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Well, hello, hello, hello, hello. Call it, crew. And welcome to another episode of short and sweet. Oh, this is kind of a follow.
Host 1
Up, I was gonna say in a follow up to how to lose a girl in 10 minutes. We can tell that you all are into talking about dating, and so are we. It's been so long for us. But we're happy to mine for those stories and. And come up with, you know, how we relate to your stories now and. And some of ours. And so, funnily enough, did you see this little blurb that came out of that? I mean, Jason and his wife Kylie are so sorry. Jason, Kelsey and his wife Kylie are so sweet and so relatable, and I just. They're adorable.
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But.
Host 1
He came out and said that it was so embarrassing because on one of his. On his second date with his wife, a fart squeezed out. And you know how I feel about far. And also just like, just saying a fart squeezed out, like, I.
Host 2
You die. You're dying. Can I be honest? If that was you, there is no way. I mean, me too. I. I don't. I'm gonna be honest. I don't think a third date would have happened.
Host 1
I mean, unless if it was funny. I mean, listen, people fart. It is true. It happens.
Host 2
I don't know. I think I get the ick. It depends. He says squeezed out. So it, like, is it like I'm imagining, like, I don't mean to get graphic, but what I'm imagining, like one of those. Yeah, I can't again.
Host 1
You don't want to get me going on this. You don't want to get me going on this. But he just. But he talked about how, I guess they went skating and he was dying on his skates and then went and squeezed out and he was very happy and lucky that she left and thought that that was funny. But that's embarrassing. And he was embarrassed and I was thinking about things that I did that were embarrassing. Oh, I've got one.
Host 2
Okay, tell me, because I have one, too. It's so embarrassing.
Host 1
It wasn't really on a date so much as actually I was trying to get the date. I was trying to land the date.
Host 2
Yeah.
Host 1
Oh, my God.
Host 2
Okay.
Host 1
So I knew that this guy was very into, like, Western, like, life, like, like horseback riding.
Host 2
Oh, my God, I'm so obsessed with the story already. Please. Yes.
Host 1
Yeah. So I knew that he. Oh, my God.
Host 2
I don't.
Host 1
What's wrong with me. Something's wrong. Something was clearly wrong with me anyway, so I knew he was super into western stuff. And I, you know, I'm originally from the Midwest and I, I have, you know, I have western adjacent stuff in my life and I ride horses. And at the time I was riding horses more and I have. I had a pair of shaps, like the, the zip on, you know, suede. Yeah.
Host 2
You did not put them on.
Host 1
Yes, I did.
Host 2
I did.
Host 1
I put them on casually, which, by the way, you would never have.
Host 2
How do you casually throw on chaps in Los Angeles?
Host 1
We were, we were in Los Angeles. We actually were near horses. We just. I wasn't riding one and you would not have them on unless you were riding one and so near a barn. I just decided that I was going to put them on to show how, you know, western I was. And I didn't. The most embarrassing part is that I didn't think it was embarrassing. Like, I thought that it was actually.
Host 2
Like a good move. Did you land the date?
Host 1
Not in. Not even a little bit.
Host 2
Like. Oh, no.
Host 1
Wondering. Yeah, yeah. I'm not, I don't actually. I had zero status with this person. I don't even think that there was a. There wasn't even a. Not even a hope for me.
Host 2
I'm picturing you, like, walking away in the traps, but you haven't gotten a date.
Host 1
Yeah. With like my jean butt. Like, I'm walking out with like. Yeah, God, that's just really embarrassing for me. But it really didn't necessarily, I guess, embarrass me in front of anyone else. It wasn't like a fart on a second date. What about you?
Host 2
I do, I do have a really.
Host 1
Oh, God.
