Second Date Update Classics: 1st Impression Means Everything + Dino Drunkfest

Summary

Brooke and Jeffrey: Second Date Update Classics

Episode: 1st Impression Means Everything + Dino Drunkfest
Date: May 2, 2026
Main Theme:
A double-header of classic “Second Date Update” calls where the team investigates why two promising first dates fizzled. The recurring theme: how first impressions—whether sartorial or prehistoric—can make or break a budding relationship.

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Segment 1: "First Impression Means Everything"

[05:51–22:18]

Summary

Derek seeks the truth after being ghosted by Julia following a seemingly successful first date. The panel discovers Derek’s unusual habit—never taking his shoes off, even in bed—ultimately proves too much for Julia.

Key Discussion Points & Insights

• First Impressions and Expectations ([05:51])

  • Jeffrey opens: “First impressions are everything.”
  • Derek admits Julia wasn’t as cute as her photos, but she’d come straight from a workout and soon won him over with confidence and personality.
  • The date is fun and relaxed—described as “messy…but part of the fun” ([08:59]).

• Positive Vibes, Date Recap ([09:54])

  • Julia invites Derek back to her place to clean up and hang out.
  • The chemistry escalates: “We hung out for, like, several hours... we were in bed... I just hope I didn’t make her feel bad about leaving.” ([10:44])

• Post-date: The Slow Fade ([11:41])

  • Derek texts Julia and receives brief, cold responses over a week; now, communication has nearly stopped.
  • “I haven’t been completely ghosted, but I’m not getting back a lot.” ([11:43])

• The Reveal: Shoes On, Shoes Off

  • Julia answers the call. At first, doesn’t want to “talk about Derek.” ([15:15])
  • Julia reveals: Derek never took his shoes off in her house—even in bed ([17:19]).
    • “I was appalled. ...He got into your bed with his shoes on. That would be uncomfortable and disgusting.” ([17:24] – Brooke).
  • Derek’s explanation: "I’ve been doing this…for like, 15 years. I wear shoes 23 and a half hours a day." ([18:37])
  • “The best way I can describe it…I am definitely as a person an extrovert, but my feet are…introverted.” ([19:06] – Derek)
  • Refuses slippers or house shoes, insisting, “I live a no barefoot decisions lifestyle.” ([19:53])
  • Jeffrey teases: “If there’s a fire, he is going to be the first one out.” ([20:08])

• No Hope of Reconciliation

  • Julia is firm: “I honestly can’t. It’s so strange to me. ...He’s not willing to adapt, why should I?” ([20:53], [20:59])
  • Brooke underscores: "Even socks on in bed are an issue for most women." ([21:01])

Notable Quotes

• “I wear shoes 23 and a half hours a day.” – Derek ([18:37])
• “That is definitely a green flag. I don’t know if it’s a green flag that she wants a relationship with you, but it definitely means that she likes you.” – Brooke on the post-date bed hangout ([10:35])
• “To me, it’s not a problem, it’s a strength.” – Derek on his shoe habit ([21:34])
• “There is a woman out there who has her shoes on all the time...” – Jeffrey ([21:48])

Memorable Moment

The entire studio is incredulous over Derek’s “no barefoot decisions lifestyle.”
Brooke and Alexis debate if never-wearing-shoes or never-wearing-shoes is worse ([24:13]). Panel jokes about Derek’s possible “shoe tan” and potential soulmate at a shoe store.

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Segment 2: "Dino Drunkfest"

[25:19–41:28]

Summary

Sasha enlists Brooke and Jeffrey to help recover her diamond earrings left behind after a wild date with Marcus at a dinosaur-themed drinking festival. What unfolds is a comedic web of misunderstandings, trust issues, and a “Cinderella” twist—Sasha’s intentions are misread, Marcus plays defense, and the earrings become a symbol for the broken connection.

Key Discussion Points & Insights

• A Unique (and Tipsy) First Date ([27:18])

  • Sasha and Marcus connect over tennis, but their first date is at “Dino Drunkfest”—a festival where people wear inflatable T-Rex costumes and participate in drunken antics.
  • Rock wall climbing in costumes, hard falls, then heading to Marcus’s for more drinks and a movie ([29:27]).

• The Lost Earrings & Ghosting

  • Sasha leaves for work at 3 am and realizes the next day she left diamond earrings at Marcus’s ([30:19]).
  • “She texted him—no reply. She goes to his apartment, but a stranger answers…‘Who’s Marcus?’” ([31:12])
  • The team speculates: wrong address, prank, or something shadier?

• Confrontation and Mistrust

  • Marcus finally answers the phone. He accuses Sasha of a “Cinderella act”—leaving valuables behind intentionally to force contact ([35:15]).
  • “If a woman leaves something at your house and it’s all an act, it’s not going to be her diamond earrings.” – Brooke ([35:31])
  • Marcus reveals: the man at the door was his younger brother, under strict instructions to deny Marcus lived there.
  • “I gave him instructions on what to say…when I’m not home.” ([36:00])
  • Marcus claims he wanted to avoid unannounced visits, viewing it all as a manipulation.

• Sasha’s Perspective

  • Sasha is direct: “I would have really appreciated if you didn’t have your little brother answer the door...” ([37:29])
  • Marcus maintains boundaries out of (comic) past trauma: “She gonna leave her earrings. Next thing you know, she gonna leave her children.” ([39:26])
  • Sasha concedes: “I have done that before. Like, five other times.” ([38:53])

• Resolution

  • Marcus reluctantly agrees to return the earrings (though not diamonds, in his opinion).
  • No second date: “I don’t want to see Dino bro anymore. Okay.” – Sasha ([41:10])
  • “Well, no love connection, but at least…we recovered the jewelry.” – Jeffrey ([41:19])

Notable Quotes

• “You would have gotten another date if she did not pull this stunt.” – Marcus ([37:01])
• “She just popped over my house on some shady…” – Marcus ([36:42])
• “She gonna leave her earrings, next thing you know, she gonna leave her children.” – Marcus ([39:26])
• “I don’t want to see Dino bro anymore.” – Sasha ([41:10])
• “We’re almost like a pawn shop at this point.” – Brooke ([41:24])

Memorable Moments

• The debate about whether leaving earrings behind is a romantic trick or an innocent mistake ([35:58], [38:53])
• Marcus’s brother lying at the door, escalating everyone’s suspicions ([31:12], [36:10])
• Marcus’s wild claim that an ex once left her children at his place to get him to reach out ([39:26])

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Timestamps for Key Segments

• [05:51] – First Impressions (Start of Derek & Julia’s story)
• [09:54] – Invite Back to Julia’s, Date Escalates
• [11:41] – Post-Date Communication Fizzles
• [15:15] – Julia Answers and Reveals Shoe Issue
• [17:19] – The Bed with Shoes On Revelation
• [18:37] – Derek’s “23.5 Hour Shoe Habit”
• [20:53] – Julia Firm on No Second Date
• [25:19] – Segment 2: Sasha, Marcus & Dino Drunkfest
• [30:19] – Sasha Realizes She Lost Her Earrings
• [31:12] – Stranger at Marcus’s Door
• [36:00] – Marcus’s Brother Explains Denial
• [37:29] – Sasha Confronts Marcus Directly
• [39:26] – Marcus’s Children Story
• [41:10] – Sasha Shuts Down Second Date Offer

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Tone and Show Vibe

• Fast-paced, sharp, and irreverent; the hosts riff, tease, and exaggerate awkward details for comedic effect.
• Authentically playful, but supportive of the daters—even while roasting their quirks.

