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Speaker 1: when you take a girl out on a first date,
Speaker 1: restaurant choice is always important. Usually you try to find
Speaker 1: some like quaint local eatery perfectly, a place that has
Speaker 1: like organic foods, maybe some artisan cocktails, things like that
Speaker 1: that are handcrafted by the bartender. Place where the chef
Speaker 1: comes out and greets you and talks about the food.
Speaker 1: You know, very classy places like that. And that's exactly
Speaker 1: what Mark did on his first date. His email said,
Speaker 1: they took her to the cheesecake Factory. Shut up, good work.
Speaker 1: It's hard to get a reservation there, Mark, How did
Speaker 1: you do it? It wasn't easy, but I had some
Speaker 1: connections there. Yeah. Man, slide the host one hundred dollar
Speaker 1: bill and they give you a seat right next to
Speaker 1: the window where you can watch people carry their bags
Speaker 1: from them all. That's right, that's right. It's very quick. Yeah,
Speaker 1: I know. So why did you decide on the cheesecake factory? Well,
Speaker 1: we were on different sides of town, and we're trying
Speaker 1: to figure out someplace that was between us that we
Speaker 1: could meet at, and it was just really convenient. Girl,
Speaker 1: you like my high mashed potatoes to so many mashed potatoes.
Speaker 1: I'm the one making fun of him for taking the
Speaker 1: cheesecake factory, yet I know menu items from there. How
Speaker 1: bad is that? Is that really a specific venue? It does?
Speaker 1: It is my high mashed potatoes and it's delicious. That's
Speaker 1: actually the truth. They do it. I don't know how
Speaker 1: you know that, but yet I may have been there
Speaker 1: a time or two. Going into this first date, you
Speaker 1: guys both felt like you had honestly represented yourself before
Speaker 1: you met in person. Yeah, I mean she looked like
Speaker 1: her picture, which was good because I've definitely had bad
Speaker 1: experiences in the past with that whole thing, like the
Speaker 1: little angling of the picture thing, so you only see
Speaker 1: the face and then she's got the body of like
Speaker 1: Andrea the Giant. People are very good at taking pictures
Speaker 1: to make themselves look way better than they actually look
Speaker 1: in person, that's for sure. That's defolutely right. Yeah, but
Speaker 1: that was not the case with her. She actually looked
Speaker 1: like the picture. She's very pretty, all right, that's exciting
Speaker 1: and was she cool? I mean, obviously you want to
Speaker 1: get a second date with her, so she had to
Speaker 1: be cool, But like, what'd you like about her so much?
Speaker 1: She was really funny. Actually we did a lot of laughing,
Speaker 1: and you know, I like a good sense of humor
Speaker 1: absolutely is something that's essential to me. And she was
Speaker 1: really fun And before I knew it, you know, the
Speaker 1: dinner was over. Yeah, that'll happen. Sometimes you go to
Speaker 1: a place and you're like, all right, this is gonna
Speaker 1: be like a two hour dinner. Hopefully we can talk
Speaker 1: for a while and you're like thirty minutes and you're like,
Speaker 1: that was that was quick? So now what do we do?
Speaker 1: So how did you end everything at the restaurant? Then? Well,
Speaker 1: when it ended, you know, I wanted to spend some
Speaker 1: more time with her, and since we were already the mall,
Speaker 1: I just suggested we walk around the mall and you know,
Speaker 1: talk for a little while. Hey, I gotta pick up
Speaker 1: some I gotta pick up some new undis and socks.
Speaker 1: You want to roll with me to the Partner store
Speaker 1: real quick? No, No, we didn't do that. We just
Speaker 1: kind of we walked around. Was she was she cool?
Speaker 1: At that. Yeah. Well, I mean it was cool in
Speaker 1: the beginning, but then it did get a little weird
Speaker 1: at one point. How so, well, there was a sort
Speaker 1: of a lull in the conversation and we happened to
Speaker 1: be passing by a jewelry store, and I, in my
Speaker 1: mind that had this impulsive idea of why don't I
Speaker 1: just take her into this jewelry store and do something
Speaker 1: really crazy? You know? So I followed that impulse and, uh,
Speaker 1: buy her jewelry on your first date? No, no, I
Speaker 1: didn't buy her anything, but I did suggest that we
Speaker 1: try on some rings. What are you kidding me? Are
Speaker 1: you crazy? No? I don't know. I know it sounds bad,
Speaker 1: but I didn't. I wasn't thinking of it like that.
