Speaker 1: Second date update. We have a woman who emailed the
Speaker 1: show today for a second date update. Her name is Janine,
Speaker 1: and I was personally very impressed when I read her
Speaker 1: email because it says she and her date got into
Speaker 1: role play on day one. Oh wow, Jimine, let's go.
Speaker 1: Welcome to the show. God. So were you the naughty
Speaker 1: motelmate or the sexy viking bellhop? I would say it
Speaker 1: was more of the sweet, grown next door gardener type. Oh.
Speaker 1: I haven't played that version yet, but it sounds very fun.
Speaker 1: It definitely involves a spade. So what's the name of
Speaker 1: the guy that you want us to call today? His
Speaker 1: name is Steffan. Oh my gosh. Really is he rich?
Speaker 1: Because if you're Stefan, don't you have to be rich?
Speaker 1: Isn't that like the rule? Um? I think he had
Speaker 1: a good job. I don't know the details of his finances,
Speaker 1: but okay, well, how did you meet Stefan? So we
Speaker 1: went on Instagram? Okay, like he slid into your DMS
Speaker 1: or something exactly. Yeah. So I have a bunch of
Speaker 1: pictures on Instagram, and I guess he saw one labeled
Speaker 1: hashtag green thumb because I'm a gardener and so I
Speaker 1: guess he is two and he found it in the
Speaker 1: export page or whatever. Okay, that's pretty innocent, guess. So yeah,
Speaker 1: unless he's a role player in Green Thumby, that was
Speaker 1: something else. Okay. Oh, I wasn't sure exactly what he
Speaker 1: meant by that, but that's cool. He slid into your
Speaker 1: DMS and how'd that go? Well? I looked at photos,
Speaker 1: you know, he seemed really cute and we started just
Speaker 1: chatting online. And I guess he was new the area
Speaker 1: and he of this company just transferred him here. So
Speaker 1: he was looking to buy a house and he really
Speaker 1: wanted in the area for a garden. See, Stefan is rich.
Speaker 1: I told you all. I told you he can afford
Speaker 1: a house, so billionaire there. So what did you guys
Speaker 1: do for your date? Then? So we that's for coffee first,
Speaker 1: just to meet each other, and then he wanted me
Speaker 1: to come look at house and gardens with him. I mean,
Speaker 1: how are you feeling about that because you just met
Speaker 1: this dude? Yeah, Well, honestly, it sounded fun like it
Speaker 1: was like a diversion from the normal date to going
Speaker 1: to bars and drinking. So it just seemed like a
Speaker 1: fun activity to get to know someone. And you know,
Speaker 1: so in your email you said that you came up
Speaker 1: with a cool idea to spice the date up a bit.
Speaker 1: What was that? I made a suggestion before we went
Speaker 1: that we should pretend that we're married. Oh god, because
Speaker 1: I mean, my god, because you wanted there to be
Speaker 1: zero romance for the rest of the day. Yeah, let's
Speaker 1: get into a few arguments in the bedroom. Well, let
Speaker 1: me explain. So, when real letters look at a young couple,
Speaker 1: they're more likely to give them the house than a
Speaker 1: single mail. So I figured that might be good for him.
Speaker 1: And is that true? I think it is. You have
Speaker 1: to like write letters now to get houses when like
Speaker 1: there's multiple offers and stuff. So like it's essentially like
Speaker 1: the sob stories from American Idol, but in a letter
Speaker 1: forms try to get a house. Really Okay, So you
Speaker 1: pretended to be his wife while looking around at these houses.
Speaker 1: How did that work for you? So we had some
Speaker 1: inside jokes, you know, to make it seem like we
Speaker 1: were a couple. Like, we had a co word it
Speaker 1: was babysitter. So if we met a pushy realtor, we
Speaker 1: would just say, hey, we got to get back to
Speaker 1: the babysitter. Yeah, one time though, one of the realtors
Speaker 1: asked how many kids we had, and he said one
Speaker 1: and I said three at the same time. That's an
Speaker 1: awkward one to talk your way out of. Yeah, fur babies, babies. Yeah.
Speaker 1: I mean, was there any weird points between you and
Speaker 1: him though, because I feel like you're playing with fire
Speaker 1: when you're pretending to be married on the first date,
Speaker 1: Like that could go wrong really quick. Sure, I mean
Speaker 1: I understand what you're saying. But it was actually like
Speaker 1: we had a blast, Like we saw probably a dozen
Speaker 1: houses the first day, and then I went with him
Speaker 1: the next day. Oh godaw like, yeah, you know, another
Speaker 1: half dozen. And then at some point he said that
Speaker 1: he was feeling really over Elms and just like needed
Speaker 1: to take a break from seeing the houses. And I
Speaker 1: completely understand, you know, it can be very overwhelming. But
Speaker 1: since then I haven't heard from him, um, and I'm
Speaker 1: wondering why he hasn't called me back. Like, we found
Speaker 1: this amazing Cape Cod house. I was darling, Um, you know,
Speaker 1: I really think it was the best house. It's just
Speaker 1: such a weird to have with like your first date.
