Full Show PT 1: Tuesday, February 24 [Vault]

Summary

The Bert Show - Full Show PT 1: Tuesday, February 24 [Vault]
Date: February 24, 2026

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Episode Overview

This episode of The Bert Show dives into two engaging and humorous discussions that showcase the show's blend of authenticity, humor, and audience participation. The central theme is unusual romantic relationships—specifically extreme age gaps—and the complex, often comedic social reactions to them. In the second significant segment, the cast provides an update on "the No-Texting Challenge," delving into dating behaviors, self-control, and the supportive (or enabling) nature of friendships. The episode is marked by candid exchanges, listener call-ins, and playful banter among the Bert Show team.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Exploring Extreme Age Gaps in Relationships

[02:00-15:39]

• Bert introduces a recent news story about Ronnie Wood from the Rolling Stones (61 years old) dating a 20-year-old and asks listeners about similar or more extreme examples in their own lives.

• The cast discusses their fascination with such relationships, often questioning motives (e.g., love vs. money) and the ability to overlook large generational differences.

Memorable Listener Call-Ins:

• [04:44] Charles: Shares about his grandfather, who dated a 28-year-old when he was nearly 70—a 41-year gap. The family was upset, and ultimately, the younger woman exploited his grandfather financially.

  • Quote: "There was some severe talk with my grandfather about the whole thing... she rolled up his credit cards on her kids and he realized he was just being taken for a ride." (Charles, 05:21)

• [06:02] Christine: Reveals her sister (29) is in a long-term relationship with a 73-year-old, a famous actor from a globally-renowned movie.

  • Quote: "You would definitely know the movie immediately... it is one of the best movies of all time." (Christine, 06:53)
  • This prompts curiosity and speculation among the cast about the celebrity's identity.

• [08:24] Amy: Claims her 23-year-old cousin had a baby with a 78-year-old man (55-year gap).

  • Quote: "You don't really have a daddy complex. You have a granddaddy complex." (Cast, 09:25)

• [10:41] Marlena: Describes her cousin who started dating a man in his 50s when she was just 15. They later married and had children—a story met with shock and humor.

• [11:52] Cassie: Shares about her cousin (18) marrying an 81-year-old multimillionaire (63-year gap), who already has a 62-year-old child.

  • Quote: "He is a multimillionaire. And she has totally changed since they got together... he actually walks with a walker and sometimes in a wheelchair." (Cassie, 12:28)
  • The cast jokes about motivations and potential inheritance.

• [14:21] Adrian: Offers the reverse scenario—her 26-year-old brother-in-law dating a 68-year-old wealthy woman.

  • Quote: "It's definitely for money. He's not a good person." (Adrian, 14:41)

Show Themes & Reactions:

• Humorous disbelief at the age gaps.
• Persistent question of whether these relationships are for love or money—and skepticism about the former.
  • Quote: "Come on now. That's a 55-year age difference. We can't beat that. Can't be done." (Bert, 10:32)
• Cast openly jokes about “granddaddy complexes” and “making it rain” with retirement money, pushing the line between social commentary and comedy.

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2. The No-Texting Challenge & Relationship Dynamics

[17:35-25:37]

• The second major segment follows an ongoing personal challenge for member Wendy: not to text any men she’s interested in over the weekend.
• The intention is to help Wendy avoid seeming too eager or “desperate” in new relationships.

Highlights from Discussion:

• [17:40] Wendy confesses her usual pattern is to respond promptly to texts, often not waiting even when dating advice suggests otherwise.

  • Quote: “Usually I’ll contact right back. I guess I looked eager. So Melissa had to take my phone.” (Wendy, 17:56)

• [19:09] Wendy explains she met a new guy on Friday and, although she technically replied to his text, she kept her message brief and didn’t initiate further contact.

  • Quote: “He texted me and asked if I got home okay. So I was like on a technicality, I say text back and I just go, yes, I made it home safe.” (Wendy, 19:19)

• [20:12] Wendy admits to a “drunk dial” on Saturday, unable to make it one weekend without breaking the challenge.

  • Quote: “I did send a drunk dial.” (Wendy, 20:12)
  • The group teases Wendy about her willpower, but also jokes about how women might enable each other to “bend the rules.”

• [21:17] Group Discussion: The cast elaborates on modern dating communication norms—delayed responses, “playing it cool,” and the pressure to avoid looking desperate.

