July 9, 2024 • 15 mins
One of our listeners went SO FAR to help his girlfriend achieve one of her goals, that now she’s not even SPEAKING to him anymore… We’ll use an Awkward Tuesday Phone Call to try and fix it!
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Speaker 1 (00:01):
It's awkward.
Speaker 2 (00:02):
It's Tuesday.
Speaker 1 (00:04):
It's awkward Tuesday phone call.
Speaker 3 (00:07):
I feel like I'm a good person because I forgive
you guys all the time for the mean things that
you say about me behind my back and right to
my face.
Speaker 1 (00:16):
During the show.
Speaker 4 (00:17):
We did not talk about you behind your back. Nobody
wastes energy. Okay, Yeah, I was just trying to make you.
Speaker 5 (00:26):
Know what.
Speaker 3 (00:26):
I forgive you for that hurtful thing that you just
said to me there. And I've forgiven and forgiven and forgiven.
But at what point do I put my foot down
and say I'm not going to forgive anymore.
Speaker 2 (00:37):
You're never going to stand.
Speaker 3 (00:39):
You make fun of my email inbox one more time, Brooke,
and something is going to happen.
Speaker 2 (00:44):
But you're tidy, little foot down, Jeffrey.
Speaker 1 (00:46):
Okay, stay up on the ground, good person.
Speaker 3 (00:48):
Still talking over here. Everybody's got their breaking point. And
one of our listeners was apparently notified by his girlfriend
that she has reached hers and she has stopped talking
to him all together. We're going to find out why.
From the boyfriend Will Will, Welcome.
Speaker 1 (01:04):
To the show.
Speaker 6 (01:04):
What did you wrong?
Speaker 3 (01:08):
You're already getting blamed, Will, But you can feel free
to say hi before you get lash stab.
Speaker 7 (01:13):
Yeah, Hello, Hi everybody.
Speaker 2 (01:16):
An honest question. What's going on?
Speaker 3 (01:19):
Okay, what happened with you and your girlfriend?
Speaker 7 (01:23):
She's real mad at me right now. She's just not
talking to me, and I hope I can get some
assistance here. And well, Alex's is right.
Speaker 3 (01:31):
What did you do?
Speaker 4 (01:32):
Dude?
Speaker 5 (01:33):
It's got to be your.
Speaker 2 (01:34):
Fault, right, do you know why she's mad?
Speaker 7 (01:37):
Yeah? So I was doing something but I thought was
really cool and creative, but it totally backfired.
Speaker 5 (01:45):
Oh, yours were good?
Speaker 7 (01:48):
That's all right, Dan, Absolutely, absolutely so. A couple of
days ago I surprised her when she woke up in
the morning. I put out a big bouquet of flowers
and I was sign next to.
Speaker 1 (01:59):
It alexis and no on the flowers already.
Speaker 6 (02:02):
I mean, I'd prefer food, but this is okay. It's
not that it's not yet.
Speaker 1 (02:05):
Flowers already a rough go like just cash.
Speaker 7 (02:08):
Yeah. So the first sign that I put to the
bouquet of flowers in the kitchen said, today you set
off on the adventure of a lifetime, and I'll be
with you all along the journey, every step of the way.
Speaker 2 (02:19):
Are you proposed?
Speaker 7 (02:21):
Well? You just stick with me here for a minute.
So from the kitchen spread some rose petals down the
stairs all the way to the car to show her
exactly where to go. And then the car had a sign.
Speaker 1 (02:32):
The car had a sign.
Speaker 7 (02:33):
Okay, car had a sign that now your heart has
started racing. It'll only beat faster as we get closer
to destiny.
Speaker 2 (02:40):
Destiny. Wow, what exit is destiny?
Speaker 7 (02:45):
Well, so we live down the street from high school
where the football stadium is, and so they go down
there and watch games sometimes. So and so she's asking
me the same things you're asking me, like what is
the surprise? This is the proposal? And I mean I'm just.
Speaker 2 (02:58):
Oh, you're with her, okay.
Speaker 5 (02:59):
Being quiet?
Speaker 7 (03:00):
Oh yeah, yeah. So we get down to the stadium
and at the bottom of the bleachers there's a sign
with an arrow that points up and it says, we're
almost to the finish line. So let's walk the rest
of the way hand in hand.
Speaker 4 (03:15):
When do you drop down on one knee, it's gonna cry.
Speaker 7 (03:18):
We go all the way up the bleachers together. At
the top of the bleachers there's a press box and
she looks at the door and there's one last sign
that says congratulations, you just did seven thousand steps.
Speaker 4 (03:32):
Seven steps steps in and she opens the door and
there's a marriage proposal, right, Like.
Speaker 2 (03:39):
What what do you mean? Like that was a funny
joke before the thing happened.
Speaker 7 (03:44):
It was not a joke. You know. She had told
me recently that she was trying to lose ten pounds,
but she didn't feel any motivation.
