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Brooke
Hey, welcome to your second date podcast. And today we got a brand new awkward Tuesday phone call for you. Yeah, it's Brooke and Jeffrey in the morning. A lot of neighbor drama. Lot of neighbor drama and mom drama in this one. So sit back. I'm sure there'll be people in the comments calling out their bad neighbors. Yeah, there'll be moms that have students graduating and can relate. Dude, when I graduated, my mom goes, oh, was I supposed to throw you a party? Oh, that's how you get the money brush. I was like, no, it's cool. I'm like, party bounce into other people's houses. So we're good, Mom. All right, what do we got for comments? Alexis? Yeah, Lexi said I finally caught up on every episode of the second date update from 2012. Time to move on to the full show. You guys are the best part of my day.
Jeff
2012.
Brooke
2012.
Jeff
Oh, my goodness.
Brooke
How long does that take? I don't know. So many I don't know. And now she had the full show to binge.
Jeff
Yeah, by the time you catch up to this year, we're going to be off the air. Yeah, she's going to be like, finally, in 2025. Hey, where everybody go?
Brooke
Yeah. No, we do have a full show. It's a full hour long. If you want to punish yourself and content and get more from us, it's brand new every day. And that's on our main show podcast, which you can see if you hit that more like us on Spotify or just search Brooke and Jeffrey.
Jeff
I've gotten a lot better. You may want to get into the 2020s.
Brooke
Yeah. Yeah, I think so too. Sometimes I hear the 2012 and I'm like, o. All right, let's start this podcast. It's your. Nope, it's not. It's your awkward Tuesday phone call. It's brand New. It starts right now.
April
There's no one more chill, more Zen, more easygoing than a mom planning a major celebration for her family. Are you with me?
Jose
That was good, Jeff.
April
Yeah, okay, I'll admit some mothers can get a little bit uptight, a little neurotic in the lead up to something.
Jose
Big like that mom.
April
And that's exactly, exactly the headspace one of our listeners is in right now. Cuz there's one major thing standing in the way of her son's perfect graduation party. And that thing is her next door neighbor.
Jeff
Wow.
April
She needs help working out a deal without completely burning all her neighborly bridges. Okay, you're gonna hear it in your brand new awkward Tuesday phone call coming up right after this. It's awkward.
Brooke
It's Tuesday.
April
It's awkward Tuesday phone call. Remember those old 1950s TV shows where everybody lives in a perfect little suburban community and all the neighbors are friendly and helpful and they let each other borrow cups of sugar and wave from their front porch?
Jeff
Yeah. Why picket fences?
April
Turns out the real world isn't always quite like that.
Brooke
Oh, really?
Alexis
You're safe.
Brooke
I buy a house one day it won't be like that.
April
A lot of the times it's more like a Cold war standoff where you're desperately trying to get your neighbor to stop parking their old sailboat on their front lawn and maybe ask them to rotate their creepy garden gnome army so they're not staring directly into your bedroom window.
Brooke
But if you know where I'm from, good news, there is a bomb shelter you can go to.
April
Oh, yeah, there's like four on your block. The point is, it could be super awkward dealing with your neighbors. And that's why one of our listeners has come to us for a little bit of help today. Her name is April. So, April, welcome to the show.
Riley
Hey, how's it going?
Brooke
Good.
April
You sound like a friendly type of neighbor.
Riley
I am.
April
But apparently something is going on with one of your neighbors that's caused an issue for you. What's happening?
Riley
Yes. So, okay, my son is graduating from high school and in a couple of weeks we have the graduation party.
Brooke
Okay.
Riley
And my husband and I, like, we're super excited. But there's one thing I'm not excited about, and I'm a little bit stressed out about this.
Brooke
Okay.
Riley
We like our house to look really nice. We like to keep everything super clean. Lawn is nice and tidy. The house is painted nice. Like everything looks great.
Brooke
Okay.
Riley
And there is a neighbor right next door to us that has not mowed his lawn for I mean, it looks like it's been years. Looks awful, and I'm just kind of embarrassed.
