Speaker 1: I'll tell you that after we're done with the awkward
Speaker 1: Tuesday phone call. Today, I do want to go have
Speaker 1: drinks with a woman that was on the phone with us.
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Speaker 1: You're gonna find out why here with a brand new episode.
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Speaker 2: All right, Your brand new episode starts right now. It's awkward.
Speaker 2: It's Tuesday. It's awkward Tuesday phone call. I recently asked Brook,
Speaker 2: what's the latest tally on your list of best friends?
Speaker 2: Because it seems to just be forever growing, just keep
Speaker 2: adding them on. How many are we at now? Brooke?
Speaker 1: I think I have like nine best friends.
Speaker 2: Oh okay, so jose and I made the lists right, Yeah, yeah,
Speaker 2: you have the list. I feel like I don't believe
Speaker 2: you now any eye.
Speaker 4: Contact with us?
Speaker 1: First names I thought of.
Speaker 2: Okay, I'm just work. I'm curious. Is it ever hard
Speaker 2: to do things with one of your best friends or
Speaker 2: just a small group of them and exclude some of
Speaker 2: the others? Does that feel bad?
Speaker 1: They're all from different parts of my life, so they
Speaker 1: don't necessarily overlap.
Speaker 2: So no, you don't feel bad. That's all you have.
Speaker 2: She keeps them where she wants them all. Yeah, I'm
Speaker 2: just saying it doesn't feel good to be excluded. And
Speaker 2: one of our listeners, Joe, is on the line right
Speaker 2: now because he's feeling hurt after he got left off
Speaker 2: of the guest list. Joe, welcome to the show man.
Speaker 5: Hey, thanks for having me.
Speaker 1: Guys, you're not my best friend who I forgot their name?
Speaker 1: Were you?
Speaker 2: Okay? Okay, okay, don't worry. She will forget your name
Speaker 2: in five minutes from now, so just give it a
Speaker 2: little time. But tell us who hurt your feelings and
Speaker 2: didn't invite you?
Speaker 5: Oh, so this is my best friend Monica. Monica and
Speaker 5: I have been friends since college and there's never been
Speaker 5: anything romantic between the two of us. It's totally platonic.
Speaker 2: Like, oh, that's different than Brook and her best friends.
Speaker 2: But keep going.
Speaker 1: I mean, I have best guy friends, but I did
Speaker 1: date them previously, not a long time ago.
Speaker 2: And the girls from college, you know that was a
Speaker 2: gray area. But that's fine, sure.
Speaker 1: Whatever, okay, but you get feelings mixed up, that's easy
Speaker 1: to do.
Speaker 2: Sure, but you and Monica ever since college, it sounds
Speaker 2: like Joe just totally like besties. No mixed feelings in there.
Speaker 5: Yeah, and like something else about both of us is
Speaker 5: that we're both birthday people.
Speaker 2: You know, you have birthdays. I also have a birthday. Wow,
Speaker 2: that's awesome.
Speaker 1: Birthday people who do it all?
Speaker 2: That's a week?
Speaker 1: Yes, you do the decorations and the fun and the party.
Speaker 2: Gotcha? So is the event that was happening that was
Speaker 2: at a birthday event?
Speaker 5: Yeah? So every year on her birthday we make plans
Speaker 5: to talk or like grab lunch. I'll bring her balloons.
Speaker 2: So nice.
Speaker 5: We always do something on her birthday. But last week
Speaker 5: I called her and I couldn't reach her. But she
Speaker 5: called me the next day to say, oh, yeah, I'm sorry,
Speaker 5: but some of my other friends threw me a surprise party.
Speaker 2: Oh that's where we are. That kind of hurts.
Speaker 5: Yeah, especially because I was like, what other friends? And
Speaker 5: she named a couple of her girlfriends that I know,
Speaker 5: So I was like, how did I not get invited to?
Speaker 2: This is weird?
Speaker 1: I will say though, maybe on the girlfriend's part, the
Speaker 1: person who hosted it, they just don't think of guys.
Speaker 5: I thought of that too, and I was like, oh,
Speaker 5: so was this like a girl's thing? And Monica was like, no,
Speaker 5: there were guys there.
