Awkward Thursday: 30 Day Girlfriend

Summary

Podcast Summary: Brooke and Jeffrey – Awkward Thursday: 30 Day Girlfriend

Date: May 21, 2026
Podcast: Brooke and Jeffrey: Second Date Update
Host: iHeartPodcasts

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Episode Overview

This "Awkward Thursday" episode of Brooke and Jeffrey centers on Scott, a listener who wants to skip the conventional, often awkward early stages of dating. Inspired by advice from a friend, Scott pitches the idea of a "30 Day Trial Relationship" to Nicole—someone he's hit it off with over several long phone conversations but hasn't dated yet. The hosts and cast (Brooke, Jeffrey, Alexis, Jose) help Scott craft his pitch and call Nicole live, leading to an exploration of modern dating anxieties, exclusivity, and commitment—with plenty of laughs and awkwardness along the way.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

Modern Dating: The Agony of Early Stages

• Jeffrey notes the exhaustion of early dating: “Think of all the precious time and energy that you waste at the start of dating someone new...wondering, do they like me? Do I like them? So much confusion and headache.” (04:02)
• The group discusses how overanalyzing and the abundance of options make dating overwhelming.

Scott's "Trial Relationship Mode" Concept

• Scott: “I have a friend who's tried something before and he said it works great…called a trial relationship mode.” (07:49)
• The idea: Instead of uncertain casual dating, you commit to 30 days of exclusive dating—a "trial period" to skip confusion and see if things work.
• Alexis: “If I really liked him. Why? It's a month. You barely google on three dates in a month.” (09:16)
• The hosts joke about “exclusive membership,” “auto-renewals,” and “subscription discounts,” parodying dating as a modern subscription service.

The Pitch: How to Ask for Exclusivity Before the First Date

• Brooke emphasizes maintaining romance: “You need to keep the romance alive. Keep it sexy. Right. You got a sexy voice.” (12:21)
• They encourage Scott to put his best “sexy voice” forward while still highlighting the positives, such as skipping awkwardness and focusing on each other.

The Awkward Phone Call to Nicole

• Nicole answers, is surprised, but receptive to the idea in theory:
  • Scott: “So it's called a trial relationship mode. So it's basically instant exclusivity.” (15:12)
  • Nicole: “Hold on, hold on. Like, I haven't even been on a date with you yet.” (15:19)
• Nicole floats the “multiple situationships” issue (16:01), hinting that she’s currently non-exclusive with several people.
  • "It's probably more than you're thinking in your head." (17:09)
• She ultimately declines, stating, “Yeah, I think I'm going to pass.” (20:05)
• The hosts lightheartedly debrief and offer their analysis.

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• On Modern Dating Overwhelm:

  • Jeffrey: "But what if there was a way to skip all the awkward parts of early dating?...he found a revolutionary new way...jumps right to the good stuff." (04:06)

• On the Trial Relationship Proposal:

  • Scott: “I don't want to waste my time. If I like her, I like her and I want to see if it works.” (08:49)

• Group Banter (Trial as Subscription):

  • Jeffrey: “You trying to get her to subscribe for a 30 day period to just dating you alone?” (08:26)
  • Jose: “This one of those things where you'll save money if you just commit to the whole year?” (08:42)

• Brooke, On the Pitch:

  • “You need to keep the romance alive. Keep it sexy. Right. You got a sexy voice over there.” (12:21)

• Nicole’s Response—Situationships:

  • Nicole: “Oh, that sounds really good. But hypothetically, what if I was in multiple situationships, would I have to stop those?” (16:01)
  • “I mean, I left one guy at my house this morning. He's still there.” (18:19)

• Funny Debrief:

  • Brooke: “Obviously that's not working great for you because you haven't committed to one of them, so they're not all that wonderful...This gives you 30 days to, like, I don't know, do a cleanse...like you try to figure out what you're allergic to and you have to remove all the foods until you add them back in.” (19:13)

• Wrap Up Reflection:

  • Jeffrey: “I like that we tried something new, something unique that we've never attempted before. Even if it failed spectacularly, as new things often do. It's kind of what we do here.” (23:32)

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Important Segment Timestamps

• 04:02 – Jeffrey introduces Scott and the “30 Day Trial Relationship” idea.
• 05:34 – Scott shares background: meeting Nicole at running club, long phone talks.
• 07:49 – Scott explains “trial relationship mode.”
• 09:16 – Panel debates the pros/cons and jokes about “subscriptions.”
• 12:21 – Brooke coaches Scott on the approach and delivery.
• 14:01 – The live call to Nicole begins.
• 15:12–16:01 – Scott pitches the idea; Nicole brings up “multiple situationships.”
• 17:09 – Nicole reveals her dating situation.
• 19:13 – Brooke suggests the “30-day cleanse” metaphor.
• 20:05 – Nicole declines the proposal.
• 23:32 – Jeffrey and Brooke reflect on trying unique dating methods and encourage listeners to suggest more awkward scenarios.

