Transcript
Jared Freed (0:00)
It's a mailbag. Munder. You got problems there. I'm gonna help you from the comfort of my chair. It's a mailbag Monday. Hello and welcome to the J Train Podcast. This is Jay Train Jared Freed coming to you live from Delray Beach, Florida. That's right, every Monday is a mail bag Monday, where you, the listener, email me, the comedian with your questions, anything you'd like. You can send in anything you like. Friendship questions, relationship questions, anything family, anything. That's like a real specific story that you want to hear the feedback from someone who doesn't know you, where you can be anonymous so you can hear an honest answer. That's the problem with advice from friends. And they know you and they have already built all of their biases. Is it biases or biases? Whatever it is, they know you from college and they go, well, you got drunk that one time, so you're probably doing this or that. I come here just with what you write to me in the email, and I'm going to give you a perspective. It's going to be honest, it's going to be thoughtful, it's going to be kind. It's also going to be real. I hate those people. I'm gonna be real. I, you know, I'm not saying as a brat, anyone would. It's easier here from my computer at the beach, baby. Listen, want to thank you for being a Listener. It's week two of the year. We're in 2026. It's happening. Thank you, thank you, thank you. We're gonna get right into it. I got three emails from listeners. I want your emails. Jtrain podcast gmail.com jtrain podcast gmail.com Also, you can follow the Instagram account at J Train Podcast. Jared, Saw your show with my family in Florida over Thanksgiving, and my dad loved it. Thank you. On to my dilemma. I hope they liked it, too. Just the dad. Okay. The dad was like, it was great. Everyone else is like, no, it's a good show. On the subject of shows, I am going to be in Tampa, Florida. Atlanta, Georgia, Charleston, South Carolina. Beach Mountain, North Carolina. Boston. We added a second show. First one is sold out. Dallas, Houston, New York. We're adding a second show first sold out. Toronto, Vancouver, Seattle, Tempe. Always more dates getting added, but those are the ones I have. Jared free.com come to the show. We got a good show. So it's a. It's a fun show. I just did San Diego Shout out to Mic Drop Comedy club in San Diego. Fantastic club. I loved Everyone who worked there, they, they, you know, sometimes you go to a comedy club and they take care of you. I felt taken care of. It really was nice. So let's get into the show. Come to a show. Let's listen to the show, share the show, and thank you for being a listener. All that good stuff. Okay, on to this person whose dad liked my show in Florida during Thanksgiving.
Co-host or Guest (3:12)
A jury is still out on whether.
Jared Freed (3:14)
They like the show, but they are writing here, so I'll take it. I'll assume the best and think that they had a great time but were worried about their dad. And then the dad was like, he's pretty good. And now they feel relieved and now they're writing into me. On to my dilemma. I went on six dates with a guy, overall pretty good. You know, I'm just gonna say if I go on six dates with someone and my review is pretty good, I don't know what I'm doing there at this age. I think age comes into this, you know, at 40, with my life set up and things are good. Why do I, am I, am I here single today for Pretty Good? And what sucks about this conversation is that it becomes some sort of me getting to judge the other party and it gets personal and it sounds mean. It's not mean. This is about the match, not you versus them. Is it, Is this we spectacular. There's a lot of people in couples that I would not want to be a part of at all. And in their world, in their bubble, they are in love and enjoying and they are having the time of their life. And I am happy for them. I'm jealous of them, I'm envious of them. But that doesn't mean everyone is a match in that way. So pretty Good is to me, over. You know, when you say I went on six day, I can answer your email now. It's a longer email. We're going to get into it. But I mean, to me, if someone, if my best friend came up to me and said, I went on six dates with this guy, overall pretty good, I would go, is that the life? Is that kind of where, you know, if we get 10% better than, oh, pretty good, is that the life you Want to live? 10% is a lot of movement. If you do in the market, if you make 10% on your money, you've had a great year, do you think it's going to get 25? Like, if we put this in numbers, it gets less personal and it makes the decision easier. If this got 10% better, would I Be with the love of my life in a life that I would hope for and want for any of my loved ones. Probably not end it. There's your answer. Next. No, I'm kidding. So let's get to their email. But maybe that's the pep talk you needed, because sometimes this feels like, you know, I have this, where I'm like, who am I to say that these dates weren't enough for me to go to the next level?