Speaker 1: She's not even buying the house. She's like, oh, it
Speaker 1: was gorgeous, like I had this great back porch that
Speaker 1: we could like sun tan on. I mean maybe that's
Speaker 1: the problem. Maybe you were talking in we and it
Speaker 1: freaked him out. Oh maybe, I don't know. I mean,
Speaker 1: I know, I have a lot of knowledge about this stuff,
Speaker 1: so I just thought it was innocent and helpful. Yeah,
Speaker 1: because you're an you're an h G TV addict. I
Speaker 1: get it, I know, but some jokes go too far.
Speaker 1: I mean, what do you think, Why do you think
Speaker 1: he's not calling me back? I don't know, I don't
Speaker 1: I mean, maybe it's that which would seem weird since
Speaker 1: we both agreed on this fun game that we were playing,
Speaker 1: you know, like we got drinks afterwards, and it was
Speaker 1: fun and it was nice. Like I didn't really see
Speaker 1: any strange signs unless he's just one of those guys
Speaker 1: who meets a girl and then dumps her, meets a girl,
Speaker 1: tends to be married with her, and it never calls
Speaker 1: her again. Totally run into those guys all the time.
Speaker 1: It's the age old story. Bro. What happened when you
Speaker 1: guys got drinks though? Anything? I mean, it was just
Speaker 1: you know, like a normal date, like cracking jokes. We
Speaker 1: talked a little bit about the houses. We got to
Speaker 1: know Eachell her a little bit. Okay, all right, pretty normal.
Speaker 1: I mean, yeah, it sounds fairly normal. Questionable. I meant,
Speaker 1: we'll call it normal for this show. Yeah, so we're
Speaker 1: gonna play a song. We'll come back and we'll call
Speaker 1: your a strange husband for you. We'll try and get
Speaker 1: you a second date update. Okay, I'm good. All right,
Speaker 1: if you're just tuning in, we're in the middle of
Speaker 1: one of the most tame second date updates we've ever
Speaker 1: heard on this show. That's very true, I'm serious. One
Speaker 1: of our listeners, Janine, spent two full days pretending to
Speaker 1: be some guy's wife as they went around the city
Speaker 1: looking at potential homes to buy. Not together. He's buying
Speaker 1: the house. She was just helping, right. They did that
Speaker 1: because her dates Stefan, recently moved to the area, so
Speaker 1: he's looking for a place to live. They saw over
Speaker 1: a dozen houses before finally deciding to call it quits.
Speaker 1: But now her dates Stefan is suddenly Steph gone, you
Speaker 1: are dying. Yeah, I did not see that coming. That's
Speaker 1: why they put me in this position. Look classic husband humor,
Speaker 1: which I know Janine loves. Don't you Janine? You have
Speaker 1: some clever things? Yeah? Okay, sounds like she's talking to
Speaker 1: a husband there. Yeah, shut up, honey, I mean, I
Speaker 1: will say, listening to the recap, Janine, do you think
Speaker 1: that he just got bored? Like I didn't think about
Speaker 1: it until I heard it all into one sentence, Like
Speaker 1: maybe there wasn't enough sexiness there? Yeah? Maybe, I mean
Speaker 1: maybe he was married beforehand and then it triggered. He's like,
Speaker 1: I don't know what secret he has, you know what
Speaker 1: I'm saying, Like, Okay, I don't think that's it. Well,
Speaker 1: let's call Stefan and get your second date update. I'm
Speaker 1: donaland phone number right now here we go? Hello, Hi,
Speaker 1: can I speak to Stefan please? This is him? Hi, Stefan.
Speaker 1: My name's Jeffrey from the radio show Brook and Jeffrey
Speaker 1: in the Morning. Do you want them to talk with us? Okay,
Speaker 1: the radio show? Oh? Oh yes, the radio show. Are
Speaker 1: you familiar with us? I'm not. Oh, but why did
Speaker 1: you say it like you like he knew us? Jeffrey,
Speaker 1: you sounded so excited. I did. I perked up for
Speaker 1: a second. I just don't usually get called some radio shows. Okay, sure, Well,
Speaker 1: now that my mood is in the garbage. Well, Stefan,
Speaker 1: I haven't heard of you either, so or even that's
Speaker 1: actually not true. Yeah, we just talked a lot, got
Speaker 1: him on the phone. Anyway, This is a little awkward.
