Textual Healing: America's Next Top BF

Summary

Podcast Summary: Brooke and Jeffrey: Second Date Update

Episode Title: Textual Healing: America's Next Top BF
Date: April 30, 2026
Host: iHeartPodcasts
Main Hosts: Brooke, Jeffrey, Alexis
Listener: Mike

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Episode Overview

This episode features a brand new segment of "Textual Healing" on the Second Date Update podcast. Listener Mike seeks help from the hosts to navigate a high-stakes text conversation—he wants to move from a six-year friendship with his friend, Chloe, to something romantic now that she is single for the first time since they've known each other. The hosts step in to help Mike craft the perfect texts to make his intentions clear without risking their friendship, blending humor and vulnerability.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Mike's Situation: Friendship vs. Romance

• Background: Mike and Chloe have been friends for 6–7 years. Chloe was always in a relationship during this time, but now she is single.
• Mike's Dilemma: He has always felt there might be something more, citing moments like parties where Chloe chooses to hang with him over her then-boyfriends.
• Mike’s Concern: Unsure how to approach the subject without being awkward or risking their valuable friendship.

“I just feel like she always has these really handsome boyfriends, and like...we always kinda wind up together in the corner of a room...there's something there.” – Mike (06:33)

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2. Crafting the First Text: Playful Banter

• The hosts brainstorm how to start the conversation in a lighthearted, non-threatening way.

• Brooke and the team land on a smart, slightly self-deprecating approach referencing Chloe’s dating history with “model” boyfriends.

• Final Text:
  "Heard you had to drop another beautiful model boyfriend. I'd ask if you're okay, but I know you're probably fine. 😂" (10:51)

• Chloe responds positively with a witty retort referencing "shopping at the GQ store" for another boyfriend (12:51).

"Yup. Guess I need to go to the GQ store at the mall and find another." – Chloe (12:58, via Mike)

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3. Escalating the Humor—Insinuating Interest

• The group leans into the running gag about where Chloe "shops" for boyfriends, suggesting “Boot Barn” as a reference to a less glamorous option, with the implication that Mike is the “Boot Barn” guy.
• Mike sends, “Maybe you should try shopping at the Boot Barn. 👢” (14:28), keeping humor at the forefront.

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4. Transitioning to Directness

• Chloe jokes about getting tired of "pretty" guys and compares them to cat toys—fun at first, but ultimately boring (15:16).
• Recognizing a moment for real talk, Brooke and Alexis push for a direct approach: “Have you ever considered dating a friend? 🤷‍♂️” (16:37).

“I love it.” – Brooke on the direct question strategy (15:58)

• Chloe’s Reply: “Oh, so you want me to date down? 😉 I’d be lying if I said it hadn’t crossed my mind.” (17:47)

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5. Going for the Ask

• After playful back-and-forth and Chloe’s semi-serious response, the hosts encourage Mike to be bold:
  “Does this mean I can take you to dinner this weekend?” (18:31)
• Mike is nervous but sends the text.

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6. The Payoff

• Chloe’s bold reply:
  “If you can keep your emotions in check, you can come over and spend the night.” (19:41)
• The hosts and Mike are thrilled. The exchange is full of excitement and relief.

"I 100 want to be a cat toy." – Mike (20:08)

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• Hosts Joking About Moms:
  "We do have a mom on this show that could help give you advice if that makes you feel more comfortable." – Jeffrey (05:20)
  “We’re hanging up if they say they need help with their mom.” – Brooke (05:00)
• Quick Wit:
  "Heard you had to drop another beautiful model boyfriend. I'd ask if you're okay, but I know you're probably fine." – Mike (10:51)
• Chloe’s Flirtatious Text:
  “So you want me to date down? 😉 I’d be lying if I said it hadn’t crossed my mind.” (17:47, via Mike)
• The “Cat Toy” Analogy:
  "They're actually pretty boring. Eye roll. Yeah, more like a temporary cat toy. Play with them for a while till it gets old." – Chloe (15:33, via Mike)
• Mike’s Victory:
  “If you can keep your emotions in check, you can come over and spend the night.” – Chloe (19:41, via Mike) "I 100 want to be a cat toy." – Mike (20:08)

