December 17, 2024 • 15 mins
In your Awkward Tuesday Phone Call, one of our listeners is convinced her brother is hiding a big secret from the family, and she wants to reveal it with our help!
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Speaker 1 (00:01):
It's awkward.
Speaker 2 (00:02):
It's Tuesday.
Speaker 3 (00:04):
It's awkward Tuesday phone call.
Speaker 4 (00:07):
I've told you guys countless times about how awkward it
is to hang out with my family.
Speaker 5 (00:12):
Yeah, hearing about it's one thing.
Speaker 4 (00:17):
Living it is a different experience because just this past weekend,
my father angrily did dishes for a half hour.
Speaker 5 (00:23):
Why because nobody else.
Speaker 4 (00:25):
Was doing them at the time, So he was getting
his hands wet, cursing while violently shoving plates into the dishwasher,
screaming about how he doesn't want to get food poisoning again.
All right, So there you go, just a normal family
gathering for the debos, and one of our listeners, Lauren,
is having your own issues with an upcoming family get together,
(00:48):
apparently regarding her brother, Lauren, do you think maybe your
brother wants to hang out and do dishes with my
dad because it might actually solve both of our problems?
Speaker 1 (00:57):
Yeah?
Speaker 6 (00:57):
I would love that, Okay.
Speaker 7 (01:00):
I mean, Jeff says that, but you know he was
in the other room being like, I know he's mad,
but I really don't want to do him.
Speaker 8 (01:06):
Yeah, he's like dad came down and watching the musical.
Speaker 4 (01:11):
Don't judge me enough about my dad and his dishes anger.
What about your brother? What's going on with him?
Speaker 6 (01:18):
Oh? Okay, So it's rather bizarre because my brother's been
in a relationship with a girl for about two years now.
Speaker 2 (01:25):
Okay, so they've been together for.
Speaker 6 (01:27):
A while, Yeah, they have, they have two years. Especially
for my brother, two years is a while because he's
always been a super career oriented focused guy.
Speaker 7 (01:36):
You know, I thought for sure that was not going
to be followed by a compliment and it was, well, you.
Speaker 1 (01:43):
Thought he's gonna use a big loser?
Speaker 5 (01:44):
Yeah, exactly.
Speaker 2 (01:45):
You know, he's my brother, and who'd want to.
Speaker 3 (01:46):
Be with him?
Speaker 1 (01:49):
Okay, good sister.
Speaker 4 (01:50):
Some people are like that though they don't get into
a lot of relationships.
Speaker 1 (01:53):
Yeah, like me, right.
Speaker 6 (01:55):
Yeah, But the issue was that it's been two years
and we've never met her.
Speaker 3 (02:00):
What sketch's a long time?
Speaker 2 (02:03):
You've never met her?
Speaker 6 (02:05):
Well, he's super secretive about her and and like.
Speaker 9 (02:08):
He won't tell us much or show us photos.
Speaker 6 (02:10):
Like he's showing me a couple of polaroids, polaroids, polaroids.
I know he's he's vintage. What I think.
Speaker 2 (02:19):
You can put him from your phone?
Speaker 9 (02:20):
Now?
Speaker 2 (02:23):
Do they live in another country or something?
Speaker 9 (02:25):
Is that? What?
Speaker 2 (02:25):
Like I just they can't be close to you then, right, we.
Speaker 6 (02:28):
Don't live super close. No, but whenever the opportunity for
us to meet her comes up, all of a sudden,
you either busy or sick or something's come up, and
it's you know, it's just getting super weird.
Speaker 4 (02:40):
What do you think is happening in this situation? Do
you think he's just ashamed of you and your family?
Speaker 9 (02:44):
Oh?
Speaker 2 (02:45):
I thought, girlfriend.
Speaker 1 (02:47):
That's where I went. That's why I didn't introduce anybody.
Speaker 6 (02:52):
I think there's always this pressure from my parents. So
when are you going to settle down? You know, when
are you going to get married and have a family.
And part of me thinks he may have made her
up just to get them off his back.
Speaker 1 (03:04):
Oh, I think she's real.
