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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, Florida. That's right, Monday is a mail bag Monday, where you, the listener, send in your problems, questions, concerns. To me, the comedian and podcaster, J train podcastmail.com. that's J train podcast gmail.com. we want your emails. We want your problems. You go, why would I ask you? Well, I don't have to make eye contact with you. I don't have to look you in the eye and say, yeah, they don't want to date you anymore. Try doing that to a friend. They're gonna lie to you. They're gonna soften it. No softening here. This is all hard, edgy advice. Now, how do you send in emails to the show? Jtrain podcastmail.com Also, we have an Instagram account. 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That's kind of what I've been saying to people. But listen, this doesn't change this podcast other than I hope, breathe new life into it. I hope it, it, it or it breathes new life into me. Change is good. I was feeling a little stale going living in New York and looking at the same four walls that I had been looking at for the past four years. I mean, I was living in the West Village. And before that, the Lower east side and before that, Harlem. Before that, Upper east side, I lived all over New York City. I saw it, I did it. I'm. I'm genuinely like, I. I went to a new gym here. And even the gym experience is just funny and interesting. So I'll be talking about that on Patreon. Patreon.com Jared Freed. It's five bucks a month for the price of a cup of coffee. You get four extra a month or whatever. However many Fridays are in a month, you get another episode. So. And come to a show. I listen. I don't know how many people I got in Huntsville, Alabama, but I going to be there this weekend. Huntsville, Alabama. Manchester, Connecticut, which is also called Hartford. London, England. I got one show in London. Stamford, Connecticut. Bloomington, Indiana. Brea, California. Spokane, Washington. Denver, Colorado. San Francisco, California. Those tickets are going east. Providence, Rhode Island. Kansas City, Missouri. Richmond, Virginia. Jared free.com for the tickets. I have two emails in front of me. I'm gonna get to both of the emails. One of them is a screenshot email. We love a screenshot. That gives us more context, that's less. That lets me have more nuance with the thoughts I can give you. And listen, I'm just one guy with an opinion. But again, as I said, I do like to think I have some experience in giving my opinion. I've been giving my opinion on people's emails for over a decade. So I would love and listen, I would love for you to write in and I would love for you to share this podcast. This podcast is my baby and I love doing it. And yeah, I want to thank you for being a listener. Yeah, that's. That was a weird transition. But I was thinking about this before. I was like, man, I just love that I get the chance to do this. I love that I, you know, I love the putting the show together and all that stuff. And, and I love hearing from you, the listeners that are connecting. I was just walking in Delray. Someone's walking down the street. They're like, Jared Freed. Oh, my God. I listen to J Train. I was like, it makes me so happy. So if you could share the show, I would love that. If something is emailed that relates to you or a friend that you were talking to recently, I mean, this one. I am built for answering this question. What the fuck happened with this man? With screenshots. Let's do it. We also have one ad. We have one ad. I'll do between the emails. 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We always need emails, even if it's something general. I'll take a gen question. General. We love a general question. Something we can go off on. I mean, general questions, you know, on social media do a little bit better. I have. I have a good. The second question I already know because it came from Patreon, but send your emails to J train podcast gmail.com. the second one, I took a couple notes for this one. I. I haven't read it. I know there's screenshots. Jared, help me decode this boy situation. I am your guy. Met him on the apps. I'm 33. He's 37. I can't. There is no one. There's no podcaster who's more able to answer this email than me. Yeah, you say Jared, that's pretty cocky. Show me one podcaster who has a decade of experience of. Of being on the apps. Dating, having, having an opinion on these things, thinking about these things all day, all night. I'm just saying I don't want to toot my own horn, but to toot. I'm 33, he's 37. On our first date, he mentioned he'd been divorced for a year after an 8 year marriage. All good information. 