Vault: She Thinks the Guy She Met Has a Whole Wife

Summary

The Bert Show – "Vault: She Thinks the Guy She Met Has a Whole Wife"

Date: June 1, 2026

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Episode Overview

In this lively episode, Wendy, a single woman trying to navigate the dating world, shares a recent experience with the cast of The Bert Show. She suspects the charming man she met, “Colt,” may actually be married despite claiming otherwise. The segment unfolds with Wendy recounting her red flags, social media sleuthing, and seeking the cast’s (and listeners’) advice on how to handle her doubts. The candid conversation dives into modern dating challenges, honesty about relationship status, and how to trust your intuition.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Wendy’s Method of Vetting Dates

• Wendy’s proactive approach: Immediately asks potential romantic interests about their relationship status to avoid wasting time.
• Wendy (01:26): “What's your status? Do you have a girlfriend? Are you just dating? Are you married?”
• Validated by the hosts as a necessary and sensible dating question.

2. Meeting "Colt" and Spotting Red Flags ([02:00 – 03:32])

• Wendy describes meeting a man with a unique name ("Colt") and having a great two-hour conversation at a bar.
• She immediately asks about his relationship status; Colt claims he "used to be married."
• The significant red flag: At the end of the night, Colt only takes Wendy’s number but doesn’t reciprocate, making her feel uneasy.
• Wendy (03:11): “That’s a little off… normally if you’re having a great conversation, you exchange numbers… both of you guys evenly.”

3. Social Media Sleuthing Reveals More Questions ([03:33 – 04:38])

• Wendy attempts to find Colt on Facebook but resorts to MySpace (much to the amusement of the cast).
• She discovers his profile, last updated in 2008, lists him as married. The woman listed as his spouse recently updated her profile and still uses his last name.
• Hosts debate the validity of old MySpace data, but Wendy notes the spouse's profile was updated recently.

4. The “Separated” vs. “Used to Be Married” Dilemma ([04:38 – 05:21])

• The group discusses language around relationship status:
  • “Separated” implies ongoing connections and possible complications.
  • “Used to be married” typically signals divorce.
• Wendy (05:03): “It’s completely different.”
• Hosts explore how men sometimes obscure the reality by using "separated" or similar phrases for convenience or deceit.

5. Should Wendy “Call Him Out”? ([05:37 – 07:18])

• The cast encourages Wendy to text Colt directly and ask if he's still married, considering she has little to lose.
• Host 3 (05:47): “Why don’t you just text him and say, are you still married? You should just do it right now.”
• Wendy complies, sending a message at 7:00 AM, and the show awaits a response.

6. Listener Calls and Last Name Insights ([07:23 – 08:05])

• A listener, Christine, calls in to explain that many women keep their ex-husband’s surname after divorce for various reasons, such as having children.
• The hosts and Wendy acknowledge that the last name alone isn’t conclusive proof of marital status.

7. Trusting Your Instincts

• Throughout the conversation, Wendy says she “just had a feeling” something was wrong, emphasizing the importance of gut instincts in dating.
• Wendy (08:06): “I mean, I had a feeling, but I was having a great conversation. I didn’t want to just blatantly ask again when I already asked what your status was.”

8. Final Thoughts: Waiting on a Reply ([08:15 – 08:24])

• The hosts and Wendy conclude she now has to wait for a reply to her direct question.
• Host 1 (08:21): “And if you don’t hear from him again, he’s married.”

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• Wendy (01:26): “What's your status? Do you have a girlfriend? Are you just dating? Are you married?”
• Wendy (03:11): “That’s a little off… normally if you’re having a great conversation, you exchange numbers…”
• Host 2 (04:38): “See, he's doing the whole I'm separated thing. Like, there’s so many guys out there… that are still living in the same house as their wife and trying to go out there and date.”
• Host 3 (05:47): “Why don’t you just text him and say, are you still married? You should just do it right now.”
• Christine, Caller (07:28): "My sister was married to her first husband. They divorced and she kept his last name for two years because of their child until she remarried. So I don’t think that really has a big play on it. A lot of women do that."
• Wendy (08:06): “I mean, I had a feeling, but I was having a great conversation. I didn’t want to just blatantly ask again when I already asked what your status was.”
• Host 1 (08:21): “And if you don’t hear from him again, he’s married.”

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Important Timestamps

• 01:04 – Wendy introduces her approach to dating and the situation with Colt.
• 02:49 – The exchange of numbers raises Wendy’s suspicions.
• 03:33 – Wendy describes snooping on social media and finding Colt's profile.
• 04:38 – The hosts debate the meaning of "separated" vs. "used to be married."
• 05:37 – Discussion about directly asking Colt if he’s still married.
• 07:28 – Listener Christine calls in with insight on women keeping ex-husbands’ names.
• 08:24 – Conclusion: Waiting on Colt’s response for resolution.