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Tone & Style

• The episode maintains the playful, tongue-in-cheek, slightly irreverent style characteristic of Brooke and Jeffrey.
• The hosts balance jokes and genuine advice, mixing group banter with moments of honest reflection about dating culture.
• Scott’s proposal is treated with a combination of humor and curiosity, exploring whether "trial relationships" could be a modern solution or just another dating misadventure.

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Summary Takeaway

This episode of "Awkward Thursday" shines a comedic spotlight on the frustration with early dating and the desperation for new solutions in the swipe-heavy world of love. Scott’s bold “30 Day Trial Relationship” pitch falls flat—but not before the team, Nicole, and listeners get to laugh, cringe, and ponder how we might all try to hack the dating game (and why most shortcuts just turn out awkward).

Transcript

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[Brooke]

Y' all just keep demanding it so we listen. All right. We give in easily. We got a special awkward Thursday phone call for you today. It's brand new. Welcome so so much. Welcome so much.

[Alexis]

Welcome so much.

[Scott]

I don't know.

[Brooke]

I'm glad you're here. Yes. At the second date podcast. Before we get to this new episode, what do we have in comments? Alexis?

[Alexis]

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[Brooke]

Oh, that's so cool. We're cooler than a record. I like that.

[Alexis]

Nobody said that. I mean, that's one way to interpret it.

[Brooke]

Yeah, I was excited about it.

[Jeffrey]

We should make a Brooke and Jeffrey record.

[Brooke]

That'd be so cool. Brooke and Jeffrey on vinyl.

[Jeffrey]

Oh, yeah.

[Brooke]

Yeah, I'm not opposed to it.

[Alexis]

I mean, it's trendy again.

[Brooke]

Yeah, it's trendy to get maybe cassette tapes. We'll go to them, too. Okay, now we're getting our tapes.

[Bowen Yang]

Oh, no.

[Brooke]

How about just go to our YouTube subscribe there at BrookeandJeffrey and your brand new Awkward Thursday episode, starting right now.

[Jeffrey]

Just think of all the precious time and energy that you waste at the start of dating someone new. The hours of overanalyzing every text, the deep dives into their social media, wondering, do they like me? Do I like them? Is it weird to kiss them now? Or should I wait till after her parents leave? So much confusion and headache. But what if there was a way to skip all the awkward parts of early dating? Oh, because one of our listeners says he found a revolutionary new way to handle a brand new love interest that jumps right to the good stuff. And he's about to pitch his strategy while we try to help make it happen. Okay, it's coming up in a brand new Awkward Thursday phone call right after this.

[Scott]

It's awkward.

[Jeffrey]

It's Thursday. Awkward Thursday phone call. I know everybody seems to complain about the state of modern dating, that it's too competitive, standards are unrealistic. Alexis's mom is getting all the matches, leaving nothing for anyone else, including her.

[Alexis]

Sorry. She's an elf.

[Jeffrey]

So it's definitely bleak. And what's a person to do? Well, we have a listener named Scott, who's identified a person of interest for himself.

[Brooke]

Okay.

[Jeffrey]

But as a different idea on how the whole dating thing should work in his mind, didn't go into a lot of detail in his email about it, but I'm interested to talk to him and hopefully help him with it. So, Scott, welcome to the show, man.

[Scott]

Hey, how you guys doing?

[Brooke]

I'm so curious. This person of interest, is it someone you know in life, or is it someone you found online?

[Scott]

IRL in real life? And, yeah, she's great. Okay.

[Jeffrey]

All right, we'll get to the new way that you think dating should work in just a second, but let's start with the girl. Who is she? Tell us about her.

[Scott]

Yeah, her name is Nicole. She's awesome. We both met in, like, a running club.

[Brooke]

Oh, that's fun.

[Scott]

Yeah, I go to this running club on Saturday mornings, and so I brought my dog, and it was the first time that I ever noticed Nicole, but she came up to the dog. Sally is her name.

[Brooke]

Sally's the dog's name.

[Jose]

The dog's name.