Speaker 1: What's this about? Sorry, Yes, we're doing something with you
Speaker 1: called a second Date Update. It's a segment we do
Speaker 1: on our show where if someone goes out on a
Speaker 1: date and afterwards, if the other person isn't calling them back,
Speaker 1: they can reach out to us and we'll call that
Speaker 1: person to try and figure out the reason why. I
Speaker 1: think I've heard of this before. Oh okay, well good.
Speaker 1: So there's a woman that reached out to us about you,
Speaker 1: and her name is Janine. Oh yeah, okay, you remember Janine. See, yes,
Speaker 1: I remember Janine. I would hope. So you guys spend
Speaker 1: a lot of time together. Yeah, you're married her, you're not, well,
Speaker 1: you pretended to be. She told you that, huh, Yes,
Speaker 1: she did. She told us a lot about your first date.
Speaker 1: It certainly was very interesting ang out with her. I'm
Speaker 1: not gonna lie, it got very weird for me. The
Speaker 1: date got weird. Yeah, I mean, I don't know exactly
Speaker 1: what she told you in detail. But I'm new to
Speaker 1: the area, so I've been looking for a house and
Speaker 1: she's into houses and like s gardening. And on day one,
Speaker 1: I honestly thought she was just tagging along and gonna
Speaker 1: help me. But she had this whole plan in her mind.
Speaker 1: She had an idea about us pretending to be husband
Speaker 1: and wife, right, she told us all about that, And
Speaker 1: I thought that was weird when she said it, like
Speaker 1: a little bit much for the first date. But the
Speaker 1: way she described it, you were totally on board, Like
Speaker 1: you guys came up with inside jokes about babysitters and stuff. Yeah,
Speaker 1: I mean I definitely walked away feeling still intrigued. But
Speaker 1: let's just say she took it very seriously, like very
Speaker 1: believable that I almost felt like maybe she's done this before.
Speaker 1: So what do you mean, Well, let me just tell
Speaker 1: you what happened on the second day. So I met
Speaker 1: her at a coffee shop and she was dressed up
Speaker 1: like a nineteen fifties housewife. I mean, she looked like
Speaker 1: she went to a hair salon to get her hair
Speaker 1: styled that way. She had the pearls, the sunglasses, she
Speaker 1: had like a nineteen fifties style dress. But that's just
Speaker 1: I mean, was it like a costume or was it
Speaker 1: like she just dresses like that sometimes. No, it looked
Speaker 1: like a costume, But I don't think she thought she
Speaker 1: was in costume. I mean, as soon as I saw her,
Speaker 1: she ran up to me like honey, honey, and she
Speaker 1: grabbed my arm and oh, weird, asking me about what
Speaker 1: we should make for dinner and talking about the kids.
Speaker 1: We weren't even in the house yet. This is just
Speaker 1: like walking out of the cafe anything. No, no, So
Speaker 1: I just thought, you know, she would have at least
Speaker 1: been like, hey, I dressed this way to well the
Speaker 1: reel chars or I don't know whatever. But she was
Speaker 1: already in character. So she's like a method actor, is
Speaker 1: what you're saying. Yeah, I guess you could say that. Okay,
Speaker 1: oh my god, Wait, why didn't you just tell her like, hey, yo,
Speaker 1: slow down. I mean, she was having fun with it,
Speaker 1: so I didn't really make much of it. Okay. Then
Speaker 1: we get to the next house, and that's when it
Speaker 1: got extremely weird, weirder than it already is. For real.
Speaker 1: I thought that that was the reason. Yeah, let's just
Speaker 1: say she took the character to the next level. So,
Speaker 1: oh my god, what does that mean? We're going to
Speaker 1: open houses. It's not like it's just us in the
Speaker 1: real chair. There's other couples there, others, you know, and
Speaker 1: so people are already kind of giving us an eye,
Speaker 1: like what's going on here? You know? She just who
Speaker 1: are these time travelers from the nineteen sixties exactly? Even
Speaker 1: you know the way she styled there and make everything
Speaker 1: she really stood out. So we are in this house
Speaker 1: and she, you know, points out this room is too
Speaker 1: small for when my parents come to visit. And then
Speaker 1: she raised her voice screaming at me, saying, and you
Speaker 1: never like my parents anyway, She's legit having a like
Speaker 1: fight with you. I mean, is it true, Like do
Speaker 1: you not like her parents? Because if she has a
Speaker 1: point there, I barely know her. So I'm okay. We
Speaker 1: go to the next house, and this time she brings
Speaker 1: up the word babysitter again, which is our code word
Speaker 1: if we didn't like a house. You know, I'm the
Speaker 1: one really making decisions, so I should be the one
Speaker 1: bringing it up. But she she's very invested in your home,
Speaker 1: and that's going off about the babysitter that she saw
Speaker 1: me eyeing our babysitter who is only seventeen. My gosh,
Speaker 1: that is too far. She's accusing you. She's accusing her
Speaker 1: fake husband of hitting on your fake underage babysitter. Yeah. No,
Speaker 1: it was absolutely humiliating, and that was absolutely the last
Speaker 1: house I would see. Well, my god, I feel like
Speaker 1: that's something that we need to talk to Janine about. Yeah,
Speaker 1: you guys should definitely call her back. Well, actually, we
Speaker 1: don't have to call her back because she's already on
Speaker 1: the line and she's been listening to this whole conversation.