Brooke
You're embarrassed by your neighbor.
Jeff
You obviously don't have an hoa, Right? Or they would have, like, made him cut the.
Brooke
I love a messy neighbor because it makes me look so put together. I mean, honestly, the more rusted out cars you have in your front lawn, the more it looks like I am top notch.
April
Yeah.
Jeff
But it makes the whole neighborhood, like, look a little worse.
April
It makes people coming over being like, oh, God, like, she bought a house. Here is block.
Brooke
I just think that you're looking at this the wrong way. There's a lot of positives.
April
But, April, why does it bother you so much?
Riley
The thing is, is it just makes the whole neighborhood look bad. And it just is a reflection on my neighborhood, which I am a part of.
Brooke
Maybe you should start the hoa. You sound like an HOA president for sure.
April
Okay.
Riley
A couple of things that have happened. So I'm a little bit nervous to ask him because there was a time a couple years ago when he asked me if I could trim one of my trees so that he could have a better view. And I was really slow to get around to it. I eventually did get around to it, but it was definitely not a priority of mine. So I'm just worried that he's going to remember that and be like, I'm not going to mow my lawn anytime soon, or I'm going to wait until the day before or something. I'm just. It's really stressing me out, and I. Looking back, I should have definitely gotten to that earlier. I didn't think of this as come full circle.
Brooke
It sounds like you guys don't have a real close relationship, you and this neighbor.
Riley
No, he's. He's nice. He's fine. He's. We don't talk or get together, so I just. I'm a little bit worried about asking him. And I mean.
April
So you haven't even, like, reached out to him at all about this? You haven't texted him or anything regarding his law?
Riley
No.
Brooke
Yeah, but you don't know that. Maybe there's something going on for why he can't mow the lawn. Maybe the easiest solution is just to offer to do it yourself. Make your son go do it.
Jeff
I'm gonna say hired someone, but the son's way.
Brooke
Like, he could be dealing with a sickness or he could be out of town. Like, there could be a lot of different reasons why.
Riley
He's a young, healthy guy. He's he's young and healthy.
Brooke
Okay.
Jeff
We're. Imagine like an old guy.
Riley
I mean, I see him outside all the time. You know, he works on his car and he, like, he works out and.
Brooke
Okay.
Riley
I just am not sure what the deal is with this lawn. Like, why he doesn't keep it up.
April
I see. I mean, because the thing is, like, normally in this segment, we would help people with, like, their relationship issues, but this is a really relatable problem for a lot of people who have one neighbor who they'd like to ask to, like, address something at their house, but it's uncomfortable to ask them to do.
Brooke
That because it's not your house and not your business. I'm sorry. It's like, it feels a little judgy to be worried about the neighbor's lawn.
Jeff
Neighbors can be judgy. My neighbor tried to fight me because I was too loud. One night I was with a girl.
April
So with your awkward call here, you're looking for advice on how to call your neighbor and politely get him to agree to fix up the mess that he's made of his house?
Riley
Yes.
Alexis
Okay.
Jeff
He may try to fight you.
Brooke
I would be insulted, honestly. Like, that. I think that's probably what you're worried about, right? Is like, insulting him and saying that he's not taking good care of him. Yeah.
Riley
I don't know if I'm. I think he should be cleaning everything up, like, so I'm not worried about me being insulting. I mean, I just want him to do it.
April
Well, you should want to have a.
Jeff
Good relationship with him. He's your neighbor.
April
They don't seem to talk very much at all, so.
Jeff
And if he's going to do something that you'd like him to do, you may want to focus on kindness or, you know, like, positivity.
Riley
Yeah, no, I. And I. I am. I'm gonna do that.
Brooke
You're about to host a big party next door to him. I'd watch out.
Jeff
Yeah, because he can ruin your party, too.
Riley
Yeah. And I mean, I. I have. I have signs up all over that he's graduating. So it's like, okay. He knows that there's gonna be a party.
Brooke
It's probably something that doesn't embarrass him. Right? Like.
Riley
Yeah, apparently not.
