Second Date Update: Voice Note No No

Summary

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Brooke and Jeffrey: Second Date Update

Episode: "Voice Note No No"

Original Air Date: July 8, 2026

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Episode Overview

This episode of "Second Date Update" centers on Corey, a returning caller who previously left an infamous impression (he once demanded $4 back for an $8 date). Corey seeks help understanding why his promising first date with Ashley ended in radio silence. The hosts, Brooke and Jeffrey, dive into the date's details—and discover that Corey's attempt at "clear communication" via a post-date voice note might have been his undoing. With Brooke and Jeffrey’s signature banter, the episode delivers both humor and dating lessons on what not to do.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Corey’s Infamous Return

• Prior Appearance Recap: The hosts remind listeners of Corey’s last update: an argument over sharing the dinner bill ($8 total), and awkward Venmo requests ([04:10]).
  • Memorable exchange:
    • Corey: "I think it's only fair that you Venmo me half the cost of the dinner." ([04:15])
    • Ashley: "Corey, you ordered street tacos. I think the bill was, like, $8. Like, you can't be that cheap." ([04:36])
• The hosts joke about Corey's "cost-efficient" approach to dating.

2. Meet Cute and Date Details

• How They Met: Corey and Ashley met on Hinge. Corey describes Ashley as “a not as dorky version of Zooey Deschanel” ([05:19]).
• Pet Conversation Gone Wrong: Corey tries the classic first-date pet talk, but it’s derailed when their waitress, teary-eyed, shares she recently had to put down her diabetic hamster—due to unknowingly feeding it M&Ms ([06:40–07:11]).
  • This leads the date into a bizarre, sad tangent, with both the waitress and Ashley getting emotional ([07:20–07:26]).
  • Corey: “I’m on my date, and all of a sudden, like, this person has hijacked it.” ([07:32])

3. Getting Back on Track

• They walk off dinner’s awkwardness and bond over ice cream, with Corey joking—perhaps too darkly—about a “waffle cone” he “had to put down” ([08:31–08:41]).
• End-of-Date Vibe: Despite the earlier weirdness, Corey gets a kiss and Ashley invites him to her place for a second date ([09:05–09:20]).

4. Sudden Ghosting

• Corey tries to follow up but sees his messages aren’t being read—suggesting he’s been blocked ([09:35]).
• The hosts speculate: accidental block, something unrelated, or a direct response to Corey’s actions? ([11:38–12:14]).

5. The Reveal: Voice Note No-No

• The team calls Ashley, who immediately shares that the date was “an A-plus” but the dealbreaker was a voice note Corey sent ([13:39]).
• Ashley: “He actually sent me a voice note and… completely turned me off.” ([14:01])
• At the hosts’ urging, Ashley plays the message:

  Corey (voice note): “I just wanted to send you a voice note because it’s a little easier… If we're thinking about going over to your place next weekend… I am craving that physical intimacy… I’d be hoping to see if there's that romantic spark there, just for my own personal sake, because it’s hard for me to continue dating someone without knowing if we’re compatible in that type of way… If you do want me to come over though, and have some wine and get down, then… sweet. Let’s do it.” ([14:57–15:45])

6. Host and Guest Reactions

• Universal Cringe:
  • Brooke: “God, why didn’t he just let the moment happen?” ([15:54])
  • Producer: “Don’t call it physical intimacy either.” ([16:04])
  • Ashley: “As soon as I heard that, I was like, absolutely not. I’m never seeing this man again.” ([16:13])
• Corey’s Defense:
  • Corey (after being brought onto the call): “I don’t really understand that, because in my eyes, I’m being actually super communicative… I’ve always heard that women want guys who can communicate with them.” ([16:47])
  • Ashley: “Not when the communication is like, I want to guarantee that I’m gonna get some action from you when I come over.” ([17:07])

7. Philosophical Differences

• Brooke and Jeffrey explain: The tone and content—asking for guaranteed "physical intimacy"—was not just forward, it was presumptive and killed the spontaneity ([17:16–17:25]).
• Corey pushes back: “I think most guys would just probably think what I was thinking. But instead of saying something about it, which probably just, like, go to your house and, like, make a move and get shut down. And then get bitter about it.” ([17:30])