  • Quote: “You can’t err on the side of waiting too long for a guy... but I’m just being friendly.” (Wendy, 22:36)
  • Countered by: “You’re not. You’re being desperate. That’s what I’m trying to get you out of.” (Bert, 22:40)

• [24:22] Bert bluntly queries Wendy about whether her texting patterns have served her well romantically.

  • Quote: “Has the way you’ve been doing this so far worked for you, been successful for you when it comes to relationships?” (Bert, 24:11)

• The segment closes with self-deprecating humor as Wendy acknowledges her track record, and the group reflects on the difference between nurturing and enabling in friend groups.

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• On Relationships with Huge Age Gaps:

  • “There’s no reason a young girl is going to be with a man that old. Unless it’s for his money.” (B, 05:43)
  • “You don’t really have a daddy complex. You have a granddaddy complex.” (E, 09:25)
  • “81 and 18. So there must be just a load of money we’re talking about right now.” (D, 12:19)
  • “See what you can get when you can make it rain?” (G, 13:49)

• On Texting & Dating:

  • “The assignment for the weekend was not to text.” (B, 23:03)
  • “One text message is 20 steps backwards.” (G, 23:14)
  • “Women do nurture each other.” (B, 25:03)

• Funniest Banter:

  • “She must have been like a caretaker or something... she was a dancer.” (G, 13:30)
  • “He has to let go. It’s tough because he has to let go of his walker.” (G, 14:04)
  • Wendy’s shame about texting and the group’s teasing: “I'm really ashamed. I'm ashamed of myself.” (H, 19:56)

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Timestamps for Key Segments

• [02:00] – Introduction to extreme age gap relationships and call for listener stories.
• [04:44] – Charles’s family story: 70-year-old grandfather, 28-year-old girlfriend.
• [06:02] – Christine’s sister: 29 with a 73-year-old famous actor.
• [08:24] – Amy: 23-year-old cousin has a baby with a 78-year-old.
• [10:41] – Marlena: small-town drama, 15-year-old cousin with man in his 50s.
• [11:52] – Cassie: cousin (18) marries multimillionaire (81).
• [14:21] – Adrian: brother-in-law (26), girlfriend (68).
• [17:35] – Transition to Wendy’s No-Texting Challenge.
• [19:09] – Wendy’s Friday night update and rationalizations.
• [20:12] – Wendy confesses the “drunk dial.”
• [22:36] – Discussion about text response timing and desperation.
• [24:11] – Bert challenges Wendy: Has her dating strategy actually worked?

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Episode Tone & Style

The conversation is candid, fast-paced, and laced with humor—true to The Bert Show’s reputation for authentic and relatable dialogue. The cast oscillates between playful teasing and genuine curiosity, making space for both laughter and cringe-worthy revelations. The listeners’ stories bring drama and amusement, while the cast’s commentary stays unfiltered and accessible.

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In Summary:
This episode delivers a roller-coaster of jaw-dropping real-life relationship stories and painfully relatable dating mishaps, driven by sharp cast chemistry and enthusiastic listener participation. It's both an escapist romp and a sly commentary on love, money, and the games people play.

Transcript

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[B]

It only takes one.

[D]

I think I got one today.

[B]

Okay,

[D]

I'm on A scale of about one to ten, Confidence about seven and a half on this one.

[B]

Okay.

[D]

So I'm fascinated by this new relationship that the dude from the Rolling Stones is having. This Ron Wood guy, you heard about this? No, dude, 61 years old. 61. And he just fell in love with a 20 year old girl and they are having a relationship right now. He is ready to dump his wife.

[B]

I think he's probably 25 because he's always done this, hadn't he?

[D]

I don't know. I don't know what the mystery is,

[B]

but I mean, she's gonna have to be his granddaughter.

[D]

That's exactly where I'm going with this. All right, 61 and 20, which is a 41 year age difference.

[B]

God.

[D]

In the relationship, two generations. Is there anybody listening that has somebody in their family that has dated somebody with more of an age discrepancy of 41 years than what we're hearing right now? 404,741Q100. Now the wife says that, and again, I don't know how old she is. So let's round up and say she's 30.

[B]

Okay?