8 year marriage. A year after. I could understand. He's back in the game. This isn't a month out. And I'm just out here seeing what I can pull. Now a Year out, she moved to Germany. They grew apart. I mean, they were physically apart. I've dated guys fresh out of relationships before, and he did not give that energy. I, again, I understand. Who's better than me to do this email? I knew exactly what she's talking about. Yeah, he didn't give that energy because he's a year out of a relationship. And if they grew apart, that's at least two years of not feeling, you know, with someone. So he's looking for companionship. Seemed like he'd done the work and dated since. Well, let me just say, let me before we get into this, someone could have done the work, been a great date, and still didn't feel what you felt. That is a possibility. Also, I've been on dates with someone who's like, great, wonderful, ready to go, and I'm ready to go myself. I'm ready to meet someone and I just can't put two and two together, but it just isn't it. So it could be, you know, not feeling something almost feels too personal. So I just want to, like, leave that on the table. When you say, like, he's done the work and did it, since I'm a great catch, why isn't it me? All the numbers add up to me, but it's like, no, that's not how it works. That's not how you want it to work. You don't want someone to go. Well, you just made mathematical sense. Well, why, why, why did I marry this woman? Well, she made a lot of sense. No one wants to be that person. So I know what, that's maybe what you're asking. Hey, I met this guy who's a year out of a relationship. He seemed great, I'm great. He doesn't want to go on a second date. I can't tell you what that secret sauce would be for him, but it doesn't matter to you. You don't want to be with the person that goes, yeah, I went out with her and she just made sense. How great would that be at your wedding rehearsal dinner Friday night? Hey, everyone. I just want to thank everyone for being here tonight. I know that you are all close with Laura and I and we're so happy you could all be here. And when I met Laura, she just made sense. You know, I could have been single longer than. But you know, it was the time for me to be not single anymore. So she made the most sense and she was good looking enough and she had enough conversational skills to make us a pretty good couple. So I Figured, eh, let's just hitch our wagon here. You wouldn't want that to be the speech. So it's like, you know, I know you're saying, well, why not date too? If all of it makes sense? You don't want to just make sense to someone. You want someone that's excited about you. So, again, I'm way ahead. I'm putting the cart before the horse. He was super thoughtful and proactive. Always followed up, planned full dates, clearly paid attention to what I liked. On date four, he made a walking tour of his neighborhood. He made one like a little scavenger hunt, complete with historic facts. He looked up for me. I'm a history nerd. Okay, I could understand. He's done a lot of work. He's really dug in date 5 so clearly paid attention to what I liked. On day four, he made a walking tour of his neighborhood, complete with historic facts. How did he find that out? I mean, is there a website for that? I mean, do you go on Google and just look up historical facts of your neighborhood? I'm wondering how to do this myself, but I personally, would I do this for someone? I'd be like, ew, that's showing a little too much, maybe, but that's my insecurities. I kind of envy that he doesn't maybe have these. Date five, he brought my favorite flowers and a whole bucket of roses from his garden. He has a garden? Find this man. Lock him up. No, I'm just. I don't know. Again, this is. So there's someone out there that's like. Date five was, like, us walking and having a hot dog, you know? And he didn't have any money, so I loaned him five bucks. And you're like, oh, we got a bucket of roses from his garden. So, so many. They filled my three biggest vases. Who has three vases? We had sex for the first time, and the night ended with an intense makeout in my parking lot. Okay, so all I heard from that is, he did a lot of work before you had sex, and then you had an intense makeout within the night you had sex. That means nothing. Is, what is they? What do they do the day after the sex? Okay, now comes the screenshots. Of course, Number one shows our conversation the next day, Sunday, to get a date on the books for that week. I left. I left off some logistical stuff at the end, but that was basically the entire conversation. And number two and three is our exchange. Literally 24 hours later. Jared, I was shocked. Okay, so let's go to the Screenshots. Okay, so it's her writing home. That was fun. Let's have more fun. Oh, no, that's him. Okay. He writes that he's home, so. Oh, they had a make out in her. She wrote, let me. Let me just go back. Uh, that ended with an intense makeout in my parking lot. So he leaves, he writes back, this is all normal fodder home. That was fun. Let's have more fun. Smiley face. Okay, that's as in as you could get after a date. Glad you made it back safe. Yes, that was a lot of fun. Glad you made it back safe. Yes, that was a lot of fun. So she's playing a cool. Which she should. I'm trying to zoom in a little bit because I'm having an issue seeing. No, I don't want to click to add speaker notes. I want to zoom in because I don't want to