8. Closure, Comedy, and Callbacks

• Ashley is clear: “He is who he is, and it’s not for me.” ([18:23])
• The hosts make light, jokingly offering to pay for another date—but both Corey and Ashley are done ([18:39]).
• Corey, undeterred: “I just open one of these times. I’m going to get a yes.” ([19:18])

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Notable Quotes & Moments

• “I think it's only fair that you Venmo me half the cost of the dinner.” — Corey ([04:15])
• “I am craving that physical intimacy.” — Corey, via voice note ([15:11])
• “God, why didn't he just let the moment happen?” — Brooke ([15:54])
• “As soon as I heard that, I was like, absolutely not. I’m never seeing this man again.” — Ashley ([16:13])
• “It’s literally about making sure that I don’t waste my time, but also that she doesn’t waste her time.” — Corey ([17:55])
• “He is who he is, and it's not for me.” — Ashley ([18:23])
• “This might be the most appropriate time... Who do you think the cutest diabetic animal would be?” — Producer, shifting the topic after the tension ([19:30])

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Timestamps for Key Segments

• 03:43 – Corey’s previous Second Date Update revisited.
• 05:19 – Description of Ashley and Hinge match setup.
• 06:40 – The diabetic hamster date hijacking.
• 08:31 – Post-dinner walk and awkward "waffle cone" joke.
• 09:08 – Kiss and plan for a second date.
• 09:35 – Corey suspects he’s been blocked.
• 13:39 – Ashley agrees the first date was great.
• 14:01 – Voice note incident introduced.
• 14:57 – Voice note played on-air; everyone cringes.
• 16:13 – Ashley’s unequivocal “nope” on seeing Corey again.
• 17:30 – Corey justifies his intentions about communication.
• 18:23 – Ashley’s final statement.
• 19:18 – Corey pledges to keep calling in for Second Date Updates.

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Episode Tone and Host Commentary

• Light-hearted, witty, self-deprecating.
• Brooke and Jeffrey keep the mood playful, never missing a chance for self-aware commentary or to steer the subject back to the diabetic hamster for comic relief.
• There’s empathy for both sides, but the hosts clearly align with Ashley regarding healthy, spontaneous, and respectful dating communication.

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Takeaways for Listeners

• Setting expectations is good; demanding “physical intimacy” on a voice note after one date is not.
• “Clear communication” can backfire if the message isn’t the one the other person wants—or delivered at the right time.
• Spontaneity, reading the room, and letting relationships develop naturally are vital—overplanning can destroy the vibe.
• The show remains a hilarious, real-life mirror for modern dating missteps.

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Note: To hear more Second Date Updates, or if you need help decoding your own dating dead ends, Brooke and Jeffrey encourage listeners to email the show and, maybe, avoid sending voice notes like Corey’s.

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Transcript

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[Brooke]

Hey, it's Brooke and Jeffrey in the Morning. Welcome to your second date podcast. We got a new episode today, and by the way, if you missed it, we do have a full video version out of one of the second dates that comes out every Tuesday. Yeah. So, yeah, back and listen to it.

[Producer (Auxiliary Studio)]

And once you look at it, then you can understand this comment I'm about to read. Okay.

[Brooke]

What does it say?

[Producer (Auxiliary Studio)]

Alyssa King said. What the heck is behind Jeffrey? A window. A tv. I can't figure out what it is.

[Brooke]

Oh, that's so funny. So it is a window.

[Producer (Auxiliary Studio)]

Yeah.

[Brooke]

Into what we call our OX Studio, our auxiliary studio. And there's also his baby trophies in the window. Yeah.

[Producer (Auxiliary Studio)]

What's that? A baby photo of him.

[Brooke]

And I think he was like Mr. Fallbrook Mall of California in 1992 or something. Anyway, anyway, that's where our producer sits in the other room.

[Producer (Auxiliary Studio)]

So check out the video to know what we're talking about and see if you could spot his baby trophies.

[Brooke]

There you go. There's your Easter egg. Your brand new episode starts right now. Brooke and Jeffrey in the Morning. Second date update.

Occasionally, we'll have return callers on this segment. And the last time our listener Corey was on one of these, safe to say things got a little ugly.