Speaker 1: Oh sorry, oh the cool guys at this part?
Speaker 2: No, yeah, don't say that.
Speaker 1: Maybe it was the hot guys.
Speaker 2: Oh yeah, that won't hurt feelings.
Speaker 5: So I actually hit up one of the other girls
Speaker 5: that hosted it, and I was like, hey, I just
Speaker 5: want to know, like why I wasn't invited? Like is
Speaker 5: everything okay? And she was really elusive about it, like
Speaker 5: it was just one word text responses like oops and
Speaker 5: that was it?
Speaker 1: Oh one word responses feel so weird?
Speaker 6: No apology?
Speaker 1: Yeah yeah, oh my god, we forgot.
Speaker 6: I'm so sorry.
Speaker 2: Why do you think that they would say that to you?
Speaker 5: So I have one theory and I don't like it.
Speaker 2: Oh sorry, kind of buddy. I hate this I made
Speaker 2: up in my brain. Okay, what's this theory?
Speaker 5: Monica has an ex boyfriend named Damien. Okay, and they've
Speaker 5: been on again, off again, and I don't think he's
Speaker 5: good for her. I really you don't like him. He's
Speaker 5: been unfaithful to her before. So I can totally imagine
Speaker 5: Monica being like, I'm back with Damian. Damien should be here.
Speaker 5: But if Damian's there, Joe should not be.
Speaker 1: That's why you sometimes just got to keep your mouth
Speaker 1: shut when it comes to bad relationships. Your friends are
Speaker 1: in you know.
Speaker 5: I can't do that though, because Danmian cheated on Monica,
Speaker 5: Like that's an unforgivable thing morals.
Speaker 2: Man sounds like Monica likes to be cheated on a
Speaker 2: little bit. Sometimes it's a fun game.
Speaker 1: Nobody likes it. J Cycle that you find yourself.
Speaker 2: They don't like the cheating part, but they like the
Speaker 2: drama of Like I kind of like being tossed back
Speaker 2: and forth. I don't think that's it. Yeah, okay, I
Speaker 2: mean listen, Joe has theories that he doesn't like. I
Speaker 2: have theories that I came up with that I also
Speaker 2: don't know. I'm not saying that I support it. I
Speaker 2: think it's horrible. I think Damien's the worst guy in
Speaker 2: the world. Show but Monica might love him, and that's
Speaker 2: the problem.
Speaker 1: Love, what are you wanting to do? Do you want
Speaker 1: to talk to talk to Monica? Is that what you
Speaker 1: want to do with this?
Speaker 5: Yeah? I haven't brought it up with her yet, but
Speaker 5: I mean, if that's what's happening, I have to know,
Speaker 5: because it was just so weird. It's the only thing
Speaker 5: reason I can think of for not being invited to
Speaker 5: the surprise party. Like, there's no way that anybody that
Speaker 5: all of them just forgot and they would.
Speaker 2: Have said that in the text.
Speaker 1: They wouldn't have said oopsis.
Speaker 3: Yeah, I hate that I, of all people, am the
Speaker 3: one being sort of left out in the dark about this,
Speaker 3: And I just I just I just have to know.
Speaker 2: Okay, Okay, that's fair. I mean, as her best friend,
Speaker 2: you deserve some sort of explanation for not being invited
Speaker 2: to her birthday party, but you don't want.
Speaker 4: To with her.
Speaker 1: You don't want to ruin a beautiful friendship over this.
Speaker 1: You know, you guys have to talk it out. Sometimes
Speaker 1: the hard stuff is harder thinking about it than actually
Speaker 1: having the conversation.
Speaker 2: Right And sounds like, yeah, looking for advice for how
Speaker 2: to draw the truth out of Monica for the real reason.
Speaker 2: Is it because the ex boyfriend there? Or is there
Speaker 2: some other explanation for it? Will try and help you
Speaker 2: get that from her when we come back and give
Speaker 2: you our advice before your awkward Tuesday phone call right
Speaker 2: after this.
Speaker 5: Thank guys, hold on, it's awkward.
