Speaker 1: Second Date up date.
Speaker 2: The holidays are a time for family, forgiving, for playing
Speaker 2: your favorite Christmas songs on repeat with rapper Little John
Speaker 2: in the background.
Speaker 3: I missed that Silent night.
Speaker 2: Yeah. Nothing says the Holidays for me like an Atlanta
Speaker 2: rapper putting on another Yule log.
Speaker 4: Why are you bringing Little John and how he spends
Speaker 4: his holidays?
Speaker 2: I'm saying the holidays they're different for everybody. I said,
Speaker 2: the holidays are different for everyone, Little John, They're different
Speaker 2: for everyone.
Speaker 3: Okay, this whole time, you just had hearing problems.
Speaker 2: And yeah, we've got a listener on the phone for
Speaker 2: a very special holiday edition of a Second Date Update.
Speaker 1: Her name is Para, So Para, welcome to the show.
Speaker 5: Oh what hey, good.
Speaker 3: Morning, Happy holidays, Parah.
Speaker 2: Hey, thanks, So tell us about why you emailed us
Speaker 2: for a second date update.
Speaker 1: Who'd you meet?
Speaker 5: Yeah? So I met this guy. His name is Bryce.
Speaker 5: We work in the same building, but we hadn't officially
Speaker 5: been introduced. I guess like we knew who each other were,
Speaker 5: but we were at a celebration for the holidays. It
Speaker 5: was a work party.
Speaker 1: Oh okay, okay, that's right.
Speaker 3: Yeah, perfect opportunity.
Speaker 5: Yeah, so he approached me, And it's kind of weird
Speaker 5: that he told me that he heard about me from Janna.
Speaker 5: She's another girl we work with, but I don't really
Speaker 5: know her very well either.
Speaker 1: Someone's playing matchmaker.
Speaker 2: Always tries to do that with our other co workers.
Speaker 5: Yeah, you know, I think it helps that he was
Speaker 5: very attractive. Otherwise I'm not sure I would be too
Speaker 5: happy that Jana was talking about me to the strangers.
Speaker 1: Just like, don't hook me up with that.
Speaker 6: Yeah, okay, so how did how did that go?
Speaker 1: You and hit it off?
Speaker 4: Yeah?
Speaker 6: We did.
Speaker 5: So he invited me to go Christmas shopping with him.
Speaker 3: That's fun.
Speaker 5: Yeah, I've never been asked out that way before, so
Speaker 5: I thought, you know, it would be kind of cool
Speaker 5: to get to know each other. And so it's not
Speaker 5: so like formal. But we were there for like five hours.
Speaker 1: Okay, that sounds like a nightmare.
Speaker 4: He didn't say, like, I really got to find something
Speaker 4: for my wife, right, who were you shopping for?
Speaker 5: I guess it was just shopping for like his family
Speaker 5: and stuff like that. We did look at some really cute,
Speaker 5: like sexy outfits, but he had me put him up
Speaker 5: to me, and you know, he complimented me and was
Speaker 5: being really flirtatious.
Speaker 3: Did he buy you any of them?
Speaker 4: No?
Speaker 5: It was our first date, so I think he was
Speaker 5: just trying to be flirty and cute and just kind
Speaker 5: of hit the touch barrier and stuff like that.
Speaker 4: Oh, I'm picturing lingerie.
Speaker 3: Is anyone else or is it like just a cute dress?
Speaker 1: Is a robe considered lingerie in your house?
Speaker 3: For a Yeah?
Speaker 4: I mean it's going to be tiny if it's going
Speaker 4: to be considered lingerie and sexy. Otherwise it's like, oh,
Speaker 4: you look hot in this very large Which.
Speaker 1: One was it?
Speaker 5: You know, we looked at many different things. It wasn't
Speaker 5: just like one specific type of outfit or anything like that.
Speaker 5: We were there for many hours and.
Speaker 3: He had the stamina for that.
Speaker 4: I sort of got I go to the store with
Speaker 4: my husband and twenty minutes in, yeah he die.
Speaker 3: Yeah, did you guys at least go get food somewhere?
Speaker 5: We did. We ate at the food Core about halfway through,
Speaker 5: just kind of talked about work and stuff like that.
Speaker 3: This is like a nineteen ninety six date all over again. Yeah,
Speaker 3: hitting up the orange Julia suit?
Speaker 2: Why not?
Speaker 1: I mean it sounds like you had a good time.