Can we give him a fun nickname? Because right now I can't remember who he is. Ooh, hardcore. Oh, there we go. I like it.

We'll come up something for it. But we did. We did find out that his date lied to him about her age. Some other misinformation came out, and it all led to this moment.

[Ashley]

You're not like a 10, you know.

[Producer (Auxiliary Studio)]

Oh, gosh.

[Paul Verze]

Oh, God.

[Brooke]

Getting a little. Oh, man.

[Corey]

Whatever. I mean, that doesn't make you look good. You went out on a date with me, so. Look, I don't even want to argue about it. I think it's only fair that you Venmo me half the cost of the dinner.

[Ashley]

Venmo.

[Brooke]

Corey, what are you doing? Dude, I know that they. She, like, fibbed on her age, but you Liked her.

[Corey]

I did like her until I found out she wasn't a truthful person.

[Ashley]

Corey, you ordered street tacos. I think the bill was, like, $8. Like, you can't be that cheap.

[Brooke]

Oh, we're just gonna have him relive that terrible moment of life just then.

Exactly. So let's welcome back to the show the guy who demanded $4 back from his $8 dinner. Cost efficient. Corey.

Hey, there's the nickname.

[Jeffrey]

I. Thank you.

[Brooke]

Welcome back, Cory.

I want to know, did you get your money, Cory?

[Corey]

Yeah. No, unfortunately, I did not. But I think you got the point. I don't like liars, and I'm not gonna stand for it.

[Brooke]

Okay, okay.

All right.

It's shocking you wanted to come back on our show after your experience here.

Yeah.

[Producer (Auxiliary Studio)]

Yeah.

[Brooke]

I don't know if it's good news or bad news that you're back, and I guess we'll find out. What's the name of the woman that you went out with? And how did you two meet?

[Corey]

Yeah, her name's Ashley, and we met on Hinge, and she's really, really cute. Like, she looks like a not as dorky version of Zooey Deschanel, if that makes sense.

[Brooke]

Oh, I like the dorky part of it. You think that she's dorky? She's like, the hottest dorky ever, though. That's what makes her a little bit like, that's.

Her whole personality is being dorky. So if you take that away.

Yeah.

What did you guys do for a date?

[Corey]

Yeah, so we agreed to meet up for dinner. And so. Okay, look, I've always thought that a good topic of conversation for a first date is, like, pets.

[Brooke]

Sure.

Unless they don't have a pet. And then it's like, oh, no, it would still work. I'd be like, no, show me all the pictures.

[Jeffrey]

Pictures of your dog. I want to hear all about it.

[Brooke]

Yeah.

Or you talk about your childhood pet you had.

[Jeffrey]

Oh, yeah, my own whiskey.

[Brooke]

Or the goldfish you had to bury in the backyard.

[Jeffrey]

Yeah, how'd you know?

[Brooke]

You bury them?

Yeah, yeah, we bury them.

We flushed ours. It's water to water, life to life.

[Jeffrey]

Put it back in the earth.

[Brooke]

Okay, right, sorry.

[Producer (Auxiliary Studio)]

Wow.

[Jeffrey]

Okay.

[Brooke]

But look at that. Just bringing up pets. Brought up 30 seconds of interesting conversation about what to do with them when you're done.

How heartless Jeff is. We learned that as well.

So, anyway, did yours go as well as ours did Corey?

[Corey]

No, no, not at all. This is the worst that it's ever gone.

[Brooke]

Oh, really? What happened? Why?

[Corey]

Well, I told her about my dog. And I said, do you have a pet? And I got an answer, but it was not from my date. It was from the waitress. And she's like, I just had to put mine down the other day.

[Jeffrey]

Oh, dude, that brings the whole mood down.

[Brooke]

Oh, my God. Did you ask did they bury him or fl.

That's so sad.

No, that sucks.

[Jeffrey]

That.

[Brooke]

That does put the brakes on it.

[Corey]

Apparently, it was, like, a hamster with diabetes. Like, and apparently she had been feeding it Eminem, and, like, she just didn't know.

[Brooke]

I guess it's actually good information for everyone to hear.

[Jeffrey]

They don't make insulin for hamsters.

