Speaker 1: All right, it's your brand new well I guess it's
Speaker 1: not a second Date today, but it's your second Date
Speaker 1: podcast with a brand new Awkward Tuesday.
Speaker 2: We're here, we're here, We're here.
Speaker 3: And we got a new episode and that's so fun.
Speaker 1: And I gotta say, I surprise myself even today how
Speaker 1: quickly I changed.
Speaker 3: You did? You were one side on the other side,
Speaker 3: she was just so convincing. Really, don't for you. I
Speaker 3: would have given her whatever she wanted. She's my friend.
Speaker 3: I mean, you're gonna understand.
Speaker 1: We'd love to hear what your thoughts and comments are.
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Speaker 1: do we see in today Alexis?
Speaker 4: Yes, I saw one from Jen five ninety who said, Wow,
Speaker 4: I've been listening to you guys since my freshman year
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Speaker 2: Can't wait for another four years of last with y'all
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Speaker 5: I hope you chake so.
Speaker 3: Many college parties, please, I would like to go back
Speaker 3: to some frat parties you like the dining hall. We
Speaker 3: were trying to raise her, right, okay, Well, you know
Speaker 3: we've been with her since she.
Speaker 2: Was like twelve, teaching her how to skip class.
Speaker 3: Yeah, so much fun in college together.
Speaker 1: Jen, sit back, and here's your brand new offer Tuesday
Speaker 1: phone call.
Speaker 2: You always hear people say I'll do anything for my friends. Yeah,
Speaker 2: but honestly, would you yes anything anything? Would you lie
Speaker 2: to would judge for them under oath?
Speaker 4: Not under oath?
Speaker 3: Jeb Well, cross your fingers.
Speaker 2: Maybe you get away with that. Would you let them
Speaker 2: practice tattooing on your baby's lower back? There's a cute
Speaker 2: little tramp stamp that says made in the back seat.
Speaker 2: That's adorable. No, okay, So there is a limit, and
Speaker 2: one of our listeners is definitely going to push the
Speaker 2: limits today because she needs to ask her friend a
Speaker 2: very controversial question that could easily throw a wrench into
Speaker 2: their relationship. But she has to try because if she doesn't,
Speaker 2: she might regret it for the rest of her life. WHOA,
Speaker 2: you're gonna hear it your brand new awkward Tuesday phone call.
Speaker 2: It's coming up next. It's awkward.
Speaker 5: It's Tuesday.
Speaker 2: It's awkward Tuesday phone call. What are the unspoken rules
Speaker 2: of friendship? Oh, nobody else, not those ones. That's a
Speaker 2: different set, you know, rules like you have to hate
Speaker 2: the same people as I do, but never tag me
Speaker 2: in any ugly photos, you.
Speaker 3: Just don't post them to begin with dove. If you're
Speaker 3: a good.
Speaker 2: Friend, that too. And also, before any night out, we
Speaker 2: have to practice kissing on each other for at least
Speaker 2: twenty minutes.
Speaker 3: Oh, this is why we never go out.
Speaker 2: With you friends do. They're just some of the sacred
Speaker 2: rules that must never be broken. But today one of
Speaker 2: our listeners wants to violate one of the holy laws
Speaker 2: of friendship, and she needs our help to do it.
Speaker 2: Her name is Monica. Monica, please tell me you're not
Speaker 2: breaking the kissing rule.
Speaker 5: Isn't that the kissing rule?
Speaker 2: Thank god? Okay, well, we're not friends yet we were? Okay, No,
Speaker 2: maybe by the end of this call we'll get there. Okay,
Speaker 2: But first, let's try to help you out with your situation.
Speaker 2: What's going on in your life that made you email
Speaker 2: the show for help?
Speaker 5: Well, like you said, I do need to break an
Speaker 5: unspoken rule.
Speaker 3: I'm curious about.
Speaker 6: This already.
Speaker 3: Is that unflattering picture thing? Is that what it is?
Speaker 6: I have a feeling it's not no.
Speaker 5: I want to date my friends.
Speaker 3: Actually, oh god, there's so many men out there. Why
Speaker 3: they can there's ones? It's clearly not good, Why would
Speaker 3: you want to do that?
Speaker 5: Well, okay, so they only am I defense, they only
Speaker 5: dated for like a year?
Speaker 2: What weeks?
