Co-host 2 (2:48)

And I thought it was more important to try to preserve that party as much as she could, because I felt like if you automatically go to somebody, then you're ruining the surprise party that they've worked really hard for.

Host (2:58)

And my thought on the whole thing was, this was suggested by a Bert show listener. Just go straight to the girlfriend. I mean, the probability of pulling off, getting his cell phone in the office, getting away from him long enough to where you can actually reset everything on it. The probability on that was gonna be, look, go to the girlfriend. You're gonna ruin the day for your girl, but you save the relationship.

Co-host 2 (3:18)

I don't know. I'm going to the. Yeah, going to the girlfriend and ruining the party and telling her, I thought you were sleeping with my boyfriend all at once.

Emily (3:24)

I thought she would be offended.

Co-host 2 (3:26)

I just didn't think that would be overwhelming.

Co-host 1 (3:27)

Really offended.

Emily (3:28)

Yeah.

Host (3:28)

At least with the girlfriend, you could say, look, my hormones were going nuts. You're a woman. You understand.

Co-host 1 (3:33)

That's offensive.

Emily (3:33)

Yeah. Yeah.

Host (3:37)

Here is Emily. We haven't talked to her since Thursday. Hey, Emily, you're back on the voice disguiser.

Emily (3:42)

Hi, guys.

Host (3:43)

Hi. How are you?

Emily (3:45)

Good. I'm actually. I'm very, very, very good. You worked out beautifully when you got

Host (3:51)

off the phone with us.

Emily (3:52)

Yes.

Host (3:53)

You were looking at all the options. Which one made more sense to you once you got off the phone with us?

Emily (3:59)

You know the one I went with? The one caller was talking about, like, having calls forwarded.

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Emily (4:07)

Remember that? So that sort of. I was like, okay, is that really possible? I mean, I've never done that before. So the first thing I did when I got off the phone was I called my cell phone company to see if I could actually do that. And I talked to a woman who was, like, trying to ask questions without telling her what was going on and, you know, like, be professional. And then I just had a meltdown on the phone. Total pregnancy meltdown. I started crying to the cell phone telemarketer person. I mean, I was, like, ridiculous. I was, like, telling her my life story. I was a mess. And she turned out to be so super sweet. And, you know, she had my account up on the screen. And she's like, you know, this whole account is in your name. Because I have like, you know, the cell phone, I'm the carrier, and then I just added my boyfriend to it, like a friends and family type thing. And she's like, so you can do whatever you want with this account because it's all in your name. So it was actually her who suggested. She's like, you know, if you just want to shut your boyfriend's phone off, I can do that.

Host (5:27)

Brilliant.

Emily (5:30)

You have total control of the whole account. You can do whatever you want. So we did.

Co-host 1 (5:37)

That's awesome.

Host (5:38)

So you went on lockdown for it. I mean, you just totally turned it off.

Emily (5:42)

Just totally turned it off. Oh, that's awesome.

Co-host 1 (5:46)

So it would completely make sense that she never got his urgent text messages because his phone, quote, unquote, wasn't working.

Emily (5:54)

Exactly. Yeah. And of course he called me, like, what's going on? My cell phone's not working. I was like, oh, I'll call. I'll try and figure out what's going on. And, you know, then like, I called him back there. I don't know. They just had, like, the whole system is, like, freaking out. They're working on it, you know, I don't know when it's going to be fixed.

Host (6:13)

So did they put a temporarily hold, a temporary hold on the whole thing, or did they just lose the account entirely and now he has to start from scratch today?

Emily (6:21)

No, because I'm the one who's in charge of the account. I can turn him on and off. I called back and talked to the same girl, and I was like, okay, you can turn him back on. I can add his phone again to the plan. So I removed his phone from the plan and then I added it back to the plan.

Co-host 2 (6:37)

Very smart.

Host (6:39)

You are so lucky now. So you had the party on Thursday night?

Emily (6:43)

Yeah. And it was fantastic.

Host (6:45)

It was good.

Emily (6:46)

Oh, it was amazing.

Co-host 2 (6:47)

How did they surprise you?

Emily (6:49)

Wonderful. And, you know, it was, like, magical that everything fell into place.

Co-host 1 (6:56)

You were so relieved. They could have thrown you a party at a fast food restaurant and you would have been happy about it.

Emily (7:02)

Oh, God, I know. So relieved. And I know that one day, like, you know, a couple years down the road, I will tell them both this story and we'll just laugh hysterically. But for now, I think I did the right thing.

Host (7:13)

How were you? How were your acting skills when you walked in there?

Tyler Redick (7:16)

Because that's always big, right?

Emily (7:19)

I think they were good. Everybody seemed convinced.

Host (7:23)

Yeah, you pull from your inner Academy Award winner when you know, there's a surprise and you're already in on it. Oh, my. I never saw this coming.

Co-host 1 (7:32)

Oh, my God.

Emily (7:33)

Thank you.

Host (7:33)

You guys shouldn't have.

Emily (7:38)

I had no idea. I had no idea.

Host (7:41)

Well, good for you that it turned out okay. And you got. You had forgotten that the account was yours, though.

Emily (7:49)

You know, I've had the same cell phone account. I knew the account was mine. But, you know, you don't think like, oh, because it's totally in my name. I could do whatever I want.

Host (7:57)

Shut them down. Right? That's brilliant.

Emily (8:00)

A lot of people have that power. I guess they don't realize good for you.

Host (8:04)

It turned out good for you. See, now, using my plan, it would have been totally ruined if she goes straight to the girlfriend and doesn't do any of this. Then everything's all jacked up.

Co-host 2 (8:11)

And notice how she said she was going to wait a couple years before she tells them?

Host (8:14)

That's a good idea. That's a really good idea. All right, Emily, thanks for sharing with us. We appreciate it.

Emily (8:19)

Thank you guys for your help.

Host (8:21)

Bye. Bye. Listen, it's the Vert show.

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