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Wrap-Up

Two very different stories—one about a man’s attachment to shoes, the other about misplaced trust and missing earrings—underscore just how unpredictable the world of modern dating can be. “Brooke and Jeffrey” bring their trademark mix of empathy and snark to the table, always ready to dissect the most bizarre relationship dilemmas in pursuit of a laugh…and sometimes, an answer.

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Listen to the full episode for all the cringe, confusion, and comedic relief—or just for the inventive analogies about “introverted feet” and prehistoric party fails.

Transcript

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[Alexis]

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[Brooke]

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[Alexis]

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[Brooke]

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[Alexis]

Yeah, I didn't make it worse.

[Brooke]

Definitely not that. So you can follow our YouTube. We'd love yes, we'd love new subscribers of course at Brooke and Jeffrey and we are starting to roll out slowly more videos around our second date updates where it's us doing them live in studio. So you know it takes a crew to get all of that video done but we're, we're working as hard as we can. So thank you so much for the subscription and we're going to start your back to back classics repeat right now.

[Jeffrey]

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[Brooke]

Oh, I bet he does.

[Jeffrey]

He gets all excited, his tail sticks straight up and he runs into the other room so he can watch us through the one way mirror that I put in.

[Alexis]

You have a one way mirror?

[Brooke]

Just for your dog.

[Jeffrey]

So Bagel has seen things that he will never forget.

[Alexis]

Wow. He's just trained to go to the room and watch.

[Brooke]

He knows where is there dog therapy available?

[Alexis]

I have so many questions.

[Jeffrey]

Doesn't need it. But I'll tell you, he's never seen what happened in today's second date update, where a guy was invited back to hang out at at his date's place. They spent hours there and what happened? The entire room is still trying to process it. Yeah, in total disbelief. You have to hear it in your second date update.

[Brooke]

Feels so much like Bagel right now. Honestly.

[Jeffrey]

Oh, yeah.

[Brooke]

Confused.

[Jeffrey]

You enjoy right after this.

[Sasha/Julia (female callers)]

Brooke and Jeffrey in the morning. Second date update.

[Jeffrey]

First impressions are everything.

[Brooke]

Oh, they're pretty important.

[Jeffrey]

Like, Brooke, what did you think when you first met me that very first day? I mean, I remember you trying to put your hands all over me, but what thoughts were dancing around in your mind?

[Brooke]

I think you were a promotion kid. I don't know that you left a huge mark on me, Jeff. I don't fully.

[Jeffrey]

She was leaving the claw marks on to me. That was the main thing.

[Brooke]

Yeah, I don't think so.

[Jeffrey]

So she's being cruel for self preservation. It's okay, I get that.

[Sasha/Julia (female callers)]

I don't recall.

[Jeffrey]

Well, what I do know is first impressions can make or break a romantic connection.

[Brooke]

Oh, I know you were scared. That's what I remember about you.

[Jeffrey]

Just the look in Brook's eyes when she was eyeing my entire body. It was.

[Brooke]

Sorry.

[Jeffrey]

There.

[Alexis]

You must have been so scared.

[Brooke]

I was back to the listener.

[Jeffrey]

But with first impressions, sometimes it could be the smile that stands out, it could be the outfit. It could be something you didn't even expect. Like, what's happening below the ankles?

[Brooke]

What? Wait, below the ankles?

[Alexis]

What the heck?

[Jeffrey]

Some action.

[Alexis]

You got some plantar fasciitis going on down there, girl.

[Jeffrey]

It's working for me. And I'll just say our listener Derek had a very interesting first impression with his date. So let's find out about it. Derek, welcome to the show.

[Derek/Marcus (male callers)]

Hey, thanks for having me on.

[Brooke]

Please tell me it's above the ankles. Yeah, likely.

[Derek/Marcus (male callers)]

It's very likely.

[Jeffrey]

We'll find out. What's this girl's name that you met recently?

[Derek/Marcus (male callers)]

Yeah, I recently met Julia on a dating app.

[Brooke]

Oh, okay. Is that where you're talking about the first impression or the first impression when you met in person?

[Derek/Marcus (male callers)]

No, it was when we met in person. And I know this is gonna sound kind of weird, but she was not quite as cute as her pictures.

[Brooke]

Oh, rude.

[Derek/Marcus (male callers)]

Oh, well, but here's the weird part. Not until later on in the date, were you drinking?

[Sasha/Julia (female callers)]

Well,

[Derek/Marcus (male callers)]

no, not exactly. The impression I got is that she kind of forgot about the date and she came in right from a workout.

[Brooke]

Oh, that makes sense. So she wasn't all done up. I see.

[Derek/Marcus (male callers)]

Right, right, right.

[Alexis]

Workout clothes.

[Brooke]

Did she get cuter, like, the more you got to know her? Because I know some people that. Yeah. Like, after you know them, you're like, oh, my God. I could see why they're so attractive.

[Jeffrey]

She's talking about me again. No, I gotta cool it over here. We're talking to Derek about him and Julia.

[Derek/Marcus (male callers)]

That was definitely part of it. But there were also, like, some circumstances, like, as the date progressed.

[Alexis]

Oh, it started raining, and. And so then she was twirling in the rain.

[Brooke]

I got it.

[Jeffrey]

Yeah.

[Alexis]

Now I get it.

[Brooke]

I see it, too, Jose.

[Derek/Marcus (male callers)]

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[Derek/Marcus (male callers)]

Basically the best part was, is that even though she looked a little, like, frazzled, I could tell that she had, like, a cool vibe. I could tell she was really stylish. I could tell she was confident. And, like, the conversation was really flowing. We were talking about, like, travel. I had just gone to London last year, and she'd been to Paris two years ago. We, like, were sharing stories about that.

[Brooke]

Can I ask, do we know where you are? Like, what'd you gu. Do?

[Sasha/Julia (female callers)]

Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Derek/Marcus (male callers)]

We met at this, like, rooftop bar. It was great. We met for drinks, and we were like. We got a little food, and we were, like, eating off each other's plates.

[Brooke]

That's a good sign. Whoa.