Speaker 1: You're joking, right, No, No, I'm not. No, Janine, are
Speaker 1: you there cephone? I don't know why you're treating me
Speaker 1: like this. What what do you have accept? Who's that?
Speaker 1: Oh my god, I'm just I'm just having fun, Janine.
Speaker 1: Did you get in a fight with him at the
Speaker 1: open houses on purpose? Like you? I don't know. It
Speaker 1: was kind of a test to see if he could hang.
Speaker 1: It was fun, it was innocent. I'm married and I've
Speaker 1: never accused my husband of buying an underage baby. Yeah,
Speaker 1: you guys don't have a fun relationship. There's certainly a
Speaker 1: level of playful fun, but you definitely you took it
Speaker 1: to like ten other levels beyond. I don't understand why
Speaker 1: you didn't say anything in the moment, because I was
Speaker 1: scared and I was embarrassed. I don't know if you
Speaker 1: were going to start yelling at me about something else,
Speaker 1: just trying to get in and out of there as
Speaker 1: quick as possible, just like the baby center. Whoa. Even
Speaker 1: at one point you got upset with the real chair
Speaker 1: and said, if we're going to buy this place, you
Speaker 1: have to update the count of talks. Aren't you embarrassed
Speaker 1: to sell this hunk of junk? And though I can't
Speaker 1: use that real chairs rough market out there. Okay, they
Speaker 1: didn't believe us on the first day. They didn't believe
Speaker 1: you're Merran, and I just went into up the game
Speaker 1: and honestly helped you out. I was just helping you out.
Speaker 1: I mean, okay, listen, no, Janine, I feel like you
Speaker 1: had good intentions, very misguided though you weren't there. They
Speaker 1: didn't buy it. Okay, I up the game. I helped him.
Speaker 1: It was all fun. It was a fun game we
Speaker 1: were playing. I don't understand why you had such a
Speaker 1: problem with it, Like, obviously you can't hang You didn't
Speaker 1: help me. I still haven't bought a house. I can't
Speaker 1: even work with any of the real chairs that we
Speaker 1: met because they think that you're crazy. Janine. I know
Speaker 1: you feel like everybody's laughing at you, but it's just
Speaker 1: like you can't fight with like even pretend fight with
Speaker 1: somebody on a first date. It's not cool. It's not
Speaker 1: attractive at all. But it is believable. Yeah, that's one
Speaker 1: thing what I'm saying. It was believable, and so in
Speaker 1: the end I was helping him out. I did. I
Speaker 1: mean I thought you were fun. Yeah, it was fun
Speaker 1: until you made it crazy. Nobody wants to work with
Speaker 1: a crazy couple like or be married to a fake
Speaker 1: crazy wife. Janine. Okay, well let's make it fun again, okay,
Speaker 1: because we want to offer to send you guys out
Speaker 1: on a second date. We'll pay for it. You're joking, right, Okay?
Speaker 1: Well what if what if she promises to drop the
Speaker 1: marriage stick, if she could pretend to be a normal person,
Speaker 1: then maybe what do you think, Janine? Can you pretend
Speaker 1: to be normal? Well of course I can, but I
Speaker 1: don't think he deserves me. Oh my god, oh my god, Janine,
Speaker 1: you were a drama kid. In high school were two. Yes,
Speaker 1: I was in a few plays and I did very well.
Speaker 1: Oh man, so are they going out? Are you guys
Speaker 1: not going out? Yeah? Okay, I'm sorry, Janine, no second date.
Speaker 1: That's okay. I think it all worked out how it
Speaker 1: was supposed to. I just feel bad for your kids.
Speaker 1: They're gonna be so mad. Mom and dad. We're fighting
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