Speaker 2 (03:06):
Oh, there's a realty.
Speaker 9 (03:07):
Oh.
Speaker 1 (03:08):
I had one of those girlfriends for a few years
and that was kind of nice. Yeah, I'm just someone
that you make up just to get your parents off
your back.
Speaker 8 (03:16):
Girl for fifteen years and thousand and third grade, I
told you, Sarah's just very shy.
Speaker 7 (03:21):
Okay, okay, that would be one thing to make it
up for your parents because they're putting pressure on you.
But he would lie to you as well, you think
you're his own sister about a girlfriend.
Speaker 3 (03:30):
Yeah, that's where you should be cool.
Speaker 6 (03:33):
He might be embarrassed, you know, and I just want
to let him know that if that's the case, he
doesn't have to make someone up like he can be honest.
Speaker 2 (03:42):
So we're just going to publicly call him out. I
like it.
Speaker 1 (03:45):
Yeah, I am confused.
Speaker 4 (03:47):
What is it that you want to do with your
call here? You want to call your brother and say what?
Speaker 6 (03:51):
I don't know what to say. That's why I'm calling you. Like.
The big issue is that I have to do it
this way because my parents said that they are going
to confront him about it. Yes, I want to get
to him and get the answers before they You know,
(04:12):
it's like a.
Speaker 7 (04:13):
Whole family discussion behind his back that everyone thinks his
girlfriend's fake.
Speaker 6 (04:17):
And I would say.
Speaker 3 (04:18):
That now after two years, you're like, okay, y single.
Speaker 2 (04:22):
Time every year, it makes sense.
Speaker 4 (04:24):
It does kind of get Are you sure you don't
want that to happen just for like the good video
that you could post.
Speaker 6 (04:32):
I'm trying to save him before things get really ugly
because there could be a huge fallout.
Speaker 4 (04:37):
I didn't think about that. Maybe she is really ugly.
You could be right about that. Is that what she saying?
I thought I heard her say she could be really ugly.
Speaker 2 (04:46):
Things could get really ugly and there could be a fallout.
Speaker 1 (04:49):
Oh okay, but it still is a decent theory, right.
Speaker 5 (04:53):
Okay, that could be it.
Speaker 1 (04:54):
We'll find out. We're going to play a song. We'll
come back and we'll.
Speaker 3 (04:56):
Give you.
Speaker 5 (05:00):
On Sorry, yeah, we're gonna play a song.
Speaker 4 (05:02):
We'll come back and we'll give you some advice and
let you make your awkward Tuesday phone call to your
brother to find out if his girlfriend.
Speaker 5 (05:09):
Is real or made up. We're gonna do it right
after this, all right.
Speaker 6 (05:14):
Thank you?
Speaker 5 (05:15):
All right, hold on, it's awkward.
Speaker 2 (05:19):
It's Tuesday.
Speaker 3 (05:21):
It's awkward Tuesday phone call.
Speaker 5 (05:24):
Today.
Speaker 4 (05:25):
We're on a mission, a mission to track down the
invisible girlfriend.
Speaker 1 (05:32):
Is she real? We don't know.
Speaker 5 (05:34):
This is what we have.
Speaker 4 (05:35):
We have no social media posts of the two of
them together, no family meetups, and two blurry polaroid photos
that have been seen at a brother sister get together,
along with a million excuses for why she can't ever
meet the fan.
Speaker 2 (05:49):
Oh my god, maybe she's bigfoot.
Speaker 3 (05:53):
Photos.
Speaker 1 (05:57):
But here's my question.
Speaker 4 (05:58):
If she's invisible, Okay, how do we know she's not
on the phone with us right now? Oh, Dana, are
you here? Blink twice? If you're here, I'm not hearing
the blinks.
Speaker 9 (06:11):
I heard that.
Speaker 1 (06:13):
But no, this is a real situation. We're not joking around.
Speaker 4 (06:15):
It's been two years and one of our listeners, Lauren,
says she has still not met her brother's girlfriend and
it's becoming a little bit of an issue in their family,
so she's looking to get ahead of this before her
parents get involved. What's your advice for Lauren before we
call her brother.