[D]

She says, no, no, no, no. This thing is all in this Russian girl's mind. It's not really happening. But she said the Russian girl says, we are moving in together. It is on. And I don't care that he's 61 years old. It is real, it is physical. She has said.

[E]

That was the thing that I was thinking about too. I was like, well, it does give him points in that department.

[D]

It gives him points. Well, I mean, that he can still get a 20 year old.

[E]

Yeah.

[B]

If he wasn't singing a guitar, he wouldn't.

[D]

I mean his other 60 year old friends are high fiving him. If they can get their arm up that high for sure.

[E]

Right.

[D]

But for her, I'm trying to say,

[E]

without saying it right. Yeah.

[B]

I just don't think. I think that's all perception.

[C]

I don't know.

[D]

What do you mean?

[B]

Well, I mean this 19 year old's getting in the news like she's. Her name's gonna be plastered all over the place. She's probably an aspiring model or actress or something. So I think everybody assumes that that means he has endurance when he doesn't. He's 61.

[D]

This is a gear that women have that guys just for the most part, as generalizations go, this is a gear that women have that guys don't. Where, you know, if there is some celebrity or money or power that you can get past the looks of any guy and have sex with them where I don't think most guys can do that. The age difference is 41 years. That's what we're trying to beat here. We're getting calls and we got two lined up ready to go. Charles, good morning. You're on Q100.

[F]

Good morning.

[D]

Good morning. How are you?

[F]

Okay. I'm sad to say that that's someone in my family that fits this thing. My grandmother died and my grandfather got involved with a woman that was 28 years old and he was over, I think he was just about to turn 70 at that point in time, right before his 70th birthday.

[E]

70 and 25.

[F]

No, 29, 28.

[G]

It's the same exact age difference. It's nothing.

[D]

We tied it at 41.

[E]

Did your family freak out and lose their minds?

[F]

Yes, they did. As a matter of fact, there was some severe talk with my grandfather about the whole thing. And then about the time Christmas rolled around, she rolled up his credit cards on her kids and he realized that he was just being taken for a ride and it was annulled.

[B]

Duh. I mean, no offense, but I mean, there's no reason a young girl is going to be with a man that old. Unless it's for his money.

[F]

Exactly.

[C]

Yeah, no doubt.

[B]

Seriously, I mean, no offense. People are calling and saying it's about love. It's not.

[D]

I mean, that as a guy is so fascinating to me. Like a woman can mentally check out of making love to a 70 year old man in order to get that money at the end of the rainbow.

[C]

Wow.

[B]

Women can.

[D]

Christine, good Morning. You're on Q100. Actually, we got more than one call. Hey, Christine, good morning.

[B]

Hi.

[D]

Hi.

[F]

Hi. My sister is 29 and she has been seeing this man. He is 73.

[E]

No way.

[F]

Now, he happened to be a celebrity and was in a very, very well known movie, but I cannot say what movie.

[H]

You can do that.

[B]

I don't believe you.

[D]

Come on.

[F]

I swear to God. You know, it's been going on for many years. We actually met this person many years ago and a couple of years ago he told her how he felt about her. And that just goes from there.

[D]

That's 44 year age difference right there.

[F]

No.

[D]

Is this the name, the celebrity? We would know the name immediately.

[F]

You would definitely know the movie immediately. It is one of the best movies of all time. And you could say it to anyone around the world and they would know the movie.

[D]

And he's 73 years old.

[F]

Yes.

[E]

Melissa doesn't believe you.

[B]

Yeah.

[G]

Every Time. An angel is Born Bell rings.

[D]

What?

[G]

That movie?

[F]

No.

[D]

What is that?

[B]

People have passed away in that movie.

[D]

73 and 29. Okay, 44 year age difference.

[F]

Yes.

[D]

And she's still seeing him today?

[F]

Yes, still seeing him today. They see each other all the time.

[D]

Can you give us one of the co stars in the movie? I'm so curious.

[G]

Will you tell Melissa off the air? Just because she won't believe you until you do.

[D]

Is he a married guy? Is that why it has to be a secret?

[F]

Well, there's just more to it. And he, you know, he's married. He comes to Atlanta very, very frequently and a lot of people in Atlanta know him and it's just one of those things that we just don't want to put out on the air.

[B]

Because he's married?

[F]

No, not necessarily, but it's just something that we don't talk about.

[D]

I don't want to get serious.