have to like lean. Hi. So the next few weeks. So then Sunday. Here we go. Here's where it gets weird. Hi. So the next few weeks, I'm going to be pretty busy. Out of town next week, parents coming into town. The following. Wasn't sure what your availability looked like during the week. This week, maybe after work. I'm free on Tuesday. Okay, direct. Right to the point. He's being direct. Here's my schedule. Things get a little bit weird. You've just had sex, so I can understand. Oh, is he kind of go. Was this all. Were the roses all about my pussy? Well, you know, it's like there is a question here. Okay, cool. He writes now, I definitely want to invite you over to my place. That said, my office is pretty close to blank. I don't want to be presumptuous and invite myself over, but might make more sense for you to come over to my place once I get back in town. Okay. That's all the logistical stuff she said in text 1, but even that it's a little confusing. Oh, he's kind of inviting himself in for Tuesday. Okay. Okay, cool. Now I definitely want to invite you over to my place. That said, my office is pretty close to where she lives. I guess I don't want to be presumptuous and invite myself over, but might make more sense for you to come over to my place once I get back in town. So now he's pushing it off to when he gets back after his work trip. Okay. Hey. He writes this the next Monday. So that was the Sunday conversation. He says. He starts planning. She says, Tuesday. He says, okay, I don't want to invite myself over. Maybe it makes sense for when I get back. Okay. So now Monday comes. Hey, I've been giving this a lot of thought, and I know I asked you out again, and I don't want to be confusing. The truth is, I've really enjoyed our time together, and I'm definitely attracted to you. But the more I reflect, the more I realize I'm just not in the right place to keep dating right now. I need to take some time for myself and figure things out. I didn't want to lead you on, especially when you deserve clarity and someone who's fully in it. Okay, that's a quick turnaround for this guy to kind of bail. She writes back, okay, not gonna lie, I'm a little confused, but appreciate you being open and honest. Then she writes back later that day. Yeah, she ain't done yet. Hey, sorry to double text you. No, you shouldn't be sorry. You're looking for clarification, but can I get a little bit more info on what changed? Definitely respect where your head is at and dealing with what you have to do, But I'm just really confused how things went from point A to point B so quickly, and a little more information would be helpful for me. I think you sent a great text, and I'm with you. Wait a minute. I got roses in the vase that are still alive from when you brought them over before you had sex. Now we get together after this great date, you say you want to hang out, and then there's travel, there's parents, there's all this logistical stuff. Fine, I'm negotiating with you, and then all of a sudden, you're out. I totally understand why you're confused. Yeah. And he's not. This is the thing when you're like, should I text? Should I ask for more clarification? Should I? You know, I think what we have to remember is you're not that smart. They're not that smart. You're not that dumb. They're not that dumb. We're all at the center of the bell curve. All of us are pretty much similar within 10% of each other. So if you're sitting there going, wait a minute, that happened quickly. You're almost like your head is spinning. I think it's okay to go, hey, my head is spinning. And he's writing that. I appreciate that. He's like, I. Because it can go, oh, whoa, whoa. He could not answer, but again, I'm giving him a lot of credit for something that's very easy to do. I totally understand why you're confused and I'm really sorry for the sudden shift. He knows he suddenly shift. That's the thing. If a car veers on the road, we all know it's a veer. It wasn't a turn, that was a veer. So like he is aware of his veer. I've genuinely enjoyed our time together and was excited to keep seeing you, but I didn't want to keep going if I wasn't sure I could be fully present or clear about where things might be headed. I just woke up this morning and realized I need to be prioritizing getting my other aspects of my life together. So he stays vague. That is not an answer. Why does he stay vague? I think right now, what happened? If I'm to I'll go in her email. Jared, I was shocked. I don't blame you for being shocked. He seemed to be giving every sign that he was really interested in invested. And even now I struggle to find a moment where things felt even a little weird or off. No, no, no. They were never weirder off. He made this decision on his own, without you, without negotiating with you, without letting you know what insecurities he had. Or there's things he's not telling you because he's afraid of telling you. Those things are along the lines of this is going to be a committed relationship very quickly and I haven't done that before. I don't know what that means for next and I