Speaker 7 (06:29):
Listen, the quickest way to bond with your sibling is
to have a common enemy, and we all know that
enemy is always your parents. I'm right, okay, So listen,
you need to go to him and be like, oh
my god, you are not going to believe what mom
and dad are saying behind your back. And I don't
even know how to responds Yeah, no, yes, parents under
(06:51):
the bus, and then hopefully he'll come clean and be
honest with you.
Speaker 1 (06:55):
Lauren, you liking that.
Speaker 6 (06:57):
I do like that strategy. I do divide and conquered, divide.
Speaker 5 (07:01):
Parents, So throw the parents under the bus. That's option one. Jose,
what do you think.
Speaker 8 (07:06):
I really like what you said towards the end of
our last phone call, which was you are trying to
save him, so emphas so he knows like, Hey, I'm
not just being a boss the older sister here.
Speaker 3 (07:17):
I'm truly trying to help.
Speaker 8 (07:18):
And I think that.
Speaker 2 (07:19):
He'll matter that you don't care if he doesn't have
a girlfriend.
Speaker 1 (07:22):
Right, Ye, regardless, Right, you're the hero here. In fact,
call yourself a hero when you talk to me. You're
gonna save his relationship with mom and dad. Are you
ready to do this?
Speaker 6 (07:32):
That's all I want for Christmas?
Speaker 1 (07:34):
Okay, that's sweet. Here we go.
Speaker 5 (07:37):
Family war, family division.
Speaker 4 (07:40):
All right, I'm gonna dial your brother's phone number. We're
going to back away and let you talk to him,
but we'll jump in when we feel like you need
a little help.
Speaker 9 (07:46):
Okay, okay, sounds good.
Speaker 5 (07:48):
All right, here we go.
Speaker 9 (07:59):
Hello, Hello, Jake, Lauren?
Speaker 6 (08:06):
Yes, how are you?
Speaker 9 (08:10):
I'm good? I didn't know what you call in. Your
name didn't pop up.
Speaker 6 (08:14):
Oh, I'm sorry about that. You know, sometimes gotta make
it a surprise, right, gotta switch things up.
Speaker 9 (08:23):
Yeah, what do you mean?
Speaker 6 (08:26):
Well, I don't know. Listen, listen, So the holidays are
right around.
Speaker 9 (08:33):
The corner, right, Yeah.
Speaker 6 (08:37):
Yeah, Mom and.
Speaker 10 (08:38):
Dad are really excited to get together as always, and
they keep after me if we're gonna get to me Dana.
Speaker 9 (08:51):
Uh, well, I don't know. I mean, she's got a
lot on our plate right now, so I'm I'm not
sure if you'll have time.
Speaker 6 (08:58):
I mean maybe you're joking, right, What do you mean
he's not gonna have time?
Speaker 9 (09:06):
It's yeah, I mean it's.
Speaker 10 (09:08):
Been over two years now, Jake, we haven't met her.
Speaker 9 (09:12):
Well yeah, I mean I'm sorry, but timing's been off.
Just hasn't been the right time.
Speaker 6 (09:19):
I mean, Jake, timing's always been off. It's just is
there something else going on?
Speaker 9 (09:27):
I don't know what to tell you. I mean, she's
just not ready.
Speaker 6 (09:30):
Is a dad cream? She's in rantam because trust to me,
I get it.
Speaker 9 (09:36):
No, there's nothing to do with that. Okay.
Speaker 6 (09:40):
Well, I'm your big sister, and Mom and Dad have
been talking about this to me, and I hate that.
It's not good.
Speaker 9 (09:48):
So what I mean, it's not their business. I mean
they can talk about it as well as it's not
to me.
Speaker 6 (09:53):
They think you're hiding something, Jake. And to be honest,
at this point, I kind of do too. Oh, come on, Jake,
just be honest, Okay, that she exists?
Speaker 9 (10:07):
Is she real?
Speaker 6 (10:07):
Is Dana a real person? Because it's okay if she's not,
like I guess the pressure. I was there too before
I met Cooper.