[Brooke]

I didn't know they even tested hamsters for that sort of stuff.

I mean, what was your date's reaction to it all?

[Corey]

Well, so the waitress was crying, and then my date was, like, tearing up,

[Brooke]

and it was just weird.

You say that was weird?

[Corey]

It was weird, yeah.

[Brooke]

For a date? Yeah.

[Corey]

I'm on my date, and all of a sudden, like, this person has hijacked it.

[Brooke]

Yeah. It's like, do you go in for the kiss right then? So how do you recover from that point? Like, where does it go from there?

[Corey]

After dinner, we went on a walk around the neighborhood, and we talked more about the hamster. You know, we both felt bad, but we did kind of laugh about the situation.

[Brooke]

Okay. Okay. So, I mean, it was a real point of connection. Even though you thought it may have ruined the date, it may have brought you guys closer together.

[Jeffrey]

What do you talk about next? Like, what. What followed?

[Brooke]

Probably what kind of diet you'd need to put the hamster on.

The new M&Ms. Don't have as many chemical dyes in them, so the hamster probably would have been better off.

[Jeffrey]

That reminds me, I gotta check my new hamster's blood sugar. I'll be right back.

[Brooke]

Do you prick the little hamster's finger to check that blood sugar?

Too many questions. I mean, do you ever get off the topic the hamster?

[Corey]

Yeah. Yeah. The thing that finally got us off the topic of dead pets was we walked by an ice cream shop and we got the whiff of, like, a waffle cone.

[Brooke]

Smell it right now.

There we go.

[Corey]

And then I joked. I was like, oh, I had a waffle cone once, but I had to put him down.

[Jeffrey]

Down my throat.

[Brooke]

Did she laugh at that at that point?

[Corey]

I think so. I think so.

[Nick Jonas]

I laughed.

[Corey]

I don't know. I was. I don't remember if she laughed.

[Jeffrey]

It's like a rough joke.

[Brooke]

Yeah.

[Jeffrey]

Were joking.

[Brooke]

And the problem was you were finally past all that and then you brought it back again.

Okay, so all right. How did the date end?

[Jeffrey]

Hot makeout? Doesn't sound like it.

[Corey]

Actually, I walked to her. Her. To her car and I did get a kiss.

[Jeffrey]

Okay. Okay, that's good.

[Brooke]

Okay, so you were feeling really positive by the end of the date?

[Corey]

Yeah, yeah. And we actually specifically talked about hanging out again and she wanted me to hang out at her place the next week.

[Brooke]

Oh. She even put a time and date on it.

[Corey]

Yeah. So I was just like, oh yeah, that might be cool. I just need to check my schedule and let me get back to you. Uh huh. But after that night, she's not answering me.

[Brooke]

So wait, no communication? Like no text, no nothing.

[Corey]

I think she may have even blocked me because my messages now aren't even read, they're just sent.

[Jeffrey]

Oh no.

[Brooke]

Is that how you know you're blocked?

[Jeffrey]

I don't think it'll send if you're blocked.

[Producer (Auxiliary Studio)]

Alexis knows I'm still checking on one from like 2022.

[Brooke]

I'm like, why hasn't it gone through?

[Jeffrey]

It's a lot to get blocked on. Te block on social media, but a text block?

[Brooke]

Alexis, man, he's playing hard to get for the last five years. Good for him. Okay, so you haven't even spoken to her at all? Let's find out what's going on with Ashley when we come back and call her. We're not going to bring up any dead animals whatsoever.

She's one of the. If she blocked you, there is a big reason she is not there.

[Jeffrey]

Could be.

[Brooke]

Let's find out when we come back and do your second date update right after this.

Brooke and Jeffrey in the morning Second date update.

What do you do if a waiter or waitress hijacks your first date?

[Jeffrey]

Wow, that's literally what happened.

[Hoda Kotb]

Actually.

[Corey]

Yeah.

[Brooke]

I say that because our listener Corey had a hangout with a woman recently named Ashley and attempted to connect with her over the subject of pets.

Yep.

Like, I have one. Do you have one? Does your family have one? Let's talk animals for a while. What could go wrong? Well, the waitress overheard it and chimed in saying, well, I had one and I just put it down.

