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Speaker 3: All right, let's get our awkward Tuesday phone call going
Speaker 3: and just keep your ears open because something's coming.
Speaker 1: It's fricking Jeffrey.
Speaker 5: If you thought being stuck in the friend zone was
Speaker 5: the worst feeling, we just heard about another hopeless zone
Speaker 5: of no romance. That sounds even more frustrating.
Speaker 1: Wow, please don't tell me it's the dead zone. Please
Speaker 1: don't tell me it's the dead zone.
Speaker 2: It's not.
Speaker 5: But one of our listeners is stuck in it right now.
Speaker 5: He's been desperately searching for a way to finally spark
Speaker 5: a love connection with a person that he's known for years. Oh,
Speaker 5: they're not exactly friends. Their relationship is a little stranger,
Speaker 5: more complicated than that. Really, he's gonna tell us all
Speaker 5: about it. We're going to try and help him get
Speaker 5: out of that zone in a brand new awkward Tuesday
Speaker 5: phone call.
Speaker 2: Next, it's awkward.
Speaker 1: It's Tuesday.
Speaker 2: It's awkward Tuesday phone call. When you run into an
Speaker 2: old friend or acquaintance from your past, is that exciting
Speaker 2: for you? Is that kind of awkward friend the other day?
Speaker 3: I like it for like twenty five minutes, and then
Speaker 3: after twenty five minutes, I'm like, oh, that's why we
Speaker 3: don't talk anymore personally.
Speaker 5: If I see anybody I knew back in the day,
Speaker 5: I'm pulling the fire alarm and getting the heck out
Speaker 5: of there.
Speaker 1: Oh oh wow.
Speaker 2: Not rehashing old memories with you today?
Speaker 6: Sorry.
Speaker 5: Yeah, but you know, I know some people are a
Speaker 5: little bit more amicable to that. Yeah, like our listener Mark,
Speaker 5: who recently ran into someone from his past and now
Speaker 5: he's looking to get a little bit of advice.
Speaker 2: So Mark, welcome to the show Man.
Speaker 6: Oh my god, thank you so much for inviting me.
Speaker 6: It is amazing.
Speaker 3: Oh my god, amazing because you like the show. Were
Speaker 3: amazing because the issue is that big.
Speaker 6: Well, I mean, I listened to your show every day.
Speaker 6: But oh, I don't know. I gotta talk to you.
Speaker 6: I gotta lay it down.
Speaker 1: Okay, Oh, it sounds like it's juicy.
Speaker 2: Who'd you run into from your past?
Speaker 6: Oh? I randomly bumped into my old childhood babysitter.
Speaker 2: Wow, oh wow.
Speaker 1: That's crazy.
Speaker 3: Did she recognize or he? I guess I shouldn't say that,
Speaker 3: but all my babysitters were girls.
Speaker 1: Did they recognize you?
Speaker 6: Not? At first? I was at a coffee shop and
Speaker 6: I saw her come in while I was waiting for
Speaker 6: my drink, and I went up there and I just yelled, Kendra,
Speaker 6: question Mark.
Speaker 2: What did she say?
Speaker 6: She was just like, uh, who aren't you?
Speaker 2: That means, yes, I am, but I don't recognize you.
Speaker 1: Okay, it makes sense.
Speaker 2: You were a kid. It's awkward.
Speaker 1: Better than her saying go to your room.
Speaker 6: I said, oh, I'll give you a hint. I was like,
Speaker 6: can you do what? Can you put on my foot? Gimme?
Speaker 1: Oh no, what'd you say?
Speaker 6: It's like, oh my god, Marky?
Speaker 1: Can we call you Marky?
Speaker 2: Now? It worked.
Speaker 6: I was just like, yeah, I'm all growing up. And
Speaker 6: we laughed and he's super cute.
Speaker 1: Now, Oh, so many Marky's got to say for the
Speaker 1: babysitters sounds.
Speaker 2: Like, yeah, yeah, I'm curious. How old were you when
Speaker 2: you knew her?
Speaker 6: So I was nine as you were fourteen at the time.
