WEBVTT - Textual Healing: Breakup Breakfast

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<v Speaker 1>All right, we got a new episode for you today,

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<v Speaker 1>and it is a textual healing. That's where somebody needs

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<v Speaker 1>help with a texting situation, and well that's where we

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<v Speaker 1>step in.

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<v Speaker 2>Yes, we don't get to do these that often, but

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<v Speaker 2>no we don't.

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<v Speaker 3>We don't, but they're fun.

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<v Speaker 1>But first we got to talk about Costco Costco guy yesterday,

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<v Speaker 1>executive members only.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah, people are not a fan of executive members only guy.

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<v Speaker 2>Someone said, actually, is this too bad to read?

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<v Speaker 4>Maybe not, he was exposed to too much Costco gasoline

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<v Speaker 4>as a kid.

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<v Speaker 2>But look at that one. Oh my goodness, what a

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<v Speaker 2>judgmental snob. She could do much better.

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<v Speaker 4>Sounds like a guy who thinks he is self made

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<v Speaker 4>with a silver spoon.

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<v Speaker 3>Up his butt.

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<v Speaker 4>And then somebody else who said, I was waiting for

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<v Speaker 4>Kai to be in on it with the LARPers.

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<v Speaker 3>Oh, oh el yeah, I could see that. Maybe it'd

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<v Speaker 3>be good for him. Yeah, he needs to put his

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<v Speaker 3>energy somewhere.

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<v Speaker 2>Else if he needs to get into a little LARPing.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, a little la action role play night fixed Kai.

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<v Speaker 1>All right, Well we'll see how you feel about today's episode.

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<v Speaker 5>Right now, the modern dating world has so many different

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<v Speaker 5>levels of relationships that you can be in and it

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<v Speaker 5>really depends on what you want. You're actually right, there's

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<v Speaker 5>like categories.

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<v Speaker 3>Now for everybody else.

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<v Speaker 5>It's kind of nice because there's you know, a casual

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<v Speaker 5>companionship where you hang out but it's not romantic, a

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<v Speaker 5>situationship where it's romantic but it's not committed, A monoga

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<v Speaker 5>mish where it's committed but not serious. What word would

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<v Speaker 5>you describe your situation, brook, Mine's just marriage. I don't

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<v Speaker 5>say it too romantically. I'm so hyped.

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<v Speaker 3>Retro.

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<v Speaker 5>But one of our listeners is caught in a different

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<v Speaker 5>type of complicated entanglement and she's hoping that we can

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<v Speaker 5>help uncomplicate it. I hope it's not as complicated as

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<v Speaker 5>a Brooks good luck, and she wants to do it

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<v Speaker 5>in the weirdest way possible. She's asked for our help.

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<v Speaker 5>You're gonna hear it right after this. How many times

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<v Speaker 5>on this show have listeners asked us to help them

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<v Speaker 5>break up with their significant others? Oh no, it's brook

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<v Speaker 5>and Jeffrey in the morning. That's why we created an

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<v Speaker 5>entire segment called Brooke Breaks You Up.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, I am not in the headspace for this today,

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<v Speaker 1>Jeff Okay.

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<v Speaker 5>Well, here's the good news, Brook. Yeah, you don't have

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<v Speaker 5>to do that today.

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<v Speaker 4>Oh good.

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<v Speaker 5>Okay, because this couple has already had the breakup talk.

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<v Speaker 3>Oh good.

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<v Speaker 5>And I guess the issue is the problem is the

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<v Speaker 5>breakup isn't happening fast enough.

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<v Speaker 3>What a breakup happened right after the talk?

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<v Speaker 5>That's what I think this listener is saying in her email.

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<v Speaker 5>But before I confuse my co host any further, let's

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<v Speaker 5>just talk to Maria about it. Maria, welcome to the show.

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<v Speaker 6>Hey, you sound chipper for a lady who may or

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<v Speaker 6>may not be in a relationship.

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<v Speaker 5>We've officially confused everybody in the room. Maria. So what's

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<v Speaker 5>the situation that you're in with this guy that you're

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<v Speaker 5>dating or or not dating? What's going on?

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<v Speaker 6>Okay? So I started dating this guy like six months ago.

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<v Speaker 6>His name is James James.

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<v Speaker 5>Okay, and what's the situation with James.