Speaker 9 (10:14):
Listen, she's real. I've already told you that. And honestly,
that's crazy that you think I'm lying about it. It's
kind of why what am.
Speaker 6 (10:22):
I supposed to think?
Speaker 10 (10:24):
What am I supposed to think?
Speaker 6 (10:24):
There's no social media posts. I come over to your
house and there's a few blurry polaroids. You know. It's
it's just it's it's weird.
Speaker 9 (10:33):
Look, I mean, I get it, but I can't do
anything about it. She's not ready. We're not ready. It's
just not the time. What do you mean?
Speaker 6 (10:41):
We're not ready? Not ready for what? It's been two years?
Speaker 9 (10:45):
Fine, we're not ready because Dana is her real name.
Speaker 6 (10:49):
What are you talking about?
Speaker 9 (10:53):
The real name is Claire and you know her.
Speaker 6 (10:58):
What are you talking about right now?
Speaker 9 (11:00):
I don't.
Speaker 6 (11:00):
I don't understand.
Speaker 9 (11:03):
It's it's our stepsister. Okay, what that?
Speaker 5 (11:14):
Oh my god?
Speaker 1 (11:17):
Jake, Hey, hey man, you're need a second over here.
Speaker 5 (11:25):
My name is Jeff.
Speaker 3 (11:26):
I s freaking out what.
Speaker 1 (11:29):
Oh my gosh, Jake, you're on a radio show right now.
Speaker 5 (11:33):
What don't worry.
Speaker 4 (11:34):
Not a lot of people listen to us, just a
few million.
Speaker 1 (11:39):
But it is interesting to hear this.
Speaker 4 (11:42):
We we know a lot about some of your story
from your sister.
Speaker 6 (11:47):
Are you serious? It's Claire, Okay, tell me.
Speaker 2 (11:52):
It's like an adult stepsister. Like you didn't grow up together.
Did you grow up together?
Speaker 1 (11:56):
Yeah?
Speaker 4 (11:57):
We were like, okay, you're basically adults teenagers. Yeah, well,
in the Jewish tradition, thirteen is adults. And I don't
know what your religion is, but since you celebrate Christmas,
it's probably not your stepsister, Lauren.
Speaker 9 (12:14):
Lauren, I knew you'd react like this. This is why
I don't tell you guys stuff. I mean, everyone is dutchmental.
Speaker 1 (12:20):
This really does make a lot of sense.
Speaker 6 (12:22):
That's not normal, Jake, That's not normal.
Speaker 9 (12:24):
Why not? It's not like we're blood related. It's fine.
Speaker 2 (12:28):
Happened? Did this happen in like another family holiday event?
Speaker 6 (12:33):
Like?
Speaker 2 (12:33):
Do you know what I'm saying?
Speaker 5 (12:34):
Brook wants to take notes so she can make it
happen for the organize this.
Speaker 9 (12:39):
It happened way after our teenage years. I never thought
this would happen. I just I don't know. We ended
up hanging out and the notts and started falling for
each other. I like her, I don't know. I don't
care that we're talking.
Speaker 2 (12:55):
About your mom and dad? Is it your mom and
stepdad that we're talking? Like, oh my, there's like a
lot of family dynamics here.
Speaker 3 (13:00):
Yeah, we can have at least acknowledge there's no blood relation.
Speaker 6 (13:05):
Yeah, I live with her in high school. I lived
with her in high school. You can't hate her.
Speaker 4 (13:10):
Well, it's great, So that way, you've already met That
was what the whole problem was.
Speaker 5 (13:14):
He said that you never met her so you know her.
Speaker 9 (13:16):
Well, yeah, you should be happy because you have already
met her and she's great.
Speaker 7 (13:22):
Isn't she already at your family holiday stuff?
Speaker 2 (13:25):
You guys just aren't acting like a couple during it?
Speaker 9 (13:28):
Like, what is exactly? I mean, that's why I haven't
made a big announce that she's already there.
Speaker 3 (13:33):
Oh, so what do you do?
Speaker 8 (13:36):
You have to wait until you guys get engaged and
tell us break up?
Speaker 5 (13:40):
What exactly was the plan here, Jake?
Speaker 6 (13:42):
Like?