[Scott]

Dog's name is Sally. Nicole is the actual human being, and she doesn't have a dog. And so we kind of hit it off.

[Brooke]

It's weird that we're doing this in an awkward Thursday and not just doing a second date update.

[Alexis]

Yeah.

[Scott]

Yeah. Well, I mean, I haven't had a date with her yet.

[Brooke]

That hasn't stopped other people, but yes.

[Jeffrey]

Well, what's holding you back from going out on the date?

[Scott]

Yeah, Well, I mean, first off, we haven't had any time to schedule anything yet. We're both really busy.

[Brooke]

Okay.

[Scott]

And so we talked over the phone, like, three to four times, though.

[Jeffrey]

Oh.

[Brooke]

Oh, my God.

[Scott]

Okay.

[Jose]

How long do you talk for? That's important.

[Scott]

Like, an hour.

[Brooke]

Wow. Alexis is having panic right now.

[Alexis]

Gonna be me.

[Scott]

Yeah, it's really, really great. Like, we don't want to hang up and.

[Brooke]

Oh, that's cute.

[Jeffrey]

It's a good sign.

[Brooke]

I mean, I feel like this is a good start to a relationship, and it would be natural for you to just ask her out at this point.

[Scott]

I mean, I have asked her out, and she said yes. We just haven't had the time yet.

[Brooke]

Okay.

[Scott]

But, like, I kind of want to do it a little differently, though. I want to frame it in a way, and I don't know how to approach that.

[Brooke]

You want to do the date itself differently?

[Scott]

Kind of.

[Nicole]

Okay.

[Scott]

Like, we. We've talked on the phone three to four times. I saw her in person, and we like each other. So when I. When I see her in person. I kind of want a picture, something.

[Brooke]

Okay. On your date.

[Jeffrey]

And this is what ties into what you said in your email, that you have a different idea for how the dating process should work.

[Scott]

Exactly. I have a friend who's tried something before and he said it works great. He says it's called a trial relationship mode.

[Jeffrey]

Trial relationship?

[Scott]

Yeah. So you like, you go on a date with somebody and you don't hear from them. That sucks. Right. Or you go on a date with someone and you don't know if they're hooking up with someone else. That sucks too.

[Jeffrey]

Okay. That's how normal dating works. Yeah, right, right.

[Scott]

But in a trial relationship mode, if you think that you have a good thing going, you can try it out for 30 days. Try one, try out the relationship for 30 days.

[Jose]

Like just focusing on each other, going on other dates kind of thing.

[Scott]

Right. So like I don't have to go on multiple dates with other people? No, I can just focus on Nicole.

[Jeffrey]

So you're trying to get her to subscribe for a 30 day period to just dating you alone?

[Brooke]

Exclusive membership?

[Jeffrey]

Yes.

[Brooke]

Yeah.

[Jose]

And she gets addicted. If yes, she has to continue.

[Jeffrey]

She can re up the subscription.

[Brooke]

She forgets about the subscription. I. Yeah.

[Jeffrey]

And then they start auto charging.

[Jose]

This one of those things where you'll save money if you just commit to the whole year? Yeah, probably.

[Jeffrey]

Discount rate. So that's what you're thinking?

[Scott]

I mean, yeah, when you put it that way, it's kind of weird. Like, I don't want to waste my time. If I like her, I like her and I want to see if it works. We've had so many, so many hours of conversation here that it just feels like the natural step. But I don't know how to frame it properly.

[Jeffrey]

I mean, it's definitely unique. I haven't heard that before, but I'm curious to ask everyone in the room if this idea was pitched to you by someone you were interested in. You want to do a 30 day trial sesh, Would you be open to it?

[Alexis]

If I really liked him. Why? It's a month.

[Nicole]

So?

[Alexis]

You barely google on three dates in a month anyways. Probably with the guy.

[Jeffrey]

If you remember, you've only met him once, you talk to him on the phone a couple of times and that's gone.

[Alexis]

Okay, well, does she have to agree to hanging out with them like every day this month or it's just like they're only hanging out four times?

[Scott]

Look, there's no kind of set rules. If it meshes well, it Meshes well, if it doesn't, it doesn't.

[Jose]

I feel you can just hide out for 30 days or you don't mess anything up.

[Jeffrey]

I do feel like there should be a consequence if she breaks her contract to the 30 days. There should be a penalty.

[Brooke]

Okay, that makes it weird. That makes it weird. Okay, well then he just wants to be a 30 day boyfriend, right? Yeah, that's what we're working with right here.