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<v Speaker 6>Well, I do really like spending time with him. He's

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<v Speaker 6>a good guy, but it's just it's not a relationship

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<v Speaker 6>that I ever kind of saw getting too serious. Like

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<v Speaker 6>when I picture my future husband, it's it's just not him.

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<v Speaker 3>Okay, But why why isn't it him?

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<v Speaker 6>I don't know. It's just like they say, like when

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<v Speaker 6>you know, you know, but also you know when you

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<v Speaker 6>know that.

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<v Speaker 1>It's not.

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<v Speaker 3>Fair, that's fair.

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<v Speaker 1>Like this spark isn't quite right. It has nothing to

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<v Speaker 1>do with who he is as a person.

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<v Speaker 3>It's just not and it kind of hurts.

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<v Speaker 5>But have you been honest with him that he's not

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<v Speaker 5>husband material for you?

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<v Speaker 3>We don't need to say it that, yeah, you're not

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<v Speaker 3>doing the breakup.

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<v Speaker 5>So how honest are we being with James?

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<v Speaker 6>I mean, a couple of months into us dating, I

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<v Speaker 6>could kind of tell that he was more into me

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<v Speaker 6>than I was into him, and so I basically told

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<v Speaker 6>him like, Hey, I'm having fun with you, but I

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<v Speaker 6>just don't know if we should continue what's going on

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<v Speaker 6>between the two of us.

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<v Speaker 3>And so what was his response to that?

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<v Speaker 6>Honestly, he could do really well.

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<v Speaker 5>He joke.

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<v Speaker 6>He was kind of joking back like, well, if you

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<v Speaker 6>want to break up with me, you can't do it

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<v Speaker 6>until your mom's wedding because you already invited me.

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<v Speaker 1>Oh, okay, do you mind bringing him to your mom's wedding?

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<v Speaker 6>Honestly, no, Like we kind of came up with a

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<v Speaker 6>solution is that we'll do the wedding, but we're going

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<v Speaker 6>to have a scheduled breakup.

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<v Speaker 5>Date or in the middle of your mom's wedding.

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<v Speaker 3>That's really cordial, Like it's kind of cool.

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<v Speaker 5>Yeah, so the wedding is coming up or it already happened.

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<v Speaker 6>Yeah, it's so it just happened, and congress anytime. So

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<v Speaker 6>that's the thing is that we decided that it would

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<v Speaker 6>be two weeks after the wedding.

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<v Speaker 5>Okay, just to wind it down a little bit after.

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<v Speaker 1>Like the jo or maybe not to make it look

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<v Speaker 1>like it was your mom's fault that you're breaking up.

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<v Speaker 5>Fair.

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<v Speaker 6>Yeah, I mean we just didn't want to do it

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<v Speaker 6>like directly after. And honestly, like, we had a great time.

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<v Speaker 6>We had a good run and I wasn't stressing about it.

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<v Speaker 6>But then a funny thing happened while we were at

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<v Speaker 6>the wedding. James was off eating and talking with family

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<v Speaker 6>and stuff like that, and I ended up meeting another guy.

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<v Speaker 1>Oh maybe the new stepdad's got some hotties.

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<v Speaker 6>No, it's nothing, it's nothing weird. It's not like a

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<v Speaker 6>stepbrother or anything like that. Because he's friends with my

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<v Speaker 6>new stepdad's family and and you know, it was really cute.

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<v Speaker 6>It was sweet, like we had instant chemistry and he

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<v Speaker 6>asked me out, but it was it was really cute.

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<v Speaker 6>But the only thing is he's going to be leaving

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<v Speaker 6>town soon and the only day that he can meet

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<v Speaker 6>up is the day before our schedule to break up.

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<v Speaker 3>So you just need to change the day to the

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<v Speaker 3>breakup up to see.

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<v Speaker 7>Wait, if you guys already know you're going to break

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<v Speaker 7>up if you go on a David, so that's not

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<v Speaker 7>cheating you guys are done, right.

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<v Speaker 5>But remember this guy likes her more than she likes him,

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<v Speaker 5>so it's going to affect him differently. I mean, so she's.

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<v Speaker 3>Still thinking of his feelings at the end of it.

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<v Speaker 3>It sounds like you just want to keep it clean,

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<v Speaker 3>is that right?

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah?