[Derek/Marcus (male callers)]

Yeah. And honestly, kind of got, like. Messy would be the way I would describe it. Like.

[Jeffrey]

Yes, let's talk about this. Let's get into the messy stuff.

[Alexis]

Messy on a rooftop?

[Jeffrey]

How messy did we get?

[Derek/Marcus (male callers)]

I would say it was like a date. Brought to you by ty2go.

[Brooke]

What?

[Alexis]

No. Someone spilled.

[Brooke]

Oh.

[Derek/Marcus (male callers)]

Oh, yeah, I did. I did a couple things. She made a mess on the cloth napkins, and she, like, spilled salsa, but it made it look like they were, like, bloody napkins.

[Alexis]

Red on white.

[Derek/Marcus (male callers)]

We were laughing about it. It was, like, part of the fun of the day. And I, like, that's something that ran through my mind, is like, I hope she doesn't just think I'm this, like, slob of a guy, but she was just as messy as me, so I don't think that was it.

[Jeffrey]

Yeah, I mean, who cares if you inconvenienced everybody in the bar and all the employees there? As long as the two of you were vibing? That's all that matters in this scenario.

[Derek/Marcus (male callers)]

Fair? Fair. Fair.

[Jeffrey]

That's good. So how did that night end?

[Derek/Marcus (male callers)]

Well, so this is where I'm, like, pretty sure that I didn't read the vibes wrong. Right. So at the end, she was like, I'm sorry. You know what? I feel really gross. Like, I didn't get a chance to, like, clean up. And she was like, do you want to come over and I'll, like, clean up? And I don't think she would have, like, asked me over if she wasn't into the date and wasn't feeling it.

[Jeffrey]

No.

[Alexis]

I hate this guy texting her friends. I'm just gonna invite him over for a couple hours.

[Brooke]

Yeah. While I shower.

[Marcus's younger brother]

What?

[Jeffrey]

Well, maybe she wanted him to clean her up. Like, she needed an assistant to help her do it.

[Brooke]

Like a pair of monkeys picking bugs out of each other's hair.

[Jeffrey]

See, Brooke's done it before. She knows.

[Brooke]

No, I. That is definitely a green flag. I don't know if it's a green flag that she wants a relationship with you, but it definitely means that she likes you.

[Jeffrey]

Yeah. I mean, did you say yes to that invite?

[Marcus's younger brother]

Oh, yeah.

[Derek/Marcus (male callers)]

We hung out for, like, several hours, and it was getting late. We were in bed. We didn't, like, go all the way. I'm not gonna really get into the details of that. But I didn't stay the whole night. Cause I was like, I actually do have to work the next day, so I needed to be in my space, you know? And I left really late, and we had been in bed together, and I just hope. I don't know. I hope I didn't make her feel bad about leaving.

[Brooke]

I have to sit here and tell her.

[Jeffrey]

It's possible that maybe.

[Brooke]

Do you believe a guy if he says, I have work in the morning? I have to go. It's a weekday. I do.

[Jeffrey]

People work on the weekends, too.

[Brooke]

I mean, I could just see where she may be, like, oh, man, he didn't like me.

[Alexis]

I think Alex was asking a question, though. Did you tell her that, like, did you explain anything the next day or.

[Derek/Marcus (male callers)]

Oh, yeah. The first text I sent to her was on my way to work that was like, hope you slept well, and last night was great, and we'll talk soon.

[Brooke]

Did she respond to that text?

[Derek/Marcus (male callers)]

So that's just it. It's been seven or eight days. I have texted her a few times to, like, check in. I haven't been completely ghosted, but I just am not getting back a lot. Like, in the beginning, I got like one word answers, and now it's kind of like, trailed off.

[Brooke]

She's like, k. Yeah, well, hopefully we

[Jeffrey]

get more than one word answers.

[Alexis]

We have to leave a good first impression with her. Yeah, this whole thing's about first impressions.

[Brooke]

Yeah, but her first impression was she wasn't that cute, so we're good at that.

[Alexis]

Okay, so just be us.

[Jeffrey]

Yeah, we'll just try and do it the normal way when we come back. Call Julia and get you your second date update right after this. Hold on.

[Sasha/Julia (female callers)]

Brooke and Jeffrey in the morning. Second date update.

[Jeffrey]

I'm gonna do a quick recap here on the second date update. If you're just joining us, our listener Derek met Julia at a rooftop bar for drinks and super messy food. She had apparently come straight from a workout. So at the end of the date, she invited Derek to come back to her place because she wanted to freshen up.

[Alexis]

Hey, let me put on a little something more comfortable.

[Brooke]

I mean, honestly, is there a better question?

[Derek/Marcus (male callers)]

Yeah.

[Brooke]

To ask a guy.

[Jeffrey]

We know what that usually means.

[Brooke]

Yeah, that felt good. And it did lead to them in bed.

[Jeffrey]

They did lie in the same bed at some point because Derek stayed, he said, half the night or a quarter of the night. Not really sure how to explain it.

[Alexis]

It was super early.

[Jeffrey]

Yeah. Didn't stay the whole night. But now he is not getting a call back and isn't sure why. And that brings us to this moment right here.

[Alexis]

And remember, he said he's not fully being ghosted, but it's like little short answers. Something's off.

[Brooke]

It's weird that there's such a turn, such a turn in that energy from her.

[Jeffrey]

Derek, did we miss anything that you did wrong or that you could have done better?

[Derek/Marcus (male callers)]

Yeah, I don't think so. Like I said, I just. I don't know what's going on. I really like this girl. I. I've heard you guys help people before. I've heard people, like, try to help people. Yeah, but, like, you get to the bottom of misunderstanding. And like, I've heard people have a second date and get past the problem. So I'd like to just know what the problem is so I can fix it.

[Brooke]

Hey, look at that. That's emotional maturity.

[Jeffrey]

Yeah, we don't normally like that here, but that's fine. We'll work with it. Let's call Julia. We'll see if she picks up and get those answers you want. Here we go.

[Derek/Marcus (male callers)]

I appreciate that. Thank you.

[Jeffrey]

Really. Stop being so nice. It's irritating me.

[Derek/Marcus (male callers)]

Here we go.

[Alexis]

She's obviously the problem.

[Jeffrey]

Yeah.

[Sasha/Julia (female callers)]

Hello?

[Jeffrey]

Hi, we're looking to speak with Julia.

[Sasha/Julia (female callers)]

This is she.

[Brooke]

Oh, hey, Julia. You sound nice.

[Jeffrey]

Yeah, thanks for picking up. Julia, I said we because you're on a radio show right now called Brooke and Jeffrey in the Morning.

[Alexis]

Hi. Good morning.

[Sasha/Julia (female callers)]

Oh.

[Brooke]

Oh, for real? Yeah. It doesn't happen very often, I'm sure. Mostly because there's not very many radio shows left.