Host 2
Okay. You know when like just, just falling, tripping and falling is like, embarrassing, right? Like, it just is like. I mean. Yeah, it can be embarrassing on a first, second date with somebody. I definitely felt all the way down some stairs from the very top stair all the way down the fall last to the bottom. Yeah. And it was enough of a fall where like, there were so many steps that enough time to think, this is embarrassing while it's happening. Yes. Like halfway down. So that. And then. And then there's. The thing about. It is, like when you fall down 500 stairs, it's like you're falling.
Host 1
What do you do at the bottom?
Host 2
The coliseum? Yeah.
Host 1
There's no way, like, tada. I did it. Did that on purpose. Wouldn't you see how resilient I am?
Host 2
There's no way to act cool. Like, you've fallen, you've fallen. There's no way to shake it off. You. You're like, I. I might need to go to the hospital. Okay, so Belle said I felt. So I bell said I felt sick. So I took a sip of water and I threw up. I threw up all in the water. That's terrible.
Host 1
That's just sad. That's sad. That's sad. That's just sad. That's not even embarrassing. That's just sad. I'm so sorry. I want to like, scoop her up. See, this is where in my aforementioned superpower desire category, I would say I'd like to stop time.
Host 2
Yeah, but you don't have the. This is the problem with the superhero thing. You don't have also. You can only pick one thing. So you don't know what's going to happen in the future. So you're stopping time after it's already happened.
Host 1
No, she knew she was going to throw up. She said she felt sick, she could stop time, wait till she gets here and then, you know, move on.
Host 2
You know what though? You know what could stop you feeling sick though?
Host 1
You healing her.
Host 2
Yeah, okay, whatever.
Host 1
Anyways, Cindy said I forgot where I parked after our first date. We walked around the parking lot for a long time before I found it. Yeah, that doesn't inspire a lot of confidence. And you know, on a date. Not a first date.
Host 2
That is funny though.
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Aubry.
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My date gave me a high five at the end of our date. Oh, no, no.
Host 1
This is. I mean, truly, this one win a high five.
Host 2
Holy no.
Host 1
Yeah, I mean, as long as you can, you know, as long as you could practice the universal law that you should not take anything personally. You could just be like, oh, okay, cool. Like I know where I stand, right? Like tinks. You would talk about like what box you were in.
Host 2
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
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This is the friend box. You've been put into the friend box. So you're just gonna high five back and be like, catch you later.
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Claire wrote it and said my date farted and blamed me.
Host 2
That. How do you blame the other? Like, if there's two, I'm assuming it's just you guys on the day. So I fart and then I'm like, why did you fart? Like, we both know. Know what happened. I need more details. Glare. How did this transpire? Becky not eating all day, drinking too much, and fainting on our first date. That's.
Host 1
I don't think she fainted. If she drank too much. I think she got drunk and then she passed out.
Host 2
She passed out? She passed out.
Host 1
That's not a good look, guys. It really isn't. I know. People get so anxious and then I think they over drink and believe you me, I have in my life. It's not. I'm not throwing stones. It's just that it's. It's not a good. It's not a good look.
Host 2
It's also, like, the drinking causes you more anxiety. You have anxiety the next day.
Host 1
Yeah. No, it's not. It's. No, it's. No, There's a better path for us guys.
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There's a better path.
Host 1
Okay. Addie said I knocked his tooth out. That would be. Listen, if you didn't have a real relationship with someone, it'd be hard to forgive them for knocking out your tooth right away.
Host 2
Yeah. Isabelle said my mom showed up to the restaurant. No. And started showing him pictures of me younger. Wait, what? No.
Host 1
That's like out of a movie.
Host 2
No, no, no. We're ignoring that.
Host 1
Dana said I peed my pants and didn't tell him until an hour later. Why did you tell him?
Host 2
Why'd you tell him? Yeah, yeah, don't tell him.
Host 1
It happened.
Host 2
Lydia. I threw up on my date's shoes on our first date. But all good. He's my husband now.
Host 1
Oh. See? And you know what? That's. I was reminded that, like, if it's meant to be, if, you know it's going to happen, you know, like.