Brooke
Okay.
April
But remember, they have. That. They already have the animosity built up between them from when he asked her to do a favor and she just ignored it for months.
Jeff
What if she just made a. That says, don't look at this lawn?
Riley
Yeah.
Jeff
With the other side.
Brooke
Yeah.
April
You're looking for advice. And you said you are willing to actually doing it yourself or having your son do it for him.
Riley
Yes, exactly.
April
Okay, that's. That's a starting point at least. So we can come back, we'll try and think of some advice to give you and let you call your neighbor and force him to clean up his dirty, disgusting front lawn.
Jeff
Don't say it like that.
April
We'll do it more polite when we do it with your awkward Tuesday phone call right after this.
Riley
Thank you.
April
Hold on. It's awkward.
Brooke
It's Tuesday.
April
It's awkward Tuesday phone call. How do you get your neighbor to agree to make changes that you want to their house?
Jeff
Yeah, that is a fun question.
April
Pretty normal because a big party is happening for our listener April because her son is having a graduation from his high school. He's graduating on his very first try.
Brooke
Oh, man.
April
Good for him. In Jeff. I know.
Brooke
It's okay.
April
We're so jealous. But there's going to be at least 50 people at this party. They're going to be parking all down the street. And the problem is her next door neighbor's front lawn is a total eyesore. So she needs him to cut it, clean it up in the next 48 hours, and has turned to us for advice on how to have that awkward conversation politely.
Brooke
Dude, I never knew someone who wanted an HOA before, but it sounds like she does.
April
But since she doesn't, we're the closest thing she has. Brooke, what's your advice to her before she calls this guy?
Brooke
I think it's pretty easy, April. I think that what you have to do is you have to invite him to the graduation party.
Riley
Oh, I didn't think of that.
Jeff
Invite him over.
April
What do you think of that, April?
Riley
I don't think that's a good idea. He's not part of our friend group. I can make him a plate of food and bring it over.
Brooke
He's your neighbor. He doesn't have to be part of the friend group. He's your neighbor. Invite him over. And if he's invested in the party, then he's more likely to help you out.
April
Yeah, but it sounds like they're just acquaintances.
Riley
Like we're not friends.
Brooke
How do you become friends if you don't start somewhere?
Riley
How do you know that I want friends?
April
Yeah, and how do we know that this neighbor isn't going to get upset when he finds out the son has graduated high school? We don't know if he's graduated. It might hurt his feelings.
Jeff
Yeah, like my feelings were hurt Remember?
April
Okay, so Brooke wants to education shame your neighbor. I don't know if that's great advice.
Brooke
I want to be neighborly. Invite him over.
April
Okay, that's. Oh for one. Okay, Jose, what do you think?
Jeff
Do something that I like to call a neighbor favor for favorites. No, Jeff, not those favors.
April
Oh, what are you talking about?
Brooke
Those could work. No, she said he was young.
April
And what's your advice, Jose?
Jeff
Focus. You tell him that you have a favor to ask him, and if he says yes, then you will do any favor that he would like from you within reason.
Riley
Okay.
Jeff
Right. You get like a pre promise.
April
What do you think about that, April? I'll mow your lawn if you mow mine.
Riley
I like that. Neighbor favor for. What is it called?
Jeff
Neighbor favor for favor trademark patent pending.
Riley
Neighbor favor for favor.
Brooke
Something tells me you're not gonna like whatever favor he asks. You don't even want him at your. He won't even come to the party. Yeah, you can't even invite him to your house.
April
Brooke. You just got owned in your advice by Jose.
Jeff
Oh, I win. Education doesn't always win, Brooke.
April
Okay, Brooke.
Brooke
What?
April
Just be quiet.
Jose
What? Okay, What?
Brooke
Because I'm actually a good neighbor.
April
Okay, you need to swallow your pride right now.
Jeff
Marinate in that burn that I owned You.
April
You're reflecting poorly on our entire show. So let's call this this guy.
Brooke
I'm growing my grass out in protest.