Speaker 1: Oh it's not five year difference.
Speaker 2: Yeah, Now when you're adults, that's nothing. How old How
Speaker 2: old are you now? Are you past your teens?
Speaker 6: Yes, it's a balanced question, like this was three years
Speaker 6: eighty seven years old.
Speaker 2: You're like, Kendrew, you're nine.
Speaker 6: No, No, I'm around twenty five right now. But we
Speaker 6: just couldn't stop telling stories and we were joking around.
Speaker 6: You could tell there was a vibe, you know between us.
Speaker 1: Okay, did you ask her out? What did you do?
Speaker 1: Did you make a move?
Speaker 6: Oh, here's what happened. She was with another lady from
Speaker 6: her work. Okay, so you said let's catch up over
Speaker 6: dinner sometime, and I was like, yeah, absolutely. So you
Speaker 6: know a few days later we went to dinner. It
Speaker 6: was amazing. I mean, it felt better than going on
Speaker 6: a normal date because we are had a connection and.
Speaker 2: So this was a this was a date that you
Speaker 2: two went on.
Speaker 6: It wasn't officially a date. It was more of a
Speaker 6: catch up.
Speaker 3: Like from his side of the story, it's like cool
Speaker 3: and sexy and hot. As someone who I'm sure Alexis
Speaker 3: feels the same, has been a babysitter.
Speaker 1: It would be really weird even.
Speaker 3: As adults, because you just still see that person as
Speaker 3: a kid, like I leave them back.
Speaker 1: Yeah, you watch them pick their nose. You know where
Speaker 1: they kept their booger collection.
Speaker 6: I don't know.
Speaker 2: It sounds like you guys have actually considered and thought
Speaker 2: about dating them. But she talked to herself out.
Speaker 3: Well, I just I've tried to think from her side,
Speaker 3: what was her reaction to this? Did she give any
Speaker 3: indication that she had any interest?
Speaker 6: So my tick on it, honestly was she was being
Speaker 6: pretty flirty back at me.
Speaker 2: Okay, bit that's good.
Speaker 3: Yeah, definitely, Yeah, is there anything specific that you can
Speaker 3: bring up about that.
Speaker 6: Yeah, I mean she was twirling her hair. She was laughing.
Speaker 6: It was amazing, Like, Okay, try her when you're bored.
Speaker 1: Men don't believe.
Speaker 2: That scientific room and you also do it when you're flirting.
Speaker 2: But you're right. It could be either. She could have
Speaker 2: been bored and not having a good time.
Speaker 1: I keep forgetting that this isn't a second date, right, like.
Speaker 5: Yeah, we're doing an awkward phone call here? What what
Speaker 5: makes this awkward?
Speaker 6: So things were going well till halfway through the meal.
Speaker 6: She leaned over and said, Markie, you need to finish
Speaker 6: your vegetables.
Speaker 2: Oh wait, wait wait did you laugh?
Speaker 6: I mean I laughed, and then she says, I'm serious.
Speaker 6: Oh so I ate my vegetables while she watched me,
Speaker 6: and it was it was embarrassing.
Speaker 3: Though, Well, you are a stronger boy because you did
Speaker 3: eat those veggies.
Speaker 2: So let me ask you this. At the end of
Speaker 2: the night, how did you and Kendra leave things?
Speaker 6: Like?
Speaker 2: Was it romantic at all?
Speaker 6: We walked out, We had a huge hug. I told her,
Speaker 6: I was it's gonna text her. Yeah, it was like
Speaker 6: you better, it's important to keep promises.
Speaker 2: Kind of preachy teach your babysitter motive. Yeah, how long
Speaker 2: ago was this?
Speaker 6: It was just so only a few nights ago.
Speaker 1: So okay, so what do you what do you want
Speaker 1: our advice with? Because that's like the awkward thing, is right,
Speaker 1: we give advice.
Speaker 6: Yeah, I just need advice on how to just to
Speaker 6: say that I'm grown and that I feel like you
Speaker 6: need to see me as someone that can be with.
Speaker 5: You go on a serious day with him.
Speaker 3: I think, stomp your feet and say this is not fair.