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Important Timestamps & Segments

| Timestamp | Segment/Topic | Highlights | |-----------|----------------|------------| | 03:15 | Episode Theme Launch | Jeffrey intro about risks for big rewards—setting up Mike’s situation | | 05:11 | Listener Joins | Mike introduced – “pro mom” jokes begin, Mike clarifies he wants to text Chloe | | 06:33 | Friendship Background | Mike shares history and highlights their repeated, intimate party interactions | | 10:51 | First Playful Text | Hosts help Mike send first banter-filled message referencing Chloe's exes | | 12:58 | Chloe’s Response | Chloe responds with humor, referencing the "GQ store" | | 14:28 | “Boot Barn” Text | Further playful banter, Mike suggests Chloe “shop” at Boot Barn (himself) | | 15:16 | Chloe’s Sincere Text | Chloe admits pretty guys are boring, hints at wanting something different | | 16:37 | The Direct Ask | Hosts prompt Mike to ask “Have you ever considered dating a friend?" | | 17:47 | Chloe’s Flirty Response | Chloe says it’s crossed her mind, jokes about “dating down” | | 18:31 | The Dinner Invite | Mike asks Chloe to dinner; they await her reply | | 19:41 | Chloe’s Invitation | Chloe invites Mike to spend the night—very positive, flirty outcome | | 20:22 | Mike Expresses Excitement | Hosts (and Mike) celebrate the win, wrap up the episode’s main segment |

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Tone & Style

• Playful, teasing, energetic, and supportive. Hosts maintain a light conversational tone sprinkled with running jokes (especially about moms and discount stores), helping Mike feel at ease while keeping listeners entertained.
• Authenticity: The dynamic warmly amps up Mike’s nervous excitement, making the romantic tension and comedic moments relatable.

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Takeaways for Listeners

• Risk Often Yields Rewards: Sometimes, being vulnerable with a friend about your feelings can open unexpected doors.
• Humor Helps: Approaching delicate conversations with levity can ease tension and create openings for honesty.
• Be Direct: Playful banter is great, but a direct question (“Have you ever considered dating a friend?”) can create clarity and move things forward.
• Listen for Cues: Chloe’s openness and playful sarcasm signaled her interest—sometimes reading between the lines is key.
• Take the Leap: Mike’s story encourages listeners to take that leap; you never know what might happen!

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Conclusion

In this Textual Healing segment, Mike’s leap from friendship to potential romance with Chloe is a success—thanks to well-crafted texts and some moral support (and jokes) from the Brooke and Jeffrey team. The episode is a masterclass in using banter to break the ice and the power of being direct when the time is right.

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Transcript

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[Jeffrey]

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[Sofia]

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[Jeffrey]

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[Sofia]

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[Brooke]

You've got texting problems and we've got solutions.

[Alexis]

Yeah, seriously.

[Brooke]

Brand new episode today on the second Date podcast. You found it. The official one. All right you, it's Brooke and Jeffrey in the morning and today we got a brand new textual Healing, where someone has a texting problem and we help them out. So you're gonna hear that in just a second. But we always love to start by highlighting our listeners. Yes.

[Alexis]

And Tintin Tin Joy said, I use your podcast as my daily shower timer. The second I skip the ads, it's go time. I need to be out before it ends or I'm late for work. Y' all are responsible for my hygiene and my paycheck at this point. Please read this during second date update so I can hear it mid shampoo.

[Mike]

Yay.

[Brooke]

There you go. Oh, you missed a spot.

[Sofia]

Ye.

[Alexis]

By the way, that reminds us, for the editors, we can never do like a 30 to 40 minute second date or this person will be very late.

[Brooke]

Yeah, she'll be in the shower for a long time.

[Alexis]

Yeah.

[Brooke]

All right, well, enjoy your shower and enjoy this brand new episode starts right now.

[Jeffrey]

There are certain things in life that require a huge leap of faith. Whether you're moving across country for a new job, proposing to a woman you just met earlier that day. Whoa.

[Alexis]

Wow.

[Jeffrey]

Or ordering delivery from a two star rated food truck in a strip mall. Because with big risk comes big rewards.

[Brooke]

That's right.

[Alexis]

Awesome food. Probably not, but it could be. Could be.

[Jeffrey]

That's why one of our listeners needs help today. He wants to take a huge leap of faith with a very special person in his life. And if he doesn't do it right, their six year friendship could possibly be ruined forever. Big risk, big reward. We're going to try to help him out in a brand new textual healing feeling next. Textual healing? Textual. Is it different texting your mom versus texting your love interest? For some of us, we could take the same cues, be polite, also playful, and put funny over flirty.