April
Okay, you already do. We know. Okay, here we go. I'm going to dial your neighbor for you. What's his name, by the way, April?
Riley
Matt.
April
Matt. Okay, we're calling him right now. We'll step in if we feel like you need a little help, but you got this. All right, Gotcha. Okay.
Unknown
Hello?
Riley
Hi, Matt, this is April. Your neighbor lives right next door. How are you?
Unknown
Oh, I'm doing well. What's going on? What's up with the call?
Riley
Oh, I mean, I just, you know, checking in and haven't seen you out doing much lately, so I just concerned and stuff.
Unknown
And you're calling for a welfare check on me or something?
Riley
I mean, not so much on you, but more on your lawn.
Brooke
Oh.
Riley
So, I mean, I was just curious, like, so.
Unknown
Slow down. What did you just say about my lawn?
Riley
Well, we noticed your lawn has been very overgrown. And you think it's overgrown, huh? Yeah. Yeah. I mean, just. It's not super bad, but it just doesn't look like it's been mowed for a really long time.
Unknown
I mowed it two weeks ago. What's wrong with you?
Riley
Oh, did you. It's just really overgrown.
Unknown
Yeah, you keep saying it's overgrown, but it's not.
Riley
Well, I mean, if you look at it, compared to any other houses in the neighborhood, it's very different.
Unknown
You know, Just get to the point. What do you need?
Riley
Well, just hoping that, you know, that you would be able to kind of get it mowed, because I have a big graduation party coming up for my son and.
Unknown
All right. You know, I can get to it in a couple weeks.
Riley
Okay, well, so the graduation party is in, like, three days, so.
Unknown
You know what? I seem to remember a favor that I asked of you a while back, and it took you about a year to do it. Do you remember that branch I asked you to cut?
Jose
Yeah.
Riley
I am so sorry about that. I am so sorry. That was absolutely. Yeah. I mean, just so you know, like, if you would have had a. A party or something happening, I absolutely would have done it right away.
Unknown
Oh. That's all I need to say. I got a freaking party going on over here for you to cut a branch.
Brooke
Yeah.
Riley
Oh, yeah, absolutely. If it was something that was, like, pressing, of course. Of course I would, you know, And. And, like, if there's any favor. Like what? Neighbor favor for a favor? If. If you have something that you need done, I will help you. Like, within reason, of course. Like, if you need what is called.
Unknown
Did you just say a neighbor favor for a what?
Riley
Yeah, neighbor savor for a favor.
Unknown
You know what? We could start right now with an apology for the branch.
Riley
Okay. And I said I was sorry. You know, I did say it again. I'm sorry. I'm very sorry. I am. It's true. I should have gotten to that earlier. And in the future, that will be different.
Unknown
All right, well, it was pretty good. I guess. I guess we can work something out.
April
Oh, hey.
Riley
Thank you so much.
Unknown
What I'm thinking is maybe if you, you know, you guys want to come over, cut my lawn for, like, six months or so, we can work something like that out.
Riley
You want us to come and cut your lawn for six months?
Unknown
Well, it doesn't have to be all of you. Just one of you.
Riley
Oh, you're taking advantage of the situation here. This is kind of silly.
April
Or.
Riley
I mean, I said within a reason.
Unknown
Well, maybe we just talk it over at your graduation party after you invite me to it.
Alexis
Awkward.
Jeff
Wow.
April
Oh, my God.
Jeff
This is awful.
Brooke
What the hell was that?
Riley
That is not. I don't think that that's gonna happen. I can bring you over a plate of food.
April
She's going with It.
Jeff
Let's talk for a sec.
April
But. Yeah.
Unknown
Wait, what is. What is going on?
April
Hey, what's up? Matt, you're on a radio show right now called Brooke and Jeffrey in the Morning.
Brooke
They're just handling neighbor relations right now.
Unknown
Wait a month. I'm on the radio?
April
Yeah. There's a segment we do called Awkward Tuesday Phone Call, and your neighbor April reached out to us for help regarding the whole lawn situation.
Unknown
You've been listening this whole time?