[Jeffrey]

That's part of it. You know, this is a segment that we do on our show called A Second Date Update.

[Sasha/Julia (female callers)]

Oh, gosh. Okay.

[Derek/Marcus (male callers)]

Okay.

[Brooke]

I think it could. I think this one's going to be good. Honestly, I think you're going to be excited about this.

[Alexis]

I got a good guy.

[Jeffrey]

Yeah. And I hope this doesn't sound weird, but we heard you went out with a guy named Derek recently.

[Sasha/Julia (female callers)]

Oh, no.

[Brooke]

What do you mean?

[Jeffrey]

I don't know.

[Alexis]

You're supposed to be, like.

[Brooke]

It sounded like you were into Derek.

[Jeffrey]

Maybe it could just be that she's, like, nervous on the radio right now.

[Sasha/Julia (female callers)]

Okay.

[Brooke]

She's doing something.

[Alexis]

Let's tell her again and you can react again.

[Jeffrey]

Yeah, Here we go.

[Sasha/Julia (female callers)]

No, I've definitely not been on the radio, but I don't really want to talk about Derek either.

[Jeffrey]

Oh.

[Sasha/Julia (female callers)]

Why?

[Alexis]

Okay.

[Jeffrey]

Well, Derek told us about the hangout you two had the other night, and it sounded really fun.

[Derek/Marcus (male callers)]

The way he described was fun.

[Brooke]

Good. I mean, you got to understand how he's confused. You invited him to, like, hang out at your place, and now not.

[Sasha/Julia (female callers)]

Yeah, well, so I did invite him over, and we were having a great time, but he was over for quite a while. And he never took his shoes off

[Brooke]

in your house or in your apartment.

[Jeffrey]

Is that a rule that you have? Like. Yeah. Take your shoes off when you come in.

[Brooke]

I mean, there's always two types of places, right? A shoes on or shoes off.

[Sasha/Julia (female callers)]

House.

[Alexis]

My place. Shoes are encouraged. Get everything muddy. I don't care.

[Brooke]

But then I have friends who even for parties. Shoes off.

[Sasha/Julia (female callers)]

Sure.

[Alexis]

Parties, yes. What about the bed?

[Jeffrey]

Did you tell him that?

[Sasha/Julia (female callers)]

Well, so, yes, I definitely. I am a shoe kind of off person. But it was our first date. We were just sitting on the couch. It's okay. He wasn't completely walking around my apartment.

[Brooke]

And. And it can really ruin your outfit. Like, you're on a First date, you plan the look. Like, who knows what kind of socks he had on. Maybe that was the issue.

[Jeffrey]

Yeah.

[Brooke]

Yeah.

[Jeffrey]

Like, if you guys think about that, you guys know exactly how men think.

[Alexis]

So true.

[Brooke]

Hey, there's a lot of shoe heads out there that love their shoes. It makes the outfit go together.

[Jeffrey]

Okay. Did you consider that, Julia?

[Sasha/Julia (female callers)]

Sure. And I didn't want to be rude either. And so that's why later, when we were watching TV and getting kind of comfortable with each other and everything, I was like, do you want to get comfortable and take your shoes off? And he was like, no. And that was sort of weird.

[Brooke]

That's really funny, because it's hard to snuggle with shoes on, right? It means that your feet are always on the ground.

[Sasha/Julia (female callers)]

But it gets worse, you guys. It gets worse.

[Jeffrey]

How does it get worse?

[Sasha/Julia (female callers)]

Well, I don't. I mean, maybe he didn't tell you, but we did end up in my bed.

[Brooke]

Yeah.

[Sasha/Julia (female callers)]

With his shoes still on.

[Brooke]

What?

[Jeffrey]

Oh, okay.

[Brooke]

He got. You lost me. He got into your bed with his shoes on. That would be uncomfortable and disgusting.

[Alexis]

Yeah.

[Jeffrey]

How did you react when he did that?

[Sasha/Julia (female callers)]

I was appalled. And I'm like, what are you doing? Get your shoes off of my bed. And he's like, this is my thing. I don't take my shoes off. And I'm like, am I in the Twilight zone? Are you insane? You know, I didn't say anything. I think I just kind of freaked out. And thankfully, he left, like, 20, 30 minutes later.

[Brooke]

I think that, like, the clothes that you wore for the day are gross. In your bed. Like, think of all the things you sit on and touch and move around. Like the bottom of your shoes are all over everything.

[Jeffrey]

Okay.

[Sasha/Julia (female callers)]

Because I'm not even on the phone.

[Derek/Marcus (male callers)]

I'm sorry. I did not expect it to be an issue that I keep my shoes on. That's really it.

[Brooke]

Shoe boys on the phone.

[Jeffrey]

Yeah, Julia, that's Derek. He's been listening this entire time on the other line.

[Derek/Marcus (male callers)]

Really?

[Sasha/Julia (female callers)]

It's not really Derek, is it?

[Derek/Marcus (male callers)]

Yes, it's me.

[Jeffrey]

How's it going?

[Derek/Marcus (male callers)]

Yeah, I can't really believe that that's the reason you're not, like, returning my text.

[Brooke]

Well, what, you've never heard that complaint before?

[Sasha/Julia (female callers)]

You don't know. You know anyone else who wears their shoes as much as you do?

[Derek/Marcus (male callers)]

I've been doing this, like, a really long time. This has been kind of my thing for, like, 15 years. I wear shoes 23 and a half hours a day.

[Alexis]

What's the 30 minute break for, like, a Shower, hopefully.

[Derek/Marcus (male callers)]

Yeah. Basically when I shower, I take the shoes off.

[Brooke]

Like a comfort, like a security blanket type of thing. Do you have weird feet or is

[Jeffrey]

it the fashion that the girls were saying?

[Derek/Marcus (male callers)]

I don't know. I mean, the best way I can describe it, like, I am definitely as a person an extrovert, but my feet are. Are introverted

[Marcus's younger brother]

feet.

[Derek/Marcus (male callers)]

And plus, if you think about it, it is a lot more efficient. It saves me like two to three minutes in the morning. That really adds up. That's a couple extra hours a month.

[Brooke]

I don't think that's the right math.

[Sasha/Julia (female callers)]

You have to take your shoes off to put your pants on and then put them back on.

[Derek/Marcus (male callers)]

Who's taking their pants off? I'm not taking my pants off.

[Brooke]

Oh, you got in bed with her. Both women would expect you to take your pants off.

[Alexis]

Well, kind of skilled, actually.

[Brooke]

Okay, wait, wait.

[Jeffrey]

If you have tear away pants, then you don't have to take them off over your shoes. A lot of them, they're very useful.

[Brooke]

I actually think there could be a solution to all of this. Like, I hear you. You got your shoe thing, whatever. That's you, man. Is there a way you could get like house slippers where you could like at least switch from?