Speaker 1 (03:52):
Okay, So.
Speaker 7 (03:58):
Thought I was giving her positive motivation to take the steps,
and as soon as I saw her reaction, she was
so furious.
Speaker 2 (04:06):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (04:07):
Yeah, because her goal is probably ten thousand steps and
you only told her seven.
Speaker 1 (04:11):
Should have let her longer.
Speaker 2 (04:12):
That is rude on so many levels. Yeah, I would
be honestly, I would be so hurt. That would hurt
my feeling so bad.
Speaker 3 (04:19):
In his defense, his girlfriend came to him and was like,
I would like to lose a certain amount of weight
and I don't feel motivated.
Speaker 1 (04:25):
What's the boyfriend supposed to do with nothing?
Speaker 2 (04:27):
Any good for you? YEA good for you? That's all
you do? You let it how you are good for you?
Speaker 1 (04:32):
Do you want to better yourself? Pat on the head.
Speaker 2 (04:35):
He's not a physical trainer.
Speaker 6 (04:37):
He was not hired to help her lose weight. He's
not any sort of dietis and it seems like helposal all.
Speaker 3 (04:43):
Clearly, God, your girlfriend did not react well to this
plan that you came up with.
Speaker 7 (04:49):
No, she's pissed. She won't talk to me. It's been
a couple of days and she won't answer any of
my calls.
Speaker 6 (04:54):
Why couldn't you just offer to go on a nice
walk with you?
Speaker 2 (04:57):
You did it.
Speaker 1 (04:57):
Together, You just said, hey, do you want to walk?
Speaker 3 (04:59):
I think he understands that he made a mistake, so
let's not dwell on all the things that he should
have done and all the mistakes that he's made. He
understands that. Obviously, you came to us for a reason
today to help you with this awkward call.
Speaker 1 (05:11):
What what are you looking for?
Speaker 7 (05:13):
I'm trying to get out of the doghouse and I
can't even get her to talk to me, and I
I really just want her to know how sorry I am.
Speaker 1 (05:20):
How long ago did this happen?
Speaker 7 (05:21):
You said it was a couple of days ago, And
have you.
Speaker 1 (05:24):
Been speaking to her like at all in that time?
Speaker 7 (05:27):
She's not answering my calls. I know she's staying with
a friend, but oh gosh.
Speaker 5 (05:31):
So you guys do normally live together, and she's like
not coming home right now?
Speaker 7 (05:34):
Yeah, yeah, we do live together.
Speaker 6 (05:36):
Really, I'm proud of her for going strong on not
talking to you for days.
Speaker 4 (05:39):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (05:40):
Well, okay, we're trying to help this guy.
Speaker 4 (05:42):
Remember, I mean, we're calling her when she's still like,
I don't know how much time I would need to
come off of that.
Speaker 7 (05:50):
Now.
Speaker 1 (05:50):
What was your girlfriend's name, Jennifer? Okay, Jennifer.
Speaker 3 (05:54):
So you want us to call Jennifer for you today
and help you get out of the doghouse.
Speaker 7 (06:00):
Yeah, okay.
Speaker 3 (06:01):
Now, I know that you're angry with him and you
want to lay into him more, but we.
Speaker 2 (06:05):
Have to put it all for him.
Speaker 4 (06:06):
What a dumb thing to do, right, He couldn't like literally, like,
if he told that plan to any person.
Speaker 2 (06:12):
In the world, they would have told him, don't do that.
Speaker 1 (06:15):
Okay, but but it's too late for that.
Speaker 3 (06:18):
We need to put all that aside for a second
and try to help him, even though he may not
one hundred percent deserve it. How do we smooth that
over and get him back into a good place with
his girlfriend.
Speaker 2 (06:29):
Yeah, yeah, that's the question.
Speaker 3 (06:30):
That's the advice that we need to figure out before
we come back and make his awkward Tuesday phone call
to his girlfriend to fix this relationship right after this.
Speaker 1 (06:40):
It's awkward.
Speaker 2 (06:41):
It's Tuesday.
Speaker 1 (06:42):
It's an awkward Tuesday phone call.
Speaker 3 (06:45):
We're in the middle of an awkward Tuesday phone call
with one of our listeners, Will and if you miss
the first part, Will is in a bad place because
his girlfriend told him that she really wants to lose
weight but couldn't get motivated to do it. So he
wrongly came up with a plan to try to help motivate.
Speaker 5 (07:01):
But he knows it was wrongly.
Speaker 3 (07:04):
He sent her on a scavenger hunt that was kind
of framed in a romantic.
Speaker 2 (07:08):
Way, a kind of Oh it was with rose.
Speaker 3 (07:10):
Petals and things like that, and at the end he
revealed that she just walked seven thousand steps. Congratulations And
for all of our listeners, it was not a prank.