[Jeffrey]

Okay, and how do you pitch that to Nicole so that she's open to the idea?

[Jose]

And that's what we're doing today.

[Brooke]

I mean, here's the thing. You also don't want to make it sound so clinical. Yeah, right, because.

[Alexis]

Right, like the flirty, hard to get stage.

[Scott]

Yeah, but I think there's a difference between what you're talking about and simply commitment, uncertainty.

[Brooke]

Okay. I mean, I don't disagree with you. I'm just saying that I feel like you want to make sure that she still knows she's going to get the fun part, right?

[Scott]

Yes. Agreed. Agreed.

[Jeffrey]

Okay. Put that in the contract when she signs it.

[Jose]

Must have fun once a week.

[Jeffrey]

Well, we'll lay out the guidelines for her.

[Jose]

I've never heard of this before. Like, are you worried? Are you willing to hear if she's like, oh, no, I'm more committed to another guy or something already?

[Scott]

Not at all. Because then I'll get to know all this stuff early.

[Jose]

Okay. Mature. I don't know what that's like.

[Jeffrey]

Let's try it. We'll have some advice for you when we come back and get you your 30 day girlfriend.

[Jose]

Wow.

[Scott]

Thank you.

[Jeffrey]

It's really weird.

[Brooke]

Sounds like a TLC show, but it's

[Jeffrey]

perfect for your awkward Thursday phone call right after this. Hold on.

[Scott]

It's awkward.

[Jeffrey]

It's Thursday. It's awkward Thursday phone call. We've been talking to Scott about his new idea for dating. It's very interesting. Something we've never really heard of before, called trial relationship mode. Where instead of taking it just one date at a time while also going out with multiple other people, engaging your interests with them, just cut out all the clutter and all the confusion and. And lock them into a 30 day trial relationship where you agree to focus solely on each other for one full month and then if that goes well, just re up. Keep the subscription going.

[Jose]

Don't say lock in though, because that's part of the trial.

[Jeffrey]

Okay. Sign up.

[Brooke]

Yeah.

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[Jeffrey]

So Scott wants to pitch this idea to a woman he met recently named Nicole. They haven't even been out on A first date yet they just talked over the phone and had a pretty good connection. But it is kind of a big leap to go from zero dates to we're instant boyfriend girlfriend for a month. So how do we get Nicole to be open to that? This should be easy.

[Brooke]

Yeah.

[Jeffrey]

What's your advice?

[Brooke]

I actually kind of like this idea because I think that there's just too many options out there for people right now, and it just lets you focus. It's a good idea, but it can come across, like we talked about, a little clinical. So I think that my advice is just all about your delivery. You need to keep the romance alive. Keep it sexy. Right. You got a sexy voice.

[Jeffrey]

Sexy.

[Brooke]

You got a sexy voice over there.

[Jeffrey]

Try. Will you be my girlfriend in a sexy voice? Go for it.

[Scott]

Oh, my God.

[Jose]

Come on.

[Scott]

I mean, like, do we want something like this?

[Brooke]

That's not bad.

[Scott]

We're, like, a little low. We're a little gravelly.

[Brooke]

Yeah.

[Alexis]

Better.

[Brooke]

Yeah, I think that works.

[Jeffrey]

Alexis. Alexis is turned on right now. Extremely. So whatever you're doing, it's clearly working.

[Scott]

I don't know. Well, try.

[Brooke]

Don't do that.

[Jeffrey]

Yeah, Keep it in the lower volumes. But, Jose, what's your advice? Well, this is, like, such a unique

[Jose]

idea, so I think you need to highlight the positives of it, skipping the

[Jeffrey]

awkward stuff that would usually come up

[Jose]

when you start dating someone.

[Jeffrey]

Yeah. Now we're jumping straight into, like, being, like, cozy and comfortable with each other, then awkward and weird around each other.

[Brooke]

Yeah. And I'm sure if you say it, it becomes reality. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Jeffrey]

It's called manifesting or womanifesting. Jeff, what do you think about that?

[Brooke]

Thank you.

[Scott]

Yeah. Highlight the positives. That makes sense to me.

[Brooke]

In a sexy voice. Yes.

[Scott]

Right? I mean, in a. In a sexy voice.

[Jeffrey]

There you go.

[Jose]

We don't got to go on any dates, girl.

[Scott]

All right.

[Jose]

He's.

[Jeffrey]

He's locked into his voice right now. I don't want to get him off his game. So let's die on the call, and we will step away and let you make your awkward Thursday phone call and then leave here in a relationship for the next 30 days.