Host 2
Yeah.
Host 1
Throw up on their shoes. You can fart, you can do all the things, but it's going to happen. Penelope said I had to sneak off to the bathroom because my stomach didn't settle with the food. See, it's a lot of this kind of stuff that's the most embarrassing, right? Like food not settling. Well, yeah, all that kind of stuff. Yeah.
Host 2
Natalie, I called the guy by the wrong name the entire date, and he didn't correct me.
Host 1
That's a problem. I mean, both. Both sides. But I almost even think more him.
Host 2
Yeah, the not correcting is weird because you could be nervous and suddenly have just, like, slipped up and now you're sticking to it. Right. And you don't realize, oh, Chelsea, I was at the arcade and went to reach for his hand, but grabbed his penis instead.
Host 1
Well, hello. It can happen.
Host 2
That's not good. You know, that's. I mean, what else do you say?
Host 1
You just say sorry, you say, I know. And then you're embarrassed, you turn red, and you move on.
Host 2
Yeah.
Host 1
Okay. Carly said, I had a long day of work and fell asleep at the table while he was telling me about his dog that died.
Host 2
Oh, that's awkward.
Host 1
Yeah, that's awkward.
Host 2
That's awkward. Jenny. We matched on Hinge. Then on our first date, we realized we were related. Not first cousins, but still.
Host 1
What?
Host 2
There needs to be some sort of, like, I don't know, something on the app that can help with that. Jeez.
Host 1
Yeah. Yeah. Well, who knows? I hear a lot of people talk about Hinge mismatching. Really? Well, yeah, because I think. I think that people. It seems to me I. I've heard about people saying, like, you know, that they match with someone, and on their Hinge profile, they say that certain things about themselves, and then when they show up for the date, like, it's not true, or they get, like, completely catfished or, like, you know, listen, if someone says that they're 63 and they're really 5 3, okay, fine. But not fine.
Host 2
Yeah, I don't know if that's fine. I mean, because I think that, like, you're wasting people's time.
Host 1
Yeah. I think it says a lot of things. Like. Like, be who you are and.
Host 2
And, yeah, be who you are. Exactly. Because someone's gonna want to date you for who you are.
Host 1
Yeah. And for all those details. Yep, all of them. All right. Maria said I choked on a piece of steak and spit it out and hit him on the forehead. That's a real bummer, because a chewed up piece of steak or on your. That's not sexy.
Host 2
That sucks. Yeah.
Host 1
Chewed up steak on the forehead's not sexy, Lauren.
Host 2
I ripped my pants.
Host 1
It happens.
Host 2
We've all been there. Lauren. Come on.
Host 1
It's like. It's like breaking a chair. Like, we've, like. Yeah. And had it, like, almost. I've never actually broken it completely, but, like, you know, I've sat on something and it's, like, creaked or it's cracked or something. Like that. Right?
Host 2
Yeah. I think out of all of these so far, ripping my pants would be the one I'd pick. If I had to pick one of these to happen on a date.
Host 1
Yeah. Oh, wait. Claire's got your problem. Go. Go for Claire.
Host 2
This is great. Claire said I fell down the stairs in a movie theater with popcorn and the popcorn went all over me. Yeah, that would be.
Host 1
That would.
Host 2
If I was holding food at the same time as my stairfall, that would have been worse. Oh, no. Kayla. Kayla.
Host 1
She had nosebleed and she bled all over him.
Host 2
I feel like, though that one again is like. I don't feel like that's super crazy embarrassing.
Host 1
No, but when it was happening, you wouldn't feel.
Host 2
You would feel very vulnerable. Totally. Yeah. Yeah.
Host 1
Yeah.
Host 2
Izzy. I slipped on a napkin and dislocated my knee.
Host 1
That's insane.
Host 2
That sucks.