Speaker 1: I think it would be a fun thing, you know that.
Speaker 1: What was her reaction when you walk by the jewelry
Speaker 1: store and you're like, hey, why don't we go in
Speaker 1: there and trying some engagement rings? Well, she sort of
Speaker 1: laughed uncomfortably, but she said yes because but at the
Speaker 1: time I thought this because she was into it, But
Speaker 1: she said yes to it. You guys actually went and
Speaker 1: sized yourself for engagement rings. Well, I mean, she didn't
Speaker 1: technically say yes to it. But but I you know,
Speaker 1: I said it would be fun, and I kind of
Speaker 1: drag her in. Oh, I would be out the door
Speaker 1: in a heart beat. How long were you in the
Speaker 1: store for? I don't know, like half an hour? Did
Speaker 1: she did she okay? After the weirdness of it? Did
Speaker 1: she seem to be enjoying herself? Um? Well, that's the
Speaker 1: way I wanted to see it in retrospect. Maybe not.
Speaker 1: Did you realize how weird that could come off when
Speaker 1: you were doing it? No? I mean, you know, we
Speaker 1: I kept saying, dre, you know, we're just pretending. And
Speaker 1: I was saying that the whole time, for pretend, you know,
Speaker 1: just for fun. My heart starts beating faster just walking
Speaker 1: by engagement rings when I was single? Is that all
Speaker 1: you did? I mean? Did the date end after that? Yeah?
Speaker 1: Pretty much it was. We sort of walked out of
Speaker 1: them all after that and watched her to her a car,
Speaker 1: and I gave her a little tech on the cheek
Speaker 1: and a hug, you know, And I thought I did
Speaker 1: my best, And I hope that she realized that. How
Speaker 1: many times have you tried to get ahold of her?
Speaker 1: Since you guys went out I've called her, maybe I
Speaker 1: don't know, two or three times. It's always gone straight
Speaker 1: to voicemail. But I've texted her five times and she
Speaker 1: responded to the first one. She hasn't responded since. Okay,
Speaker 1: I just want to clarify something. So you know, what
Speaker 1: you did was strange to do on a first date.
Speaker 1: You know now looking back now that she's hasn't responded
Speaker 1: to me, and it might have been a little weird
Speaker 1: for her. All right, Well, we'll play a song, come back,
Speaker 1: call her and get your second date update. All right, great,
Speaker 1: all right, hang on brooking jubile in the morning if
Speaker 1: you're just tuning in for the second date update. Mark
Speaker 1: is on the phone with us. He wants to call
Speaker 1: a girl named Christina. Today. They met online, went out
Speaker 1: on a date. Then Mark made the very sane decision
Speaker 1: of taking her into a ring store to do some
Speaker 1: engagement ring shopping on a first date, doesn't it. Yeah?
Speaker 1: According to Mark, he knew that what he did was
Speaker 1: kind of weird, but in the moment it sounded like
Speaker 1: a fun thing, like, Hey, let's just go in here
Speaker 1: and check out some engagement rings. And now she's not
Speaker 1: calling him back, all right, Mark you're about ready to
Speaker 1: give her a call. Yeah, let's I think the mistake
Speaker 1: you made was you didn't go all the way with it,
Speaker 1: you know. Oh what you should have done is while
Speaker 1: you were in the store, purchased a ring without her knowing,
Speaker 1: and then when you walked her back to your car,
Speaker 1: got down on one knee and said, I want to
Speaker 1: spend the rest of my life with you, Christina. I
Speaker 1: think it's bad enough with it what I did. Please
Speaker 1: don't make it worse. But by not proposing, Yeah, it
Speaker 1: is bad. You should have proposed go all the way
Speaker 1: with it. Don't do it. Don't half asset mark. All right, Well,
Speaker 1: I'm about to doll the phone number and get her
Speaker 1: on the phone and find out what went wrong on
Speaker 1: your dates, even though we already know probably what went wrong. Hello, Hi,
Speaker 1: can I speak to Christina please? This is Hers. Hey Christina,
Speaker 1: how are you? This is Jewil from Brook and Jewil
Speaker 1: in the Morning. Sorry, who did you say you were?