Speaker 2: It's Tuesday. It's awkward Tuesday phone call. Why would your
Speaker 2: best friend not invite you to their birthday party?
Speaker 1: It was the saddest birthday song ever.
Speaker 2: Jest it was the saddest birthday for Joe because Joe's
Speaker 2: wondering about his longtime bestie from back in their college days, Monica.
Speaker 2: They've celebrated each other's birthdays together for years. Did they
Speaker 2: talk every day? Almost yes, So it was extremely odd
Speaker 2: when Joe couldn't reach her at all on her special day,
Speaker 2: only to find out later there was a surprise party
Speaker 2: where he was one of the only friends not invited.
Speaker 1: To give him a reason why, yeah, they just say,
Speaker 1: oh oopsie, not even sorry.
Speaker 2: The one explanation that makes any sense, at least in
Speaker 2: Joe's mind is Monica's rotten, cheating ex boyfriend could have
Speaker 2: been there, and since Joe's been outspoken about not liking
Speaker 2: the dude. It's possible Monica's friends decided not to invite
Speaker 2: Joe on purpose.
Speaker 1: Yeah, to eliminate ye exactly?
Speaker 2: Is that the actual truth or just some wild conspiracy
Speaker 2: theory Joe's spun up in his own sick, twisted mind.
Speaker 2: Oh Joe, are you sick and twisted? No?
Speaker 6: No?
Speaker 5: Not no?
Speaker 2: All right, that's why he wants to know the truth,
Speaker 2: and he needs Brooks advice on how to get Monica
Speaker 2: to come out with it. Brooke, what do you have
Speaker 2: for it?
Speaker 6: Well?
Speaker 1: I mean, if it is that she's back together with
Speaker 1: the cheating ex, she's obviously embarrassed. She knows that it's
Speaker 1: not the best thing to do, and she doesn't want
Speaker 1: to hear it from you. Okay, So what you need
Speaker 1: to do to get her to open up is say, hey, listen,
Speaker 1: I've always said some things about him. I was upset
Speaker 1: by his actions. I'm sure you see something I don't.
Speaker 1: I'm your best friend. I'll support you no matter what.
Speaker 2: Oh, say that you love her ex boyfriend a lot
Speaker 2: of friends bad. That's what you got to do, all right, Joe?
Speaker 2: Do you have her cheating x'es back?
Speaker 5: If I have Monica's back, more than Damien's.
Speaker 2: That's what Brook's saying is you have to say some
Speaker 2: nice things about the X, and you got to.
Speaker 1: Be open to it. It's not your choice, it's her.
Speaker 2: So think about that. Jose, what's your advice. Well, I
Speaker 2: was thinking you should say this.
Speaker 4: Because we're best friends. We should play a game called
Speaker 4: secret for secret, right.
Speaker 1: It's what boy's best friends do each other.
Speaker 2: Let's talk secrets.
Speaker 4: I'm going to tell you something that you don't know,
Speaker 4: and then you tell me a secret about the party
Speaker 4: that I didn't go to.
Speaker 2: A little secret swap. Actually not why I wasn't invited.
Speaker 2: It could just be anything.
Speaker 5: It might be a little antagonistic, but I might be
Speaker 5: able to do that in a way that's a little
Speaker 5: more seazing.
Speaker 2: Okay, that's what I wanted you to do. Even if
Speaker 2: it's a last resort, you still have it in your
Speaker 2: back pocket. So yeah, you're probably regretting calling into the show.
Speaker 2: At this point, I'm just gonna die, like, Yeah, let's
Speaker 2: just dial Monica's number, We'll see if she picks up,
Speaker 2: and we'll let you make your awkward Tuesday phone call,
Speaker 2: hopefully get an answer for why you weren't invited to
Speaker 2: her party. But here we go.
Speaker 7: Hello, Hey Monica, are you doing?
Speaker 4: Hey?
Speaker 5: What number?
Speaker 6: I didn't see your names pop up?
Speaker 5: Oh yeah, yeah, I'm just called from work and call
Speaker 5: from a different phone. Nice.
Speaker 7: What's up dad?
Speaker 6: Uh?