Speaker 4 (13:42):
When were you going to come forward and say what
your relationship was?
Speaker 9 (13:46):
Crag? I mean this is the issue. I mean, I
get it, like, I know that it's maybe not the
most normal thing, you know, to be attracted to your stepsister,
but I just know I cannot. I can't I warm
my feelings with me to can she.
Speaker 8 (14:03):
I mean, look, we are a show that's all about love,
right Brook, Love is love and you have to support this.
Speaker 1 (14:09):
I get it.
Speaker 7 (14:09):
But like the shock and if you were going to
pull the band aid off, it would have helped, like
two years ago.
Speaker 2 (14:15):
Now you have created all of this for two years.
Speaker 3 (14:18):
They're going to be upset that he didn't say anything before.
Speaker 7 (14:21):
And they're both they're both in the same room while
people are asking him about girlfriend.
Speaker 5 (14:26):
Okay, be honest, you guys.
Speaker 8 (14:27):
Ever sneak away though, And I don't know.
Speaker 4 (14:32):
I imagine it's like, oh, I know all those family
vacations against a Oh.
Speaker 9 (14:40):
So now you guys get it right, Like why I
have not?
Speaker 3 (14:42):
Oh totally?
Speaker 9 (14:43):
Yeah.
Speaker 4 (14:44):
Oh, I can kind of understand why that would be
difficult to tell mom and dad text I would have
deleted it.
Speaker 6 (14:49):
Yeah, I never thought I would say this, but maybe
it's better not to tell mom and dad.
Speaker 3 (14:55):
Oh.
Speaker 6 (14:56):
And I'm going to cross my fingers and hope you
break up by that.
Speaker 3 (15:00):
WoT do I feel like she'll.
Speaker 1 (15:04):
Tell them for you It's not going to be horrible.
Speaker 4 (15:07):
Then if you don't tell him, then we can maybe
even do a closure call coming up or a second
date update in the future like parents No with Jake
and his stepsister. Oh, it's the content that keeps on giving.
That's what the segment is all about.
Speaker 8 (15:20):
Why don't we just do a phone tap on the
parents and see how they react and at the.
Speaker 4 (15:23):
End we can It's a recurring segment that we need.
Speaker 2 (15:29):
I like it.
Speaker 6 (15:33):
Yeah, Brooke and Jeffrey in the Morning
It's awkward.
Speaker 2 (00:02):
It's Tuesday.
Speaker 3 (00:04):
It's awkward Tuesday phone call.
Speaker 4 (00:07):
I've told you guys countless times about how awkward it
is to hang out with my family.
Speaker 5 (00:12):
Yeah, hearing about it's one thing.
Speaker 4 (00:17):
Living it is a different experience because just this past weekend,
my father angrily did dishes for a half hour.
Speaker 5 (00:23):
Why because nobody else.
Speaker 4 (00:25):
Was doing them at the time, So he was getting
his hands wet, cursing while violently shoving plates into the dishwasher,
screaming about how he doesn't want to get food poisoning again.
All right, So there you go, just a normal family
gathering for the debos, and one of our listeners, Lauren,
is having your own issues with an upcoming family get together,
(00:48):
apparently regarding her brother, Lauren, do you think maybe your
brother wants to hang out and do dishes with my
dad because it might actually solve both of our problems?
Speaker 1 (00:57):
Yeah?
Speaker 6 (00:57):
I would love that, Okay.
Speaker 7 (01:00):
I mean, Jeff says that, but you know he was
in the other room being like, I know he's mad,
but I really don't want to do him.
Speaker 8 (01:06):
Yeah, he's like dad came down and watching the musical.
Speaker 4 (01:11):
Don't judge me enough about my dad and his dishes anger.
What about your brother? What's going on with him?
Speaker 6 (01:18):
Oh? Okay, So it's rather bizarre because my brother's been
in a relationship with a girl for about two years now.
Speaker 2 (01:25):
Okay, so they've been together for.
Speaker 6 (01:27):
A while, Yeah, they have, they have two years. Especially
for my brother, two years is a while because he's
always been a super career oriented focused guy.