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<v Speaker 6>Well, I also really appreciated him being so cool about

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<v Speaker 6>everything and still wanting to go to the wedding and

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<v Speaker 6>all that. Like, it's already a weird situation. I'm trying

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<v Speaker 6>to just do it the best way that I can can.

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<v Speaker 1>I ask, are you guys acting like boyfriend and girlfriend

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<v Speaker 1>right now?

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<v Speaker 6>I mean, well, we're still technically together, so yeah, okay.

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<v Speaker 5>But we're not doing Brooke breaks you up instead. What

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<v Speaker 5>She's requested is some textual healing on to text her

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<v Speaker 5>current guy James and ask him to push up the

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<v Speaker 5>date of the breakup.

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<v Speaker 6>Yeah, I just I want to move it up by

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<v Speaker 6>one day.

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<v Speaker 1>Oh, you know, this is the first time I feel

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<v Speaker 1>like the breakup conversation via text is allowed because you've

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<v Speaker 1>had so many breakup stations.

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<v Speaker 7>But what if you have something planned, like there's a

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<v Speaker 7>last date meal, Like, do you.

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<v Speaker 5>Have anything planned like that? Special?

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<v Speaker 6>The plan for us was to kind of do breakfast

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<v Speaker 6>together at the same diner where we first met.

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<v Speaker 5>Full guys are so poetic about that.

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<v Speaker 2>I know, I feel like a text breakup might just

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<v Speaker 2>be better this way.

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<v Speaker 3>So how do we start the conversation?

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<v Speaker 5>Well, what if you be direct with him but also

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<v Speaker 5>unavailable at the same time.

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<v Speaker 3>That sounds passive and aggressive.

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<v Speaker 5>That, yes, that's the perfect sweet spot. That so, if

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<v Speaker 5>I'm you, I want to put it in their core

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<v Speaker 5>and let them make the final decision on how to proceed, which.

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<v Speaker 1>Is so Jeffrey, nobody you can understand my life.

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<v Speaker 3>Were making a decision, We're pretty good.

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<v Speaker 5>I would say, listen, I'm so so sorry, but my

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<v Speaker 5>plans have changed and I have a conflict on that day,

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<v Speaker 5>and I'm not going to be able to make our

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<v Speaker 5>breakfast sad emoji. You are owning like it's my fault,

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<v Speaker 5>but that day doesn't work, and then you see what

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<v Speaker 5>he wants to do with it.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah, he likes you so much up scared is going

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<v Speaker 4>to push it a year out.

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<v Speaker 1>A terrible text descend, but just for experiment experiment reasons, Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>and experimentation.

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<v Speaker 6>So let's try there we go, Yeah, okay, I like that.

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<v Speaker 6>Let me kind of write it out and.

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<v Speaker 5>Make it sound like you're upset, like, Hi, I'm so

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<v Speaker 5>so sorry to do this, but my plans have suddenly changed.

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<v Speaker 5>I can't make our breakup breakfast.

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<v Speaker 3>We're going to call it break.

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<v Speaker 5>Up whatever you want to call it, okay, and then

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<v Speaker 5>put sad emojis like you really were looking forward to that.

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<v Speaker 1>God, it feels so bad because something else is more

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<v Speaker 1>important than breaking up, Like.

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<v Speaker 7>He's gonna ask what could be more important?

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<v Speaker 5>I'm just going off of what we know about this

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<v Speaker 5>guy in his personality, and he was cool with the

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<v Speaker 5>whole concept of a breakup date, so you might not.

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<v Speaker 2>Be as devastated and doesn't like him, but he's still

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<v Speaker 2>go hang out.

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<v Speaker 6>With her for.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean with the he could be a guy like

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<v Speaker 1>Jeffrey that likes others to make the decisions him.

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<v Speaker 5>You tell me exactly, so Maria, you make the final

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<v Speaker 5>choice here. What do you want to I don't want

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<v Speaker 5>to be responsible.

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<v Speaker 6>Okay, I'm gonna say, Hi, I'm so sorry, but my

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<v Speaker 6>plans have changed this week. I'm going to be camping

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<v Speaker 6>on Saturday.

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<v Speaker 5>Make up the line, right, I would be less specific,

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<v Speaker 5>camping just so that way.

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<v Speaker 6>I'm out of town.

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<v Speaker 5>You can I'm out of town.

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<v Speaker 3>Out of town, he would be the date.