Speaker 4: Was it?
Speaker 3: In high school? They dated? That might be the only time.
Speaker 3: It's like, oh that's a good Okay, it was old.
Speaker 5: No, okay, woke up like a year ago.
Speaker 2: Well time, isn't it.
Speaker 1: No, you don't ever date your friends at it's just
Speaker 1: what you just you just don't.
Speaker 2: But if it's been forty years and you're in the
Speaker 2: retirement home together, does it?
Speaker 3: I mean you're not going to be You're not gonna
Speaker 3: be friends anymore. Yeah, you know what I mean.
Speaker 2: But remember this is an awkward Tuesday phone call. We're
Speaker 2: here to help, not to judge a right, right, that's
Speaker 2: what If that's what Monica wants to do, we need
Speaker 2: to be there lifting her up.
Speaker 3: I would rather talk her out of it.
Speaker 2: I doubt that that's that's even possible, Monica. So tell
Speaker 2: us why do you want to date him?
Speaker 5: I mean? Okay, so first of all, his name is Ben. Okay,
Speaker 5: we just have like this, Bob, and I don't want
Speaker 5: to just say okay because he dated my friend that
Speaker 5: we shouldn't explore this thing.
Speaker 2: Care Okay, keep an open mind, brook whatever.
Speaker 1: You say, maybe your friend isn't that close with you, Like,
Speaker 1: maybe it's like a friend.
Speaker 3: Like a coworker.
Speaker 2: I said, keep an open nine friendship.
Speaker 3: That's a positive to me in the situation. Yeah, Like
Speaker 3: if it's not your best friend in the whole.
Speaker 5: Yeah, okay, Well actually we are pretty close.
Speaker 2: Okay about even closer possible.
Speaker 6: I feel like this happens in any friend group, Like
Speaker 6: if you got along with your friends, you tend.
Speaker 3: To it's like a family member. You just put a
Speaker 3: no go.
Speaker 2: Yeah, well we're moving forward from this. Is there something
Speaker 2: that made you feel like this connection was possible? Like,
Speaker 2: was there a moment that stood out to you?
Speaker 6: Yeah?
Speaker 5: I mean so we were like outside hanging out or whatever,
Speaker 5: and while we were talking, like we had like one
Speaker 5: of those beer ping pong things or whatever, and it
Speaker 5: bounce of forehead and he did the dumb thing where
Speaker 5: he like bent over and kissed the spot where it
Speaker 5: hit to make it feel better and.
Speaker 2: Allow he's got healing powers.
Speaker 3: He made the first move.
Speaker 5: I mean kind of you know, it's just like.
Speaker 1: A bob Okay, Okay, Can I ask before we get
Speaker 1: too far down the road, why did they break up?
Speaker 5: I mean, there are theories out there, but I don't
Speaker 5: know exactly what happened, you know.
Speaker 2: Okay, So besides the beer pong forehead kiss that was
Speaker 2: completely medicinal for healing purposes, has anything else happened between
Speaker 2: you and the ex?
Speaker 5: I mean, we've just been texting a lot since that night.
Speaker 5: Oh talks around the idea of us we've been hanging out.
Speaker 2: Okay. Does your friends know anything about this, that this
Speaker 2: is going on?
Speaker 5: She does not, okay, And I mean that that's the
Speaker 5: whole thing. That's why I want to call my friend
Speaker 5: about this. We haven't done anything. I kind of want
Speaker 5: to get her permission to move forward.
Speaker 3: I mean, not a great move, but you're doing it
Speaker 3: in the right way. Yeah, so you should be proud
Speaker 3: of yourselves.
Speaker 2: Most people wouldn't even ask permission, They would just go
Speaker 2: right forward, wouldn't.
Speaker 3: Do it in the first place.
Speaker 1: Well, again, if you want to keep the friendship, yeah,
Speaker 1: you know, you got.
Speaker 3: To decide what's more.
Speaker 6: Almost like if I wanted to steal from Brook, but
Speaker 6: I asked first, like, can I take twenty bucks out
Speaker 6: of your pocket? At some point today?
Speaker 1: She probably say no, But like that I asked, I
Speaker 1: guess that's an analogy we could use.
Speaker 2: So do you want to give them twenty bucks or.
Speaker 1: No, nobody's getting you can't have.
Speaker 3: My exes though, to go around.
