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Speaker 1: iHeart podcasts, bring you the Ultimate Summer of Love Tree.

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Speaker 1: This is famously available. It's famously available. I'm your host,

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Speaker 1: Ben Higgins, and I'm excited today because I've been anticipating

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Speaker 1: this conversation for a while now. To recap, I sent

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Speaker 1: Mercedes on a blind date to jingle Ball, and I

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Speaker 1: had my trusted spies Kathy and Deanna keeping an eye

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Speaker 1: on her. But today I'm finally going to get to

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Speaker 1: hear all about how the date went from the other side.

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Speaker 1: Please welcome back to the pod, Bryce or Not. This

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Speaker 1: is your first time here. We've talked about you though. Again,

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Speaker 1: if you haven't listened listeners to the episodes leading up

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Speaker 1: to this date, I got to go back and listen

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Speaker 1: to those. It's incredible. But Bryce, to kick things off,

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Speaker 1: you were highly recommended from some mutual friends of mine.

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Speaker 1: I personally think Mercedes is incredible and so I was

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Speaker 1: very excited to find her somebody that, if anything else,

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Speaker 1: was a good time, a good date, and you definitely

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Speaker 1: fell into that category. The night started, I was getting

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Speaker 1: pictures and getting some text the night started. You guys

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Speaker 1: basically were the same outfit.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, both had like a silk yeah, a silk

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Speaker 2: dress on a silk shirt on all black.

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Speaker 3: I think we kind of mashed that there pretty well,

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Speaker 3: which is good.

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Speaker 2: We both had like heels, Onto had these boots with

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Speaker 2: like these like four inch hills on your side. Didn't

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Speaker 2: know how tall she was, so I was like, let

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Speaker 2: me just like show the six five and just be cool.

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Speaker 3: You know. Yeah. It was fun. We looked we looked

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Speaker 3: good together.

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Speaker 1: I think you look good together, at least in the

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Speaker 1: pictures I got you. Also, I was excited for this

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Speaker 1: date because Mercedes is originally from Iowa. I'm from Hellena,

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Speaker 1: so I love the Midwest and you're from Kansas, and

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Speaker 1: I think there's something uniquely different. I would say good,

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Speaker 1: but I'm biased about a Midwesterner and so those things

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Speaker 1: usually I would always a tribute like kindness, being polite,

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Speaker 1: you know, usually not being too showy to a Midwesterner,

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Speaker 1: And I think that's an attractive, you know, trait to

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Speaker 1: some Were you excited about it because she was from

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Speaker 1: the Midwest, Like, did that help you out a little bit?

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Speaker 3: Yeah?

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Speaker 2: I mean when I found out that she was from Iowa,

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Speaker 2: I was like, okay, cool, we're gonna be same, same vibe,

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Speaker 2: you know, same upbringing type of values, which was cool.

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Speaker 3: But you know, I mean that's kind of just how

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Speaker 2: So a lot of people can shift, and you know,

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Speaker 2: you can kind of get lost in the sauce. There's

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Speaker 2: Midwest vibes, if you know what I mean.

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Speaker 3: So you know, I had to kind of fill it out.

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Speaker 2: But she's she's great, man, Like, the values were pretty similar.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, i'd say, I'd say so that Midwest connection was there.

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Speaker 1: Now you've also both been on reality television. Did you

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Speaker 3: Uh? Not too much. I mean we started there.

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Speaker 2: I think the biggest thing was she just wanted to

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Speaker 2: this show called F Boy Island, so that was really

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Speaker 2: Thing about it is I came on that shows like

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Speaker 2: the guys are f boys, the guys are nice guys.

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Speaker 3: So I was a nice guy and hopefully I showed

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Speaker 3: that on the date as well.

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Speaker 2: But yeah, that was that was a fun intro conversation

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Speaker 2: of being like, Okay, well may look like a douchebag.

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Speaker 2: And I know I was on the show called Foy Island, Like,

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Speaker 2: let me just set the record straight here?

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Speaker 1: Do you have to do that often?

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Speaker 3: Now?

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Speaker 1: On dates? Is kind of like setting the record straight?

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Speaker 2: I think I tried not to bring up that show,

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Speaker 2: But outside of that, I think that maybe I get

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Speaker 1: Now, you did a little conversation before the date really

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Speaker 1: kicked off with Mercedes on that is airing on Famously Available.

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Speaker 1: the evening kiss. Did that kiss happen?

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Speaker 2: No, that kiss did not happen, and here's why you'd

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Speaker 2: I think I had like one on one time with

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Speaker 2: if it's one thing, I'm cool, Like if I knew

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Speaker 2: Just focus on more of the fun. I sticked of

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Speaker 2: Yeah, this wasn't really a moment. I feel like I

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Speaker 1: No, you don't want to force it, and that never

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Speaker 1: goes well for anybody. Yeah, but let's kind of start

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Speaker 1: at the beginning of the date. Then talk about what

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Speaker 1: you thought of Mercedes when you first saw her. In person.

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Speaker 2: So when she walked into the podcast room, I'll be

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Speaker 3: We had a good time and then I don't know,

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Speaker 2: And then when we after we talked, we pulled up

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Speaker 1: Did you get to talk to Mercedes before the date started,

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Speaker 1: and there were some key elements that came up. One,

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Speaker 1: she was excited for the first date, but it is

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Speaker 1: different when you're surrounded by friends or people. Like you've

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Speaker 2: We talked for probably like an hour and a half,

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Speaker 2: So it was fun to create a vibe where everyone

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Speaker 1: Do you get nervous for first dates?

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Speaker 3: Never? I used to. Yeah, I used to.

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Speaker 2: I used to when I was younger, But I think

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Speaker 2: And I've seen with my track record of me just

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Speaker 3: And so there's no reason to be nervous if I

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Speaker 1: I get nervous. I mean, I I'm married, I haven't

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Speaker 1: gone I still get nervous for dates with my wife,

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Speaker 1: I get real excited. The other night, we went on

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Speaker 1: have to go on those anymore. Yeah, it always felt

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Speaker 1: very intimidating. You did do a few things that stood

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Speaker 1: out to the spies that were really great universities. Went

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Speaker 1: to a gifting suite together and you were carrying her bags.

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Speaker 3: No? I mean, my girl is never gonna be carrying bags.

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Speaker 2: If we're in the same room and I see her

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Speaker 2: know that's more tailored to the girls anyways. So I

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Speaker 2: well this is just what a man does.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean it good.

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Speaker 1: It's a good move, and it's a great move. I mean,

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Speaker 3: So I was cool to hear, Yeah, she's a she's

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Speaker 2: Thanks for having me and thinking about me and getting

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Speaker 1: Everybody that's been Bryce who just went on his first

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