[Brooke]

No, no, no, no.

[Jeffrey]

Be more flirty first with your mom.

[Brooke]

None of it.

[Jeffrey]

Oh, well, I agree. Nobody wants to be like, bro, can you hurry up? And you're like, hold on, I'm flirting with my mom. Okay, Peach emoji. See?

[Brooke]

But it sounds just as bad if you say, hold on, I'm being funny with my mom.

[Jeffrey]

Yeah, the differences can be very subtle, a little tough to navigate. And that's where we can step in and help with a little textual healing, the segment where we help a listener craft the perfect message to send to whoever they need for whatever unusual situation they find themselves.

[Brooke]

We're hanging up. If they say they need help with their mom.

[Jeffrey]

Today, one of our listeners has reached out seeking some tender textual gratification with one of his love interests. Definitely not his mom.

[Brooke]

Sweet.

[Jeffrey]

At Least I hope not. His name is Mike. Mike, welcome to the show.

[Mike]

Hey, thanks, guys.

[Brooke]

Yeah, sorry about that. Weird start.

[Alexis]

Yeah, that was.

[Brooke]

We're going to get back on track for you.

[Jeffrey]

We do have a mom on this show that could help give you advice if that makes you feel more comfortable.

[Brooke]

Comfortable.

[Mike]

That'd be good. Yeah, a mom would be good.

[Jeffrey]

Nice. See, Brooke, did you hear that? He's into moms. He's pro mom.

[Brooke]

Keep going, Jeff.

[Jeffrey]

Keep going. On the mom stuff or into the love interest?

[Brooke]

Into the love. Interesting.

[Jeffrey]

Yeah, let's talk about that. Who do you want help texting?

[Mike]

I want him texting my friend Chloe.

[Brooke]

Oh, you say friends. Oh, you guys, is this one of those things where you're ready to make the jump from friendship to something more? With Chloe,

[Mike]

I mean. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know.

[Brooke]

I love that nervous energy.

[Jeffrey]

How long have you and Chloe been quote unquote friends?

[Mike]

Like six or seven years.

[Brooke]

And how long have you wanted more with Chloe?

[Mike]

I don't know. We've always been friendly, but like, I think from the beginning is the full

[Jeffrey]

six or seven years.

[Mike]

Okay.

[Ad Host]

Yeah.

[Alexis]

I feel like you got to tell us a little more than I don't know because we can't just text her that eight times.

[Jeffrey]

Yeah. Like, what's the nature of the friendship? Been like.

[Mike]

Yeah, yeah. I mean, we've just always been pals and she's always been in relationships and. Okay.

[Brooke]

And your window has opened.

[Mike]

Yes, it has. I just feel like she always has these, like, really handsome boyfriends. And like. Like a few months ago we were at a another friend's birthday and she basically just like talked to me in. In the corner like the whole time. And this has happened before. Like we always kind of wind up together in the corner of a room and I just feel like there's something

[Jeffrey]

there where she's not spending time with her boyfriend, she specifically hanging out with, using it to hang out with you instead.

[Mike]

Yeah.

[Jeffrey]

Yeah. Well, that's a good sign.

[Brooke]

See, all I'm hearing is she has handsome ex boyfriends and that's what matters.

[Mike]

Yeah, she's an awesome girl and she's the one who breaks up with them because she's great.

[Brooke]

Oh, that's cute.

[Alexis]

She's single now though.

[Jeffrey]

Yeah. What happened? How did this come out so that like, now is the right time to make your move?

[Mike]

It just is the first time I think since I've ever known her that she's like 100% single. There's no situationship. There's no. There's no other person. And I'm just wondering if it's the right time to be vulnerable and see if she'd be open to something. I just have no clue how to do that. Yeah.

[Brooke]

Have you ever gotten any vibes or

[Alexis]

any friends have said anything?

[Brooke]

Yeah, that Chloe may feel the same about you.

[Mike]

No one said anything, but it's just the thing I told you about the party. Like that I have 10 more examples of that where it's just. There's no need for her to like, be with me. Like, she could be with her literal boyfriend and it seems like she'd rather be with me.

[Brooke]

Yeah, that's cute.