Speaker 2: Okay, so it's okay when you're in high school or
Speaker 2: when you're super old, but right now you no gotcha?
Speaker 2: So why did you reach out to our show for help?
Speaker 4: Like?
Speaker 2: What are you looking to get from us?
Speaker 1: Well?
Speaker 5: I'm terrible at confrontation. I would rather just avoid it.
Speaker 5: But I'm really hoping it doesn't come to any confrontation.
Speaker 5: I hope that I come up with some valid points.
Speaker 5: You guys help me, and she's just like, sure, go
Speaker 5: for it.
Speaker 3: Okay, you know what, that.
Speaker 2: Wouldn't be the best. If she was like disgusted with him.
Speaker 6: I can see it and be like, oh that guy's awful.
Speaker 5: Girl.
Speaker 6: Go ahead, you're gonna find out real quick, like I
Speaker 6: could see it.
Speaker 3: Yes, I mean the vibe from her is important. How
Speaker 3: does she feel about her ex?
Speaker 5: Do you know we haven't talked about him in a while.
Speaker 5: I honestly don't know where she is with it.
Speaker 4: So I was going to say, usually if they don't
Speaker 4: talk about him, I have a feeling.
Speaker 2: The total opposite's going to happen, and she's not only
Speaker 2: going to okay it, she's going to be one hundred
Speaker 2: percent supportive.
Speaker 1: He's never been in a friendship, have you not really.
Speaker 2: How this goes? When we come back and call your
Speaker 2: friend Aaron and ask permission to date her ex boyfriend,
Speaker 2: We're going to do it with your awkward Tuesday phone
Speaker 2: call right after this. It's awkward.
Speaker 3: It's Tuesday.
Speaker 2: It's awkward Tuesday phone call. Cool people let their friends
Speaker 2: date their exes, and we're about to find out if
Speaker 2: Monica's friend is cool. Yes, I mean, I know that
Speaker 2: it's not the popular opinion in the room right now,
Speaker 2: but you know what, we voiced what we needed to
Speaker 2: say that some of us aren't one hundred percent okay
Speaker 2: with this question being asked of using voice that I'm
Speaker 2: on the fence. But now we're moving on to the
Speaker 2: help portion of this call. That's our jobs where we
Speaker 2: give our advice on what Monica should do here. So, Brooke,
Speaker 2: what's your add.
Speaker 3: To do that she's doing it the right way?
Speaker 1: I will say that if you're going to do it now, listen, Monica,
Speaker 1: this is what I think you need to do, is
Speaker 1: you need to talk your friend up does that make sense? Okay,
Speaker 1: So you need to maybe speak on how easy it
Speaker 1: is for her to get a man, and how charismatic
Speaker 1: and beautiful she is, and how maybe it's not quite
Speaker 1: as easy for you. Oh, this a strategy.
Speaker 3: It's kind of almost a sympathy card.
Speaker 1: You're playing, yeah, and that you have this really great option,
Speaker 1: but there's one kind of hurdle with it, and you
Speaker 1: need her support.
Speaker 2: Paint her with the pathetic brush. I mean, I have
Speaker 2: no option. Okay, can you make yourself seem pathetic, Monica? Okay,
Speaker 2: that's good, Jose what's your advice?
Speaker 6: And this is his distraction actually works best. So there's
Speaker 6: another guy that she's interested in. Get her focused on
Speaker 6: that person that he thoughts about, someone new.
Speaker 2: I feel like.
Speaker 1: Talking to himself because he's easily distracted.
Speaker 3: She's like, what would I do if I was?
Speaker 2: It's like a little magic act illusion, like, oh, look
Speaker 2: over here, you won't see what's going on over there.
Speaker 2: WHI I'm looking up with your ac What do you
Speaker 2: think about that? Monica?
Speaker 5: That works for me? I can do that.
Speaker 2: Okay. So we've got a little bit of compliments, some
Speaker 2: self deprecation, and some distraction thrown into them up as
Speaker 2: much as you can. What's your friend's name? By the way, Monica,
Speaker 2: her name is Erin.
Speaker 1: And if Erin doesn't give her blessing on this, well
Speaker 1: used to, We'll go through and date.
Speaker 2: Her ex that's the question.
Speaker 5: I really don't think that I could. I just hope
Speaker 5: that she sees it from my perspective and it's her
Speaker 5: blessing your good.