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<v Speaker 6>Okay, I'm just gonna say. I'll just say that I'm

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<v Speaker 6>out of town. I think that's good.

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<v Speaker 2>Send the text sage and.

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<v Speaker 6>Okay, okay, I sent it and I put at the end,

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<v Speaker 6>I put the I can't make our planned break up breakfast,

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<v Speaker 6>and I did Emoi.

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<v Speaker 3>Okay, there you go.

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<v Speaker 1>It's like, are you sad because of the breakup or

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<v Speaker 1>are you said because you can't make it?

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<v Speaker 5>Well, whatever happens, it's on you one hundred percent. I

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<v Speaker 5>would take no responsibility. Then when we come back, we

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<v Speaker 5>will see if you're soon to be ex boyfriend has responded.

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<v Speaker 5>As we continue Textual Healing Breakfast Breakup Edition and it's

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<v Speaker 5>coming up right after this.

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<v Speaker 3>Good music choice.

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<v Speaker 5>Oh yeah, we're in the middle of textual healing with

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<v Speaker 5>our listener Maria, who's been dating a guy for almost

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<v Speaker 5>six months now and realized just a little while in

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<v Speaker 5>that this isn't going to be forever.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, so which is okay, doesn't mean it's bad. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 3>not foreverything totally.

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<v Speaker 5>So they made the choice, you know, since her mom

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<v Speaker 5>was getting remarried, why not extend their relationship just a

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<v Speaker 5>little bit longer, and came up with a breakup date,

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<v Speaker 5>which is a specific day on the calendar when they

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<v Speaker 5>both agreed the relationship would officially end. The only problem

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<v Speaker 5>is a new love interest has suddenly resurfaced for Maria,

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<v Speaker 5>so she's come to us wondering how can she text

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<v Speaker 5>her current guy, James, to let him know I actually

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<v Speaker 5>need to move up our breakup date without being too specific.

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<v Speaker 1>About why, without saying I found another guy who's super

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<v Speaker 1>hot and I'm really into him, and he's leaving for work,

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<v Speaker 1>so I need to get this date in.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 5>I mean most guys would take that so well, but James,

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<v Speaker 5>we're a little worried about. I am curious how he's

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<v Speaker 5>going to react because I'm thinking, how would I personally feel,

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<v Speaker 5>or how would any of us feel if you're him

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<v Speaker 5>and you get that message.

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<v Speaker 1>Well, and even though he's more into you than you

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<v Speaker 1>are to him, like he obviously agrees this isn't a

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<v Speaker 1>forever thing, else he would have fought harder to Yeah.

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<v Speaker 5>Sure, so he might be a little hurt or he

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<v Speaker 5>might be totally cool with it, Maria has He responded,

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<v Speaker 5>he has, Oh my gosh, Okay, what did he say?

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<v Speaker 1>So?

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<v Speaker 6>He texted a picture of Macauley Cokein's shocked.

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<v Speaker 3>Like a shaving cream on or the ship after shave on.

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<v Speaker 1>Any streams Okay, yeah, okay.

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<v Speaker 6>No, And underneath it he wrote reactivating my Tinder as

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<v Speaker 6>we speak with the smark emoji.

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<v Speaker 3>Okay, So does that mean you're just single?

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<v Speaker 6>Now?

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah?

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<v Speaker 5>Maybe that's the text we need to ask, what does

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<v Speaker 5>this mean? We're done?

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<v Speaker 7>Now?

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<v Speaker 5>What does that mean to you? Maria?

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<v Speaker 6>That's the thing. So we've had this like whole inside

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<v Speaker 6>joke saying going about how we're going to reactivate our

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<v Speaker 6>Tinder accounts at the exact same time when we break up.

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<v Speaker 6>He's really funny, like honestly, like this is why I

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<v Speaker 6>kind of wanted to date him in the first place.

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<v Speaker 3>I kind of wanted.

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<v Speaker 5>Yeah, just one of the ways that you're reacting, it

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<v Speaker 5>sounds like you don't even want it to really end,

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<v Speaker 5>like deep down, I don't know that.

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<v Speaker 7>Reminded her him.

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<v Speaker 2>She seems excited going to date with the new guys.

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<v Speaker 6>It just sucks because he's been super charming and I

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<v Speaker 6>hate it it, you know, I mean, I'm.

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<v Speaker 4>Freaking easier if one person is just bad guy.

