Vault: Did Wendy Get Her Mojo Back?

Summary

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The Bert Show

Vault: Did Wendy Get Her Mojo Back?

Date: February 24, 2026

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Episode Overview

This episode centers on Wendy’s quest to “find her mojo” and break her pattern of seeming overly eager in dating situations. The Bert Show team reviews Wendy's weekend challenge—avoiding texting guys she’s interested in, especially after having a few drinks—to see if she could focus on reclaiming her confidence and curb desperate behaviors. The segment blends humor, self-deprecation, and honest group reflection on modern dating habits, with cast members checking in on Wendy’s progress, setbacks, and the enabling or nurturing behaviors among friends.

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Key Discussion Points and Insights

Wendy’s Weekend Assignment: No Desperate Texting

• Challenge Recap: Wendy is tasked with not texting guys she’s interested in the entire weekend, a direct attempt to avoid appearing desperate and to regain her “mojo.”
• Temptation & Accountability: Wendy admits her tendency to reply immediately to texts from men she likes. Melissa physically takes her phone to help her resist temptation.

  "I could see the temptation. I could see the fingers going toward the touchpad. And I said, no, give me your phone." – G (02:46)

Friday Night: Mingling Without the Phone

• Successes: Wendy leaves her phone in her bag while out with Sean at the bar, resisting the urge to text.
• New Connections: She meets a new guy and has a good time mingling.
• Technicality: When he texts to check if she got home safe, she replies with a simple, “Yes, I made it home safe.”
• Peer Acceptance: The group decides this reply is acceptable, not a breach of the challenge.

  "That one was legit." – I (04:11)

Saturday Night: Drunk Dial vs. Drunk Text

• Confessions: Wendy admits she did make a drunk dial (just a missed call, no message), but not to the guy she’s most interested in.

  "I did send a drunk dial." – F (04:44)

• Clarification: The group debates whether a missed call counts as breaking the rules or not.
• Texting Timelines: Sunday, when the guy texts her, Wendy waits an hour before responding—a big improvement over her usual pattern of instant replies.

  "I waited an hour. Is that the one you wanted?" – F (05:47)
  "Wow, Wendy, that's a lifetime." – G (05:53)

The Rules of the Chase (And Breaking Them)

• Arguments Over Progress: Some cast members think Wendy did well; others insist she technically failed since she did engage with someone she liked.
• Enabling vs. Nurturing: The group discusses whether women enable desperate behaviors in each other, while men would be more blunt about rule-breaking.

  "Women are pathetic and other women are enablers." – I (07:37)
  "It's not enabling, it's nurturing." – G (09:38)

Modern Dating Dynamics Unpacked

• Debate Over “The Chase”: A lively conversation ensues about whether it’s necessary to “play the game” and keep someone guessing in early dating.

• Wendy’s Reflection: She’s self-aware about being “more gutsy” after having drinks, sending lots of texts that she later questions.

  "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 haven't. I didn't do that this weekend." – F (08:34)

• Self-Assessment: Wendy insists she’s only been single a little while, still figuring it out. The group playfully challenges her self-justifications.

  "I've only been single for a little while, so I can't really—" – F (08:55)
  "Well, you've been single since birth or what?" – I (08:58)

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• On Temptation:

  "She took my phone for the morning, and then I had the assignment that I couldn't text boys until today at noon." – F (02:51)

• On Progress:

  "I thought you did pretty good. I did good." – J/F (07:14-07:17)
  "But I didn't do it when I was out." – F (09:56)

• On the Importance of Friendship:

  "Women do nurture each other." – G (09:35)

• On Accountability:

  "Guess what? I know. I have friends." – H (09:33)

• On Dating Self-Awareness:

  "I'm really bad at this." – F (09:10)

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Timestamps for Key Moments

• 02:06: Segment begins—Wendy’s commitment to finding her mojo, with Melissa taking her phone.
• 03:13-04:02: Wendy discusses her Friday out, the new guy, and a technicality text.
• 04:44: Admission of drunk dial and breakdown of what counts as a “fail.”
• 05:39-05:56: Wendy details her hour-long delay in texting back—a show of self-control.
• 07:31-08:12: Hot debate over enabling, reinforcing, or nurturing each other in dating.
• 08:34: Wendy honestly explains her usual (more impulsive) approach to texting after drinks.
• 09:10-09:38: Self-reflection on dating pitfalls and the group’s playful challenge to her excuses.

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Conclusion

Did Wendy get her mojo back? The cast finds she made progress—mingling, keeping her phone tucked away, and showing discipline with delayed responses. However, technicalities and well-intentioned enabling mean she didn’t fully stick to the no-texting assignment. The segment closes with good-humored accountability and affirmations that Wendy’s mindset is moving in the right direction—and that real friends keep you honest, even if they also make room for your small victories.

