: I mean I had to get a new phone. Because
Speaker 6: that dropped the other one and accidentally kicked it into
Speaker 6: the lake, and so it's just a new one and
Speaker 6: it's just been a huge Yeah it was. I mean,
Speaker 6: I'm not this well this guy sometimes, but I got
Speaker 6: it replaced and I had your number written down and
Speaker 6: it's been this whole process and complicated. How are the
Speaker 6: cats husband in Journey? Oh?
Speaker 5: What a?
Speaker 6: I don't know. I was just thinking, like, we haven't
Speaker 6: hung out in a hot minute, and like we, you know,
Speaker 6: get some steak or something. Uh what I mean maybe
Speaker 6: like you're down for seafood or like chicken or like,
Speaker 6: I mean whatever, I'm not picky. What about you and
Speaker 6: your exh? What? What are you? What are you talking about? Okay,
Speaker 6: I swear I saw a photo of you in your
Speaker 6: ex the day after Valentine's Day of your Instagram? What
Speaker 6: was that about? Was? Was? What about? Why were you
Speaker 6: posting photos of you and your ex? Whoa actually funny
Speaker 6: story here? So? Uh you remember when you texted me
Speaker 6: to be your Valentine? Yeah? Well okay, same time. It's funny.
Speaker 6: My eggs also texted me with some cry baby sob
Speaker 6: story how she missed me and she wished the weekend
Speaker 6: sin you know Valentine's together. Oh okay, and you know
Speaker 6: stupid me, right, i'mb idiot, Hello, Brock. I so for it,
Speaker 6: and I ended up spending that night with her. Oh
Speaker 6: oh but you saw me earlier that night. Look, it
Speaker 6: was like I was under her spell. You can't blame
Speaker 6: me for that, right, Like, what's my fault? What are
Speaker 6: that going?
Speaker 1: Like?
Speaker 6: What do you want from me? Now? Okay? Basically she
Speaker 6: briled me in and she built me for a second time.
Speaker 6: Oh you don't say no, don't. Yeah, And like I
Speaker 6: just I just realized like the air of her ways,
Speaker 6: and like I just think we should continue where we
Speaker 6: left off. Oh my god, Oh you are such an idiot.
Speaker 3: What's going on?
Speaker 6: I needed some help, Brock.
Speaker 5: I think you need to be quiet for a second
Speaker 5: and let us step in here for a couple of years.
Speaker 5: Maybe because hey, Chloe, you're on a radio show right now.
Speaker 5: It's called Brook and Jeffrey in the Morning.
Speaker 6: Wow. Okay, do I like win something for going out
Speaker 6: with the sloother.
Speaker 5: Or that's a little harsh?
Speaker 2: No, I mean, can't we just stick with idiot? That's
Speaker 2: like a fun thing to call.
Speaker 5: Yeah. The reason that we're calling you is this is
Speaker 5: something called an awkward Tuesday phone call. Brock reached out
Speaker 5: because he feels terrible about how things played out, the
Speaker 5: decisions that were made. He just wishes that he could
Speaker 5: go back in a race the past two weeks of
Speaker 5: his life.
Speaker 2: He's very regretful for hooking back up with his ice man.
Speaker 6: You guys should have done this, like, you are way
Speaker 6: better this than I am.
Speaker 1: Wellok, you included way too many details, like especially the
Speaker 1: one where why you're ex dumped you all.
Speaker 2: I like that. It's not my fault.
Speaker 5: To be fair, you did say come completely clean Brooke
Speaker 5: as your advice.
Speaker 2: You didn't take ownership of anything, Brock.
Speaker 6: That's a good point, bro my fault like she played me.
Speaker 5: Well, Well, the ownership is you made the decision to
Speaker 5: get back with her, and I'm sure that Chloe feels
Speaker 5: absolutely horrible about that, right Chloe.
Speaker 6: Yeah, I don't. I have no sympathy literally a zero.
Speaker 5: Oh wow.
Speaker 6: I mean you should though, because you were robbed of
Speaker 6: this experience too.
Speaker 5: Oh yes, you were both due by your devious ex
Speaker 5: girlfriend trying to get in the middle of you two
Speaker 5: and break you tow up. You can't let her get
Speaker 5: away with that that's a spin.
Speaker 6: I mean no, we can. We can definitely go out
Speaker 6: like like I said, steak or chicken or seafood or world.
Speaker 5: You've given all the menu options. We know Brock. That's great, Chloe.
Speaker 1: Were you ever excited about Brock like before the X, I.
Speaker 6: Mean yeah, we were in the like having fun stage. Yeah, yeah,
Speaker 6: we have fun together. Man, I can forget everything if
Speaker 6: you can't, of course forget that.
Speaker 5: That's quite an offer, Chloe. What do you think? Are
Speaker 5: you fully moved on from Brock? Or is there any
Speaker 5: part of you that wants to just give him, like
Speaker 5: one more chance, just meet up with him like his
Speaker 5: ex did she wanted him back.
Speaker 6: Are you seriously asking that? So? Thank you?
Speaker 1: Okay, I think this has been very clear from the
Speaker 1: very beginnings.
Speaker 5: Sounding like you're not buying what Brock is putting down.
Speaker 6: Chloe, You're okay with missing out on all of this
Speaker 6: because of her?
Speaker 2: Why do I imagine him pointing to.
Speaker 5: You're going to miss out on so much, all the
Speaker 5: steak and the chicken, the seafood.
Speaker 6: Don't forget to see man, no one.
Speaker 5: Else can offer that all the cuisines.
Speaker 6: I said no, and I couldn't be any clearer.
Speaker 2: Yeah, they.
Speaker 1: All right, well, very very clear boundaries.
Speaker 5: Yeah, how you doing, man, I'm awkward, I guess I understand.
Speaker 6: I am sure.
Speaker 5: Very I am so sorry about Brooks advice. If you
Speaker 5: had gotten something else, you would have been.
Speaker 2: Able to pull that my advice.
Speaker 1: I didn't tell him to go into details about how
Speaker 1: he hung out with both of them on the same side.
Speaker 6: I took the higher roads for the first time, and
Speaker 6: that obviously didn't work out.
Speaker 3: I think you've tried to gas at the beginning, but
Speaker 3: she caught on.
Speaker 5: Well, remember we learned experts say there's less than a
Speaker 5: five percent chance that getting back with Chloe would be
Speaker 5: a good idea.
Speaker 6: I mean, just one a time. I'm gonna take my
Speaker 6: odds with my ex.
Speaker 5: You don't she takes you back again, Jeffrey and morning.
Speaker 5: It's always a good move to threaten to get back
Speaker 5: with your ex to make somebody jealous. Brook You still
Speaker 5: use that trick with your husband to this day.
Speaker 2: Right, I would laugh if he said that to me.
Speaker 2: He's so ridiculous.
Speaker 5: Well, my ex never had any issues taking out the trash,
Speaker 5: so maybe I'll go talk to him.
Speaker 2: Yeah, the first side of the healthy relationship.
Speaker 5: Jeff Unfortunately, she already knew that he was kind of
Speaker 5: back with his ex, so it was kind of doomed
Speaker 5: from the start of that call.
Speaker 1: I feel like Chloe could be like some sort of
Speaker 1: research model of how to handle a guy like this.
Speaker 2: She did so.
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