Brooke
That was the most massive aggressive fighting I've heard in a long time, bro.
April
Six months.
Jeff
Come on, Matt, you don't gotta do that to her.
Brooke
I'm kinda on his side.
Unknown
Oh, guys, I was just kidding.
Jeff
Oh, so wait, is that cause you now you're on the radio and there's like millions of people listening.
Unknown
No, no, no. That's just my sense of humor. I was joking the whole time.
April
You have one of those, like, angry, I'm gonna yell at you sense of humor? Yeah, exactly like my dad.
Unknown
Come on.
April
Did you hear that? He was joking with you the whole time.
Riley
I'm so relieved to hear he's joking. Funny how I didn't believe that before.
Brooke
I can't. I think she's being sarcastic. I'm sarcastic.
April
It's weird.
Jeff
I have no idea.
Brooke
You guys are not communicating well in your neighborhood.
Riley
No, I think you're absolutely right. I think that at the end of the day, I do want to have good neighbors. I wish we had an hoa. But we don't. I can have my son come over and mow the lawn if he needs that. It's totally fine for six months.
Jeff
Your son?
Riley
No, no. For what? Like one time?
Brooke
Okay, okay.
Jeff
So, Matt, you were kidding.
Unknown
No, I was kidding that whole time. Don't even worry about it. I'll do it today. I'll take care of it.
April
Oh, even on your own?
Brooke
Wait, now you're being.
April
He didn't know he was on the radio, bro. Give him a break, okay? This is his radio person.
Jeff
He's compensating.
Brooke
What about the invite to the party? I actually think you should go to the party. I thought that from the very beginning.
April
That would be contentious at all.
Brooke
You're the favorite rookie.
Riley
Heard him. He said he was kidding about everything, even coming over.
Unknown
I heard that you said you'd make me a food plate. I will take that.
Riley
I would love to bring you a food plate. Totally fine.
Jeff
Look at us.
April
This is good neighborly compromise, good communication. All we wanted to get out of this was a mowed lawn. And it sounds like, like now your son doesn't even have to do it for him. He's gonna do it himself.
Riley
Exactly. It's perfect.
Jeff
She's about to make him the smallest plate ever made for a neighbor.
Brooke
Here's one kernel of corn and a single potato from the salad.
Jeff
Three Mac and cheese noodles.
April
So generous.
Unknown
Hey April, by the way, I'm gluten free, so just be cool about that.
April
That's fair.
Brooke
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I am so glad I don't live in that neighborhood. Yes, that was like my I hated or on the other side of her house.
April
You don't like all the passive aggressive threats?
Brooke
I hated it all and like why she didn't just talk to him in person. I don't understand that with people.
Jeff
This is how petty I noticed they both were. Was that she is telling him to cut his lawn. He cut it two weeks ago. I was imagining a savannah in Africa and he has like a slightly longer.
Brooke
Name me to your ankle dude. Yeah, he is still hanging on to that branch. But he is so hard. That branch upset him so much.
April
Absolutely. But the bottom line is we stepped in and we fixed it.
Brooke
Okay?
April
Everything is better now. So if there's anybody out there who's been stealing from their neighbor, taking secret pictures of their neighbor through a bathroom window, that's illegal. Anything in that realm, we can help you. I want you to reach out to us after you listen to all of the other awkward calls that we have up on our YouTube at Brooke and Jeffrey. Check those out and then send us those pics that you took.
Brooke
I knew you were gonna get to the picture.
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I'm just saying it's Brooke and Jeffrey.
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Podcast Summary: Brooke and Jeffrey: Second Date Update
Episode: Awkward Tuesday: Graduating Class of 2025
Release Date: June 17, 2025
In the episode titled "Awkward Tuesday: Graduating Class of 2025," hosts Brooke and Jeffrey delve into the often tricky dynamics of neighborhood relationships, particularly focusing on how to handle conflicts with neighbors. This episode is part of the popular "Brooke and Jeffrey: Second Date Update" podcast by iHeartPodcasts, where listeners share their real-life dating and social dilemmas, seeking advice and solutions.