He had good intentions when he did it. But now
she's so angry about it she will not speak to him.
Speaker 2 (07:25):
She I mean, she left the house they lived.
Speaker 3 (07:27):
Together, so he acknowledges he messed up, and that's why
he's looking for advice on how to fix it.
Speaker 6 (07:34):
Broke.
Speaker 1 (07:34):
What do you have for him?
Speaker 4 (07:35):
I think truly, honestly, Will, I think your only way
out of this is that that cannot be the end
of the scavenger hunt.
Speaker 2 (07:43):
Oh do you understand?
Speaker 1 (07:45):
Wait, but the scavenger hunt was bad.
Speaker 4 (07:48):
No, no, no, the ending of the scavenger hunt was bad.
Speaker 2 (07:52):
Jeff, Okay.
Speaker 4 (07:53):
So what he needs to do, Will, is you need
to tell your girlfriend, No, that wasn't the end. I
had this big, elaborate surprise for you at the end
and we didn't get to it, and.
Speaker 1 (08:02):
Because you got mad at me. No, no, don't blame
it on her.
Speaker 6 (08:07):
No, don't even address that part.
Speaker 1 (08:10):
Well, what do you think you have to add more
to your scavenger hunt?
Speaker 4 (08:13):
Now?
Speaker 7 (08:14):
I mean I like that idea, and of course, like
I did it before, but that's also part of the
reason why I'm thinking, like, I don't know if she's
gonna trust doing another one.
Speaker 6 (08:24):
It doesn't matter if it actually happens or not.
Speaker 4 (08:26):
You just need to tell her that you had a
beautiful dinner ready for her with lots of dessert, and she's.
Speaker 2 (08:31):
Beautiful and you wanted her to be happy and all
the things you said to us.
Speaker 1 (08:36):
No steps involved whatso well.
Speaker 2 (08:38):
Thank you? Maybe it was seven thousand steps to the
last day.
Speaker 1 (08:40):
Yeah, Jose, what's your advice?
Speaker 5 (08:43):
You need to get her back to the feelings that
she was having during the scavenger hunt. Remember she was
excited and in love with you.
Speaker 2 (08:50):
Yea thought she was getting proposed to exactly broke.
Speaker 5 (08:54):
So when you remind her those feelings, let her.
Speaker 4 (08:56):
Know, babe.
Speaker 5 (08:57):
By the way, the day I do propose, it is
gonna be nothing compared to what I'm really gonna do.
Speaker 6 (09:04):
Empty promises.
Speaker 5 (09:07):
Now she's thinking about you proposing. How could it be
better than what you just did?
Speaker 2 (09:13):
Yeah, because obviously she was a fan of that.
Speaker 6 (09:16):
She's in a great mood.
Speaker 2 (09:17):
For I know you are.
Speaker 1 (09:20):
Does that make sense to you, Will?
Speaker 7 (09:22):
Yeah, I get what you're saying. I go bigger and
I gotta do that. Yeah, Yeah, that's what.
Speaker 1 (09:26):
We're talking about.
Speaker 3 (09:27):
Just don't say that to your girlfriend who's trying to
lose weight right now. But you supported no matter what,
you're not judging.
Speaker 2 (09:34):
Huge on your girls.
Speaker 1 (09:35):
Okay, So here we go.
Speaker 3 (09:37):
I don't know if any of that actually helped, but
we're gonna wish the best of luck.
Speaker 1 (09:41):
We'll jump in if we feel like you need a
little bit of help. But here we go. I'm dialing
your girlfriend's number right now.
Speaker 7 (09:54):
Hello, Hey, Hun, what the hell are you doing? I'm sorry,
I'm sorry I had to call you on a different
line because there's something I really need to talk to
you about. No, I don't want to talk to you
right now. Do you not realize that? I know? But listen, No,
I don't mean to listen to you like I know
(10:16):
you thought the roses and the signs and everything the
other day was was a proposal, and you know I yeah,
you think you know it wasn't. Maybe maybe I didn't
execute it's super well, I didn't think a bit. But
now I want you to know that when I do
propose for real, that I plan on going even bigger. Okay, okay,
(10:38):
what are you talking about right here? Right now? I
want the world to hear it, Jennifer remark, Will you
marry me? No? Are you freaking kidding me? Just just
hold on?
Speaker 5 (10:54):
No, you told me to hold.
Speaker 6 (10:57):
Are you proposing to me over the phone?
Speaker 7 (10:59):
And can that makes it better? Can I say something?
Can I say something?
Speaker 4 (11:05):
Eastly?