Speaker 1: I know, I get it, I get it.
Speaker 2: Let's try and figure this out. We're gonna come back.
Speaker 2: We're gonna give you some solid advice on how to
Speaker 2: help you ask out your babysitter so that she sees
Speaker 2: you as a man still paying her right.
Speaker 6: No, no, I'm not like no wonder All right.
Speaker 2: We're gonna do it with your awkward Tuesday phone call. Next,
Speaker 2: it's awkward.
Speaker 1: It's Tuesday.
Speaker 2: It's awkward Tuesday phone call.
Speaker 5: Imagine going out with a girl you haven't seen in years.
Speaker 5: You're at the dinner table together.
Speaker 2: She looks over at you, seductively, leans in and says,
Speaker 2: eat your veggie so you can grow up to be
Speaker 2: a big boy.
Speaker 1: It's weirdness.
Speaker 3: I think that there's some people that are into them.
Speaker 3: Yeah more our listener isn't.
Speaker 5: It did actually happen though, to one of our listeners
Speaker 5: name Marky. Well, I'm calling him Markie because the person
Speaker 5: across the table was his ex babysitter from when he
Speaker 5: was younger.
Speaker 2: Yeah, he was nine years old. She was fourteen at
Speaker 2: the time. But now they're both grown adults and Mark
Speaker 2: wants to play doctor the real way. But does she
Speaker 2: see him that way?
Speaker 3: Well, she kept calling him MARKI yeah, probably not not
Speaker 3: a good sign yet, not yet.
Speaker 5: He needs to get our advice on how to change
Speaker 5: that for himself.
Speaker 2: So let's go to Brooks for the whole advice. What
Speaker 2: do you think he should do?
Speaker 3: Bro, Well, I've been thinking about this a lot, and
Speaker 3: I mean you have to switch her mindset, right. You
Speaker 3: have to have her start thinking of you like a man.
Speaker 3: I never suggest this, but I think you should bring
Speaker 3: up exes because if she can see you in an
Speaker 3: adult relationship, if she can imagine that, maybe then she
Speaker 3: can imagine herself in an adult relationship with you.
Speaker 2: Okay, you ready to drop your body count on her?
Speaker 2: What do you think Mark?
Speaker 6: I don't want her to get you know, jealous or anything.
Speaker 3: If you do, you do, yeah, yes, you could just
Speaker 3: say like when I was traveling Europe with Candace God,
Speaker 3: you know, stuff like that.
Speaker 1: She was great, but she didn't really work out, you.
Speaker 2: Know, snobby boyfriend now.
Speaker 3: Trying to make him sound rich, adult, and well traveled, Jeffrey.
Speaker 2: Those are good things to remember. Act rich, act grown up,
Speaker 2: and act well traveled.
Speaker 6: I think I can do that.
Speaker 2: Okay, we're here for you. We all believe in you, buddy.
Speaker 5: We're gonna call Kendra for you, your ex babysitter, and let
Speaker 5: you try and make this thing.
Speaker 2: Official with her, get a real date. Okay, sorry, not official.
Speaker 2: What's the wrong word, calor ken? Is that more of
Speaker 2: like an adult? No? Just just go respectful manly. We're
Speaker 2: here for you. Okay, I'm down a number right now,
Speaker 2: here we go.
Speaker 6: Hello, Kendra, it's me. Who is this It's it's Mark.
Speaker 1: Oh my god, marky Hi.
Speaker 7: I must not have faked your number right in my phone.
Speaker 7: I don't didn't pop up with this number. How are you?
Speaker 6: I'm great? How are you?
Speaker 7: I'm good? I'm good. I'm just kind of hanging out.
Speaker 7: I just ordered some food waiting for it to show up.
Speaker 6: Cool. I love food. Food's great.
Speaker 7: I know I remember that, you do.
Speaker 6: I know you? Yeah, I kind of need to admit
Speaker 6: something to you. Okay, Uh so when I was nine,
Speaker 6: I kind of had a crush on you.
Speaker 7: Oh my god, tell me something I don't know.