don't want to be blamed for a breakup. I just went through a divorce and now I'm a year out. And I really don't know how to get into it with someone without underperforming for them or feeling like I led them on. And these are all issues I have. So I'm answering kind of for him because at this point he could say, listen, we had some great dates. I enjoyed our time. I don't know what this means for next, but I'm assuming Next is more serious. But he's also, because it's so vague and he doesn't give you a chance to say, well, next for me means going to dinner. Like, I don't think he's thinking that way. I think he's thinking way ahead. And I do believe men think of the ending before they think of the romantic possibilities. They think ending first. How horrific is the ending? How much will I be blamed before they think, wow, what could this be? They go more logistics than romantics. And you're in romantic mode without logistics, which I think is the more proper place to be this early on. And listen, I'm just saying this because I'm guilty of that I should note. Okay. And even now, I struggle. And again, like, I want to, like, let you know there's no moment where things were weird. I can tell everything you're saying sounds, oh, it was great. The idea that you could go back in time and fix one moment and call him out on one moment to make it so he'll give this thing a chance. I don't think that's possible. Uh, I now struggle to find a moment where things felt even a little weird or off. I should note. Okay. When trying to figure out his last name, the first Google result. Result showed that his divorce officially went through a couple months ago instead of a year before, like he originally told me. But you have to be legally separated for a year before you can get divorced. In my state. Yeah. So I figured a little gray area generalization wasn't a big deal in this instance. I don't think this is that. I don't think this is. He's divorced a minute, and he lied about how ready he was. Based on the timing it to me. To me, I think of, like, what's what a crazy person would do and what's what a normal person would do? Because sometimes we go to the land of crazy to give reason to the things we can't understand. You become a conspiracy theorist. So you're like, you know. Because the land of crazy would tell me, oh, he goes around town telling women that he's a year out of a relationship so that they think he's more ready than he is. And then he acts like someone who wants a relationship by giving them roses from a garden that doesn't exist, then has sex with them and then backs away once he's gotten what he wants. That is a crazy, devious evil. Not even. I'm not gonna give genius, but, like, that is someone so plotted and maniacal that they can exist. I'm not saying they can't exist. I'm saying if that's where your brain goes and it has to be the answer, that's more on you than the reality. I think that's you being negative. I think that's you not really living in the world where men or people on the other side of you have emotions just like you have fears and vulnerabilities and concerns. I've moved forward and I'm back on the apps, but I can't shake feeling dumb for not seeing this coming even a tiny bit. I don't think I can't tell you how to feel, but I wouldn't. I can't tell you how to feel. But to me, this happens. This is. And I hope this helps you in some small way. If I were you and you wanted. I think you still can go back for answers because he gave you a very political response. We'd love your help translating because I still don't know what the hell happened here. I think he made a business decision without his business partner. You're his business partner in this. You are working with him to see if this could be a good business. You and him, your partners, you both co own this company called a relationship. And he went back to his home and spiraled and said, I would rather have the responsibility of no one than a responsibility of anyone at all. I think this was a faceless decision he made. I don't think it had to do with you. I would say to him, I need specifics. Like if I was to go back to this text. His text is. Is basically written by a lawyer. I've genuinely enjoyed our time together and was excited to keep seeing you, but I didn't want to keep going if it was. If I wasn't sure I could be fully present. Who's sure that they could be fully present? I. And there's a point where you're like, begging someone. I don't think he's the guy. I do think if you said to him, what are these concerns that you had for the future? Because I felt like I was left out of that conversation. If it was, I don't know how to end something with someone or I'm not prepared for a breakup. Like, to me, a lot of it. A lot of. Like this. Like, do men get scared away? I don't think they get scared away as much as they go, oh, my God, if I go forward, I am now going to have to deal with something that I don't know if I'm ready to deal with or not. If I go forward two months and we do a committed relationship, can you say three months in. I'm still not