Oh man, it's so sad.

[Jeffrey]

Anytime you say the words Rainbow Bridge, it's never a good.

[Brooke]

Honestly, this is bad. But all I've been thinking about is we still haven't found out what the hamster's name was.

[Jeffrey]

Oh yeah, the diabetic hamster. Tell him.

[Corey]

Tell him, Jeff.

[Brooke]

Well, we won't know because it was the waitress's hamster.

So maybe we should get her on the phone instead.

Well, we'll do that after. Apparently, she was feeding M&M's to it and became diabetic. But, yeah, hard to recover a date from that point.

I mean, he thought he managed to, though, because they kissed at the end.

Yeah, they got a kiss. They smelled some waffle cones together. A lot of positive.

Ate some ice cream, too.

Huffed them, ate them, whatever. It's all good. So, Brooke, I am curious your read on this, though, because aside from the diabetic hamster debacle, it sounds like, overall, a pretty good date.

Yeah, but you said that you got blocked and.

[Producer (Auxiliary Studio)]

Oh, yeah, you forgot that detail.

[Brooke]

May have gotten blocked.

What was the last thing you texted her?

[Corey]

I can't remember.

[Brooke]

Can you not? Or was it something lewd?

[Jeffrey]

Wait a minute.

[Corey]

I mean, I think it was just like, hey, are we still on?

[Jeffrey]

And then he sent a picture with it. Just kidding. I'm kidding.

[Brooke]

Just kidding.

Yeah.

Yeah.

I mean, I don't know. It sounds. It's just so dramatic to block somebody.

Or it could be coming from somewhere else in her life where she's like, I just need to block all people out. You know, it may not be specific to him.

Maybe she's like my mom, where she accidentally blocks people and didn't realize to do it.

[Producer (Auxiliary Studio)]

That's a lot of steps.

[Jeffrey]

That's true.

[Paul Verze]

Yeah.

[Brooke]

Maybe it is. Your mom under an alias. How deep are we going down this rabbit hole?

[Jeffrey]

These babies are getting wild.

[Brooke]

Yeah, it's getting crazy. So let's just call Ashley. We'll see if she's really Brooke's mom or not. And we'll get to the bottom of why she's not calling you back. But here we go.

[Ashley]

Hello?

[Brooke]

Hey, is this Ashley?

[Ashley]

Yes.

[Brooke]

Hey, Ashley. Thank you for answering. We're a radio show. We're called Brooke and Jeffrey in the Morning.

[Jeffrey]

Hey, Ashley. Good morning.

[Ashley]

Hi. Good morning.

[Brooke]

Hi.

Continue.

Sorry.

I really like the way that she said hi. It felt very positive. It's very different for what we normally get.

[Jeffrey]

You have good energy, Ashley.

[Brooke]

You do. And we really enjoy that because we're doing this segment called A Second Date Update. I don't know if you're familiar.

[Ashley]

Wait. No. Why? Why are you calling me?

[Brooke]

We're calling you because one of our listeners says he went out on a very nice date with you the other night. A guy named Corey.

[Ashley]

Oh, God. Oh, that guy.

[Brooke]

Yeah, that guy. The one that you met on Hinge and had a great evening with.

[Ashley]

Yeah, he's pretty forward, actually.

[Brooke]

Forward?

I think you mean charming, but we'll take that. Okay.

Forward.

Can you be specific about why you say that? Like, green flag, red flag.

[Ashley]

I mean, I'd say the entire date was pretty much like a green flag. The date didn't feel like an interview like a lot of other dates do. It just felt like we were, like, laughing and genuinely having fun with each other, which was obviously so nice. Oh, I give it an A. Plus, the kiss was great, too.

[Brooke]

Whoa. So many positive reviews.

[Producer (Auxiliary Studio)]

What did he text you?

[Ashley]

Yeah, he actually sent me a voice note and. Yeah, completely turned me off.

[Brooke]

See, voice notes can give the ick real quick. Yeah.

[Producer (Auxiliary Studio)]

Depending what happens in it.

[Brooke]

Just the fact that he sent you a voice note was a turn off or what was.