Speaker 6: Oh wait, you knew that.
Speaker 7: Well, I kind of had a feeling. I mean when
Speaker 7: my boyfriend stopped by that one time you called nine
Speaker 7: one one and told them that there was an intruder
Speaker 7: at the door.
Speaker 6: So right, God, I totally forgot about that. Anyway, Oh
Speaker 6: you said that was cute.
Speaker 7: Yeah, it was so cute.
Speaker 6: Anyway, did you have a good time the other night
Speaker 6: when we hung out?
Speaker 1: Yeah?
Speaker 3: I did.
Speaker 7: It was really nice, but it was like a little late.
Speaker 6: What do you mean?
Speaker 7: I mean, Well, you know, you told me you had
Speaker 7: a big meeting the next day, and I felt like
Speaker 7: I was keeping you up past your bedtime.
Speaker 6: Well I'm older now, so I don't really have a bedtime.
Speaker 7: Well I know that, but like everybody needs their sleep,
Speaker 7: even like big boys like you.
Speaker 6: Yeah, I mean I guess that's true. But I should
Speaker 6: probably listen to you more. I mean, you should.
Speaker 7: That was the meeting.
Speaker 6: It was good. I mean, I think I made a
Speaker 6: good impression.
Speaker 7: Did you brush your teeth before?
Speaker 6: Yeah? But look here's the it's like that I have.
Speaker 6: And I'm just gonna be honest. I don't know if
Speaker 6: you see it, but I feel like there's like an
Speaker 6: attraction between us.
Speaker 7: I mean, yeah, I feel that.
Speaker 6: Right. But like you've heard of people being like friend
Speaker 6: zoned before, I feel like I'm being nanny zoned.
Speaker 7: Wait what are you talking about?
Speaker 6: You know, like the brush your teeth common and on
Speaker 6: the date you made me eat vegetables. It's just stuff
Speaker 6: you would have said to me as a kid, And
Speaker 6: I don't want the potential of this to have some
Speaker 6: the same nanny kid power structure.
Speaker 7: Okay, okay, how about this? How about you come over
Speaker 7: to my place this Friday night. I'll make you dinner
Speaker 7: and I won't make you eat vegetables.
Speaker 6: Okay, yeah that sounds good.
Speaker 7: Yeah, and then we can watch a movie that's you know,
Speaker 7: not too scary because I remember that you don't like
Speaker 7: the scary one. And the best bard is if you
Speaker 7: stay out past eleven and I won't make you go home.
Speaker 6: Oh wow?
Speaker 7: Yeah, yeah, you can stay over and I'll read you
Speaker 7: a bedtime story.
Speaker 6: And Tucky Joky.
Speaker 2: Hello, Hey, Kendra, Hey, who is Kendra.
Speaker 5: You're on the radio right now with a show called
Speaker 5: Brook and Jeffrey in the Morning.
Speaker 7: Huh okay, Jeffrey.
Speaker 2: We're a morning radio show right and we're doing a
Speaker 2: segment with Mark called Awkward Tuesday Phone Call. We're trying
Speaker 2: to help him have this conversation.
Speaker 1: With you about like dating, not about bedtime stories.
Speaker 7: Mark, what's happening right now? I don't like this?
Speaker 1: Sorry, Mark?
Speaker 2: Mark? Do you want to explain?
Speaker 6: So listen. I have feelings for you, and I want
Speaker 6: you to see me as an equal because I really,
Speaker 6: I really see its being a thing.
Speaker 5: Do you feel like there's a connection there, maybe, Kendra,
Speaker 5: like a grown up, mature, romantic connection.
Speaker 3: I mean I kind.
Speaker 7: Of see something. But at the same time, it's just
Speaker 7: like really hard to shake the image I have of
Speaker 7: you as a little boy, Like in my mind, you're
Speaker 7: still a little boy.
Speaker 1: But listen to his voice.
Speaker 3: That's a man voice, and you're sitting across from him
Speaker 3: at the dinner table.
Speaker 1: He's got facial hair.
Speaker 2: Give a chance to say something manly right now? Mark,
Speaker 2: go ahead.