feeling it. I'm still feeling you're still going to have an argument. And he's kind of. And I don't know what he was assuming was next, but I think when you go so hard, so quick with tours of your neighborhood with historical facts and roses that fit three vases, you'll go. You go, I think he wants the real thing. And then he's got it and he goes, oh, God, I don't know if I can handle it. That would be more the answer to this riddle to me, I'm sorry this happened. I don't think there's anything to learn from it other than because here's the thing. You would say, why would he get me roses? And then he would say, oh, shit. And you would say, well, the roses doesn't mean I want to marry you. But it does. It did mean something for you to write it to me. So he was showing signs of serious and on his side, he goes, ugh, I gave the roses. Okay, next I guess is like us being together. I barely know this person. I shouldn't have give the roses. I don't know. I, I, I can't give you an answer that you'll go, oh, okay, that was it. I'll move on. I think all the insecurities that I'm kind of rambling right now are probably along the lines of the answers that he would, that he would give if he was given truth serum. I do think a text of like, hey, what about the future were you thinking about that kind of stuck with you. And, and it could be that he was like, I just wasn't feeling it the way I would. You know, I, that's how I date. 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Factor meals with an S.com Jtrain50OFF that is in the description of this episode. Let's do another email. One more to go again Share. Let a friend know about this show, how much you like it and send your emails. J train podcast@gmail.com Jared been a listener since the TFM days. Thank you. Saw you in Dallas at the Majestic last year. That show at the Majestic. That was a really good show. I wish I had tape. I would that if I was to tape a show and make it a special, that was it. That's. I just love that theater. It looked cool. The crowd was hyped. Can't wait for you to come back. Thank you. I am starting to plan out a trip to Europe for my wife and I for my 40th birthday. Happy birthday. That sounds great. My plan right now is to fly into London, spend a couple days there, then try to hit up one or two cities before flying back to the US As a seasoned traveler, what are your Some of your As a seasoned traveler, what are some of your favorite places you've been to in Europe? Any other advice for a couple who has never been to Europe? I love this question. I think you're doing it right. London cannot be done in one or two days, but London is a great starting point. Go to London two days. Here's my overview advice. If I was to choose two more cities for you to go to, I would go European. I would go cities you can do in one or two days. I would go cities with history, with romance. It's you and your wife. This is beautiful. It's you and your wife, right? Uh, start. My wife and I. Yes. Okay. I would go and I. If I could choose this trip for you, I would go and let me Give three cities to choose from and it depends on the time of year. If it's in the summer, this changes my whole advice I would give you. If it's in the winter or fall, this is my advice. If it's in the summer, what you do is you go London, you pop down to Spain, you go to Barcelona, you go even farther south to like a beach town, maybe Seville. And I don't even know if Seville's on the beach. But I, I like, I'm going to Lisbon after I go to London. That is like a summertime place, Lisbon, then going to Comparda. I think that's how it's said. So that's my plan. I've never been to Portugal. I that was like, let me knock it off the list for you if it's not summertime, because summertime, I want beach involved. I want some beach. I want beach clubs. European beach clubs are awesome and fancy. Having fine china on the beach, I can't tell you how wonderful that feels. Having an Americano on the beach in a beach chair. That to me, that like takes my heart and hugs it for a second. Second. The food by the water is fine. All these beachside fishery fish places are fine. The food is whatever. Okay, If I was to give you a London2City suggestion, here are my three cities. I would go London, I would go Amsterdam, which is different as an adult. You're 40, you're with your wife. This isn't going to be you getting high in, you know, in a coffee shop and giggling to each other. It can be that could be an hour of your trip, but you're not doing the whole trip. Amsterdam has so much to offer. Has the cute, has the picture, has the rivers, has the canals, has that element that you would do in college, which you can have a moment for history. Food, great food in Amsterdam. Do that. Copenhagen. Copenhagen is the place when I went abroad for college that every annoying person would talk about as the place you gotta go to. And it made me kind of like push back on it. I was like, screw those people. I judged Copenhagen based on the annoying person who came back to the States. Oh, you gotta go to Copenhagen. And they made it their