Speaker 5: I did, you know? We spent some time kind of
Speaker 5: making fun of people, and just like, it was nice
Speaker 5: to see somebody who wasn't so uptight like all the
Speaker 5: other guys I've dated.
Speaker 3: Exactly one of them when you're sitting in the foot
Speaker 3: court eating. It's a valid point.
Speaker 2: But it sounds like you guys really bonded and had
Speaker 2: a good time together.
Speaker 1: How did you leave things at the mall?
Speaker 5: Well, at the end, you know, we just kind of hugged.
Speaker 5: And then he said something that was kind of weird.
Speaker 5: He said he was going to circle back with Jana
Speaker 5: and thank her for for introducing us officially.
Speaker 4: I guess was it supposed to be a joke because
Speaker 4: it comes off so businesslike, i'most circle back with Janna.
Speaker 5: I thought it was kind of weird. He hasn't really
Speaker 5: reached out to me since then, so I tried to
Speaker 5: reach out to Janna and ask her, you know, how
Speaker 5: she thought it went. But she's avoiding me too.
Speaker 3: Avoiding you.
Speaker 1: Maybe a sexy robe was for Jana.
Speaker 5: Oh, that would be really weird.
Speaker 6: She's like super.
Speaker 5: Old old ladies.
Speaker 1: Thank you.
Speaker 2: It's weird that he's avoiding you, but also Jana is
Speaker 2: avoiding you.
Speaker 1: Something is clearly up here, I don't want to.
Speaker 4: Tell you something and that the old lady is playing
Speaker 4: matchmaker in the office.
Speaker 7: That makes sense because you did Okay, she loves ropes.
Speaker 4: One.
Speaker 3: I get a lot of.
Speaker 2: We're going to play a song, We're gonna come back
Speaker 2: and we're gonna call Bryce for you, and we're gonna
Speaker 2: ask him if he wants another date with you, Little John?
Speaker 2: Are you cool with having Little John's on board?
Speaker 3: Didn't realize he was listening.
Speaker 1: Your Second Date Update right after this.
Speaker 2: Yeah, hold on Second Date Update. We're in the middle
Speaker 2: of a holiday edition of a Second Date Update.
Speaker 3: Oh, this song makes it sound so sweet.
Speaker 2: It is sweet because we're on the phone with one
Speaker 2: of our listeners Para, which, honestly, it's an interesting name.
Speaker 2: I don't think i've ever heard that before. Is that
Speaker 2: short for something para?
Speaker 5: Yeah, it's actually short for a parasol.
Speaker 4: Parasol Oh like the umbrella?
Speaker 5: Like the umbrella? Yeah, exactly. So my parents met in
Speaker 5: Paris under an umbrella, and so that's where my name
Speaker 5: came from.
Speaker 2: Wow, you're named after an international umbrella. I mean Brooks
Speaker 2: named after a dirty river field would runoff from meth
Speaker 2: labs in Idaho.
Speaker 1: So you guys been bond after the show is done.
Speaker 4: About There to Go Creek, but with Brooks dead, it's
Speaker 4: very romantic.
Speaker 2: Yeah. Anyway, the reason Para has reached out to us
Speaker 2: is because she went out with a guy named Bryce.
Speaker 2: The two of them went holiday shopping together after they
Speaker 2: were kind of set up by one of their co workers.
Speaker 3: Has it been so awkward at work since he's been
Speaker 3: avoiding you?
Speaker 5: Luckily we work in different departments, we don't really cross paths,
Speaker 5: but every once in a while I'd like to be
Speaker 5: able to walk by and say hi without it being weird.
Speaker 3: Yeah.
Speaker 2: Well, let's start by saying hi over the phone, because
Speaker 2: we're going to call him right now and we'll see
Speaker 2: what he hasks to say. Maybe there's a logical reason
Speaker 2: why he's not calling you back. All right, come on,
Speaker 2: it's the spirit of the holidays.
Speaker 3: It's all about hope, right, Christmas.
Speaker 4: Magine on our side.
Speaker 5: Yeah, with the benefit of the.
Speaker 2: Now, I guess here we go.
Speaker 1: I'm going to die Bryce's number. Let's do this.
Speaker 7: Hello.
Speaker 1: Hey, is this Bryce?
Speaker 2: Yeah, and my name is Jeff from the radio show
Speaker 2: brook and Jeffrey in the Morning. Okay, Merry Christmas or
Speaker 2: or Happy Hanukkah or Kwanzaah.