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[Jose]

Wait, if we're on the phone.

[Scott]

Are we.

[Brooke]

We don't need your sexy voice now.

[Jeffrey]

I'm kind of having fun with it, and I want to play along, but.

[Jose]

Okay, I'm.

[Jeffrey]

Step away. Scott, good luck. You got this, man. Here we go.

[Nicole]

Hello?

[Scott]

Hey, Nicole. How you doing?

[Nicole]

Scott?

[Scott]

Yeah, hi. Sorry, I'm calling from work, so it's a different number.

[Nicole]

Okay. Hi.

[Scott]

How you. How you doing?

[Nicole]

I'm good. How's your day going?

[Scott]

Pretty good. You know, I did want to like, run something by you.

[Nicole]

Okay.

[Scott]

What is it? Okay, okay, here it is. Right. So like, don't you, like, hate it when, like, people start to date and it's super awkward in the beginning? Like, doesn't that isn't terrible?

[Nicole]

I mean. Yeah, it's definitely not the fun part.

[Scott]

Yeah, totally. And so, like, I don't want it to suck.

[Nicole]

I don't.

[Scott]

I want it to be good. We've already had some great conversations. Like, we. I think we click pretty well. I mean, you don't have to answer that. That's okay. Anyway, so I was.

[Nicole]

I was.

[Scott]

I was talking to a buddy and he suggested something and I wanted to run it by you.

[Nicole]

Okay.

[Scott]

So it's called a trial relationship mode. So it's basically instant exclusivity.

[Nicole]

Hold on, hold on. Like, I haven't even been on a date with you yet.

[Scott]

I know, but like, we've talked for like hours on the phone and we've like, hung out. I don't know, I thought it might be good to try this out.

[Nicole]

So you're asking me to skip all the awkward stuff and just jump into a relationship with you?

[Scott]

I don't know. Doesn't that, doesn't that sound awesome to you?

[Nicole]

I mean, it's definitely different. I've never heard of it before, but yeah, the awkward stuff, I mean, it's. It always sucks. So I. It wouldn't be bad to skip over that.

[Scott]

Oh, okay. Oh, wow. You. You sound like you're interested, but I mean, like.

[Nicole]

Oh, that sounds really good. But hypothetically, what if I was in multiple situationships, would I have to stop those awkward

[Scott]

multiple situationships?

[Jeffrey]

Yeah, we'll get to that, Scott. We just first need to tell Nicole. Hi.

[Brooke]

Hi, Nicole.

[Jose]

Good morning.

[Jeffrey]

You're on the radio right now.

[Nicole]

Hi. Hi.

[Jose]

Okay, it's your other situation ships. We're all here.

[Brooke]

I mean, I don't know, think of us as like the big romantic gesture part.

[Jose]

Yeah, he wanted to surprise us.

[Alexis]

Some people don't like that. So also, don't think we're skipping the

[Jeffrey]

awkwardness of dating with this segment called the Awkward Thursday phone call.

[Scott]

This is even more awkward than I expected.

[Jeffrey]

Well, yes, we're getting all the awkwardness out of the way so that we could just jump right to the good part. That 30 day trial relationship, I mean.

[Scott]

Okay, so like, back to your situationship stuff. Like, what do you. What do you mean? Like, how many I'm just curious. What do you feel like?

[Brooke]

Do you need to know that? That's a question.

[Jeffrey]

How many situationships does she have to break off to make this happen?

[Nicole]

I'm not gonna answer that, but it's probably more than you're thinking in your head.

[Brooke]

Okay, I have a big helper in my head. No wonder you haven't had time to date him.

[Scott]

Oh, yeah. So this isn't hypothetical. This is like actual truth. You have a couple situationships, at least. A couple?

[Nicole]

Well, I didn't think you were gonna call me and ask to be exclusive before our first date.

[Scott]

Yeah, yeah, that's totally fair. That's totally fair.

[Jeffrey]

Yeah, but that just shows how strong he feels the connection is right off the bat between you two, Nicole. And I'm sure if you reflect on all those other situationships, none of them have as sexy of a voice as Scott did.

[Scott]

Oh my God, he does have a very sexy voice.

[Brooke]

Right until he said what?

[Jose]

Two words were pretty good though.

[Brooke]

So if you were going to weigh all these situationships out, would Scott be top of the list?

[Nicole]

I don't know. I've only met him and his dog once.

[Jose]

Yeah, she knows these other guys way more than she knows him.