Speaker 7 (11:05):
Whatever you're gonna say, it's just gonna make me want
to throw my phone at you. Okay, but look, hey,
we've done the love language test. Okay, And the number
one way that you need to be loved is through
practical help, right, So I did that first with the
seven Thousand Steps scavenger hunt. Oh okay, so you wanted
to practically help me by making me walk a mile
(11:26):
on a hot day. Well it was. It was actually
more than a mile. But it's you know, Oh my god, No,
I need no, I need to move myself out. I'll
just wait, just wait. The reason I proposed to you
on the phone right now is because those they told
me to what it's what I'm saying about making it huge,
because now the whole country knows, Babe, the whole country
(11:49):
knows that I love you, because I just proposed to
you over the radio. What the hell are you talking about?
Speaker 2 (11:57):
Where are the video?
Speaker 1 (12:01):
We're the radio show that he's talking about?
Speaker 3 (12:03):
What, Jose, why did you suggest go bigger with the proposal?
Speaker 5 (12:09):
My name is John.
Speaker 1 (12:10):
Yeah, sorry, Will, Will.
Speaker 3 (12:14):
That went a little bit different than I think we
all expected it to go.
Speaker 2 (12:17):
Did you have that in your mind that that's what
you were going to do?
Speaker 7 (12:21):
Look, I've missed Jennifer like crazy these past couple of days,
and I know that means I want to be with
her the rest of my life. It was already leading
up to this anyway, like I want it. I want
everyone to know how much I love her, how much
it means to me.
Speaker 3 (12:35):
Okay, oh man, I haven't heard from Jennifer at all
and thinks she's probably confused, going.
Speaker 1 (12:39):
Through a lot of emotions. Right, I don't Jennifer. Are
you there?
Speaker 3 (12:44):
God, We're really really sorry about that. This is a
segment called Awkward Tuesday phone Call. We got a message
from Will saying he was going through kind of a
rough situation with you. Yeah, he just wasn't sure how
to make it right with you. We were trying to
he did not.
Speaker 4 (13:00):
Well, jose kind of did tell him to do that,
but we the rest of us didn't. And I think
he probably understands by our reaction as well.
Speaker 2 (13:09):
How how dumb that was, right Will you?
Speaker 7 (13:12):
I don't know. I don't know that it was dumb. Jennifer,
we find out, Oh my god, I can't believe that
you did all of this for me. And this is serious,
that this is all over the radio. Yeah, I mean
that you like him. Was this whole thing planned? I mean,
could you want me to get mad at you with
(13:32):
the first part so that you could do it.
Speaker 4 (13:34):
Yeah, yeah, guys, because nothing says romance like making you
really angry and.
Speaker 5 (13:41):
Think about it.
Speaker 2 (13:41):
No, he did it.
Speaker 5 (13:42):
He knew it would make you so mad. What a
sensitive subject to bring up.
Speaker 1 (13:45):
It's like you off guard. It's part of the big surprise.
Speaker 3 (13:48):
Yeah, he loves big, big surprises, romantic gestures. You got
you romantic surprise, Jennifer.
Speaker 2 (13:58):
This is good to you.
Speaker 7 (14:00):
I just can't believe that you would do all of
that for me. I didn't know you had it in you.
Speaker 1 (14:06):
Yeah, lots of weeks of planning, right.
Speaker 7 (14:09):
It was absolutely you know, I needed to go big
to make up for how I made you feel, and
I couldn't think. You know, this is absolutely what I want.
I want this for you. You're You're amazing, You're perfect, You're beautiful,
and you know I want to be there to support
you and help you, and I wanted to do the
biggest thing I could think of for you. Yeah, my gosh,
this is amazing.
Speaker 6 (14:29):
I was like just so shocked.
Speaker 7 (14:31):
I don't even know what it's nice.
Speaker 3 (14:33):
Okay, well congratulations you guys.
Speaker 1 (14:38):
Are you saying yes to the proposal?
Speaker 6 (14:40):
Well, I think I would like to see maybe a
bring in.
Speaker 1 (14:47):
Are you going to have the ring ready when she
gets home?
Speaker 7 (14:50):
You know you you come back home right now, and
you may there'll be another surprise waiting for you.
Speaker 1 (15:00):
To make her walk home to sign on the front door.
Speaker 7 (15:03):
You're right, just let me know where you are. I'll
come pick you up.
Speaker 3 (15:06):
Well, congratulations you two. Yes, I know, I understand that
it's not official yet until she says yes and the
ring is on the finger, but definitely let us know,
or until.
Speaker 6 (15:16):
She hears she has avoided saying yes.
Speaker 1 (15:19):
Well, she wants to see the ring first, and that's
very understanding.
Speaker 7 (15:23):
I called you guys for help to get her to
talk to me again, and you did your job, so
thank you so much.
Speaker 2 (15:28):
So you mean you called us for help for the proposal?
Speaker 7 (15:31):
Yes, well, how else am I going to proposal? I
can't talk.
Speaker 2 (15:37):
Ruin the magic.
Speaker 1 (15:38):
It's Brooke and Jeffrey in the morning.