Speaker 2: Friends, yes, and if she says no, we will come
Speaker 2: after her herd on your that's Brooks promise. So let's die. Wow,
Speaker 2: I'm doing there right now.
Speaker 5: Good luck, thank you.
Speaker 4: Hello, hey, hey, wait, who's this?
Speaker 5: It's Monica?
Speaker 4: Hey, wait, so what phone are you calling from. I'm
Speaker 4: so confused. Work work? Why are you calling from your
Speaker 4: work phone?
Speaker 5: No, I'm at work, girl.
Speaker 4: That is so weird. Just calling yourself phone next time?
Speaker 5: Oh my bad. I mean there's a lot on my mind.
Speaker 4: Okay, like what, Oh, I've a minute. I can talk
Speaker 4: through it.
Speaker 5: You're so sweet. You're such a good friend.
Speaker 4: I know. But tell me, okay, I don't have wong,
Speaker 4: just tell me what's up.
Speaker 5: Well, you remember Dylan's party the other week, right, I
Speaker 5: mean yeah, barely, but yeah, I guess yeah. Oh well
Speaker 5: I noticed you were talking to that like really tall guy.
Speaker 4: Uh yeah, little why.
Speaker 5: Oh nothing, I mean I saw you to go outside.
Speaker 5: Did anything happen?
Speaker 4: Oh oh my god. No, no, we just like we
Speaker 4: made out a little bit, but nothing happened enough more.
Speaker 5: Oh god, I mean he was cute.
Speaker 4: Yeah, it's whatever, though.
Speaker 5: I just feel like, you know, I always see you
Speaker 5: hanging out with guys, and you're the pretty one, you're
Speaker 5: the popular one, and I want to have fun and
Speaker 5: meet someone too. I guess I just yeah, you.
Speaker 4: Totally should, like you deserve whoever you want in this world.
Speaker 5: Well, thank you for that. Like I said, you're such
Speaker 5: a good friend, and I kind of am hanging out
Speaker 5: with someone.
Speaker 4: Wait stop, no way, you're seeing someone else.
Speaker 5: Well I'm not exactly seeing someone, I mean not yet.
Speaker 5: It's it's kind of complicated.
Speaker 4: What do you mean complicated? Like have you looked up
Speaker 4: with him?
Speaker 5: But no, definitely not. I've only seen him to excess it.
Speaker 4: Oh oh my god, no, I.
Speaker 5: Mean yeah, just once. It's life.
Speaker 4: Actually, Ben used to always I seek to send him
Speaker 4: pick like even of that working stuff. That's a freaking.
Speaker 5: Perb well Aaronessa thing it is been Wait what is Ben?
Speaker 4: What do you mean, so the.
Speaker 5: Guy that I'm kind of talking to it's your ex.
Speaker 4: Then wait, I'm just no, you called me from your
Speaker 4: work song to tell me that you are talking to
Speaker 4: someone who is my ex boyfriend.
Speaker 5: I mean, I respect you, That's why I call you
Speaker 5: could kind of tell you that we were catching feelings
Speaker 5: from one another, and.
Speaker 4: But how how can you then? You know he literally
Speaker 4: cheated on me?
Speaker 5: Right, come on, girl, that's a theory like then and
Speaker 5: I talk about it and he doesn't say that.
Speaker 4: Okay, No, please, please please tell me that you're not
Speaker 4: defending my ex boyfriend. Now.
Speaker 5: I get that you guys had history, and I would
Speaker 5: never do anything unless I got your permission. I'm asking
Speaker 5: you if you'd be okay with it, and that's where
Speaker 5: I'm going to leave it.
Speaker 1: Mmm.
Speaker 4: No, no, wow, that TV considering.
Speaker 5: That I gave you a break after you kissed my brother.
Speaker 4: Oh no, he was in the hospital. That doesn't count
Speaker 4: at all.
Speaker 2: I didn't know the hospital doesn't count. It's fun to
Speaker 2: have an emergency right now?
Speaker 4: Who are these people? Why are they on the phone?
Speaker 2: Hey, you're on the radio right now with a show
Speaker 2: called Brooke and Jeffrey in the morning.
Speaker 4: Why why am I on the radio.