[Mike]

You know, I'm just a guy, but like, I feel this attraction towards her and I like, this can't be one sided. This can't be just me.

[Alexis]

Yeah. Okay, you gotta get a feeler out there to see if she likes you.

[Jeffrey]

Right. So. But I'm just wondering, where in this puzzle piece does your mom come in?

[Brooke]

Mom out.

[Jeffrey]

There's no mother involvement whatsoever.

[Mike]

No, no, no mom involved.

[Jeffrey]

Okay, well, that takes my area of expertise out of this. It's gonna be more on Brooke now to come up with something good to send your love interest.

[Brooke]

I was going to say, where have you left your last text with her? Because I assume you guys are friends, so you text. I mean, are you at a friendship level where you text individually or is it always group chats?

[Mike]

No, no. Like, we'll send each other funny videos and stuff or like little things.

[Jeffrey]

Yeah, but how do you move the relationship now from a friendship into a potential romance? That's what you're wondering to do via a text message. So let's start brainstorming.

[Alexis]

Let's just break the ice with. So you're single, huh? Okay, maybe not.

[Mike]

Ye.

[Jeffrey]

Alexis.

[Ad Host]

What?

[Jeffrey]

Do you have any ideas of what he should send? Okay, moving on.

[Brooke]

That was good. Thank you. Inside joke?

[Alexis]

Oh, that's vague, but that's all I got.

Okay, send each other memes and videos. You may have an inside joke of something.

[Mike]

I mean, they're so like circumstantial, you know, they like fade in. Yeah. No, no.

[Jeffrey]

Okay.

[Alexis]

Okay. We almost had something.

[Brooke]

I mean, maybe you bring up the fact that she's single and it's like self deprecating, like, oh, you dropped another model boyfriend again, huh? I hope he's not. He's not too heartbroken or, you know, like something sarcastic, you know what I mean?

[Jeffrey]

Hey, lonely party of you.

[Brooke]

No.

[Alexis]

Wow.

[Jeffrey]

What are you doing?

[Brooke]

She's doing the breaking up. She's not heartbroken about it, so it's

[Alexis]

like a backhanded compliment. Yeah, you could actually leave that into more like, good thing you and me could never get together. I'm way too attractive for you or something like that.

[Jeffrey]

Okay. But silly playful, like you would with your mom. Yes.

[Brooke]

I think. I think if we start by bringing up the fact that she's single right now, then it'll help us lead to the mental. Yeah.

[Jeffrey]

Okay. Go ahead.

[Alexis]

Towards that.

[Jeffrey]

Start typing. Remind her that she's single.

[Brooke]

No.

[Jeffrey]

Go for it, Mike.

[Alexis]

Woke up without a boyfriend.

[Brooke]

Yeah. Wow. Heard you dropped another from, I don't know, America's Top Model.

[Jeffrey]

What do you think about that, Mike?

[Mike]

I mean, yeah, that could work.

[Jeffrey]

I would start typing.

[Mike]

Okay.

[Jeffrey]

Hey, like, heard you had to drop another beautiful model boyfriend.

[Brooke]

Another heartbroken, gorgeous man out on the streets.

[Jeffrey]

Laugh emoji.

[Alexis]

I'd ask if you're okay, but I know you're fine.

[Brooke]

Yeah, that's good. You know, I'd ask if you're okay, but I know you're fine.

[Alexis]

Yeah, like, you're also being a good friend.

[Mike]

Heard you had to drop another beautiful model boyfriend. What was the next thing I'd ask

[Brooke]

if you're okay, but I know you're probably fine.

[Alexis]

Yeah. And then an emoji.

[Jeffrey]

Laugh emoji.

[Alexis]

Laugh emoji.

[Mike]

Yeah. I'd ask if you were okay, but I know you're probably fine. Laugh emoji. Okay, got it.

[Alexis]

Nice.

[Mike]

All right.

[Brooke]

And then she can write back something sarcastic about how the hot ones are not always the smart ones or something.

[Jeffrey]

Yeah, or it causes a rift in your friendship because you accused her of being single. So we'll see how it goes.

[Brooke]

She dumped him. Jeff, not all breakups are bad. Yeah, I don't know if you know

[Jeffrey]

that when they're beautiful model boyfriends. I would think it hurts a little

[Brooke]

bit more, but she's going through them, dude.