[Derek/Marcus (male callers)]

No, no, no, definitely not. I look, I live a no barefoot decisions lifestyle. If. If I want to be ready, I want to stay ready.

[Alexis]

Oh, so you can just run at any moment right now if something happens?

[Jeffrey]

That's a good point.

[Brooke]

It's not a good point, Jeff. It is.

[Jeffrey]

If there's a fire, he is going to be the first one out.

[Brooke]

You can run out barefoot, but not

[Jeffrey]

to have shoes on, not as quickly.

[Brooke]

I think you would run equally as fast without shoes.

[Alexis]

Brooke.

[Jeffrey]

It's like you with your glasses. If you take your glasses off, you're lost in this world. You can't get out the door.

[Brooke]

That's because I can't see it, Jeff.

[Jeffrey]

It's because your glasses are introverts, Brooke.

[Alexis]

Yeah, Brooke, they're shy.

[Jeffrey]

They need to be on your face. Feel comfortable out here.

[Brooke]

Yeah, it would make my eyes introverts, not my glasses.

[Jeffrey]

Your whole body's weird.

[Alexis]

I have no confidence.

[Jeffrey]

I feel like we're coming to common ground here.

[Brooke]

So really, he said no to slippers ground?

[Jeffrey]

Well, yeah, ground that the shoes stand on. So let's offer to send you guys out on another date. We would pay for it. Julia, what do you think? Give him one more chance?

[Derek/Marcus (male callers)]

I just can't.

[Sasha/Julia (female callers)]

I honestly can't. It's so strange to me. Oh, No, I don't think I can adapt.

[Brooke]

Oh, here's the thing.

[Sasha/Julia (female callers)]

He's not willing to adapt. Why should I?

[Brooke]

There's. I think that this is. I know you said that you've never heard this as a problem before, but this has got to be part of an issue with every woman you've ever been with. Yeah, yeah. There's like even socks on in bed are an issue for most women.

[Alexis]

That's true.

[Derek/Marcus (male callers)]

Yeah, yeah. It's never really come up. But also I haven't been like actively dating. Like seriously.

[Jeffrey]

I think that was Julie. Like.

[Alexis]

Oh, okay.

[Sasha/Julia (female callers)]

You've heard of a farmer's tan? I can't imagine a shoe tan.

[Brooke]

Yeah, the future. I just say you need to work through it.

[Derek/Marcus (male callers)]

I mean, to me it's not a problem, it's a strength.

[Sasha/Julia (female callers)]

Okay, okay. I'll be mature. I do. I don't. So you deserve to be with someone who agrees with you. Maybe you'll kind of a 23 hour wearing girl and you'll.

[Jeffrey]

There is a woman out there who has her shoes on all the time and she's going to be appreciative when she finally walks into the room and sees you.

[Alexis]

How much you want to bet his soulmate works at a shoe store?

[Brooke]

Yeah.

[Jeffrey]

Hey, Derek, I'm sorry man.

[Derek/Marcus (male callers)]

You tried. What can I say?

[Alexis]

In general, we're sorry.

[Jeffrey]

Yeah. But we'll be here for you if you ever need our support in the future. Okay. Some arch support of course is what I mean.

[Sasha/Julia (female callers)]

Brooke and Jeffrey in the morning.

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[Jeffrey]

You know, it's funny. We've had a lot of feet guys come through the show in the last few years. Not a lot of shoe guys.

[Brooke]

No.

[Derek/Marcus (male callers)]

Yeah.

[Brooke]

That was so weird. Yeah, I was trying to be open. He's got his shoe anxiety or something like feed anxiety. I don't know what's going on.

[Alexis]

I was trying to think what would be worse if he never took shoes off or if he never put shoes on.

[Brooke]

I would take no shoes. Yeah. Somehow more normal.

[Alexis]

When you go to a wedding, he's going to be shoeless.

[Brooke]

Yeah, I know, but I would take that over the shoes.

[Jeffrey]

I mean, I am kind of surprised that nobody in his life has brought this up to him in the last, like 15 years. That seems pretty unlikely, but I guess some people get confidence from like a nice haircut, some people get it from a nice dress.

[Brooke]

Or some people just get it from being single for a long time because

[Jeffrey]

they keep their shoes on for 23 and a half hours every day.

[Alexis]

Does he have a lot of shoes or just one pair?

[Sasha/Julia (female callers)]

Always.

[Brooke]

I mean, there were so many more questions that I had as well, but I was trying not to make it about me.

[Alexis]

Yeah, that's true.

[Jeffrey]

Well, we'll definitely have him back on for like a full interview.

[Brooke]

Yeah, sh.

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[Jeffrey]

We'll get the exclusive. But if you want help with your dating life, we can help you with that. Email the show. We'll call that person who's not calling you back and go check out all of our second date updates. They're available online wherever you get your podcasts at.

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[Sasha/Julia (female callers)]

Brooke and Jeffrey in the morning.

[Jeffrey]

In the movie Jurassic Park, Jeff Goldblum famously says, life finds a way. Yeah, he rips off his shirt and smolders for that camera.

[Alexis]

And ladies still love that that old throwback.

[Brooke]

It was better 30 years ago when he ripped off his shirt than now. Yeah, I don't know.

[Jeffrey]

Still works today, but. But today we're gonna try to make love. Find a way. After we heard about a very, very unique first date that combined the three big Ds. Dinosaurs, drinking, and diamonds,

[Brooke]

I was thinking of Jen.

[Jeffrey]

It's never what you're thinking, Brooke. How did all three of those mesh together into one wild night? You're gonna hear it in a second date update. Next.

[Sasha/Julia (female callers)]

Brooke and Jeffrey in the morning. Second date update.

[Jeffrey]

Are you guys up to Mission impossible with me and a listener today?

[Alexis]

Oh, I'm gonna say no immediately.

[Brooke]

I don't know. I'm into it. What are you gonna do? Are you gonna hang from a ceiling? Are you gonna jump out of a plane?

[Jeffrey]

Her name is Sasha, and if this call doesn't go well, we might have to wear dark outfits and black hats. Yes, Brooke, do you have any peanut butter you want to smear all over your face?

[Brooke]

I always got. I. I probably have some on my face from my breakfast still earlier this morning. I usually do a peanut butter, and that's. I.

[Public Ad/Host]

What?

[Jeffrey]

Okay, there we go. Because we do. We might need to camo and go covert here, but Peanut butter.

[Alexis]

Camo, yes.

[Jeffrey]

Because we could be on a reconnaissance mission today that all started with a first date, which ended up at a guy's place.

[Brooke]

What'd you leave there, girl?

[Jeffrey]

So we're gonna find out. First, let's welcome Sasha to the show. Sasha, how you doing?

[Sasha/Julia (female callers)]

Hey. I'm better now that I'm talking to somebody about this, so.