Speaker 2: This is very, very tea worthy. There's a lot of
Speaker 2: drama going on between you and your friend Monica to help,
Speaker 2: drama that we didn't even know about, honestly.
Speaker 1: Honestly, and I'm shocked that you didn't give her your blessing.
Speaker 4: You're what are you?
Speaker 5: Guys?
Speaker 3: I mean, I mean I wouldn't either.
Speaker 5: I wouldn't give anything.
Speaker 1: He's a gross dude, like you don't care about.
Speaker 2: He said, that's a theory. He doesn't believe that he
Speaker 2: did remember that.
Speaker 4: You know what, whatever, If Monica wants to date Ben
Speaker 4: and be cheated on and have a miserable life, then
Speaker 4: go ahead. I don't even try anyone looking.
Speaker 3: That's the best she's gonna get.
Speaker 2: Yeah, it's a half blessing. So it's like a sarcastic one. Look,
Speaker 2: the whole reason that Monica reached out to a radio
Speaker 2: show for this is because she understands that it breaks
Speaker 2: some rules of friendship and she's going to be crossing
Speaker 2: some boundaries. She didn't want to do that without like
Speaker 2: going through it the right way and asking your permission.
Speaker 5: I think you need a pick.
Speaker 4: I think you just need to pick me or him.
Speaker 3: No, don't do that. Aaron, did you hear her like, listen,
Speaker 3: you have every guy is willing to make out with you.
Speaker 3: It sounds like, which is great. Good on you, Aaron.
Speaker 3: Monica needs somebody.
Speaker 1: And maybe maybe just because this guy cheated on you,
Speaker 1: that doesn't mean that he's going to have a bad
Speaker 1: relationship with Monica.
Speaker 2: Probably it's funny that Brook's so on board now with this.
Speaker 3: To date the ex, Monica is doing the right thing.
Speaker 5: This is the last time that I'm going to act
Speaker 5: like our friendship is more important than any of that.
Speaker 5: But I'm asking you one last time.
Speaker 2: Think about you kissing her brother in that hospital back to.
Speaker 3: The hospital part. I have a lot of questions about well,
Speaker 3: I don't know that we have time.
Speaker 2: I don't think we have time to Aaron, what do
Speaker 2: you say? Are you willing to give your blessing to Monica?
Speaker 2: To date your ex is just a lot right now?
Speaker 4: I will think about it.
Speaker 2: The answer could be it's fair, it's fair, But the
Speaker 2: at least she's willing to mull it over and come
Speaker 2: back with a decision like that's better than.
Speaker 1: We could have accept I think it's going to be
Speaker 1: texting the other friends in a group message.
Speaker 2: Without girls who will not believe what Monica asked me.
Speaker 5: Oh my god, Aaron, please don't do that.
Speaker 4: I'll get back to you.
Speaker 1: I just okay, Just remember you don't want this guy, right,
Speaker 1: So who cares?
Speaker 2: Really, really good effort.
Speaker 5: Brooke and Jeffrey in the morning.
Speaker 2: We need to try to get an update from these
Speaker 2: two and find out if Aaron ever gives Monica her blessing. Yeah,
Speaker 2: because our producer has reached out to try and figure
Speaker 2: out if there's been any update. No response yet, so
Speaker 2: could still be mulling things over or Monica may have
Speaker 2: already run off to Thailand with the X.
Speaker 4: See.
Speaker 1: I think you contacted the wrong person. We need to
Speaker 1: do have contacted Ben. Oh, we don't have his obviously,
Speaker 1: the reliable ex who said he didn't cheat.
Speaker 3: Yes, I trust that that guy.
Speaker 2: Says, because Aaron has every right to say no. I
Speaker 2: don't feel comfortable with you doing that. It's too weird
Speaker 2: for me. But if she says yes and this relationship
Speaker 2: actually works out, just think of the material she'll have
Speaker 2: for the made of Honor speech.
Speaker 6: Yeah, let me show you how they met and that
Speaker 6: she plays our audio.
Speaker 2: Oh, there's so much potential. But we'll try and keep
Speaker 2: you updated on what happens there. But if you ever
Speaker 2: need help with anything going on in your life, any
Speaker 2: awkward situation, reach out to us. We'll give you a
Speaker 2: little bit of advice. Yeah, not necessarily great advice, but if.
Speaker 3: You listen to the show long enough, you'll know that
Speaker 3: it's not good.
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