Speaker 6: Merry Christmas is fine. I always tell people that's a
Speaker 6: safe assumption. Most people celebrate Christmas. But yeah, Mary.
Speaker 1: Christmas, Okay, Well I don't personally I want to be there. No,
Speaker 1: I'm glad.
Speaker 2: I'm glad that you're a big fan of the holidays,
Speaker 2: and we love the holidays. Yeah, we heard that you
Speaker 2: went holiday shopping recently, actually with one of our listeners.
Speaker 6: This is why you called me, just to talk about
Speaker 6: holiday shopping.
Speaker 3: Even dip it into the egg dog.
Speaker 6: Not wrong with that, No, it's just kind of strange,
Speaker 6: and I don't really you know, I don't know why
Speaker 6: I got a call from a radio station.
Speaker 2: Well, this is a segment that we do called a
Speaker 2: second Date Update, and we're trying to see if you
Speaker 2: would like to hang out with Para again after you
Speaker 2: guys went shopping together.
Speaker 6: Waitah from your Yeah, I know, I don't really see
Speaker 6: any reason to hang out with her again. I mean,
Speaker 6: had all my my Christmas shopping done. I mean that
Speaker 6: was cool. She was really helpful.
Speaker 1: What what are you talking about?
Speaker 4: She said, you guys met at the company holiday party.
Speaker 6: Your coworking, right, we did, Yeah, we did. We we
Speaker 6: met in our company, uh co worker, Jana, I'll put
Speaker 6: us together. You know, I was complaining to to her
Speaker 6: that I really couldn't figure out what I wanted to
Speaker 6: get from my girlfriend for Christmas? And so did you
Speaker 6: just use what do you mean? Wait?
Speaker 5: I was.
Speaker 6: I went, I need to do a shopping for.
Speaker 1: My girlfriend, and Janna, you have a girlfriend?
Speaker 6: Yeah, yeah, absolutely, Okay, I.
Speaker 3: Don't think Para. Did you tell Para that? Like, why
Speaker 3: are you being so nonchalant about it?
Speaker 6: I don't understand the I really don't get it. Janet
Speaker 6: told me that they did a secret Santa thing for
Speaker 6: the last couple of years, and Para gave the best stuff.
Speaker 6: And then you know, I had good tips on what
Speaker 6: to buy.
Speaker 4: So so you use her for five hours on no
Speaker 4: pay as a personal shopper.
Speaker 6: Oh no, don't get me wrong. You know I actually
Speaker 6: gave some money to Janna that I answered it to
Speaker 6: give the parrot sh didn't ask or anything, you know,
Speaker 6: I just said I appreciate it, so I would hope
Speaker 6: she would pass it on. That's all.
Speaker 1: Okay?
Speaker 6: There, did Jenna not give it to her? I'm so confused.
Speaker 1: I think a lot of people are confused.
Speaker 2: Probably most of all is Para, who's been listening on
Speaker 2: the other line this entire time and wants to talk
Speaker 2: to you.
Speaker 5: I don't even know what to say, I am.
Speaker 3: I mean, it's funny, but.
Speaker 1: Bryce par has been there the whole time.
Speaker 5: Yeah, so of course you have a girlfriend.
Speaker 6: Why do you think we were shopping for bathrobe? I
Speaker 6: even said to you, do you think Helen would like these?
Speaker 3: You know, why are you lay?
Speaker 5: First off, Helen is an old lady name, so I
Speaker 5: definitely thought we were shopping for like your grandma or
Speaker 5: your aunts or something.
Speaker 3: It's valid.
Speaker 6: Her name is a name, Okay, I mean she she Yes,
Speaker 6: he is a little bit older, but that doesn't matter.
Speaker 6: I mean my girlfriend is is. She's wonderful. She's a
Speaker 6: wonderful woman.
Speaker 5: Okay, So you use me to help you shop for
Speaker 5: your girlfriend. I mean you just led me on and
Speaker 5: and used me.
Speaker 2: Well hold on, because he said that he gave money
Speaker 2: to Jana to forward to you.
Speaker 5: Well that money never got to me, and it was
Speaker 5: obviously not clear that you're using me as a personal shopper.
Speaker 4: That's why Janna is avoiding you, because she stole your money.
Speaker 3: It has nothing to Oh my god, I'm sorry to start.