[G]

Can you tell us off the air? Because I have guesses that I don't want to say out loud, but I think if. I just want somebody to tell me if I'm right or wrong.

[D]

And we promise we'll never say it on the air. Promise.

[F]

Okay, I'll tell her off the air.

[G]

Here you go, Melissa. Oh, I'm so excited.

[D]

Again, we can't say this on the air.

[G]

We don't say it right away because I want to guess.

[F]

Okay.

[G]

Turn my microphone off. Hold on. I will.

[D]

So the age difference to beat right now is 44 years.

[E]

44 years.

[D]

Good morning, Amy, you're on Q100.

[F]

Hey.

[D]

Hi. How are you?

[F]

I'm good. I have a cousin who is 23 and she just had a baby with a 78 year old.

[H]

What?

[E]

Wow. Wow.

[D]

55 year age difference.

[F]

It's kind of gross.

[D]

78 and 23 and she just had his baby.

[F]

Yes.

[D]

Oh, damn. Damn, damn. Damn that.

[G]

Damn that. Hell yeah.

[A]

Hell no.

[E]

Is he very wealthy? Does your sister say she's in love with him?

[F]

No, he. They just met and they decided to get together and then they had a baby.

[D]

I missed the first part. What was that?

[F]

Yeah, he has a little bit of money, but I mean he's not like Rockefeller or anything like that, but.

[D]

Yeah, that's got a border on some kind of psychological thing that you need to talk to somebody professionally about if you're 23 and you're attracted to a 78 year old man.

[F]

Yeah,

[E]

you don't really have a daddy complex. You have a granddaddy complex.

[D]

Yeah, that's, that's too much. And she just had sleeping with the guy and. Did she say they do everything?

[F]

As far as I know, they do everything. I really don't want to know.

[D]

It's not even the. Oh, no, it's not that part. It's the. That really freaks me.

[B]

Oh, God.

[D]

It's not even really. Of a 78 year old man.

[B]

God, I can't even look at.

[D]

It's not. It's not a home run. It's third basic kind of jacks. Yeah,

[B]

I just don't think it would last long. I just don't think that it.

[D]

They got all sorts of pills now, man.

[F]

I mean, apparently something lasted long enough.

[E]

Wow. I just. I'm surprised. I mean, does she have. Does she have to work or is she completely taken care of? I mean, I'm just trying to figure it out.

[F]

She doesn't work.

[B]

I would slap my sister.

[E]

I'd slap myself.

[D]

Damn. I. Thank you for calling.

[F]

All right. You have a good day.

[D]

All right. A different kind of shocker.

[B]

She doesn't work. She sleeps with a 78 year old man, just had his baby and she's not after him for the money.

[D]

Come on now. That's a 55 year age difference. We can't beat that. Can't be done. But this could be just as shocking. Marlena, Good Morning. You're on Q100.

[F]

Good morning.

[B]

Hi. Hi.

[F]

My cousin started dating this man whenever she was about 15. He used to come to our little softball games in junior high and they met. We're from a small town. They started dating. He actually had a live in girlfriend that was the same age at the time. And she was one of our substitute teachers. So there was drama in school for at least a good year or so. Cat fights and so forth. He ended up breaking up with this older lady and started dating my cousin. And they ended up getting married and having a baby.

[D]

And he was how old? And she was how old she was.

[F]

He was in his 50s. He had already hit his retirement.

[D]

And she was how old?

[H]

15.

[F]

She was 15.

[G]

Yeah.

[F]

Yeah. They were married for at least a good 10 years. And he had grown children. Grown children in their 20s and 30s

[B]

would slap my daddy.

[E]

Scandalous.

[G]

We're slapping a lot of people this morning.

[D]

A lot of people. Sisters and daddies.

[G]

Oh, I'm glad. My parents live far away and I don't have any siblings. I beat the hell out of them.

[D]

Why is it everybody's cousin? I just find that really strange. Hey, Cassie. Good morning. You're on Q100.

[F]

Good morning. I have a cousin who is 18 and she is married to an 81 year old man.

[D]

81 and 18.

[F]

18 and 81. They got married in June.

[B]

That's wrong.

[E]

You have got to be kidding me. Can we talk to her?

[F]

I don't know where she is right now. They're actually on vacation.

[G]

Where?