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Tone & Language

The conversation is authentic and conversational, peppered with humor and lighthearted teasing among the hosts, mixed with some serious, relatable dating advice. Wendy’s story is shared candidly and the hosts create a supportive environment, echoing how many listeners may feel about modern dating uncertainties.

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In Summary

This episode offers an engaging look at the realities of single life—especially the perils and suspicions of dating in the digital age. The candid advice, relatable frustrations, and encouraging “just ask!” approach will resonate with anyone who’s found themselves doubting a too-good-to-be-true connection. The Bert Show keeps it real, providing both laughs and practical wisdom for the dating-weary.

Transcript

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[Host 1]

businesscredit the Birch show so Wendy had a date all lined up or.

[Wendy]

Well, it wasn't really a date. I was just out and about because I'm a single girl. So I'm trying to just go out there, meet people, meet different guys. And normally I don't like to waste my time. I mean, one of the first questions I ask a guy when I'm sitting there, like having my cocktail or at the bar, wherever I am, I'm like, what's your status? Do you have a girlfriend? Are you just dating? Are you married?

[Host 2]

What's your status?

[Host 3]

What's your status?

[Host 2]

What's that?

[Wendy]

What's your status?

[Host 1]

Those are, I think, legitimate questions to ask.

[Wendy]

That's definitely a normal question because the first guy I ended up meeting had a girlfriend. So I was like, that's great. I'm just gonna move on. Or I'm just ended that conversation. Then I meet another guy. I'm walking out of the bar, I'm like, hey, we're going over here. You're really hot. If you want to talk, come over here and chat. Well, I'm like, okay. So I'm sitting at the bar, the next bar with this guy who's really handsome, has one of those unique names that you just don't hear often. We'll just say Colt. We'll just do Colt, because that's not Colt McCoy.

[Host 3]

Colt McCoy.

[Wendy]

It's not a common name. So we'll call Him.

[Host 2]

Colt.

[Host 1]

It's an icebreaker. Something that grabs you. Okay.

[Wendy]

Yep. Sitting there, talking to Colt. Have the entire night, like, great conversation. I asked him a step.

[Host 3]

How long? Like a couple hours.

[Wendy]

Oh, this is like a two hour deal. Like, I didn't force him to sit next to me and talk to me. And I asked the question right off the bat almost immediately because I'm like, well, this other guy I was talking to has a girlfriend. I just want to know your status.

[Host 1]

So you literally said. Those words literally came out of your mouth.

[Wendy]

Oh, yeah. Okay, well, because I think that's important. I'm not going to sit there and waste my time with somebody who's already committed or supposedly committed. So sitting there, he was like, I used to be married. I'm like, okay. I mean, I can deal with that. Let's just chat. So we're chatting the entire night and just something was really odd at the end of the conversation. I mean, it was just odd. I don't know what it was. I had a feeling, like, this guy's still married. So I had great conversation. And then.

[Host 3]

Did he not give you his number or something? Was he, like, dicey about that?

[Wendy]

He was a little dicey at the end because we went to exchange the phone numbers and he took my number, but didn't, like, call mine or put his number in my phone. And so I couldn't, like, text him back for a follow up, follow up or give him a call the next day if I wanted to. So he had to make the initial move and call me.

[Host 2]

Okay.

[Wendy]

So that was. I mean, that's a little off. Normally if you're having a little red flag. Yeah, normally if you're having a great conversation, you change numbers.

[Host 3]

Yeah.

[Wendy]

Both of you guys evenly. So girls do this all the time. I'm doing a little snooping because I have a feeling about this guy. I think he's still married because, I mean, he did send me a text message the next day.

[Host 1]

He did.

[Wendy]

But it was. It was just like, hey, hope you made it home safe. And that was it. There was nothing.

[Host 1]

Okay.

[Wendy]

Like, ridiculous. I'm like, searching. I go to Facebook. He's not on Facebook. Can find him anywhere. So I go to MySpace and I'm looking through everybody because there's only one.

[Host 2]

How many people are left on MySpace?

[Wendy]

Actually, there's a lot.

[Host 2]

Just kidding.

[Wendy]

There's a lot. And there's a lot of people with his first name on MySpace, even though

[Host 1]

it was such a unique name.

[Wendy]

Even though. Well, I put in the specific area because he told me, like, what part of town he lived in.

[Host 3]

Okay.

[Wendy]

And that he had a home and all this kind of stuff. So I'm searching and searching. Oh, I found his profile holler. And you're still married?

[Host 1]

MySpace.

[Wendy]

MySpace.

[Host 3]

Now, wait, couldn't that be an old profile, though?

[Wendy]

Okay, we'll go back to this because it gets even better.

[Host 1]

She's probably thinking, she's making every. Every probably, like, internal excuse you can to make this guy legit.