[Ashley]

No, no, no, no, no. Like, everything he said in it. I wish I could genuinely play it for you because it was just so forward and gave me the ick.

[Brooke]

What did he say?

I want to hear it if you can play it.

[Jeffrey]

She's on the phone right now.

[Brooke]

Wait, I was it sent. Oh, sorry. Do you have an iPhone? Like, text message? Is that I was sent?

[Ashley]

I do, but he actually sent it. We're texting on WhatsApp.

[Brooke]

Oh, on WhatsApp. Can you play the note while you're on the phone at the same time?

Yeah.

[Ashley]

Oh, yeah.

[Brooke]

Can we do that?

[Ashley]

Oh, wait. Yeah, you can play it. Okay, I can play if you guys are ready.

[Jeffrey]

Yeah, play it.

[Brooke]

Yeah, I want to hear the voice note that turns you off.

[Ashley]

Okay, here it is. Listen.

[Brooke]

Hey, it's Corey. Listen, I just wanted to send you a voice note because it's a little easier if we're thinking about going over to your place next weekend. And, you know, I'm totally open to that, but I am craving that physical intimacy.

[Mandy Woodruff Santos]

What?

[Brooke]

To see if we're, you know, compatible in that way. So I'd be hoping to see if there's that romantic spark there, just for my own personal sake, because it's hard for me to continue dating someone without knowing if we're compatible in that type of way. And so up to you. If you do want me to come over though, and have some wine and get down, then. Sweet. Let's do it.

What?

[Jeffrey]

Is that it?

[Ashley]

Yeah.

[Paul Verze]

Sorry.

[Jeffrey]

I'm used to going beef like the loser.

[Brooke]

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Okay. Brooke, what's your initial read on that voice message?

God, why didn't he just let the moment happen? Yeah.

[Jeffrey]

God, it's probably already gonna happen.

[Producer (Auxiliary Studio)]

A lot of people think that, but, like, you don't say it and you

[Brooke]

don't call it physical intimacy either.

Okay, Ashley, are you feeling the same way that Brooke is?

That whole, how are you not, Jeff?

Well, I'm just trying to get her vibe first.

[Ashley]

Yeah, no, as soon as I heard that, I was like, absolutely not. I'm never seeing this man again.

[Brooke]

Okay, how about hearing him?

[John Green]

I want.

[Mandy Woodruff Santos]

Yeah.

[Brooke]

I wonder what Corey's take on that voice note is. Because I do need to let you know, Ashley, he's on the other line right now listening in on this.

[Jeffrey]

Oh, Corey, how did you not know, dude?

[Corey]

Yeah, I mean, first of all, hi, Ashley. I just can't. I can't believe you'd play that on the radio. Like, that was a personal thing between you and me.

[Brooke]

What?

[Ashley]

They asked me why I'm not calling you back. That voice note is literally the reason why.

[Brooke]

She has a point.

[Corey]

I don't really understand that, because in my eyes, I'm being actually super communicative. Like, I've always heard that women want guys who can communicate with them. Well, so I just. I was open to.

[Ashley]

Sure, but not when the communication is like, I want to guarantee that I'm gonna get some action from you when I come over.

[Brooke]

Okay, well, look, if you were both

[Jeffrey]

looking for that, it's different. Obviously, she's really dating.

[Brooke]

No, she's saying it exactly right. It's the ask, Corey. It's the guarantee.

[Jeffrey]

It's like, let's hook up, or I'm not going.

[Brooke]

Like, if you're in the moment and you're like, hey, are you comfortable? Is this good? Like, cool.

Yeah.

[Jeffrey]

You ready for some intimacy?

[Brooke]

Yeah.

Do you get what Brooke is saying? Yes. You're communicating, but the message you're communicating is weird.

[Corey]

But I don't think it's. I think it's the message that everybody has. I think most guys would just probably think what I was thinking. But instead of saying something about it, which probably just, like, go to your house and, like, make a move and get shut down. And then get bitter about it.

[Brooke]

Well.

Oh, he's not bitter.

You know what, though? If she's not, like, into it, she's gonna shut you down. That means, like, it's not there, right? Like, that was your answer. Like, then you know that the physical intimacy is not what you wanted it to be.