[Jeffrey]

Yeah. So we've sent that. We'll see if your friend Chloe responds when we come back and we do more Textual healing Non mom edition coming up.

[Alexis]

Why do you.

[Jeffrey]

It's not moms we're doing right after this.

[Mike]

Hold on.

[Jeffrey]

We're in the middle of textual healing with our overly talkative listener Mike, who would just not shut up about his longtime friend Chloe, who he's hoping to become more than just friends with now that she's finally single and moved on from her hunky, well endowed model boyfriend.

[Brooke]

We didn't know that part.

[Jeffrey]

Well, we can assume. I don't know so how do we get the friend ball rolling in the romantic direction? We suggested he start by first reminding her that she's single in a playful way by saying, wow. Heard you had to drop another gorgeous model boyfriend. I'd ask if you're okay, but I know you're fine. Laugh emoji.

[Ad Host]

Yes.

[Alexis]

Yeah, yeah.

[Jeffrey]

So we sent that a little while ago. Has she responded yet, Mike?

[Mike]

Yeah, she actually did.

[Brooke]

Oh. I can never tell if you're excited, Mike, like, what your emotions are.

[Alexis]

You must be just so nervous right now.

[Jeffrey]

Or whatever medications you're on, they're totally working.

[Alexis]

There you go.

[Jeffrey]

But she wrote back. What did she say?

[Mike]

She said, yup. Guess I need to go to the GQ store at the mall and find another.

[Jeffrey]

Another model boyfriend.

[Alexis]

Sense of humor. That's funny.

[Brooke]

That's pret funny. What if you wrote back and said, but have you ever tried the Boot Barn? Oh, yeah. And that's where we go on to say that I'm the guy at the Boot Barn.

[Alexis]

Does it.

[Jeffrey]

Do we have to go all the way to the basement from the models all the way down to, like, backwater?

[Alexis]

You ever been thrift shopping?

[Jeffrey]

What about the middle? The Gap?

[Alexis]

The Rack Gap?

[Jeffrey]

Yeah.

[Brooke]

Okay,

[Jeffrey]

Mike, hopefully you're not getting offended by any of this.

[Mike]

No, no, no. All right, so, like, we're going with Boot Barn or the Rack.

[Alexis]

Wait, don't, like, take us literally. We're kind of kidding you.

[Brooke]

I wasn't.

[Jeffrey]

I'm actually supporting Brooke's idea a little bit here because the humor's there. It's still a little flirty, playful.

[Alexis]

Okay.

[Jeffrey]

And the insinuation is. Look at me.

[Brooke]

This is what I think you should say. But have you ever tried shopping at the Boot Barn? I'm still with boot Barn. I think it's funnier, but emoji. Yeah, but whatever. The Rack.

[Jeffrey]

Whatever low class store you want to, like, refer to as. Yeah, put that in.

[Alexis]

She still kind of likes, though.

Yeah, yeah, like, make it a good one.

[Mike]

Yeah, I do like boob barn. So I am going to say Boobart.

[Alexis]

Oh, he likes Boobart.

[Jeffrey]

The question is, do you think that she'll 100% understand the subtle messaging that he's trying to put out there?

[Alexis]

Yeah, I friends and they have humor.

[Brooke]

She's dropping hot boys because she's emotionally intelligent. Okay, she gets it. She's the one that brought up the GQ store.

[Alexis]

Okay, Funny.

[Jeffrey]

All right, cowboy, send that Boot Barn text and see what she says.

[Mike]

All right. Someone say, maybe you should try shopping at the Boot Barn. And then boot emoji.

[Jeffrey]

Oh, I like that.

[Brooke]

Yeah.

[Mike]

All right, Send.

[Alexis]

And she's gonna be like, great idea. I love cowboys.

[Brooke]

Yeah.

[Alexis]

Darn it. Didn't think of that.

[Jeffrey]

Or she's just gonna go, like, get a wardrobe thing. Like, takes it too literally.

[Brooke]

So, I mean, we may need to then follow up immediately with saying that you're the option. Yeah, right.

[Jeffrey]

Like, I am the boot in question.

[Brooke]

Yes.

[Alexis]

Yeah.

Are we just gonna name stories back and forth with her?

[Brooke]

Because the joke will go on. Like, now we've been playful. I think next we need to be direct.

[Alexis]

Yeah. And hopefully she just gets it, and it's like, oh, really?