Speaker 7 (15:40):
It's brooken Jeffrey in the morning.
It's awkward.
Speaker 2 (00:02):
It's Tuesday.
Speaker 1 (00:04):
It's awkward Tuesday phone call.
Speaker 3 (00:07):
I feel like I'm a good person because I forgive
you guys all the time for the mean things that
you say about me behind my back and right to
my face.
Speaker 1 (00:16):
During the show.
Speaker 4 (00:17):
We did not talk about you behind your back. Nobody
wastes energy. Okay, Yeah, I was just trying to make you.
Speaker 5 (00:26):
Know what.
Speaker 3 (00:26):
I forgive you for that hurtful thing that you just
said to me there. And I've forgiven and forgiven and forgiven.
But at what point do I put my foot down
and say I'm not going to forgive anymore.
Speaker 2 (00:37):
You're never going to stand.
Speaker 3 (00:39):
You make fun of my email inbox one more time, Brooke,
and something is going to happen.
Speaker 2 (00:44):
But you're tidy, little foot down, Jeffrey.
Speaker 1 (00:46):
Okay, stay up on the ground, good person.
Speaker 3 (00:48):
Still talking over here. Everybody's got their breaking point. And
one of our listeners was apparently notified by his girlfriend
that she has reached hers and she has stopped talking
to him all together. We're going to find out why.
From the boyfriend Will Will, Welcome.
Speaker 1 (01:04):
To the show.
Speaker 6 (01:04):
What did you wrong?
Speaker 3 (01:08):
You're already getting blamed, Will, But you can feel free
to say hi before you get lash stab.
Speaker 7 (01:13):
Yeah, Hello, Hi everybody.
Speaker 2 (01:16):
An honest question. What's going on?
Speaker 3 (01:19):
Okay, what happened with you and your girlfriend?
Speaker 7 (01:23):
She's real mad at me right now. She's just not
talking to me, and I hope I can get some
assistance here. And well, Alex's is right.
Speaker 3 (01:31):
What did you do?
Speaker 4 (01:32):
Dude?
Speaker 5 (01:33):
It's got to be your.
Speaker 2 (01:34):
Fault, right, do you know why she's mad?
Speaker 7 (01:37):
Yeah? So I was doing something but I thought was
really cool and creative, but it totally backfired.
Speaker 5 (01:45):
Oh, yours were good?
Speaker 7 (01:48):
That's all right, Dan, Absolutely, absolutely so. A couple of
days ago I surprised her when she woke up in
the morning. I put out a big bouquet of flowers
and I was sign next to.
Speaker 1 (01:59):
It alexis and no on the flowers already.
Speaker 6 (02:02):
I mean, I'd prefer food, but this is okay. It's
not that it's not yet.
Speaker 1 (02:05):
Flowers already a rough go like just cash.
Speaker 7 (02:08):
Yeah. So the first sign that I put to the
bouquet of flowers in the kitchen said, today you set
off on the adventure of a lifetime, and I'll be
with you all along the journey, every step of the way.
Speaker 2 (02:19):
Are you proposed?
Speaker 7 (02:21):
Well? You just stick with me here for a minute.
So from the kitchen spread some rose petals down the
stairs all the way to the car to show her
exactly where to go. And then the car had a sign.
Speaker 1 (02:32):
The car had a sign.
Speaker 7 (02:33):
Okay, car had a sign that now your heart has
started racing. It'll only beat faster as we get closer
to destiny.
Speaker 2 (02:40):
Destiny. Wow, what exit is destiny?
Speaker 7 (02:45):
Well, so we live down the street from high school
where the football stadium is, and so they go down
there and watch games sometimes. So and so she's asking
me the same things you're asking me, like what is
the surprise? This is the proposal? And I mean I'm just.
Speaker 2 (02:58):
Oh, you're with her, okay.
Speaker 5 (02:59):
Being quiet?
Speaker 7 (03:00):
Oh yeah, yeah. So we get down to the stadium
and at the bottom of the bleachers there's a sign
with an arrow that points up and it says, we're
almost to the finish line. So let's walk the rest
of the way hand in hand.
Speaker 4 (03:15):
When do you drop down on one knee, it's gonna cry.
Speaker 7 (03:18):
We go all the way up the bleachers together. At
the top of the bleachers there's a press box and
she looks at the door and there's one last sign
that says congratulations, you just did seven thousand steps.
Speaker 4 (03:32):
Seven steps steps in and she opens the door and
there's a marriage proposal, right, Like.
Speaker 2 (03:39):
What what do you mean? Like that was a funny
joke before the thing happened.
Speaker 7 (03:44):
It was not a joke. You know. She had told
me recently that she was trying to lose ten pounds,
but she didn't feel any motivation.
Speaker 1 (03:52):
Okay, So.
Speaker 7 (03:58):
Thought I was giving her positive motivation to take the steps,
and as soon as I saw her reaction, she was
so furious.