[Corey]

It's literally about making sure that I don't waste my time, but also that she doesn't waste her time.

[Brooke]

Okay, but you just.

That's really thoughtful, Cory. Actually, I'm coming around on this. The communication is strong.

No, actually didn't you hear Ashley say that you shared a really great kiss? Like, those are the clues that tell you whether it's going to be good or not.

[Corey]

Then it's about guessing, and I would just rather all the cards are out on the table.

[Brooke]

We're adults here.

[Corey]

We can talk about these things.

[Brooke]

We haven't heard a lot from Ashley in this situation. Ashley, where's your head at?

[Ashley]

Yeah, I think I'm just kind of done with this whole conversation because it's not going to go anywhere. He is who he is, and it's not for me.

[Jeffrey]

Well, you want to ask again before she hangs up, bro?

[Brooke]

Yeah, I mean, that was clear communication, which Corey really likes.

Excellent communication, A plus all around. And I would like to communicate how much we want the two of you to go out one more time, Ashley. Because if you did, we would pay for that date.

By we, he means just Corey wants

[Corey]

that I'm done with everything. I can't believe all the sarcasm. And I can't believe he played the recording. And, you know, I. I wanted help from you guys.

[Jeffrey]

Well, we didn't know she had that.

[Brooke]

We didn't know who did that.

Clear as it could have possibly been the reason you weren't getting a call back, Right?

[Corey]

It is now.

[Brooke]

Yeah.

[Corey]

Since she decided to finally communicate about it instead of just hide.

[Brooke]

Yeah. And now he's communicating with us how he doesn't like what we've done.

Yeah, but I'm sure you'll call back for a third time.

[Corey]

Yeah, I still like you guys. I just open one of these times. I'm going to get a yes.

[Brooke]

Yeah.

Is it weird if I tried to switch subjects right now and go back to the diabetic hamster?

Oh, yeah.

[Jeffrey]

I love it.

[Producer (Auxiliary Studio)]

This might be the most appropriate time.

[Jeffrey]

Okay, Texan, who do you think the cutest diabetic animal would be?

[Brooke]

Okay, Wait, no.

[Jeffrey]

Maybe like a baby deer.

[Brooke]

I want to know. Ashley, did you ever find out the name of the hamster?

[Ashley]

No, I. I didn't.

[Jeffrey]

Okay, closure.

[Ashley]

Done with this. And now you guys bringing it up made me sound all over again

[Brooke]

of

[Jeffrey]

a little hamster eating an M and

[Brooke]

M RIP oh, yeah, but then dies Brooke and Jeffrey in the morning.

[Jeffrey]

Hey, guys, it's Joe.

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[Brooke]

well, Corey is officially 0 for 2, at least on this show. Yeah, and I know he didn't have the greatest experience here, but I do really hope that he calls back.

Do you? I don't.

[Jeffrey]

Yeah, we're going to call him Chor after a while. He's a chore for us.

[Brooke]

Not cuz I want him to get another date. I just want to hear more voice notes from him cuz those are really fun.

Honestly.

We should have more people doing that.

[Jeffrey]

Yes, dude, that is true.

[Brooke]

Pretty soon if we have him on too many times, it'll be the physical intimacy date. A second date update.

Can't wait for that.

[Jeffrey]

Don't say physical intimacy, Brooke. It gets the room all day.

[Brooke]

I know, but it's true. There are times where it would be appropriate to plan intimate times. Just maybe not date number two.

[Jeffrey]

Yeah, that's what I was like, dude, if you've been on 10 dates and eventually you're like, can I get a kiss? I get it. But date one? Dude, chill. Yeah, slow down a little bit.

[Brooke]

Wait till you're 10 years into marriage or when you're incarcerated, when your parents are visiting and you want them to know for sure, you got this.

No, I like how the parents visiting is worse for you than the incarceration.

I'm saying there's good times and there's bad times. Cory chose a very bad time. Yeah, it didn't work for him. Doesn't mean it couldn't work for you. If you need help with your dating life, email the show. We can call that person who's not calling you back and hopefully hear your voice notes.

[Mandy Woodruff Santos]

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I mean, I can't even tell you, Paul, how crazy it was. It was insane.

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