[Nicole]

No, I know, but have you had

[Scott]

like, have you had hours of conversation over the phone with these other people?

[Alexis]

Oh, that's probably hours in person.

[Jeffrey]

I don't know if we want to know the answer to this.

[Nicole]

I mean, I left one guy at my house this morning. He's still there.

[Brooke]

I mean, she really trusts him.

[Jeffrey]

Oh, yeah.

[Scott]

Yep. That's. That's great. So maybe the trial relationship thing isn't for you for now. Maybe you gotta like tighten some screws up and nip some things in the bud first.

[Alexis]

Oh, a trial. Free trial.

[Brooke]

A trial for the trial.

[Scott]

Look, you know what? I'd even say let's go on the first date, see how it works and then if you're interested.

[Brooke]

No, now he's like coming back on his like original 30 day thing.

[Jeffrey]

How about we just date like normal?

[Scott]

I just want to. I just want to meet you in person and have like a proper date.

[Jose]

Yeah, I have a new idea. Let's just have one meet up. Yeah, instead of 30 days of love.

[Brooke]

No, stick to your idea. Okay? Just because she has some situationships. I mean, here's the thing, Nicole. Obviously that's not working great for you because you haven't committed to one of them, so they're not all that wonderful. That's a good point, bro. And this gives you 30 days to, like, I don't know, do a cleanse. Think of it that way. You know, it's like you try to figure out what you're allergic to and you have to remove all the foods until you add them back in.

[Jeffrey]

Way to make it sound sexy.

[Nicole]

Now, it's so funny that all of you are so interested in my dating life. Like, I did not expect this today.

[Jeffrey]

Yeah, we know. It's not something that's traditional that we've ever heard of before. It's brand new to us, too. A trial relationship, 30 day period. But we thought it was interesting enough to bring it to your attention.

[Brooke]

And we want you to do it so in 30 days we can get an update.

[Scott]

Yeah.

[Jeffrey]

Think about us.

[Nicole]

Yeah, but that means I have to ditch all these other guys. I put time into that.

[Jose]

Well, she's not cheating on her trial.

[Brooke]

I mean, it's just 30 days without him.

[Jeffrey]

You can always go back if the trial run doesn't go well.

[Nicole]

Yeah, I think I'm going to pass.

[Brooke]

Oh, this is why we're not in the sales department.

[Alexis]

There's just too much fine print in this.

[Brooke]

Yeah, you think so?

[Jose]

Well, she could keep up with five guys, have a good time, or stick to one.

[Jeffrey]

And just in case, one sexy one.

[Jose]

Oh, yeah, the voice.

[Jeffrey]

With a hot voice.

[Scott]

This didn't turn out any way I expected.

[Jose]

Same here, bro. We were all confident.

[Brooke]

We let her think too much about it. That was the problem.

[Jeffrey]

No, no, she's right.

[Jose]

Brooke.

[Brooke]

Being a woman knows as soon as you say I'll get back to you on it, then you know you're never going to get the deal done.

[Jeffrey]

And something you don't know, Nicole is. Scott ditched all of his situation ships just to make this phone call.

[Scott]

Yeah, I had no situation.

[Jose]

What you doing?

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[Brooke]

You okay?

[Jeffrey]

Never mind.

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[Jeffrey]

Text into 78592 Someone said, I've heard of this and I tried it myself actually and and it worked. Oh, I had an incredible drama. Free relationship the guy for an entire month until his visa expired and had to go back to his wife and kids in Portugal. But for that month it was bliss.

[Brooke]

Yeah, I bet the wife actually enjoyed that month too. From the sounds of that guy.

[Jose]

Totally.

[Jeffrey]

But just because it didn't work this time for Scott, it doesn't mean a trial relationship wouldn't work for anybody ever.

[Brooke]

I just really want the update 30 days later. Yeah, I'm like disappointed that we're not going to get it from these two.

[Alexis]

Want someone else to do it?

[Nicole]

Sure.

[Alexis]

Go on the first date first maybe, and then do it.

[Jose]

Yeah, that's not the actual rule. Yeah, no dates.

[Jeffrey]

You're just talking about normal dating.

[Brooke]

Yeah.

[Jeffrey]

Yeah, I like that we tried something new, something unique that we've never attempted before. Even if it failed spectacularly, as new things often do. It's kind of what we do here. But if you want us to fail spectacularly in your life, make sure you email the show and we'll handle any awkward scenario you might find yourself in. Go check out all of our awkward podcast segments. They're up online wherever you get yours at.

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