Speaker 2 (04:06):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (04:07):
Yeah, because her goal is probably ten thousand steps and
you only told her seven.
Speaker 1 (04:11):
Should have let her longer.
Speaker 2 (04:12):
That is rude on so many levels. Yeah, I would
be honestly, I would be so hurt. That would hurt
my feeling so bad.
Speaker 3 (04:19):
In his defense, his girlfriend came to him and was like,
I would like to lose a certain amount of weight
and I don't feel motivated.
Speaker 1 (04:25):
What's the boyfriend supposed to do with nothing?
Speaker 2 (04:27):
Any good for you? YEA good for you? That's all
you do? You let it how you are good for you?
Speaker 1 (04:32):
Do you want to better yourself? Pat on the head.
Speaker 2 (04:35):
He's not a physical trainer.
Speaker 6 (04:37):
He was not hired to help her lose weight. He's
not any sort of dietis and it seems like helposal all.
Speaker 3 (04:43):
Clearly, God, your girlfriend did not react well to this
plan that you came up with.
Speaker 7 (04:49):
No, she's pissed. She won't talk to me. It's been
a couple of days and she won't answer any of
my calls.
Speaker 6 (04:54):
Why couldn't you just offer to go on a nice
walk with you?
Speaker 2 (04:57):
You did it.
Speaker 1 (04:57):
Together, You just said, hey, do you want to walk?
Speaker 3 (04:59):
I think he understands that he made a mistake, so
let's not dwell on all the things that he should
have done and all the mistakes that he's made. He
understands that. Obviously, you came to us for a reason
today to help you with this awkward call.
Speaker 1 (05:11):
What what are you looking for?
Speaker 7 (05:13):
I'm trying to get out of the doghouse and I
can't even get her to talk to me, and I
I really just want her to know how sorry I am.
Speaker 1 (05:20):
How long ago did this happen?
Speaker 7 (05:21):
You said it was a couple of days ago, And
have you.
Speaker 1 (05:24):
Been speaking to her like at all in that time?
Speaker 7 (05:27):
She's not answering my calls. I know she's staying with
a friend, but oh gosh.
Speaker 5 (05:31):
So you guys do normally live together, and she's like
not coming home right now?
Speaker 7 (05:34):
Yeah, yeah, we do live together.
Speaker 6 (05:36):
Really, I'm proud of her for going strong on not
talking to you for days.
Speaker 4 (05:39):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (05:40):
Well, okay, we're trying to help this guy.
Speaker 4 (05:42):
Remember, I mean, we're calling her when she's still like,
I don't know how much time I would need to
come off of that.
Speaker 7 (05:50):
Now.
Speaker 1 (05:50):
What was your girlfriend's name, Jennifer? Okay, Jennifer.
Speaker 3 (05:54):
So you want us to call Jennifer for you today
and help you get out of the doghouse.
Speaker 7 (06:00):
Yeah, okay.
Speaker 3 (06:01):
Now, I know that you're angry with him and you
want to lay into him more, but we.
Speaker 2 (06:05):
Have to put it all for him.
Speaker 4 (06:06):
What a dumb thing to do, right, He couldn't like literally, like,
if he told that plan to any person.
Speaker 2 (06:12):
In the world, they would have told him, don't do that.
Speaker 1 (06:15):
Okay, but but it's too late for that.
Speaker 3 (06:18):
We need to put all that aside for a second
and try to help him, even though he may not
one hundred percent deserve it. How do we smooth that
over and get him back into a good place with
his girlfriend.
Speaker 2 (06:29):
Yeah, yeah, that's the question.
Speaker 3 (06:30):
That's the advice that we need to figure out before
we come back and make his awkward Tuesday phone call
to his girlfriend to fix this relationship right after this.
Speaker 1 (06:40):
It's awkward.
Speaker 2 (06:41):
It's Tuesday.
Speaker 1 (06:42):
It's an awkward Tuesday phone call.
Speaker 3 (06:45):
We're in the middle of an awkward Tuesday phone call
with one of our listeners, Will and if you miss
the first part, Will is in a bad place because
his girlfriend told him that she really wants to lose
weight but couldn't get motivated to do it. So he
wrongly came up with a plan to try to help motivate.
Speaker 5 (07:01):
But he knows it was wrongly.
Speaker 3 (07:04):
He sent her on a scavenger hunt that was kind
of framed in a romantic.
Speaker 2 (07:08):
Way, a kind of Oh it was with rose.
Speaker 3 (07:10):
Petals and things like that, and at the end he
revealed that she just walked seven thousand steps. Congratulations And
for all of our listeners, it was not a prank.
He had good intentions when he did it. But now
she's so angry about it she will not speak to him.
Speaker 2 (07:25):
She I mean, she left the house they lived.