The central focus of this episode revolves around a listener named Riley, who reaches out with a pressing issue. As Riley and her husband prepare for her son's high school graduation party, she faces embarrassment and stress due to her next-door neighbor's neglected lawn.
Riley explains her situation:
[06:30] Riley: "So, my son is graduating from high school and in a couple of weeks we have the graduation party. And my husband and I are super excited. But there's one thing that's stressing me out."
She further elaborates on the problem:
[07:07] Riley: "We like our house to look really nice—super clean, tidy lawn, nicely painted—but the neighbor right next door hasn't mowed his lawn for what looks like years. It's embarrassing and reflects poorly on our neighborhood."
Brooke and Jeff engage with Riley to understand the underlying issues. Riley reveals a past interaction that adds tension to their current predicament:
[08:03] Riley: "A couple of years ago, the neighbor asked me to trim one of my trees for a better view. I was slow to respond and eventually got around to it, but it wasn't a priority. Now, I'm worried he'll remember that delay and refuse to mow his lawn in return."
This history sets the stage for the awkwardness Riley feels in addressing the lawn issue.
Brooke suggests that Riley might consider initiating a neighborhood association (HOA) to manage such issues, highlighting Riley's inclination towards order and community standards.
[07:57] Brooke: "Maybe you should start the HOA. You sound like an HOA president for sure."
However, recognizing that Riley and her neighbor aren't particularly close, Jeff proposes a more personable approach:
[14:02] Jeff: "Focus. You tell him that you have a favor to ask him, and if he says yes, then you will do any favor that he would like from you within reason."
This reciprocal strategy, which Jeff humorously terms "neighbor favor for favor," aims to create a mutual understanding and cooperation.
To provide practical advice, Brooke and Jeff decide to role-play the phone call between Riley and her neighbor, Matt. This segment is designed to illustrate the potential pitfalls and best practices when addressing sensitive neighborhood issues.
Riley initiates the call:
[15:20] Riley: "Hi, Matt, this is April, your neighbor next door. How are you?"
As the conversation unfolds, Riley attempts to gently bring up the overgrown lawn:
[16:09] Riley: "Well, we noticed your lawn has been very overgrown. We were hoping you could get it mowed before our graduation party in three days."
Matt's initial reaction is defensive, reminding Riley of the past favor she delayed:
[16:26] Matt: "Do you remember the branch I asked you to cut a while back? It took you about a year to do it."
Despite the tension, Riley maintains her composure and reiterates her request:
[17:05] Riley: "I am so sorry about that. I should have gotten to it earlier. If you need any help with your lawn, maybe we can work something out."
The situation becomes more uncomfortable as Matt misinterprets Riley's intentions, humorously highlighting how easily conversations can escalate if not handled thoughtfully.
Ultimately, the role-play concludes with Matt agreeing to address his lawn issues, albeit in an unexpected manner, showcasing both the challenges and potential resolutions in neighborly disputes.
Brooke reflects on the interaction:
[23:28] Brooke: "I knew you were gonna get to the picture."
This emphasizes the importance of clear communication and understanding in maintaining harmonious neighborhood relationships.
In "Awkward Tuesday: Graduating Class of 2025," Brooke and Jeff provide valuable insights into navigating neighbor conflicts, particularly when preparing for significant family events. Through Riley's story and their subsequent advice, listeners gain practical strategies for addressing sensitive issues respectfully and effectively.
Notable Quotes:
Riley on her frustration:
[07:07] "We like our house to look really nice... but the neighbor right next door hasn't mowed his lawn for what looks like years. It's embarrassing and reflects poorly on our neighborhood."
Jeff's advice on mutual favors:
[14:02] "You tell him that you have a favor to ask him, and if he says yes, then you will do any favor that he would like from you within reason."
Brooke on initiating communication:
[12:52] "I think you just have to invite him to the graduation party."
This episode underscores the complexities of neighborhood dynamics and offers listeners actionable advice on fostering better relationships with those living closest to them.
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