whole personality that they knew this one fun fact. Allow me to be that person. Copenhagen's great. The I would say just the way they build things alone. Like the furniture in the hotel was like a wow. Copenhagen. Here's my third city. Oslo, Norway. Go to Oslo. Oslo. Depending on the time of year, it could be dark the whole day. It could be light the whole day. They kind of what I loved about Oslo is they worked with what they had. They had these saunas on the fjord that you could like, you know, the fjord might be all ice and they'll have a sauna that you can go in the sauna, then jump in the water. They were doing things they, they didn't say, oh, it's dark out. I guess we stay inside forever. That's what we do. That's what miserable people do. We do that in the States. We go, oh, no, not the States. I would say that's what, like people in New York, they go, oh, some won't cold out. I can't even go outside. You go to Minneapolis. They got stuff going on on the, on the ice. They got stuff going on on the lakes. You know, there's options. I think Oslo did that really great. There's outdoor options, there's food options. It's fine. There's a sophistication there that I. I just loved. So those are my three cities. Here's my other advice. Take a food tour. A food tour to me is better than a museum. Food tour is going to be some theater kid who's going to be super energetic, know the whole town, give you the amount of history you want. You don't want museum history. You want top level fun facts. Ms. Frizzle. So food tour gets you the breaks from the history stuff with the food stuff. The food stuff then teaches you about the history. It all kind of goes together. Forget the museums. Forget the museums. Go on a food tour. You can do that in Amsterdam. You can do that in Copenhagen. Oslo, I don't know, but Oslo has other things going on that I would even. I would. I'd say that sawn on the water was one of the best days ever. Don't go to Germany. Germany. I listen. You might say, Jared, it's because you're Jewish. No, no, no, that's not what. I went to Berlin and it felt like I went to like America Light. It didn't feel like I was in. It felt like I was in a modern city. It could have been. Honestly, it could have been Boston. My phone even like worked. It was like 5G. I'm not saying Germany doesn't have history to offer or things to offer. It does. I'm just saying my experience with Berlin felt like I took a break from Europe to go to America. Light. Don't do breweries or any alcohol distilleries. It's a waste of time. If you're like a Heineken fan, which I don't think you are. If you're like a, you know, a Guinness fan. I don't think there was one brewery tour that I went on that was worth it. I think it was fun. If you. And honestly, let me. I'm not an extremist. If you do one, that's it. You do one brewery tour, you've done them all. Um, okay. My last piece of advice for anyone going to Europe. Boutique hotels. If it says Weston on top of the hotel, if it says Marriott, if it says Hyatt, you've done your hotels wrong. There are beautiful boutique style hotels that. This is what I asked for. And I'm going to go to Plug City for two seconds. Over the Moon Vacations. Allison at over the Moon Vacations. You can look her up on Instagram. I follow her. You can see that. I follow her at over the Moon Vacations. I basically went to her and I was like, no, chain hotels. I was like, boutique. Now, the boutique might be owned by a chain hotel in Europe. They just do a better job of. If every boutique hotel felt like you were staying somewhere special, it had its own restaurant in it. It. It had, you know, a little bar. I would say the one in Copenhagen is maybe one of the best in. It is like one of the best bars in the world. I didn't get to go because there was a leak from one of the bathrooms above it. Crazy. But I think it was called the Hotel Cecile. No, that's where I performed Hotel Sanders. Hotel Cecile is a music venue that I loved and that's where I did my show. Hotel Sanders was probably one of the coolest hotel experiences that I've had. And I. I just think it was wonderful. So booty. If you go look up that hotel, that's like the boutique experience that I found. And I stayed at another place in Amsterdam that was boutique and fun. I'm going to London soon and I'm staying. I'm staying at a really nice hotel through a deal that I got and I'll be sharing on Instagram. Um, but it's like this, like travel companion thing that's helping me out, so I'll get into that. But okay. Hotels, nice boutiques don't take vague advice. If someone says, go to the museums, fuck them. They're just trying to let you know they're a museum person. When you're in a. If you go to Copenhagen, Tivoli Gardens, that was an amusement park that I guess Disney was based off of. I had a blast. I loved it. And I was there alone, just an adult male at a amusement park. I felt like a weirdo. And then that went away in two seconds because it's just adult there. Like, I think Europe is an adult place. So I hope you have a great time. Happy birthday. Back next week. Boom.