Speaker 3 (07:27):
Together, so he acknowledges he messed up, and that's why
he's looking for advice on how to fix it.
Speaker 6 (07:34):
Broke.
Speaker 1 (07:34):
What do you have for him?
Speaker 4 (07:35):
I think truly, honestly, Will, I think your only way
out of this is that that cannot be the end
of the scavenger hunt.
Speaker 2 (07:43):
Oh do you understand?
Speaker 1 (07:45):
Wait, but the scavenger hunt was bad.
Speaker 4 (07:48):
No, no, no, the ending of the scavenger hunt was bad.
Speaker 2 (07:52):
Jeff, Okay.
Speaker 4 (07:53):
So what he needs to do, Will, is you need
to tell your girlfriend, No, that wasn't the end. I
had this big, elaborate surprise for you at the end
and we didn't get to it, and.
Speaker 1 (08:02):
Because you got mad at me. No, no, don't blame
it on her.
Speaker 6 (08:07):
No, don't even address that part.
Speaker 1 (08:10):
Well, what do you think you have to add more
to your scavenger hunt?
Speaker 4 (08:13):
Now?
Speaker 7 (08:14):
I mean I like that idea, and of course, like
I did it before, but that's also part of the
reason why I'm thinking, like, I don't know if she's
gonna trust doing another one.
Speaker 6 (08:24):
It doesn't matter if it actually happens or not.
Speaker 4 (08:26):
You just need to tell her that you had a
beautiful dinner ready for her with lots of dessert, and she's.
Speaker 2 (08:31):
Beautiful and you wanted her to be happy and all
the things you said to us.
Speaker 1 (08:36):
No steps involved whatso well.
Speaker 2 (08:38):
Thank you? Maybe it was seven thousand steps to the
last day.
Speaker 1 (08:40):
Yeah, Jose, what's your advice?
Speaker 5 (08:43):
You need to get her back to the feelings that
she was having during the scavenger hunt. Remember she was
excited and in love with you.
Speaker 2 (08:50):
Yea thought she was getting proposed to exactly broke.
Speaker 5 (08:54):
So when you remind her those feelings, let her.
Speaker 4 (08:56):
Know, babe.
Speaker 5 (08:57):
By the way, the day I do propose, it is
gonna be nothing compared to what I'm really gonna do.
Speaker 6 (09:04):
Empty promises.
Speaker 5 (09:07):
Now she's thinking about you proposing. How could it be
better than what you just did?
Speaker 2 (09:13):
Yeah, because obviously she was a fan of that.
Speaker 6 (09:16):
She's in a great mood.
Speaker 2 (09:17):
For I know you are.
Speaker 1 (09:20):
Does that make sense to you, Will?
Speaker 7 (09:22):
Yeah, I get what you're saying. I go bigger and
I gotta do that. Yeah, Yeah, that's what.
Speaker 1 (09:26):
We're talking about.
Speaker 3 (09:27):
Just don't say that to your girlfriend who's trying to
lose weight right now. But you supported no matter what,
you're not judging.
Speaker 2 (09:34):
Huge on your girls.
Speaker 1 (09:35):
Okay, So here we go.
Speaker 3 (09:37):
I don't know if any of that actually helped, but
we're gonna wish the best of luck.
Speaker 1 (09:41):
We'll jump in if we feel like you need a
little bit of help. But here we go. I'm dialing
your girlfriend's number right now.
Speaker 7 (09:54):
Hello, Hey, Hun, what the hell are you doing? I'm sorry,
I'm sorry I had to call you on a different
line because there's something I really need to talk to
you about. No, I don't want to talk to you
right now. Do you not realize that? I know? But listen, No,
I don't mean to listen to you like I know
(10:16):
you thought the roses and the signs and everything the
other day was was a proposal, and you know I yeah,
you think you know it wasn't. Maybe maybe I didn't
execute it's super well, I didn't think a bit. But
now I want you to know that when I do
propose for real, that I plan on going even bigger. Okay, okay,
(10:38):
what are you talking about right here? Right now? I
want the world to hear it, Jennifer remark, Will you
marry me? No? Are you freaking kidding me? Just just
hold on?
Speaker 5 (10:54):
No, you told me to hold.
Speaker 6 (10:57):
Are you proposing to me over the phone?
Speaker 7 (10:59):
And can that makes it better? Can I say something?
Can I say something?
Speaker 4 (11:05):
Eastly?
Speaker 7 (11:05):
Whatever you're gonna say, it's just gonna make me want
to throw my phone at you. Okay, but look, hey,
we've done the love language test. Okay, And the number
one way that you need to be loved is through
practical help, right, So I did that first with the
seven Thousand Steps scavenger hunt. Oh okay, so you wanted
to practically help me by making me walk a mile
(11:26):
on a hot day. Well it was. It was actually
more than a mile. But it's you know, Oh my god, No,
I need no, I need to move myself out. I'll
just wait, just wait. The reason I proposed to you
on the phone right now is because those they told
me to what it's what I'm saying about making it huge,
because now the whole country knows, Babe, the whole country
(11:49):
knows that I love you, because I just proposed to
you over the radio. What the hell are you talking about?