Speaker 5: Nothing, I've just had a second here at work, so
Speaker 5: i'd give you a call and would you want to
Speaker 5: grab lunch sometime later this week? I know we didn't
Speaker 5: get to connect last week.
Speaker 7: I feel like, oh you are Yeah, for sure, I've
Speaker 7: been I've been meaning to call you.
Speaker 6: I'm so sorry. I've been thinking about you, and I
Speaker 6: feel so bad. We definitely need to.
Speaker 7: Get some lunch for sure.
Speaker 6: Oh cool, Okay, thanks? That?
Speaker 7: Uh yeah that that that really means a lot.
Speaker 5: You've been thinking about me.
Speaker 6: You're welcome. You're welcome. What are you talking about?
Speaker 5: Yeah?
Speaker 7: I love you.
Speaker 6: I want to get went with you.
Speaker 5: Okay, sweet, Yeah, we got we got a lot to
Speaker 5: catch up on.
Speaker 7: I wonder how your birthday went?
Speaker 5: You know, well I.
Speaker 6: Already told you about that, so we can move on
Speaker 6: past that. I want to hear about you.
Speaker 5: Oh well, you know, I don't really know all that much.
Speaker 5: You know, I don't know. Maybe we could do do
Speaker 5: a little something called secret for secret?
Speaker 7: Okay, what is it like, well, I'll tell you a
Speaker 7: secret about me, and then you tell me a secret
Speaker 7: about you, like maybe specifically, like why I wasn't invited
Speaker 7: at the party, the birthday party again last week?
Speaker 6: Oh my god, I mean I don't really know if
Speaker 6: it's why do we need to talk about that? Are
Speaker 6: you that bored? We have to do let's do another secret?
Speaker 5: Well? No, this is this is we we share everything,
Speaker 5: you know, we know everything about each other. And and
Speaker 5: I'm just like I thought it was really weird that
Speaker 5: I wasn't there, and like, I just is there a reason?
Speaker 5: Is just what I wanted to know.
Speaker 6: Hey, you know I have been feeling pretty guilty, So
Speaker 6: maybe it's good if we talk about this.
Speaker 5: Listen, you know that you're my best friend, So whatever
Speaker 5: it is that's going on here, I want you to
Speaker 5: know that I'm going to support you no matter what.
Speaker 6: Okay, Okay, Well, so I haven't been trifle with you
Speaker 6: about that night that day. Okay, I never had a
Speaker 6: surprise party. That did not happen. I actually told Gina
Speaker 6: to cover for me with you. What the real reason
Speaker 6: why we didn't talk is that I god, I was
Speaker 6: in jail.
Speaker 1: Who did not see that I don't know that we
Speaker 1: talk anymore.
Speaker 6: I'm sorry, Joe, what well, what is going on? Who
Speaker 6: is that on the phone?
Speaker 2: Hey, Monica, this is a radio show called Brooke and
Speaker 2: Jeffrey in the Morning. Yo, we've been helping out Joe
Speaker 2: with this phone call. It's called the Awkward Tuesday phone Call.
Speaker 1: And I don't know.
Speaker 2: Maybe we're sorry for hearing that part. Yeah if you
Speaker 2: didn't even want him to know?
Speaker 5: Ye yeah?
Speaker 6: Now okay, Now I'm telling everyone on the radio this.
Speaker 7: Okay, Monica, I had no idea.
Speaker 2: I mean, everybody made yes because it's okay Monnica.
Speaker 4: Well, it depends, so that's a good point.
Speaker 2: She's out.
Speaker 7: I mean, I'm not gonna say a lot about it now. Yeah.
Speaker 2: Why wouldn't you tell your best friend though?
Speaker 1: Like that would be the first person I want.
Speaker 5: To call and tell.
Speaker 6: I mean, it was, It's just embarrassing. I got in
Speaker 6: trouble at the library.
Speaker 5: The library.
Speaker 2: Wow?
Speaker 6: What?
Speaker 7: What?
Speaker 5: What could possibly land you in jail for something that
Speaker 5: you do with the libraries?
Speaker 2: Uh?