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<v Speaker 3>You can't be indecisive.

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<v Speaker 5>No, because from his text it sounds like he's cool

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<v Speaker 5>with it. It's over.

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<v Speaker 6>Yeah, this is like the best case scenario, right Well,

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<v Speaker 6>that's the thing is like it should be over in

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<v Speaker 6>a few days, but like it shouldn't be over like

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<v Speaker 6>right now.

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<v Speaker 5>Wait are you saying now that you feel like maybe

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<v Speaker 5>you like him and you don't really want it to end?

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<v Speaker 6>Feel that no, like for me and him. I just

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<v Speaker 6>I just need to confirm that it's done officially, you

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<v Speaker 6>know what I mean?

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<v Speaker 5>I mean, didn't he already confirm it?

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<v Speaker 3>Mcaulay Culkin just confirmed it? Yeah for sure.

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<v Speaker 5>I mean I guess he did it through a joke.

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<v Speaker 5>You want, like actual written words, we are over?

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<v Speaker 6>I I mean, I just I have to like figure

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<v Speaker 6>out how to do this, so I know that there's

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<v Speaker 6>like an actual like that it's done.

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<v Speaker 3>Okay.

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<v Speaker 1>Is there a chance that maybe you're disappointed in him

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<v Speaker 1>in being not caring.

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<v Speaker 5>Not pushing back more?

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<v Speaker 6>I mean no, I just I don't know. I I

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<v Speaker 6>already made my decisions, so I just have to go

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<v Speaker 6>through with it.

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<v Speaker 5>Okay. Well, look, if you want to keep it with

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<v Speaker 5>the funny light mode that he's been doing, maybe just

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<v Speaker 5>type in the date when you first started dating with

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<v Speaker 5>a dash to today's date and then a little tombstone emoji.

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<v Speaker 6>Alright, oh god, what do you think? Yeah, I know

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<v Speaker 6>I do kind of Okay, Jeff, you're really funny are using.

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<v Speaker 5>Yeah, let's focus on the goal that you came to

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<v Speaker 5>us hoping to do. What do you think about what

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<v Speaker 5>I said sending the dates with the dash and the

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<v Speaker 5>tombstone emoji? Yeah?

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<v Speaker 6>I like that. I'm going to send that right now.

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<v Speaker 3>Okay, Okay, so we're just wrapping things up.

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<v Speaker 1>This is actually, like I feel like, a really good

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<v Speaker 1>example of how we all should handle breakups.

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<v Speaker 5>Yeah, every relationship should have a premeditated breakup and Murray,

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<v Speaker 5>by the way, I forgot to tell you Chime in

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<v Speaker 5>anytime if you see him texting you back, or you

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<v Speaker 5>see any dots or anything like that.

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<v Speaker 3>And if you see dots, also let.

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<v Speaker 5>Us know because that's very important for the show.

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<v Speaker 6>Okay, I need to tell you something. What what I

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<v Speaker 6>didn't send the toobest text?

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<v Speaker 3>What did you the tombstone text? What did you send?

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<v Speaker 6>I didn't, I didn't send anything. I think I'm starting

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<v Speaker 6>to have feelings for him more than money.

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<v Speaker 2>These are going to last a week.

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<v Speaker 3>You can't do this.

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<v Speaker 1>You're just straging him along and then you're gonna actually

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<v Speaker 1>hurt his feelings.

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<v Speaker 3>This is the way to do this.

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<v Speaker 6>It's all happening so fast, and now I'm just like

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<v Speaker 6>second guessing it.

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<v Speaker 5>Okay, listen, we get that you're confused, but we are

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<v Speaker 5>on a time limit here on this show, and if

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<v Speaker 5>you don't know what you want to do, then we

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<v Speaker 5>have no goal to reach for.

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<v Speaker 1>No.

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<v Speaker 6>I know, I know I didn't mean to put you

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<v Speaker 6>guys in this position, but I guess I want to

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<v Speaker 6>enjoy the last three days of them.

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<v Speaker 3>Okay, I don't know that that's an option.

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<v Speaker 5>If that's how you feel, then why don't you just

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<v Speaker 5>send that?

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<v Speaker 7>Then?

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<v Speaker 3>Can't hand?

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<v Speaker 2>It looks like books.

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<v Speaker 5>It's on fire. I can't go there. No, she won

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<v Speaker 5>What are you gonna say?