Speaker 1: Whoop business? It's a radio show, a morning show. I
Speaker 1: didn't catch that Whoop business again. It's Brooke and Jewil
Speaker 1: in the Morning. It's a morning radio program. You can
Speaker 1: hear it in your car on the way to work
Speaker 1: and stuff. Okay, you clearly don't listen, right, Are you
Speaker 1: still talking about the radio thing? Yes? I am here.
Speaker 1: Let me explain for a second. All right, we host
Speaker 1: a morning radio show. One of our listeners actually emailed
Speaker 1: us to try to get you on the phone. His
Speaker 1: name is Mark, and you recently went out on a
Speaker 1: date with Mark. Yeah. I'm not calling him back, we
Speaker 1: know that. Yeah, that's the whole reason that he emailed us.
Speaker 1: He said, Hey, I met this really cool girl named Christina.
Speaker 1: We went out on a day and had fun, but
Speaker 1: now she won't respond to my phone calls. Can you
Speaker 1: talk to us for a second about your date with Mark?
Speaker 1: Not really, I'm pretty busy. I promise this won't take
Speaker 1: up much of your time. I just really, all I
Speaker 1: want to ask you about is him taking you to
Speaker 1: the jewelry store on a first date to look at
Speaker 1: engagement rings. Oh man, you wow? He told you about that?
Speaker 1: Yes he did, and he actually admits that he knows
Speaker 1: that was kind of an awkward move. Yeah, awkward is
Speaker 1: an understatement. Oh. I would have freaked out if I
Speaker 1: were you. Honestly, it was just such a strange suggestion,
Speaker 1: you know, I just thought he was kidding. Yeah, And
Speaker 1: why did you go along with it? I mean I
Speaker 1: didn't want to see mean, he did seem like a
Speaker 1: nice guy. It just seems like a very strange thing
Speaker 1: to request. Okay, so that's why you're not calling him
Speaker 1: back because he took you engagement ring shopping on a
Speaker 1: first date. I mean, yeah, there's a little more to
Speaker 1: the story, but that's basically the main reason. Yeah, what's
Speaker 1: the more. Well, he pulled me in. I thought I
Speaker 1: seemed apprehensive enough, but he like seemed very excited to
Speaker 1: go in. And while we were there, I got the
Speaker 1: feeling that this spur of the moment or deal wasn't
Speaker 1: as spur of the moment as he was trying to
Speaker 1: make it seem. What do you mean by that? I
Speaker 1: felt like he planned it. One of the girls when
Speaker 1: we came in called him by his name. Shut up.
Speaker 1: They knew his first name, like, welcome to the store. Yeah,
Speaker 1: they were like, hi, Mark, good to see you, Like
Speaker 1: this is his first date. Move While we were looking
Speaker 1: at a lot of jewelry, and when he went to
Speaker 1: the other side of the store, I leaned in and
Speaker 1: I asked the woman, I'm like, hey, how do you
Speaker 1: know him, and she said to me, yeah, he's been
Speaker 1: in here a few times, like with other girls. I
Speaker 1: didn't get to ask because he was on his way back.
Speaker 1: But was she given me like the look like you
Speaker 1: need to get out, like w this is weird or
Speaker 1: he's just shopping by himself. And she didn't seem to
Speaker 1: think anything was abnormal neither one. It just it was
Speaker 1: weird that she even said that he had been in
Speaker 1: there a few times. Yeah, hey, does he have a
Speaker 1: lot of jewelry? I mean maybe a shopping for himself.
Speaker 1: I didn't notice too much jewelry. Okay, so he's not
Speaker 1: like a dude with like big watches and pinky rings everywhere?
Speaker 1: Like yeah, no, No, did you ask him about it?
Speaker 1: Did you ask him like, hey, have you been here before?