[F]

I couldn't tell you. I don't know.

[E]

On their honeymoon, did they travel with a nurse?

[F]

I don't know.

[D]

81 and 18. So there must be just a load of money we're talking about right now.

[F]

He is a multimillionaire.

[B]

Of course he is.

[F]

Yep. He is a multimillionaire. And she has totally changed since they got together. You know, she's had a ton of plastic surgery. He actually walks with a walker and sometimes in a wheelchair.

[D]

Well, so her, she must be doing the math on this. And she's thinking, okay, when he dies, which could be any minute, and she may be actually killing him on his vacation right now that I get all this money and it's not gonna have to be that long. So let's say dude lives to 85.

[B]

So pulling an Anna Nicole.

[E]

Yeah. Oh, yeah.

[F]

Well, he definitely has one foot in the grave already and the other one halfway in there.

[E]

Did she sign a prenuptial agreement?

[F]

No, they did not.

[B]

Now, does he have children with other people?

[F]

Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah. He's got one child that's 62.

[D]

Oh, damn.

[B]

That child is mad.

[F]

Yeah, she's mad.

[D]

Where does an 81 and an 18 year old meet?

[F]

I couldn't even tell you what they meant. It's disgusting to me. I don't even want to hear it because to see them together is gross.

[G]

She must have been like a caretaker or something. You know, like she was a dancer.

[B]

Yeah. Anna Nicole was a stripper.

[D]

She was a stripper.

[F]

She was a dancer.

[G]

That clears up where they meet, right?

[D]

81 and 18.

[F]

81 and 18.

[E]

Unbelievable.

[D]

63 year age difference. Wow.

[G]

See what you can get when you can make it rain?

[D]

This does go both ways.

[G]

Oh, that means throwing the bills up in the air.

[B]

Oh. I was like, what?

[G]

Here's to let go.

[B]

I'm almost afraid to ask.

[G]

He has to let go. It's tough because he has to let go of his walker. And sometimes he gets off balance.

[B]

She helped him up, gets disoriented because

[G]

that's the only thing he's making a range with.

[D]

Every now and then there is a guy with the same gear that a woman has that they can turn it off and make love to somebody way, way, way older. Than he is.

[B]

Okay.

[D]

Adrian, good Morning. You're on Q100.

[F]

Hey there.

[D]

Hi.

[F]

Yeah, it's gross.

[B]

Okay.

[F]

My brother in law is 26 and his girlfriend is 68, I believe. As old as his mama. It's nasty.

[D]

26 and 68. And they are intimate with each other?

[F]

Oh, yeah, yeah, of course. I mean, he's. It's definitely for money. He's a. He's not a good person, but.

[E]

Yeah, she's pretty wealthy.

[F]

Yeah. Yeah, she's got. She's got money. She's taking care of them. She supports habits and stuff. So. Yeah, he doesn't have to work or anything.

[D]

Have you seen her at 68? Does she. I mean, is she more built like she's 50 or.

[F]

No, no.

[D]

Or is she more built like she's 78?

[F]

Yeah.

[D]

And he's going for it.

[G]

Yeah, my grandma.

[F]

Yeah.

[D]

Thank you again. It's not even the. It's not the home run. Really. That to me is the. He's.

[B]

He may not be. He may not be doing that.

[E]

If she's paying for everything for him, he better.

[D]

Yeah, he is.

[G]

That right there. That is earning.

[A]

That is.

[D]

Over time, nothing is free.

[G]

Yep.

[D]

That is for sure.

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My goal for the weekend was to find my mojo and not be desperate. That sounds sad.

[B]

I actually had to take Wendy's phone from her because of the text messaging. Even the non drunk text message, because we were talking Friday about how, you know, she feels she doesn't want to play the games. And you want to just go ahead and contact a guy if you like him, right, like right away.

[H]

Usually I'll contact right back. I'll text right back. Especially if I dig a guy. So I'll text him right back and not wait any sorts of period waiting to text him back. So I guess I looked eager. So Melissa had to take my phone because a boy, Doug, kind of text me in the morning because I text him the night before.

[B]

And I could see the temptation. I could see the fingers going toward the touchpad. And I said, no, give me your phone.

[H]

So she took my phone for the morning. And then I had the assignment that I couldn't text boys until today at noon.

[B]

That's right.

[D]

How'd it go?