[Brooke]

Or just say, actually, I would love to take you out on a date.

[Mike]

I mean, honestly, guys. Hold on, hold on. She responded. She responded.

[Jeffrey]

Oh, okay. What'd she say?

[Mike]

I'm actually starting to realize the pretty ones aren't as pretty on the inside. Yeah, see, they're actually pretty boring. Eye roll. Yeah, more like a temporary cat toy. Play with them for a while till it gets old. Yeah, okay.

[Brooke]

Oh, I like her.

[Jeffrey]

She's getting sick of the pretty boys, so she's looking for this.

[Alexis]

This is still just two friends talking, though. I mean, how do we get it to be a little more flirty?

[Brooke]

Yeah, I mean, I think this is part of the more direct line. Right. Because she's getting more serious right now in this. In this text exchange. We can drop the humor now.

[Alexis]

Maybe just ask. You said drop the humor. Maybe it's like, have you ever considered dating a friend? Yeah, literally. That's a general question.

[Brooke]

I love it.

[Jeffrey]

Mike, what do you think?

[Mike]

I'm scared, but, yeah, let's do it.

[Jeffrey]

I mean, Mike, I could tell by your emotions that you're super scared. You're all over the place. You got to calm down a little bit. Refocus. Okay.

[Alexis]

Squirrelly over there.

[Brooke]

Was that his big energy? Is that what you were?

[Jeffrey]

It was kind of overwhelming, Mike. So let's temper that and write this message. What should he say?

[Alexis]

Jose, just tell her. Have you ever considered dating a friend?

[Jeffrey]

And what about the guy shrugging emoji?

[Alexis]

Yeah, that's playful.

I don't think it matters.

[Brooke]

Yeah, okay.

[Jeffrey]

Buff guy shrugging. There we go.

[Brooke]

Now.

[Alexis]

Now I feel like it's false advertisement

[Brooke]

for what he said that he's offering.

[Alexis]

Do both arms.

[Mike]

Have you ever considered dating a friend?

[Jeffrey]

Shrug emoji.

[Mike]

Shrug emoji.

[Brooke]

Send it.

[Alexis]

She's got it. Talking about you.

Well, I hope you don't have other hot friends in your group, because.

[Jeffrey]

Oh, shoot. I was thinking About? Oh, I wish you hadn't sent it, because I was thinking of adding something about a mom. Like, something really funny about it. Oh, it's too late.

[Alexis]

Ever dated a friend? A mom? A mom who's a friend?

[Brooke]

You get on one thing, and we just can't let it go, can we, Jeff?

[Alexis]

It's like he's holding in his back pocket.

[Brooke]

Yeah, come through.

[Jeffrey]

Okay. Boot lady. Jeez.

[Ad Host]

Fine.

[Brooke]

Dude, that was clutch. I did, right?

[Alexis]

It got us to here.

[Mike]

Oh, my God. Guys, she texted back, oh, my God.

[Alexis]

Oh, my God good or oh, my God bad?

[Jeffrey]

What did she say?

[Mike]

Okay, she said, oh, so you want me to date down? Wink face.

[Brooke]

She knows it's you down.

[Jeffrey]

No.

[Alexis]

Or she doesn't know it's him.

[Jeffrey]

Why would she say the wink face?

[Alexis]

Maybe joked about boot bar.

So she's cheating.

[Brooke]

She's flirting back. You don't send a wink emoji without being flirting.

[Jeffrey]

So you want me to date down?

[Alexis]

Wings.

[Mike]

There's more.

[Brooke]

There's more.

[Mike]

There's more. She said I'd be lying if I said it hadn't crossed my mind.

[Brooke]

Oh, my gosh.

[Alexis]

Wait, I do we need clarification. I'm too excited. Like, but you're talking about me, right?

[Brooke]

So this is what you write back. You got to check right back. Does this mean I can take you to dinner and the discount Ben this weekend?

[Alexis]

Oh, that's good. You're bringing. It's called a callback.

[Jeffrey]

You know, Brooke, Alexis has no idea what you're saying.

[Sofia]

How about clearance rack? Would that work for you?

[Alexis]

If you want to throw in a coupon joke.

[Jeffrey]

She's giving you the green light to go for it. It sounds like so just go for it. You don't have to be cute about it.

[Alexis]

We do need to confirm, though, it

[Jeffrey]

has to be you.