[Jeffrey]

Good.

[Alexis]

I imagine you were, like, hiding somewhere in his house, like, I need your ass.

[Brooke]

I think he'll smell the peanut butter. I got my jar of Skippy ready. Let's go.

[Jeffrey]

We're ready for action. So start at the beginning. Sasha, tell us what happened with this guy.

[Sasha/Julia (female callers)]

Okay. I met this guy named Marcus online.

[Brooke]

Okay.

[Sasha/Julia (female callers)]

And aside from him, like, being super attractive, like, tall and, like, bald, all the stuff that I like. I'm really into tennis, and he's really into tennis. So that was the one thing that I was like. Okay, so we started talking or whatever, and he was, like, thinking of stuff that was kind of out the box, and so there was, like, a local festival. I don't know. I'm sure y' all heard of the dino drunk fest, right?

[Brooke]

The what?

[Jeffrey]

Dino drunk.

[Sasha/Julia (female callers)]

Dino drunk fest.

[Brooke]

No, but I. I want to go. Do you get drunk and roar like a stegosaurus?

[Sasha/Julia (female callers)]

You get drunk When I'm like, the drunk fest, but it's the drink fest where you get drunk. You feel me? You got it.

[Jeffrey]

No, but.

[Derek/Marcus (male callers)]

No.

[Jeffrey]

Have you been drinking this morning? Because I don't know if I'm following.

[Brooke]

Where do the dinosaurs come into play?

[Sasha/Julia (female callers)]

I'm a little hungover. I can't even lie. I'm a little hungover because I did. I did go out last night. Anyway, is, like, this festival where everybody wears, like, these inflatable T. Rex costumes.

[Marcus's younger brother]

Okay.

[Derek/Marcus (male callers)]

That's so fun.

[Brooke]

I love those.

[Sasha/Julia (female callers)]

Yeah, I thought it was a little weird, but I was just like, you know what? I'm really attracted to him, and let's do something different.

[Brooke]

Are you still attracted to a guy who shows up to your date in an inflatable T. Rex costume?

[Alexis]

Well, super fun.

[Jeffrey]

She's also supposed to be in the T. Rex costume, too, so it's.

[Brooke]

Ooh, could you share one so that it's like, you're hanging out still?

[Alexis]

Oh, dang. That's a good idea.

[Jeffrey]

This is some hot Jurassic action that we're about to get into. So how did it.

[Sasha/Julia (female callers)]

So we go in drinking in the outfits, and then, like, for some reason, they had a rock wall. Now imagine, like, costume is plastic, and you have, like, kind of, like climb a wall. So, like, people were falling. It was.

[Brooke]

Does it not hurt as bad when you land?

[Alexis]

Yeah.

[Jeffrey]

Depends on how much you've drunk, too.

[Brooke]

Did you do the rock wall, or is this just something you were amused by?

[Sasha/Julia (female callers)]

But he did. He did. Okay. And I was like, you know what? I've had enough of Dino World. Like, yeah, let's go.

[Alexis]

But good for you. You went out of your comfort zone for a whole hour, hour and a half.

[Brooke]

And it sounds like you had fun.

[Alexis]

Yeah. And you had a good time.

[Sasha/Julia (female callers)]

I don't know if I had a good time, but I did it. Okay.

[Alexis]

Still proud of you.

[Brooke]

And you still liked him because you guys left together.

[Jeffrey]

Okay.

[Sasha/Julia (female callers)]

Yeah. He was like, well, do you want to go back to my place? And I'm like, yeah. And then he mentioned, like, having some more drinks, and we'd be like, I needed more to drink. But whatever. That's how I wrote.

[Alexis]

It's so funny how your escape is like, let's just get out of here and, like, go get drunk at your house.

[Brooke]

Yeah. Usually that's like, the plan decisions, like, this is why the dinosaurs don't roam the Earth anymore.

[Jeffrey]

Okay. So that's how you end up back at Marcus's apartment.

[Sasha/Julia (female callers)]

Yes. Okay, so we go back, we're chilling more drinks. We end up watching movie. So eventually after a while, I'm like, oh, I didn't realize it was like 3 o' clock in the morning. I had to get up at 6 to go to work.

[Brooke]

Oh, dang. Did you even sleep at that point?

[Jeffrey]

No.

[Brooke]

You're not sober at work the next day, I can tell you that.

[Jeffrey]

So what do you do?

[Sasha/Julia (female callers)]

So I ordered an Uber. I rushed out. So then the next day, get to work, realize, oh, my God, I left my earrings.

[Brooke]

Oh.

[Sasha/Julia (female callers)]

And they were like, not just the ordinary earrings. They're like my diamond stud earrings.

[Brooke]

Oh.

[Alexis]

I mean, you were on a date, so you probably wore the good stuff.

[Brooke]

Oh, my God, I don't even have any good stuff. So. Good for you. Yeah.

[Sasha/Julia (female callers)]

Yeah. So I reached out to him and, like, no reply.

[Brooke]

Oh, God. It's the worst too, because you leave it actually on accident and everyone assumes you're doing it so that the guy calls you again and you're like, no, honestly, he made.

[Alexis]

I've honestly told his friends, like, guys, she purposely left her stuff here.

[Sasha/Julia (female callers)]

Red flag.

[Alexis]

They're all probably telling him, dude, that's not a good.

[Brooke]

You guys talk to their friends about that?

[Alexis]

Oh, yeah, absolutely.

[Brooke]

Oh, they got more than we do.

[Alexis]

No, it's more like, dude, she took my hoodie. This is working.

[Jeffrey]

So where are you at with Marcus now?

[Sasha/Julia (female callers)]

Well, after a while, I was like, okay, no, those are my earrings. I need those. So he didn't. He never replied back. And I just went back to his house and I rang the doorbell and, like, somebody else and.

[Brooke]

What?

[Sasha/Julia (female callers)]

I rang the doorbell and somebody else answered the door.

[Alexis]

Guy or girl?

[Sasha/Julia (female callers)]

It was a guy.

[Brooke]

All right.

[Sasha/Julia (female callers)]

And I was like. Because no one was there the night before, and he never said anything about a roommate. And I said, hey, you know, I'm looking for Marcus. I was here last night. I left my earrings, and he hasn't texted me back. And. And they were like, I don't know

[Marcus's younger brother]

what you're talking about.

[Sasha/Julia (female callers)]

Who's Marcus?

[Alexis]

No.

[Brooke]

What, were they playing dumb? Was it a joke?

[Sasha/Julia (female callers)]

I mean, if they were playing dumb, they were a really good actor because he was just like, I don't know what you're talking about.

[Jeffrey]

Well, you have been drinking for, like, many, many hours in a dinosaur costume. And after that too.

[Brooke]

So what are you thinking? Like, wrong door? Is that what you mean?

[Jeffrey]

Yeah, probably wrong city, even.