[G]

And it was good.

[H]

Well, I didn't drunk text.

[D]

But you text somebody.

[E]

But it was supposed to not be anybody you were really interested in. Right?

[D]

Okay. So. Okay, please explain.

[H]

All right. Friday night, me and Sean ended up at five paces and the phone was away. It was in my bag. So I didn't touch the phone at all on Friday night.

[E]

And which is really difficult because Wendy just got a cool new iPhone.

[B]

Right?

[E]

So this is.

[D]

So she's looking for reasons to use it.

[H]

It's amazing.

[E]

It's just cool.

[B]

And it wasn't in her bag and it was at the bar to having drinks itself. It's kind of a weird thing.

[E]

It was actually bartending.

[B]

Yeah, exactly.

[E]

IPhone was actually pouring drinks.

[H]

It's my bartender for the night.

[G]

I don't know if the app get buzzed for me.

[H]

So we just mingled and actually met a lot of cool guys and mingled around. And I met this one guy out on Friday night who was really cool, hung out with him the whole night. So obviously I didn't have a Reason to text. But he texted me and asked if I got home okay. So I was like on a technicality. I say text back and I just go, yes, I made it home safe.

[D]

That was it.

[H]

Okay. And that was it for Friday.

[G]

And it's fair enough because if you didn't text back, he might have called 911 or climbed out from under your bed to see if you're okay or

[H]

whatever could have happened.

[D]

That one was legit. Did you text him again over the weekend at all?

[H]

Yes. Well, good question.

[B]

Wendy came in. There's a lot of eye contact with us, and she's looking at us, engaging us. And the more she's talking, the more she's just looking at the mic.

[H]

I'm really ashamed. I'm ashamed of myself.

[D]

It's always the dance party.

[H]

I'm ashamed of myself. No, Saturday night was a great night. Obviously we heard about it with Sean

[E]

and Jen and we had some bird show bonding time.

[H]

Bird show bonding and bonding over drinks. So I did send a drunk dial.

[D]

Couldn't even do it one weekend. Wendy, you couldn't do it one weekend,

[H]

but it was one. I didn't do several. So you.

[B]

I thought you said that you didn't drink text.

[H]

No, I didn't leave a message.

[E]

It was just. He just got a missed call from

[G]

the caller id at what time?

[F]

I don't remember.

[B]

The more she talks, the more we realize just.

[D]

Will you grab a mic over here Also, because I want you to be. I want you to be the truth, because I know Wendy has a tough time.

[B]

Well, I'm telling you because I would

[H]

have been like, no.

[D]

100% truth.

[G]

Yeah, we want to talk to Wendy and we want to find out what really happened.

[D]

Right.

[H]

Well, yesterday we were like wait to a certain time to text him back or call him or something and we, you know, you can't do it exactly at like 12:30 or 1 because then it looks too obvious. So we gave her a time limit and she had to do it like within an hour after she texted him.

[D]

I'm telling here is the thing that

[E]

you need to learn. You did?

[H]

Oh, I did wait.

[E]

Yeah.

[H]

You waited till when to text him back?

[D]

Yeah, the second text.

[H]

Well, I called him on Saturday night and left a drunk dial. But then Sunday he sent me a text.

[D]

And then you text him back, But

[H]

I waited an hour. Is that the one you wanted?

[G]

Wow, 60 whole minutes. What did you do with yourself?

[B]

Wow, Wendy, that's a lifetime.

[D]

An amazing strength you found. Oprah would be so proud of you.

[C]

But I didn't.

[H]

It's not like I sent, like, while I was like, well. Cause then he didn't text back to that text that I sent him an hour later for a while. But I. So I didn't send like two or five in the middle of that. I didn't send him any in the middle. I was patient.

[E]

I think it's okay to respond.

[D]

No, no. You cannot air the whole point of the change. She failed. That's it. I mean, you cannot err on the side.

[E]

Well, in comparison. I think in comparison to where it was, Wendy has really come.

[D]

She couldn't go one weekend with the assignment.

[H]

Well, he did send me a text. He's like, are you gonna get in trouble for texting me?

[D]

Yes.

[H]

I go, yes.

[B]

And she texted back, yes.

[D]

There's another one.

[E]

Okay.

[H]

Was the drunk dial the same guy you had me drunk dial? No.

[E]

No.