Speaker 2 (11:57):
Where are the video?
Speaker 1 (12:01):
We're the radio show that he's talking about?
Speaker 3 (12:03):
What, Jose, why did you suggest go bigger with the proposal?
Speaker 5 (12:09):
My name is John.
Speaker 1 (12:10):
Yeah, sorry, Will, Will.
Speaker 3 (12:14):
That went a little bit different than I think we
all expected it to go.
Speaker 2 (12:17):
Did you have that in your mind that that's what
you were going to do?
Speaker 7 (12:21):
Look, I've missed Jennifer like crazy these past couple of days,
and I know that means I want to be with
her the rest of my life. It was already leading
up to this anyway, like I want it. I want
everyone to know how much I love her, how much
it means to me.
Speaker 3 (12:35):
Okay, oh man, I haven't heard from Jennifer at all
and thinks she's probably confused, going.
Speaker 1 (12:39):
Through a lot of emotions. Right, I don't Jennifer. Are
you there?
Speaker 3 (12:44):
God, We're really really sorry about that. This is a
segment called Awkward Tuesday phone Call. We got a message
from Will saying he was going through kind of a
rough situation with you. Yeah, he just wasn't sure how
to make it right with you. We were trying to
he did not.
Speaker 4 (13:00):
Well, jose kind of did tell him to do that,
but we the rest of us didn't. And I think
he probably understands by our reaction as well.
Speaker 2 (13:09):
How how dumb that was, right Will you?
Speaker 7 (13:12):
I don't know. I don't know that it was dumb. Jennifer,
we find out, Oh my god, I can't believe that
you did all of this for me. And this is serious,
that this is all over the radio. Yeah, I mean
that you like him. Was this whole thing planned? I mean,
could you want me to get mad at you with
(13:32):
the first part so that you could do it.
Speaker 4 (13:34):
Yeah, yeah, guys, because nothing says romance like making you
really angry and.
Speaker 5 (13:41):
Think about it.
Speaker 2 (13:41):
No, he did it.
Speaker 5 (13:42):
He knew it would make you so mad. What a
sensitive subject to bring up.
Speaker 1 (13:45):
It's like you off guard. It's part of the big surprise.
Speaker 3 (13:48):
Yeah, he loves big, big surprises, romantic gestures. You got
you romantic surprise, Jennifer.
Speaker 2 (13:58):
This is good to you.
Speaker 7 (14:00):
I just can't believe that you would do all of
that for me. I didn't know you had it in you.
Speaker 1 (14:06):
Yeah, lots of weeks of planning, right.
Speaker 7 (14:09):
It was absolutely you know, I needed to go big
to make up for how I made you feel, and
I couldn't think. You know, this is absolutely what I want.
I want this for you. You're You're amazing, You're perfect, You're beautiful,
and you know I want to be there to support
you and help you, and I wanted to do the
biggest thing I could think of for you. Yeah, my gosh,
this is amazing.
Speaker 6 (14:29):
I was like just so shocked.
Speaker 7 (14:31):
I don't even know what it's nice.
Speaker 3 (14:33):
Okay, well congratulations you guys.
Speaker 1 (14:38):
Are you saying yes to the proposal?
Speaker 6 (14:40):
Well, I think I would like to see maybe a
bring in.
Speaker 1 (14:47):
Are you going to have the ring ready when she
gets home?
Speaker 7 (14:50):
You know you you come back home right now, and
you may there'll be another surprise waiting for you.
Speaker 1 (15:00):
To make her walk home to sign on the front door.
Speaker 7 (15:03):
You're right, just let me know where you are. I'll
come pick you up.
Speaker 3 (15:06):
Well, congratulations you two. Yes, I know, I understand that
it's not official yet until she says yes and the
ring is on the finger, but definitely let us know,
or until.
Speaker 6 (15:16):
She hears she has avoided saying yes.
Speaker 1 (15:19):
Well, she wants to see the ring first, and that's
very understanding.
Speaker 7 (15:23):
I called you guys for help to get her to
talk to me again, and you did your job, so
thank you so much.
Speaker 2 (15:28):
So you mean you called us for help for the proposal?
Speaker 7 (15:31):
Yes, well, how else am I going to proposal? I
can't talk.
Speaker 2 (15:37):
Ruin the magic.
Speaker 1 (15:38):
It's Brooke and Jeffrey in the morning.
Speaker 7 (15:40):
It's brooken Jeffrey in the morning.
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Brooke Fox
Jeffrey "Young Jeffrey" Dubow
Alexis Fuller
Jose Bolanos
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