[Wendy]

Oh, absolutely. So I'm looking at the date it's last updated. It says 2008. Okay, cool. 2008. Married in 2008. It's 2009. December. We're good. So I click over to the person that he's supposedly married to, and she still has his last name on her profile that was updated that day.

[Host 2]

See, he's doing the whole I'm separated thing. Like, there's so many guys out there. Let's just say that they. Let's say that they are separated. But I still think that there are so many guys who say, well, I used to be married, I'm separated, that are still living in the same house as their wife and trying to go out there and date.

[Host 1]

Is it different if a guy tells you that he's separated and a guy that tells you that he used to be married, Is it the same thing to you or does it have two different definitions to it?

[Wendy]

It's completely different.

[Host 3]

It is separated says exactly what's going on. Right, right. Like, that's a lot more clear than used to be married.

[Host 2]

Used to be married. He's divorced. Yeah, I would assume that used to be married means divorce done, and separated means lingering. Yeah, I wouldn't deal with a separation,

[Wendy]

and I would have rather have known that than waste two hours of my life sitting there talking to you, having a great conversation for you to be married.

[Host 3]

Have you heard from him?

[Host 1]

Separated?

[Host 2]

No, he.

[Wendy]

Have you heard from him since? I mean, we've exchanged. We exchanged a couple of text messages, but after I saw that, I didn't respond to anything.

[Host 3]

Why don't you just text him and say, are you still married? You should just do right now.

[Host 1]

Crazy idea.

[Host 3]

I mean, what do you have to lose, really? Because do it right now.

[Host 1]

See if we can get an answer out of this.

[Wendy]

I gotta go grab my phone.

[Host 1]

Go get your phone.

[Host 2]

Go get your phone.

[Host 3]

Because right now, I mean, you're not really, you know, worried about, like, ruining the relationship because there's, you know, it was a two hour bar conversation, whatever. I mean, I think you could Call him out on it.

[Host 2]

Yeah. And the separation thing, I would. And I. Yeah, my sister got, you know, kind of screwed over by a guy that did the separation thing because he was saying, oh, well, I live with a roommate. I do this. We're not, you know, it's just a complicated divorce, whatever. And he's living on the couch of his wife's house, you know.

[Host 3]

Well, that's different. But some people go through divorces for like two and three years.

[Host 2]

You say that's different, but I think there's a lot. I mean, I would stay as far away from the separation things.

[Host 1]

I don't know that I agree with that.

[Host 3]

I don't totally agree with that.

[Host 1]

I don't know that I agree with that either. I mean, every case is totally individual.

[Host 3]

Everybody is totally different. But sometimes they last a really long time and it's only a legal battle until it's finished and it's years and years of your life.

[Host 2]

You're not allowed that they're living in their own house. If you see proof. They have their own space. If you see proof of that. But if they never let you around and never call you and everything. They're not. No. That has nothing to do with a complicated divorce. It means that they're trying to have their cake and eat it, too.

[Host 1]

It depends on how long the separation is. Also, like, do you really want to be the first person he or she starts dating right after the separation if it's only gone on for like a month or two? Because there's going to be a lot of emotional baggage going on there.

[Wendy]

Right.

[Host 1]

And I think I'd want some more space. But that's. But if a separation is going on for a year, year and a half, and he's mentally. Or she's mentally checked out, I would have no problem with that.

[Host 3]

Right.

[Wendy]

It's been done.

[Host 2]

You sent a message.

[Host 3]

Good.

[Wendy]

Just random. At 7 o' clock in the morning. Good. That's that odd.

[Host 1]

Hey, Christine. Good Morning. You're on Q100. Hi, Christine.

[Caller]

Hi. Yes, I was just on to bring another idea to the table. Wendy. My sister was married to her first husband. They divorced and she kept his last name for two years because of their child until she remarried. So I don't think that really has a big play on it. A lot of women do that.

[Host 1]

Okay, so it could be some wiggle room here.

[Host 3]

Could be some wiggle room with the last name. I know mine didn't change officially for

[Host 2]

a while, too, but you have.

[Wendy]

It's like hyphenated.

[Host 3]

I well, some women don't.

[Wendy]

Oh.

[Host 3]

Hers was hyphenated. Oh.

[Host 2]

See, I. You. But you've got some gut that's telling you something's not right. Yeah.

[Lady Luck]

Yeah.

[Wendy]

I mean, I had a feeling, but I was having a great conversation. I didn't want to, like, just blatantly ask again when I already asked what your status was.

[Host 1]

Well, you'll know within three hours.

[Host 3]

You have nothing to lose. You owe this guy.

[Wendy]

No, well, that was just random.

[Host 1]

And if you don't hear from him again, he's married.

[Host 3]

Right.

[Host 2]

Okay.

[Host 1]

We'll know by the end of the show. Yeah, we'll know.

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