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Transcript

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[F]

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

[G]

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.

[F]

Like, right away. 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.

[G]

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

[F]

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

[G]

That's right.

[H]

And it was good.

[F]

Well, I didn't drunk drunk text.

[I]

But you text somebody.

[J]

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

[G]

Okay. So.

[J]

Okay, please explain.

[F]

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, which is really

[J]

difficult because Wendy just got a cool new iPhone.

[G]

Right.

[F]

I love this.

[I]

So she's looking for reasons to use it.

[F]

It's amazing.

[J]

It's just cool.

[G]

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

[J]

It was actually bartending.

[G]

Yeah, exactly.

[J]

The iPhone was actually pouring drinks.

[F]

My bartender for the night.

[H]

I downloaded the app get buzzed for me.

[F]

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 just say text back, and I just go, yes. I made it home safe.

[I]

That was it.

[F]

Okay. That was it for Friday night.

[C]

Totally agreed.

[H]

It's fair enough. Because if you didn't text back, you might have called 911 or climbed out from under your bed to see if

[F]

you're okay or whatever could have happened.

[I]

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

[F]

Yes. Well, good question. Wendy came in.

[G]

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 down at the mirror. I'm really ashamed.

[F]

I'm ashamed of myself.

[A]

It's always the difference.

[F]

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

[J]

and Jen, and we had some birch show bonding time.

[F]

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

[I]

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

[F]

but it was one I didn't say.

[G]

So you. I thought you said that you did drunk text.

[F]

No, I didn't leave a message. It was just.

[J]

He just got a missed call for

[H]

me, but it's on the caller id. At what time?

[F]

I don't remember.

[G]

The more she talks, the more we realize. Just.

[I]

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.

[F]

Well, I'm telling you something, because I would have been like, no, I didn't.

[I]

100% truth.

[H]

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

[I]

Right.

[F]

Well, yesterday we were like, wait to a certain time to text him back or call him or something. And 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.

[C]

I'm telling.

[F]

Here is the thing that you need to learn.

[J]

You did?

[F]

Oh, I did wait.

[J]

Yeah.

[F]

You waited till when to text him back?

[I]

Yeah, the second text.

[F]

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

[I]

And then you text him back, but

[F]

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

[G]

Wow.

[H]

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

[G]

Wow, Wendy, that's a lifetime.

[I]

An amazing strength you found. Would be so proud.

[F]

But I didn't. 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.

[J]

I think it's okay to respond.

[I]

No, you cannot err. The whole point of the chase, she failed. That was. That's it. I mean, you cannot err on the side.

[J]

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

[I]

She couldn't go one weekend with the assignment.

[F]

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

[A]

Yes.

[F]

I go, yes.

[G]

And she texted back, yes.

[F]

There's another one.

[C]

Okay.

[F]

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

[J]

No.

[I]

So you had her drunk dial somebody for you also.

[F]

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

[H]

Anyway, how were you? Will you send a text message to boosh number four for me, please?

[F]

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

[I]

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

[F]

wait, but I'm just being friendly.

[I]

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

[F]

I didn't.

[J]

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

[F]

It was all friendly texts.

[H]

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

[J]

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

[A]

Right.

[J]

As other people she could have been text messaging.

[H]

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

[F]

You've taken her assignment for the weekend.

[G]

The assignment for the weekend was not to text.

[I]

Women are pathetic and other women are enablers.

[H]

One text message.

[J]

She's not texting the guy that she really likes.

[F]

No. Isn't drunk.

[I]

You're enabling.

[H]

One text message is one text.

[A]

Mm.

[H]

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.

[F]

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

[I]

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

[H]

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

[F]

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 haven't. I didn't do that this weekend, so what you're asking.

[G]

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.

[I]

That's exactly what I'm asking.

[G]

That's what Bert was asking.

[I]

Well, that's a pretty obvious.

[F]

I've only been single for a little while, so I can't really.

[I]

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

[H]

I know.

[F]

I'm really bad at this.

[H]

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?

[F]

Oh, here, I can show you. Unless she deleted it. No, I didn't delete anything out of my phone. As wasted as she was, she did very well. This was.

[I]

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

[H]

Guess what? I know. I have friends.

[G]

Women do nurture each other.

[F]

Totally, man.

[H]

I have friends.

[G]

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

[H]

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

[G]

It 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.

[F]

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

[G]

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

[I]

Couldn't go one way.

[C]

I thought.

[F]

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.

[H]

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[B]

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