Speaker 7 (01:36):
You know, I thought for sure that was not going
to be followed by a compliment and it was, well, you.
Speaker 1 (01:43):
Thought he's gonna use a big loser?
Speaker 5 (01:44):
Yeah, exactly.
Speaker 2 (01:45):
You know, he's my brother, and who'd want to.
Speaker 3 (01:46):
Be with him?
Speaker 1 (01:49):
Okay, good sister.
Speaker 4 (01:50):
Some people are like that though they don't get into
a lot of relationships.
Speaker 1 (01:53):
Yeah, like me, right.
Speaker 6 (01:55):
Yeah, But the issue was that it's been two years
and we've never met her.
Speaker 3 (02:00):
What sketch's a long time?
Speaker 2 (02:03):
You've never met her?
Speaker 6 (02:05):
Well, he's super secretive about her and and like.
Speaker 9 (02:08):
He won't tell us much or show us photos.
Speaker 6 (02:10):
Like he's showing me a couple of polaroids, polaroids, polaroids.
I know he's he's vintage. What I think.
Speaker 2 (02:19):
You can put him from your phone?
Speaker 9 (02:20):
Now?
Speaker 2 (02:23):
Do they live in another country or something?
Speaker 9 (02:25):
Is that? What?
Speaker 2 (02:25):
Like I just they can't be close to you then, right, we.
Speaker 6 (02:28):
Don't live super close. No, but whenever the opportunity for
us to meet her comes up, all of a sudden,
you either busy or sick or something's come up, and
it's you know, it's just getting super weird.
Speaker 4 (02:40):
What do you think is happening in this situation? Do
you think he's just ashamed of you and your family?
Speaker 9 (02:44):
Oh?
Speaker 2 (02:45):
I thought, girlfriend.
Speaker 1 (02:47):
That's where I went. That's why I didn't introduce anybody.
Speaker 6 (02:52):
I think there's always this pressure from my parents. So
when are you going to settle down? You know, when
are you going to get married and have a family.
And part of me thinks he may have made her
up just to get them off his back.
Speaker 1 (03:04):
Oh, I think she's real.
Speaker 2 (03:06):
Oh, there's a realty.
Speaker 9 (03:07):
Oh.
Speaker 1 (03:08):
I had one of those girlfriends for a few years
and that was kind of nice. Yeah, I'm just someone
that you make up just to get your parents off
your back.
Speaker 8 (03:16):
Girl for fifteen years and thousand and third grade, I
told you, Sarah's just very shy.
Speaker 7 (03:21):
Okay, okay, that would be one thing to make it
up for your parents because they're putting pressure on you.
But he would lie to you as well, you think
you're his own sister about a girlfriend.
Speaker 3 (03:30):
Yeah, that's where you should be cool.
Speaker 6 (03:33):
He might be embarrassed, you know, and I just want
to let him know that if that's the case, he
doesn't have to make someone up like he can be honest.
Speaker 2 (03:42):
So we're just going to publicly call him out. I
like it.
Speaker 1 (03:45):
Yeah, I am confused.
Speaker 4 (03:47):
What is it that you want to do with your
call here? You want to call your brother and say what?
Speaker 6 (03:51):
I don't know what to say. That's why I'm calling you. Like.
The big issue is that I have to do it
this way because my parents said that they are going
to confront him about it. Yes, I want to get
to him and get the answers before they You know,
(04:12):
it's like a.
Speaker 7 (04:13):
Whole family discussion behind his back that everyone thinks his
girlfriend's fake.
Speaker 6 (04:17):
And I would say.
Speaker 3 (04:18):
That now after two years, you're like, okay, y single.
Speaker 2 (04:22):
Time every year, it makes sense.
Speaker 4 (04:24):
It does kind of get Are you sure you don't
want that to happen just for like the good video
that you could post.
Speaker 6 (04:32):
I'm trying to save him before things get really ugly
because there could be a huge fallout.
Speaker 4 (04:37):
I didn't think about that. Maybe she is really ugly.
You could be right about that. Is that what she saying?
I thought I heard her say she could be really ugly.