Speaker 6: I mean I do have facial hair.
Speaker 2: I mean, come on, Wow, I'm certainly convinced.
Speaker 7: I just think he's adorable, but I just can't like
Speaker 7: he's this Marky, I don't know, and I can't.
Speaker 2: Okay, but you admit it.
Speaker 1: You admitted there was an attraction when you two were talking.
Speaker 1: I heard you. You said, yeah, I get it.
Speaker 2: But then she told him to make sure he brushes
Speaker 2: his teeth every night, So like each other out like,
Speaker 2: do you do you realize that you're doing that, Kendra?
Speaker 2: Or do you even know that I habit?
Speaker 7: What do you want from me?
Speaker 4: It's habits.
Speaker 5: This could just be a case of two people trying
Speaker 5: to force a romantic connection when really it is what
Speaker 5: it is. And maybe you're just meant more to be
Speaker 5: just friends.
Speaker 3: Yeah, or Mark just wants his girlfriend to do everything
Speaker 3: for him, you know, like changes down.
Speaker 1: I mean, he obviously kind of likes it.
Speaker 3: Because like, how could anyone listen to that and still
Speaker 3: be attracted?
Speaker 6: I mean, I like when she does that too, I
Speaker 6: like when she reached me time stories.
Speaker 2: Maybe he does like it. Maybe the tickle monster can
Speaker 2: come out again and be like the grown up tickle.
Speaker 6: No.
Speaker 2: Maybe yeah, maybe we're all just trying too hard to
Speaker 2: make this happen and it's not going there naturally. I mean,
Speaker 2: do you see that, Mark?
Speaker 6: I mean maybe in another lifetime if she, if she
Speaker 6: wasn't my babysitter, there could have been something.
Speaker 1: Okay, you're given up, you're letting it go.
Speaker 3: Maybe you guys can be friends, or you can't stay
Speaker 3: Nanny's owned or is.
Speaker 2: Trying to find a time machine to go back and
Speaker 2: cancel her.
Speaker 6: I'm working on it and I'm starting tonight.
Speaker 2: Kendra. Are you okay just staying friends with Mark?
Speaker 7: Yeah? I think that's fine for me.
Speaker 2: Okay, may not do the babysitting terms around him a lot,
Speaker 2: to just be like normal adult friends.
Speaker 1: Did you not hear him? He likes it.
Speaker 6: Yeah, to.
Speaker 2: Stay in friends, stay in touch and see what happens,
Speaker 2: and maybe something will naturally develop from that.
Speaker 1: Okay, what's your favorite bedtime story? Mark?
Speaker 6: Oh my god, they are a man.
Speaker 1: Jeffrey in the morning. This is a couple. I wish
Speaker 1: we could get an update from.
Speaker 3: Yes.
Speaker 4: I need to know if things got more romantic.
Speaker 1: Yeah, I don't know. I think they got less.
Speaker 3: I think that it's gone to where he's probably just
Speaker 3: paying her hourly at this point.
Speaker 1: Come over and cut up his steak.
Speaker 4: For him like he got a little like revisit of
Speaker 4: it from what he's like, Wait, this is I see
Speaker 4: why we hired her.
Speaker 1: Yes, she was good.
Speaker 3: I mean to his credit, kids made they wait for
Speaker 3: people to make them food.
Speaker 1: We got their stuff off the floor. Yeah, exactly, be
Speaker 1: all cute and babysittery. It is a good life.
Speaker 3: I don't blame him at all. Hey, if you ever
Speaker 3: have an awkward you know, conversation that you need to
Speaker 3: have and you want poor advice, you should definitely contact
Speaker 3: our Yes, it's pretty easy to do.
Speaker 4: I was gonna say, or more nanny situation, you know,
Speaker 4: for anybody.
Speaker 1: Yeah, you can just go to our website.
Speaker 3: It's Brooke and Jeffrey dot com and there's a big
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Speaker 3: Brock and Jeffrey. And thanks for being here one more time.
Speaker 3: Happy Veterans Day and stay safe.
Speaker 1: We'll see you tomorrow.