[Brooke]

Does this mean I can take you to dinner, though, this weekend?

[Mike]

There you go.

[Jeffrey]

All right, Mike, please calm down. You are all over the place right now.

[Mike]

All right, all right. Does this mean I can take you to dinner this weekend?

[Alexis]

Oh, I'm scared. This is too bold.

This could be super smooth for a train wreck.

[Brooke]

Yeah, I'm excited.

[Jeffrey]

Your voice did crack when you say it. Are you sure you want to go through with this?

[Alexis]

It's not going to cry.

[Brooke]

Do it. She opened the door.

[Mike]

I sent it. I sent it, I sent it.

[Jeffrey]

Well, no turning back now.

[Brooke]

I'm so excited.

[Jeffrey]

This is either going to make a whole new wonderful relationship or ruin the friendship forever.

[Brooke]

She sent a wink emoji. It has to be him.

[Alexis]

You're Right. Yeah, the wink emoji.

[Jeffrey]

I send my mom wink emojis all the time. It doesn't mean anything.

[Brooke]

We're back here.

[Jeffrey]

Okay, Mike, I'm gonna give you some instructions first. Lay on the ground.

[Alexis]

Oh.

[Brooke]

What?

[Jeffrey]

Close your eyes.

[Brooke]

What?

[Mike]

What?

[Alexis]

Yeah, don't do it.

[Jeffrey]

We're just killing time until we get a message back. Close your eyes. Unzip.

[Brooke]

What?

[Jeffrey]

We don't know. I'm just trying to fill the empty space.

[Mike]

Okay. Oh. Oh, my.

[Jeffrey]

Okay, he unzipped.

[Alexis]

Wait, why'd you say oh, no?

[Brooke]

He got the response jack.

[Mike]

Detect it back. Detect it back. Detect it back.

[Brooke]

What'd she say?

[Jeffrey]

What did she say?

[Mike]

She said if you can keep your emotions in check, you can come over and spend the night.

[Alexis]

Whoa.

Wait a minute.

Hey.

[Jeffrey]

What?

[Mike]

That's engaged.

[Alexis]

This is good, right?

[Brooke]

She's obviously being sarcastic about his emotions because we've seen how emotional this guy is.

[Jeffrey]

Yeah, definitely. I mean, Mike, you're not spending the night. You want a long term relationship. Relationship. You don't want to be a cat toy.

[Brooke]

Dude, they've been friends for six or seven years. You could spend the night.

[Alexis]

Yeah, you go right over there right now.

[Mike]

I want. I 100 want to be a cat toy.

[Brooke]

That's right.

[Alexis]

They've had plenty of dinners together.

[Jeffrey]

Okay, well, I think so.

[Brooke]

Cute.

[Jeffrey]

Our job is done.

[Brooke]

You have a slumber party.

[Mike]

Thank you, guys.

[Alexis]

You're welcome.

Wait.

[Brooke]

Reply yes or something.

[Jeffrey]

How are you feeling right now, Mike?

[Mike]

Mike? Three boots, three boot barns.

[Brooke]

Yes.

[Mike]

Really good.

[Alexis]

Don't text that back.

[Jeffrey]

You've ruined him.

[Brooke]

I would write back. Just warning you, I'm not bringing my own sleeping bag.

[Alexis]

What?

[Jeffrey]

What? Okay, you've lost Alexis again.

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[Jeffrey]

You know, it's been about a week since we recorded that and we still have not heard how it went when he went to her place.

[Alexis]

Is that a good thing or a bad thing?

[Jeffrey]

I don't know. Either it went amazing and he's never left, or it went horrible and he doesn't want to talk to us. Oh yeah, we gotta get an update date from him at some point.

[Brooke]

But I will say they were so cute.

[Jeffrey]

They were cute. I have visited the Boot Barn, though, since the call. That place is cute.

[Brooke]

I'm gonna tell you, I have some other shopping hot tips for you too, if you need.

[Jeffrey]

What other store do we have to visit that's discount low budge.

[Brooke]

This one doesn't actually have a brand name attached to it, but it is in a back alley and there's a guy who sells an incredible deal.

[Alexis]

Jeff, you really asked Brooke this right now?

Yeah.

[Jeffrey]

I'm sold. Blindfold me and lead me into that back alley. Sometimes nothing bad will happen.

[Brooke]

That's.

[Jeffrey]

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