Speaker 2 (04:46):
Things could get really ugly and there could be a fallout.
Speaker 1 (04:49):
Oh okay, but it still is a decent theory, right.
Speaker 5 (04:53):
Okay, that could be it.
Speaker 1 (04:54):
We'll find out. We're going to play a song. We'll
come back and we'll.
Speaker 3 (04:56):
Give you.
Speaker 5 (05:00):
On Sorry, yeah, we're gonna play a song.
Speaker 4 (05:02):
We'll come back and we'll give you some advice and
let you make your awkward Tuesday phone call to your
brother to find out if his girlfriend.
Speaker 5 (05:09):
Is real or made up. We're gonna do it right
after this, all right.
Speaker 6 (05:14):
Thank you?
Speaker 5 (05:15):
All right, hold on, it's awkward.
Speaker 2 (05:19):
It's Tuesday.
Speaker 3 (05:21):
It's awkward Tuesday phone call.
Speaker 5 (05:24):
Today.
Speaker 4 (05:25):
We're on a mission, a mission to track down the
invisible girlfriend.
Speaker 1 (05:32):
Is she real? We don't know.
Speaker 5 (05:34):
This is what we have.
Speaker 4 (05:35):
We have no social media posts of the two of
them together, no family meetups, and two blurry polaroid photos
that have been seen at a brother sister get together,
along with a million excuses for why she can't ever
meet the fan.
Speaker 2 (05:49):
Oh my god, maybe she's bigfoot.
Speaker 3 (05:53):
Photos.
Speaker 1 (05:57):
But here's my question.
Speaker 4 (05:58):
If she's invisible, Okay, how do we know she's not
on the phone with us right now? Oh, Dana, are
you here? Blink twice? If you're here, I'm not hearing
the blinks.
Speaker 9 (06:11):
I heard that.
Speaker 1 (06:13):
But no, this is a real situation. We're not joking around.
Speaker 4 (06:15):
It's been two years and one of our listeners, Lauren,
says she has still not met her brother's girlfriend and
it's becoming a little bit of an issue in their family,
so she's looking to get ahead of this before her
parents get involved. What's your advice for Lauren before we
call her brother.
Speaker 7 (06:29):
Listen, the quickest way to bond with your sibling is
to have a common enemy, and we all know that
enemy is always your parents. I'm right, okay, So listen,
you need to go to him and be like, oh
my god, you are not going to believe what mom
and dad are saying behind your back. And I don't
even know how to responds Yeah, no, yes, parents under
(06:51):
the bus, and then hopefully he'll come clean and be
honest with you.
Speaker 1 (06:55):
Lauren, you liking that.
Speaker 6 (06:57):
I do like that strategy. I do divide and conquered, divide.
Speaker 5 (07:01):
Parents, So throw the parents under the bus. That's option one. Jose,
what do you think.
Speaker 8 (07:06):
I really like what you said towards the end of
our last phone call, which was you are trying to
save him, so emphas so he knows like, Hey, I'm
not just being a boss the older sister here.
Speaker 3 (07:17):
I'm truly trying to help.
Speaker 8 (07:18):
And I think that.
Speaker 2 (07:19):
He'll matter that you don't care if he doesn't have
a girlfriend.
Speaker 1 (07:22):
Right, Ye, regardless, Right, you're the hero here. In fact,
call yourself a hero when you talk to me. You're
gonna save his relationship with mom and dad. Are you
ready to do this?
Speaker 6 (07:32):
That's all I want for Christmas?
Speaker 1 (07:34):
Okay, that's sweet. Here we go.
Speaker 5 (07:37):
Family war, family division.
Speaker 4 (07:40):
All right, I'm gonna dial your brother's phone number. We're
going to back away and let you talk to him,
but we'll jump in when we feel like you need
a little help.
Speaker 9 (07:46):
Okay, okay, sounds good.
Speaker 5 (07:48):
All right, here we go.
Speaker 9 (07:59):
Hello, Hello, Jake, Lauren?
Speaker 6 (08:06):
Yes, how are you?
Speaker 9 (08:10):
I'm good? I didn't know what you call in. Your
name didn't pop up.