Host 1
Oh, my gosh. Samantha. We were on a long hike and my stomach started rumbling. I ended up sharting in my pants. See?
Host 2
I mean.
Host 1
And then. What are you supposed to do?
Host 2
This is why I don't hike. Oh, God.
Host 1
Read the next one. I can't.
Host 2
Kyra. I threw up. No. From his body odor. That is so. Wow. I mean, that will never work, too, because, like, the pheromones are just really wildly off between the two of you. Okay. Leslie.
Host 1
My dad and brothers drove by the restaurant window and waved. I think that's funny.
Host 2
I do a little wave. Joe. I text my date instead of my friend. Just. Oh, no, no. Okay, sorry. Okay. Joe. I text my date instead of my friend to say how bad the date was and how much of a dick he was. That is rough. That's a great story, though. But that's rough. All right. We love hearing all your dating stories.
Host 1
Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes. We've all been. And don't worry, life moves on. You can recover. And even if. You know what if it's. If it can even be with the person who's going to be your person, it won't matter.
Host 2
Yeah, some of these worked out. Hello, Jason. Kelsey.
Host 1
Yep, exactly. All right, well, let's call it the.
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End of the episode.
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Podcast Information:
In the episode titled "Short & Sweet: You've Been Friend Zoned," released on June 27, 2025, hosts Jessica Capshaw and Camilla Luddington delve into the awkward and often humorous experiences surrounding the infamous "friend zone." Through sharing listener-submitted stories and their own anecdotes, the duo explores the nuances of transitioning relationships from romantic to platonic, highlighting the challenges and lessons learned along the way.
Jessica and Camilla kick off the conversation by addressing some of the most cringe-worthy first date mishaps submitted by listeners. These stories not only highlight the vulnerability involved in dating but also the resilience needed to navigate awkward situations.
Farting on a Date:
Falling Down Stairs:
The hosts emphasize how miscommunication can lead to uncomfortable situations, often resulting in being friend-zoned despite initial romantic intentions.
Wrong Name Mix-Up:
Accidental Physical Missteps:
Physical mishaps, whether intentional or accidental, often serve as turning points that shift the dynamics of a budding relationship.
Choking and Hitting Someone:
Public Incidents:
Despite the awkwardness, Jessica and Camilla discuss the importance of resilience and finding humor in embarrassing moments to move past being friend-zoned.
Acceptance and Moving On:
Success Stories:
Embrace Vulnerability: Embarrassing moments are a natural part of dating. Embracing vulnerability can lead to personal growth and stronger friendships.
Communication is Key: Clear and honest communication can prevent misunderstandings that might lead to being friend-zoned.
Humor as a Coping Mechanism: Finding humor in awkward situations helps in diffusing tension and turning negative experiences into positive memories.
Resilience Matters: Moving past embarrassing incidents requires resilience and the understanding that not every date will lead to a romantic relationship.
Jessica Capshaw: "A fart squeezed out on a date? There is no way a third date would have happened." (03:50)
Camilla Luddington: "If it's meant to be, throwing up on their shoes doesn't matter in the long run." (14:55)
Jessica Capshaw: "Natalie, I called the guy by the wrong name the entire date, and he didn't correct me. That's a problem." (16:05)
Camilla Luddington: "Chewed-up steak on the forehead is not sexy." (17:14)
Jessica Capshaw: "We love hearing all your dating stories. Don't worry, life moves on." (19:49)
"You've Been Friend Zoned" serves as a relatable and entertaining exploration of the pitfalls and humorous side of transitioning romantic interests into friendships. Through candid storytelling and empathetic conversation, Jessica Capshaw and Camilla Luddington provide listeners with both laughter and valuable insights on handling the delicate dynamics of being friend-zoned. The episode underscores the importance of resilience, communication, and the ability to find humor in life's most awkward moments.
Listen to "Call It What It Is" on iHeartRadio to hear more heartfelt and hilarious discussions about friendship and personal experiences.
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