[Brooke]

So I was thinking that.

[Jeffrey]

But. So, okay, now we're gonna go call Marcus for you and try and help you get your earrings back. Do you want a date too?

[Sasha/Julia (female callers)]

I mean, I'm open to it. I just kind of really want to know why did he, like, hurt me like that?

[Brooke]

Like, why does no one else want to know who the random guy in his house was?

[Jeffrey]

We don't even know if that was his house.

[Alexis]

I think we all assume it's the wrong house, right?

[Brooke]

I don't know.

[Jeffrey]

We have a lot of questions to ask this guy once we get him on the phone. We're going to come back and try and get you your second date update right after this.

[Sasha/Julia (female callers)]

Brooke and Jeffrey in the morning, second date update.

[Jeffrey]

If you're just joining us for the second date update, we have two objectives today. The main objective, recovering some precious belongings. Yes, we're putting love on the back seat just for the beginning because we need to help Sasha get her earrings back.

[Brooke]

Get her diamonds back, Jeff. Okay. It's more than just earrings. Seriously. So important.

[Jeffrey]

I didn't realize, but she left them at a guy named Marcus's apartment after they hung out all night. And the weird part was was she texted him to get them back. He didn't respond to her. So she actually physically went to his place the next day. And a different guy answered his door and said, I don't know, Marcus. Marcus doesn't live here.

[Alexis]

Do you think he. Do you think he moved?

[Brooke]

Moved out in the middle of the night?

[Jeffrey]

Is it possible you scared him completely out of his own building, Sasha?

[Sasha/Julia (female callers)]

I doubt that. Like, we had a really good night and I don't know why he would, like, text me back. I'm like, did he sell them? Like, I don't know.

[Alexis]

It's weird. The guy's like, I have no idea what you're talking about too.

[Brooke]

Like, there's no, like, oh, that's the thing.

[Sasha/Julia (female callers)]

For me. Yeah, that's my neighbor.

[Jeffrey]

She had said she was drinking a lot, so we don't even know if it was the right place that she went back to. A lot of things to answer. So let's just call Marcus, if this actually is Marcus's number, and see what he has to say. But here we go.

[Marcus's younger brother]

Hello?

[Jeffrey]

Hey, we're looking for Marcus.

[Marcus's younger brother]

Who's calling?

[Jeffrey]

We're a radio show. We're called Brooke and Jeffrey in the Morning.

[Brooke]

Pretty fun.

[Alexis]

Hey, good morning.

[Jeffrey]

You could tell by the tone of my co host voice how fun we are.

[Alexis]

I'm the fun one. What's up, Marcus?

[Brooke]

Hey, Marcus. Welcome to the show.

[Jeffrey]

We're so jealous.

[Brooke]

I did sound like Eeyore when I said that.

[Sasha/Julia (female callers)]

I apologize.

[Brooke]

It's early.

[Alexis]

Okay.

[Brooke]

Marcus, are you there?

[Derek/Marcus (male callers)]

Yeah.

[Marcus's younger brother]

Good morning, everyone.

[Sasha/Julia (female callers)]

Yeah.

[Brooke]

Good morning.

[Jeffrey]

Sorry to like, barge in on your life like this, but we're doing something called the Second date Update and we're trying to help.

[Marcus's younger brother]

I'm sorry, I'm sorry. What radio station is this?

[Jeffrey]

We're called Brooke and Jeffrey in the morning and. Okay, we're trying to help out one of our listeners named Sasha that you were actually went on a date with.

[Marcus's younger brother]

Yeah, Sasha. Sasha. Yeah.

[Brooke]

Yeah. Drinking with dinos, right?

[Derek/Marcus (male callers)]

Yeah.

[Marcus's younger brother]

That was crazy.

[Brooke]

Crazy.

[Alexis]

We heard it was kind of a crazy night.

[Brooke]

Well, I mean, we also heard you went up a rock wall in a T. Rex costume, so I think crazy suits the event.

[Marcus's younger brother]

Yeah, I was messed up that night.

[Jeffrey]

We heard there were some positives and some also negatives from the date because Sasha said that she left her earrings at your apartment and texted you about it and you never responded.

[Marcus's younger brother]

Yeah, she tried to pull one of those Cinderella acts for me.

[Brooke]

No, no, no, no. Marcus, it was not a move. It was not like a ploy to get you to call her back. She honestly forgot them.

[Jeffrey]

What did you call it? A Cinderella act?

[Alexis]

Yeah, that's what it's.

[Marcus's younger brother]

Yeah. I'm sorry. Were you there?

[Brooke]

No, but I talked to her. I talked to her and I could tell that, like. Okay, listen, if a woman leaves something at your house and it's all an act, it's not going to be her diamond earrings. It's something that she could totally toss.

[Jeffrey]

We don't know if they're real diamonds, though.

[Brooke]

Yeah, right.

[Marcus's younger brother]

Exactly. I don't have a diamond. I don't have a diamond detector. I don't know if they're real diamonds or not. Nevertheless, I know she left them intentionally at my house. I know this.

[Brooke]

No, why? Why would you know that?

[Jeffrey]

How do you know that?

[Derek/Marcus (male callers)]

That.

[Marcus's younger brother]

How do I know that? I can tell. Like, it happened to me before.

[Alexis]

Yeah, well, it's happened to all of us dudes. But imagine if it really is an accident.

[Marcus's younger brother]

Bro, listen, she can have her earrings back.

[Derek/Marcus (male callers)]

I don't want them.

[Marcus's younger brother]

Like, what the heck I need them for?

[Brooke]

Then why aren't you texting her back?

[Marcus's younger brother]

The reason why I haven't texted back because I don't want her showing up at my house like she did the other day.

[Alexis]

Oh, that is your house.

[Jeffrey]

We.

[Alexis]

Okay?

[Jeffrey]

She told us that she actually went back to get the earrings, but somebody else answered the door but said you didn't live there. There no even know you.

[Marcus's younger brother]

Exactly. That's my little younger brother. I gave him instructions on what to say, what to do when I'm not home.

[Brooke]

Now, why don't I just give her the earring? Yes, true.

[Marcus's younger brother]

Listen, she just popped over my house on some shady like she. It was just. Listen, you didn't even get the text messages.

[Jeffrey]

You think she's doing it on purpose just to try and like, get back into your life and trying to get another date with you?

[Alexis]

Yeah.

[Marcus's younger brother]

Yes, and she would have gotten another date if she did not pull this stunt.

[Brooke]

Okay, it's not a stunt.

[Jeffrey]

Can anybody prove we don't. Look, we don't really know what the intentions were behind it. The only thing we can do at this point is bring Sasha on the phone right now. I mean, I know it's not a great look, but the truth is she's been secretly listening on the other line waiting to talk to you.

[Brooke]

You gotta use the word secret.