[D]

So you had her drunk dial somebody for you also.

[H]

Well, I don't think you did. I looked at my phone. I go, no, never mind. And then I guess Sean did it anyway.

[G]

Hey, will you. Will you send a text message to boosh number four for me, please?

[H]

No, but it was. This is a different guy. It wasn't the ones before. So I did good.

[D]

You can't err on the side of waiting too long for a guy. You can't really. I mean, we'll wait and wait and

[H]

wait, but I'm just being friendly.

[D]

You're not. You're being desperate. That's what I'm trying to get you out of.

[H]

I didn't.

[E]

I thought. I thought you did pretty good. I did good.

[H]

It was all friendly texts.

[G]

But here's the problem. Right? But here's.

[E]

Just so you know, I also think that she was texting back to maybe somebody she's not as interested in.

[C]

Right.

[E]

As other people. She could have been text messaging.

[G]

Doesn't matter, because here's the problem.

[H]

You've taken her assignment for the weekend.

[B]

The assignment for the Wicked was not to text.

[D]

Women are pathetic and other women are enablers.

[E]

One text message, I'm like, she's not texting the guy that she really likes.

[H]

No, I wasn't drunk.

[D]

You're enabling.

[G]

One text message is one text. See, one text message is 20 steps backwards. Because if you're in a relationship, if you're having this relationship with the guy, whatever it is, no matter how much you like him, if you text message, if he's used to text messaging you and getting a response right back, right? And then he. All of a sudden, one Whole weekend, doesn't get a response back. He's like, whoa, wait a minute. Why am I off the radar? But one text message back, that's it. Reinforcement that he's on the radar and he's still on your.

[H]

But I just met him on Friday, so it's okay.

[D]

How has your system worked up till this point? I'm just curious.

[G]

Like, I usually text him while I watch him walk out of the bar. Hey, I'm watching you leave the bar.

[H]

I just. I guess I'm more gutsy when I have a couple of drinks, so I usually just send text message after text message because I think it's funny, but I didn't do that this weekend.

[B]

So what you're asking. What you're asking her, Bert, is has her the way she's been doing this so far. Worked for her, been successful for her when it comes to relationships. Exactly what I was asking.

[D]

Well, that's a pretty obvious single for

[H]

a little while, so I can't really.

[D]

Well, you've been single since birth or what? Well, I mean, you were seeing the dude. Mm, for a while, and now here you are, you're out there single again, and you're not getting the love you want.

[G]

I know.

[H]

I'm really bad at this.

[G]

Just while we're wrapping up this conversation. Hey, Brittany, are you familiar enough with the iPhone that if Wendy handed you hers right now, you could just confirm what she's telling us?

[H]

Oh, here, I can show you.

[E]

Unless she deleted it.

[H]

No, I didn't delete anything out of my phone. As wasted as she was, she did very well. This was.

[D]

See the enabling. See, guys would never give each other this kind of ruminant. You make one claw succeed or you fail. Guess what?

[E]

I know.

[F]

I have friends.

[B]

Women do nurture each other.

[D]

Totally, man.

[G]

I have friends who.

[B]

It's not enabling, it's nurturing. I do think that she did fail what we asked her to do.

[G]

You played golf. You play 18 holes of golf. You jack up one putt on one hole, and that's all the guys are

[B]

gonna catch right now. The assign was not to text a boy that you were interested in, and you did. So. I mean, you didn't fulfill the assignment when I was.

[H]

But I didn't do it when I was out.

[B]

But you didn't. That's not what the assignment was.

[D]

Couldn't go one way.

[H]

I thought I was pretty proud of myself. I think you're on the way there now. I'm gonna go home and have a fun day. I thought I did really good.

[A]

The Birch show.

[D]

We're lost.

[B]

I'm gonna pull over and ask that man for directions.

[C]

Hi there.

[B]

We're looking to get to the campground.

[A]

Well, you're gonna take a left at the old oak tree end of this here road. No, I'm just kidding. Let me get my phone out.

[B]

How are you getting a signal out here?

[A]

T Mobile and US Cellular decided to merge. So the network out here is huge. We're getting the same great signal as the city and saving a boatload with all the benefits. Oh, and a five year price guarantee. Okay, here's those directions.

[B]

Actually, can you point us in the direction of a T Mobile store?

[A]

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