Speaker 6: In decent exposure?
Speaker 2: Okay, naked at the library. I didn't know library does those.
Speaker 6: That's why these.
Speaker 4: Romance novels are getting out of hand.
Speaker 2: Guys, I'm trying to tell you, God, this happened on
Speaker 2: your birthday.
Speaker 7: Yeah, I can't believe it.
Speaker 5: Like reached out to the radio.
Speaker 7: Just find out what happens?
Speaker 5: Would you here?
Speaker 7: And this is what this is what ended up happening.
Speaker 6: I mean, like, is this okay?
Speaker 5: Okay, okay, okay.
Speaker 1: Process Joe is processing.
Speaker 2: It's kind of spiraling a little bit.
Speaker 5: Tell me the truth here. Did Damien have anything to
Speaker 5: do with this?
Speaker 6: No comment, Joe, You need to stop because you said
Speaker 6: you support me no matter what you said that.
Speaker 7: Oh but before I knew that.
Speaker 5: Oh god, Okay, Okay, look at the bright side.
Speaker 2: It's not like you missed a surprise party that never happened.
Speaker 2: She was just in prison.
Speaker 6: There wasn't You didn't miss a party. I just couldn't
Speaker 6: talk to you. I was held overnight there and I
Speaker 6: just we just need to lunch, dude, We just need
Speaker 6: to like hang out.
Speaker 1: Jo it's not the jail bird that she's embarrassed about.
Speaker 1: I think it's the hooking up with the ex part
Speaker 1: that she knows you don't approve of.
Speaker 6: Actually, it's a little both. I'm embarrassed to both.
Speaker 2: That could be true too, But Joe, why don't you
Speaker 2: tell Monica all those nice things that you were saying
Speaker 2: to us about her ex boyfriend right before we made
Speaker 2: this call.
Speaker 5: I don't recall any of them being nice.
Speaker 2: All right.
Speaker 1: I mean I think, Joe, you're going to have to
Speaker 1: support her in all of her decisions, even the ones
Speaker 1: that are questionable.
Speaker 2: Yeah, you know, the one with no pants on. You
Speaker 2: don't know that could have been top, could have been sure.
Speaker 6: Listen, I have a copy of the police report.
Speaker 7: I will show you, but I'm not showing you guys
Speaker 7: on the radio.
Speaker 2: That's okay. Police reports our public knowledge, so we'll be
Speaker 2: able to look at it.
Speaker 5: Oh girl, Okay, well, I guess we're definitely gonna have
Speaker 5: lunch now. I have a lot to think about this, Okay, okay, But.
Speaker 2: The good news is, Joe, you came here to figure
Speaker 2: out the real reason, get Monica to open up about
Speaker 2: the truth about why you can reach her, and now
Speaker 2: you know, mission accomplished, and that it's going to be
Speaker 2: such a fun story at lunch.
Speaker 6: I probably shouldn't drink during lunch. I'm just letting.
Speaker 2: Yeah, one trip to jail this month is.
Speaker 1: Probably she's already making better choices, Joe.
Speaker 5: Yeah, there we go, There, we go, Brook and Jeffrey
Speaker 5: in the Morning.
Speaker 2: It's funny the difference between guys and girls. Where Monica
Speaker 2: was ashamed and didn't want to say anything about this
Speaker 2: to her best friend, but you know, her ex Damien
Speaker 2: probably called all his bros. Immediately was like, oh, dude,
Speaker 2: you won't believe what. I just got arrested for hooking
Speaker 2: up with my ex in the library room by five.
Speaker 1: Hey, let's remember she did tell her girlfriends, she just
Speaker 1: didn't tell the one friend that didn't approve.
Speaker 2: Yeah, which I think proves. And Brooke, I'm sure you'll
Speaker 2: agree with me on this that men are more honest
Speaker 2: overall than women.
Speaker 1: Oh I thought it was going to prove that libraries
Speaker 1: are actually sexy places.
Speaker 2: Oh see, now we know why Brook is reading all
Speaker 2: the time. Naughty girl. But you can email the show
Speaker 2: if you have an awkward situation you're dealing with. We
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