[Jeffrey]

Well, it wasn't open, so what else do you call it? Sasha, you there?

[Sasha/Julia (female callers)]

Hey, Marcus.

[Brooke]

Oh.

[Marcus's younger brother]

Oh. Oh, man. What, are you pulling this now?

[Sasha/Julia (female callers)]

Okay, you know, I would have really appreciated if you didn't have your little brother answer the door and if you could have come to the door and give me my earrings yourself. Like, what kind of games are you playing?

[Jeffrey]

I think he would have appreciated if you had warned him that you were going to show up to his apartment uninvited.

[Brooke]

You know what? You're bad. How is he gonna warn him? There's no response.

[Jeffrey]

Clearly, Marcus was scared of him.

[Brooke]

Her.

[Alexis]

Oh, God, this is so.

[Brooke]

He hung out with her until three in the morning. You weren't that scared. Marcus, come on.

[Marcus's younger brother]

Listen, she was in the drunken stupor the whole time. She was close.

[Alexis]

So were you.

[Jeffrey]

You're the one that fell off the rock wall.

[Bowen Yang]

Marcus.

[Sasha/Julia (female callers)]

Okay, a dino drink fest is where you take me on a first date and you have the nerve to try to save me right now. Really? I just need my earrings back.

[Marcus's younger brother]

I got you. I will give you your earrings back. But guess what I'll do. I'll send it to you. I need an address. These earrings too.

[Brooke]

Because I don't try to show up at her house, Marcus.

[Alexis]

Is that what I'm trying.

[Marcus's younger brother]

I'm not trying to show up at her house. No, I'm not trying to show up at her house either.

[Jeffrey]

Wait, before we started, like, exchanging addresses with each other. Sasha, Marcus is accusing you of leaving the earrings there on purpose. Trying to Cinderella him to meet, like, trying to make sure you meet up with him again, right?

[Sasha/Julia (female callers)]

That's shady. That's not what happened.

[Jeffrey]

You're saying.

[Sasha/Julia (female callers)]

No, no, I didn't leave on purpose, but I have done that before, like, five other times.

[Jeffrey]

Oh, Marcus, you weren't done. You weren't even wor.

[Sasha/Julia (female callers)]

Cinderella, but you don't wear wrong earrings that night, so.

[Jeffrey]

Okay, can you see, like, her perspective? I mean, it sounds like. Marcus, maybe you have a little bit of. Bad experiences in the past.

[Brooke]

I was going to say. I was gonna say trust issues.

[Alexis]

Yeah, yeah, okay, sure.

[Marcus's younger brother]

Listen, she just admitted that she left the earrings at other places, like, at least about five different times.

[Brooke]

Marcus, don't be so righteous, all right? You've done shady stuff before, too. We all have in the dating.

[Marcus's younger brother]

She gonna leave her earrings. The next thing you know, she gonna leave her children.

[Brooke]

How do we make that jump?

[Marcus's younger brother]

Honestly, a girl did that to me before she left the kids here.

[Jeffrey]

Wait, really?

[Marcus's younger brother]

Yes. We did it because she wanted to come back the next day to see me.

[Jeffrey]

Not to see her children, to see Marcus.

[Brooke]

I think that's a pretty genius move.

[Alexis]

Little brother answers the phone, there's no children here.

[Brooke]

Yeah.

[Jeffrey]

All right, well, Marcus, Marcus, you've clearly got a little bit of PSD from your past experiences with women.

[Brooke]

So do those children.

[Jeffrey]

It sounds like Sasha did not do this on purpose. And you yourself said that you would have gone out with her had it not been for the text and the showing up to the apartment craziness. So what we would like to do before we start exchanging addresses is offer to send you guys out on a date that we would pay for. And then you can bring the earrings and give them back to her in person.

[Brooke]

And we're paying for it.

[Jeffrey]

Clean slate. No Dino outfit fits.

[Brooke]

Or heavy drinking, I think is a good idea for you, too.

[Jeffrey]

Yeah, absolutely.

[Marcus's younger brother]

Would it be a chaperone?

[Brooke]

Okay. I think. I think she said no.

[Jeffrey]

Yeah, well, your little brother can come along, if that's what you're asking.

[Sasha/Julia (female callers)]

I don't want a second date with him. I'm sorry.

[Jeffrey]

Oh, you're over it now?

[Derek/Marcus (male callers)]

Really?

[Sasha/Julia (female callers)]

Yeah, I'm good. I just want my earrings.

[Brooke]

Okay.

[Alexis]

Will you please give her her earrings, bro?

[Brooke]

Yeah, I think you're gonna have to show up to his house and get them.

[Marcus's younger brother]

She can have little raggedy earrings. She can have them. They're not even real diamonds. I bet you.

[Jeffrey]

Oh, come on.

[Brooke]

That was below the belt, Marcus.

[Jeffrey]

Okay, we will pay to have them diamond tested for validity, and then we'll send them back over to Sasha's place.

[Marcus's younger brother]

Maybe that could be our day. We all get together and we can check to see if the diamonds are real.

[Jeffrey]

Kind of romantic.

[Sasha/Julia (female callers)]

I won't even waste my time with that. You guys you know what? If you get the earrings, you can send it to me directly because I don't want to see Dino bro anymore. Okay.

[Derek/Marcus (male callers)]

Okay.

[Jeffrey]

Well, no love connection, but at least. At least sounds like we recovered the jewelry that she wanted.

[Brooke]

We're almost like a pawn shop at this point.

[Alexis]

Yeah.

[Sasha/Julia (female callers)]

Brooke and Jeffrey in the morning.

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[Jeffrey]

Well, we just heard our own weird second date version of Cinderella there. But instead of a glass slipper, you

[Brooke]

were playing the music.

[Jeffrey]

They were diamond earrings.

[Brooke]

Okay, she did not do it on purpose. And neither did Cinderella.

[Jeffrey]

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[Brooke]

Who said he was ugly?

[Jeffrey]

I mean, I don't know. True. I don't. I don't know if he was ugly, but he was willing to lie to Sasha and tell her Marcus didn't live there. And lies make you ugly on the inside, Alexis.

[Brooke]

That's just a loyal little brother move, Jeff. You know, I'm just mad there weren't

[Alexis]

little mice and birds like knitting in the middle of this second date.

[Jeffrey]

Yeah, it wasn't quite as romantic as the fairy tales ever were.

[Brooke]

I just want to call that lady who left her kids still.

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Yeah, that was the craziest part of the story. You want to know how it works, don't you? So that you can try this out on somebody. But look, just for the record, we are getting Sasha her earrings back to her, so that's being handled. No second date will be happening, though. But we can make it happen for you. Yeah, maybe make your fairy tale come true. Go email the show. We'll call that person who isn't calling you back and check out our podcast. Yes, listen to all our second dates, wherever you get yours at Broken Jeffrey,

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