Speaker 5: That's sketchy, because Brice, why would you pay Jana to
Speaker 5: pay me if that's really what this was. Why didn't
Speaker 5: you give me the money and explain that that's what
Speaker 5: you wanted me to do.
Speaker 6: You work on a different floor than me. I never
Speaker 6: really show you that much until the party, and then
Speaker 6: Janna recommended that I take you shopping, and so look,
Speaker 6: nobody asked me for money anyway. I thought it was
Speaker 6: just a nice thing to do, so I gave Jana
Speaker 6: fifty bucks to pass on to you.
Speaker 4: Why aren't you apologizing for the miscommunication though, like I
Speaker 4: would feel terrible obviously apologizing for it because he was
Speaker 4: never clear was what his intention was.
Speaker 3: I mean, yes, I think that there was a lot
Speaker 3: of mistakes throughout this whole thing, but I mean she's embarrassed.
Speaker 3: Parah is embarrassed. She thought that there was something else
Speaker 3: and that and that sucks.
Speaker 6: Yeah, I will say that, Parah.
Speaker 7: I like, this is a weird situation, and I don't
Speaker 7: you know, I think we all got a little confused.
Speaker 7: I knew you were single, all right, you kind of
Speaker 7: made that clear when we were shopping, and now I
Speaker 7: guess look him back, I understand why Oh, I kept
Speaker 7: talking about being single, But I do you even.
Speaker 5: Have a girlfriend if you can't go shopping for her
Speaker 5: on your own. You know that you paid somebody to
Speaker 5: go find her gift for her.
Speaker 6: So I hired a personal shopper. I mean, in my
Speaker 6: mind that's what I was doing. I hired a personal shopper.
Speaker 6: I don't think she would be upset by that.
Speaker 3: Yeah, i'd I think that helps the case.
Speaker 1: You didn't have a personal shopper.
Speaker 4: He thought.
Speaker 1: At least that was his intention. J Janna is a
Speaker 1: scandalous one and all.
Speaker 4: Yeah, Jana, I totally took advantage of the situation to
Speaker 4: try to get some work for free.
Speaker 1: He paid her fifty bucks.
Speaker 5: That was just a booking fee to pay Jana to
Speaker 5: find someone to shop for you. So I think you
Speaker 5: saw me like a hundred bucks for my time.
Speaker 1: Yeah, that was a booking fee.
Speaker 4: I agree with that.
Speaker 3: I mean, if you're going to be a pip, you
Speaker 3: better get your rates right.
Speaker 6: Oh my god, you know, I think I only spent
Speaker 6: like forty dollars on the bathrobe.
Speaker 1: I mean it was just really good well shopper.
Speaker 2: That was the other part that was a little bit confusing.
Speaker 2: She felt like you were being flirty with her.
Speaker 6: I was being flattering the entire time. She's dropping hints
Speaker 6: about being.
Speaker 3: She was on a date.
Speaker 5: I don't need your pity.
Speaker 2: The compliments, though, do get misconstrued during the holidays, like
Speaker 2: when I sat on Santa's lap and he's like, you
Speaker 2: look like a good little boy.
Speaker 1: I mean, I didn't take that one the wrong way,
Speaker 1: thanks Daddy. Well, that one was on me.
Speaker 2: I'm curious, though, Bryce, how long have you been in
Speaker 2: a relationship with this girlfriend Helen.
Speaker 6: We just started dating a few weeks ago, so I
Speaker 6: don't really know her well enough.
Speaker 1: Already shopping for her. So it's a newer relationship. That's interesting.
Speaker 6: Yeah, I don't want to be alone during the holidays.
Speaker 3: Yeah, you sound like a catch when you say.
Speaker 2: Maybe you guys don't have to be alone for the
Speaker 2: holidays if you meet up one more time and we'll
Speaker 2: pay for that meetup.
Speaker 5: Oh oh no, if you're talking about us, no chance.
Speaker 3: Yeah, there you go, Para, I don't know.
Speaker 6: I don't know, Parah Man, I could use a new
Speaker 6: a suit for New Year's Eve.
Speaker 5: I'll help you shop, as long as you're very clear
Speaker 5: that's what it is. I'm going to be doing.
Speaker 1: Hey see, we're helping.
Speaker 6: I was thinking about getting some sexy lingerie for Helen.
Speaker 6: I don't know about you, just I'm just even I
Speaker 6: like you.
Speaker 3: You're the old man humor
Speaker 1: Look Jeffrey in the morning.