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<v Speaker 6>Now, I'll just tell them that I'll see if I

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<v Speaker 6>can live the date or something like that, and just

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<v Speaker 6>that I want to at least have our last couple

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<v Speaker 6>of days together.

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<v Speaker 5>Oh, I respond to.

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<v Speaker 3>This is when you see the power pendulum swing.

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<v Speaker 5>Yeah, he's like, what.

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<v Speaker 7>Are you doing?

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<v Speaker 2>She likes me too much?

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<v Speaker 3>He's saying, she's so into me.

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<v Speaker 6>Okay, I sent it.

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<v Speaker 3>Oh respond, I think you're going to be heartbroken this weekend.

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<v Speaker 5>So uh yeah, we've gone from like wanting to move

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<v Speaker 5>up the breakup date to not having a breakup date

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<v Speaker 5>to now it's back to the original breakup like.

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<v Speaker 4>Nothing ever happened, Brooks saying, I wish all relationships handled

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<v Speaker 4>this way.

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<v Speaker 7>No wonder if they can't.

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<v Speaker 5>At least it's not confusing.

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<v Speaker 6>Oh my god, what he sent me a message?

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<v Speaker 5>What is the most important one of the whole thing?

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<v Speaker 6>He said, too late, And he sent a screenshot of

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<v Speaker 6>his Tinder bio he already restarted.

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<v Speaker 3>Right, God, have fun with the new guy, Maria.

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<v Speaker 6>I guess God, I'm gonna go. I have to re

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<v Speaker 6>download my Tinder so I can rematch him.

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<v Speaker 5>No one of us can get there for you're in

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<v Speaker 5>a healthy mental state, Marina, I feel like textual healing achieved.

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<v Speaker 1>Hey, but listen, she did finally let him make the choice,

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<v Speaker 1>just like you wanted to.

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<v Speaker 5>You did it with the other guy.

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<v Speaker 7>Now.

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<v Speaker 5>Yeah, enjoy trying to rematch with your ex boyfriend on Tinder.

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<v Speaker 3>I feel like she's going to stand outside of he's

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<v Speaker 3>a part.

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<v Speaker 6>Enough swiping Brook and Jeffrey in the morning.

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<v Speaker 5>Is it harder to rematch with someone on Tinder after

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<v Speaker 5>you've already been in a non serious, exclusive six month

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<v Speaker 5>relationship with them?

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<v Speaker 7>I would think emotionally it's harder.

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<v Speaker 4>Could set your you know categories really specific?

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, this color hair. Yeah.

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<v Speaker 5>Maybe it's just like the normal thing on Tinder where

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<v Speaker 5>everyone's just going through the rotation until they wind up

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<v Speaker 5>back where they started.

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<v Speaker 7>You know what. Actually, I remember being on Tinder and

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<v Speaker 7>I unmatched with somebody or I match and then I

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<v Speaker 7>didn't go back on the app. I go A week later,

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<v Speaker 7>she's back in my options.

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<v Speaker 3>I'm like, does that is it like reaching the end

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<v Speaker 3>of the Internet. Yeah?

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<v Speaker 5>It just makes me so happy for her. I feel

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<v Speaker 5>like she's right where she wants to be.

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<v Speaker 3>She knows where she knows to be.

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<v Speaker 2>Reminds every friend going through a breakup.

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<v Speaker 1>Ever, that woman needs to be single is what she needs.

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<v Speaker 3>Well, we have to work on ourself a little bit.

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<v Speaker 5>Yes, we have asked Maria to keep us updated on

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<v Speaker 5>her breakup and her possible rekindling. Juting on you by

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<v Speaker 5>the end.

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<v Speaker 3>Jury, I don't know that I want to be updated

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<v Speaker 3>on this updates good just.

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<v Speaker 5>Leaving it, dag pause with the new guy who knows

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<v Speaker 5>what's going to happen. But if you enjoyed that, We've

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<v Speaker 5>got plenty more textual healings up on our podcast at

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<v Speaker 5>Brook and Jeffrey. And in the spirit of this call,

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<v Speaker 5>we want you to subscribe unsubscribed six months later, and

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<v Speaker 5>then we subscribe to us all over again, and then

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<v Speaker 5>just watch us.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, that's fun.

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<v Speaker 5>It's Brook and Jeffrey in the morning.