Speaker 1: I didn't know how to, and I just figured this
Speaker 1: was his go to date kind of thing. And I
Speaker 1: kept thinking, like, why why would you want to bring
Speaker 1: a girl engagement ring shopping on your first date? How
Speaker 1: could that be your go to move? How could that
Speaker 1: be your first instinct? I don't get it. Don't you
Speaker 1: want to ask him about that? I would love to
Speaker 1: ask him if that's his move. No, I'd rather let
Speaker 1: it go. Well, I can't let it go, Christina, And
Speaker 1: we're gonna have to ask him because he's actually on
Speaker 1: the other line listening right now. Are you are you serious? Yeah? Mark,
Speaker 1: go ahead and say hi, Okay, let me explain. All right,
Speaker 1: And it sounds really bad, but there's an explanation. I
Speaker 1: swear it's not what you think. So this isn't Yeah,
Speaker 1: what's the explanation. This isn't your first date move, Mark,
Speaker 1: it's not my first date move. I swear with with you, Christina,
Speaker 1: that was an impulsive move. That is not my go
Speaker 1: to move the girl first. Same, She says, you've been
Speaker 1: in there a few times. Explain that I understand. I understand. Um,
Speaker 1: I have been in there a few times. I've been
Speaker 1: in there with other girls. But but what I have
Speaker 1: I've been in there with two other girls. But no,
Speaker 1: let me explain. It's it's legitimate. I was actually engaged
Speaker 1: to both of them. What you've been engaged twice in
Speaker 1: the recent past. Yes, I was engaged twice and uh,
Speaker 1: and both times we went to that sort of shop
Speaker 1: for ring Why would you ever go in there? Then?
Speaker 1: Mark heard, you know, I don't know, but what I
Speaker 1: think probably happened. Is that, you know, I was nervous
Speaker 1: because there was a law in the conversation and it
Speaker 1: was a familiar place, and I thought, well, this could
Speaker 1: be fun, you know, we this could be you know,
Speaker 1: at some place that I that I had some good
Speaker 1: memories in and maybe when you want and the sales
Speaker 1: lady knew your name, didn't you know, Like, oh my god,
Speaker 1: this is the biggest mistake I've ever made. We need
Speaker 1: to leave immediately. I didn't even hear her say that.
Speaker 1: I I mean, obviously she said it because Christina heard it,
Speaker 1: but but I didn't. I swear, I didn't even hear
Speaker 1: her say that. I didn't know she knew my name.
Speaker 1: So have you been married before? Like what You've just
Speaker 1: been engaged twice? Was that recently? It was the last one? Yes,
Speaker 1: was was fairly recent before I met you online. It
Speaker 1: was before I met you online. But but yes, I
Speaker 1: never got married though, and we never never happened. I mean,
Speaker 1: it was both the engagements ended and uh, you know, um,
Speaker 1: but it was never you know, I never lied to
Speaker 1: you or held it back from you when we were
Speaker 1: talking online. It just never came up. I guess that's true.
Speaker 1: And you take me to the same exact store that
Speaker 1: you got their rings. You thought that was okay. I
Speaker 1: was getting nervous because there was a lot in the
Speaker 1: conversation and I just pulled you in there because I
Speaker 1: wanted to shake things up a little bit and get
Speaker 1: things going. And I realized it wasn't a great choice
Speaker 1: in retrospect, But I swear like there was no There
Speaker 1: was a million other things we could have done at
Speaker 1: the mall because for engagement rings, million other things, you
Speaker 1: had a lot of options. Mark, But we were in
Speaker 1: front of that store when we were that's true. But
Speaker 1: you could have walked three feet to another store or
Speaker 1: up to the food court and got some frozen yogurt.
Speaker 1: There's there's a lot of stuff you could have done.
Speaker 1: I know, I mean, I know, I realized it was
Speaker 1: it was stupid. I wasn't thinking, but that's what I did.
Speaker 1: And you know, I have no I you know it
Speaker 1: was stupid. Are you sure, Mark? Are you sure you're
Speaker 1: ready to be dating right now? Yeah? Yes, I am sure.
Speaker 1: And I'd like to go on another day with Christina? Okay, cool?
Speaker 1: Let me ask her then, Christina, would you like to
Speaker 1: go out with Mark again? I will pay for a
Speaker 1: second date. I mean, my gut is telling me no. Oh,
Speaker 1: you know what everybody says, don't listen to your gut. Yeah,
Speaker 1: I think it's the opposite, right, Yeah, I don't know.
Speaker 1: I don't think so my gut, my gut tells me no,
Speaker 1: it's not no. I mean, I just I can't. It
Speaker 1: was all really strange. I told too many people about
Speaker 1: that story. I can't go out with that dude. Now, yeah,
Speaker 1: you're sure you have the you have the opportunity to
Speaker 1: be Mark's next ex fiance. Come on, man, don't don't
Speaker 1: say it like that. It makes me look it makes
Speaker 1: me sound like a weird though. I mean, all I
Speaker 1: did is take a girl into a ring shop on
Speaker 1: the first dag. Just say what you said again and
Speaker 1: tell me that's not weird. Broken Jupil in the morning.