Speaker 6 (08:14):
Oh, I'm sorry about that. You know, sometimes gotta make
it a surprise, right, gotta switch things up.
Speaker 9 (08:23):
Yeah, what do you mean?
Speaker 6 (08:26):
Well, I don't know. Listen, listen, So the holidays are
right around.
Speaker 9 (08:33):
The corner, right, Yeah.
Speaker 6 (08:37):
Yeah, Mom and.
Speaker 10 (08:38):
Dad are really excited to get together as always, and
they keep after me if we're gonna get to me Dana.
Speaker 9 (08:51):
Uh, well, I don't know. I mean, she's got a
lot on our plate right now, so I'm I'm not
sure if you'll have time.
Speaker 6 (08:58):
I mean maybe you're joking, right, What do you mean
he's not gonna have time?
Speaker 9 (09:06):
It's yeah, I mean it's.
Speaker 10 (09:08):
Been over two years now, Jake, we haven't met her.
Speaker 9 (09:12):
Well yeah, I mean I'm sorry, but timing's been off.
Just hasn't been the right time.
Speaker 6 (09:19):
I mean, Jake, timing's always been off. It's just is
there something else going on?
Speaker 9 (09:27):
I don't know what to tell you. I mean, she's
just not ready.
Speaker 6 (09:30):
Is a dad cream? She's in rantam because trust to me,
I get it.
Speaker 9 (09:36):
No, there's nothing to do with that. Okay.
Speaker 6 (09:40):
Well, I'm your big sister, and Mom and Dad have
been talking about this to me, and I hate that.
It's not good.
Speaker 9 (09:48):
So what I mean, it's not their business. I mean
they can talk about it as well as it's not
to me.
Speaker 6 (09:53):
They think you're hiding something, Jake. And to be honest,
at this point, I kind of do too. Oh, come on, Jake,
just be honest, Okay, that she exists?
Speaker 9 (10:07):
Is she real?
Speaker 6 (10:07):
Is Dana a real person? Because it's okay if she's not,
like I guess the pressure. I was there too before
I met Cooper.
Speaker 9 (10:14):
Listen, she's real. I've already told you that. And honestly,
that's crazy that you think I'm lying about it. It's
kind of why what am.
Speaker 6 (10:22):
I supposed to think?
Speaker 10 (10:24):
What am I supposed to think?
Speaker 6 (10:24):
There's no social media posts. I come over to your
house and there's a few blurry polaroids. You know. It's
it's just it's it's weird.
Speaker 9 (10:33):
Look, I mean, I get it, but I can't do
anything about it. She's not ready. We're not ready. It's
just not the time. What do you mean?
Speaker 6 (10:41):
We're not ready? Not ready for what? It's been two years?
Speaker 9 (10:45):
Fine, we're not ready because Dana is her real name.
Speaker 6 (10:49):
What are you talking about?
Speaker 9 (10:53):
The real name is Claire and you know her.
Speaker 6 (10:58):
What are you talking about right now?
Speaker 9 (11:00):
I don't.
Speaker 6 (11:00):
I don't understand.
Speaker 9 (11:03):
It's it's our stepsister. Okay, what that?
Speaker 5 (11:14):
Oh my god?
Speaker 1 (11:17):
Jake, Hey, hey man, you're need a second over here.
Speaker 5 (11:25):
My name is Jeff.
Speaker 3 (11:26):
I s freaking out what.
Speaker 1 (11:29):
Oh my gosh, Jake, you're on a radio show right now.
Speaker 5 (11:33):
What don't worry.
Speaker 4 (11:34):
Not a lot of people listen to us, just a
few million.
Speaker 1 (11:39):
But it is interesting to hear this.
Speaker 4 (11:42):
We we know a lot about some of your story
from your sister.
Speaker 6 (11:47):
Are you serious? It's Claire, Okay, tell me.
Speaker 2 (11:52):
It's like an adult stepsister. Like you didn't grow up together.
Did you grow up together?
Speaker 1 (11:56):
Yeah?
Speaker 4 (11:57):
We were like, okay, you're basically adults teenagers. Yeah, well,
in the Jewish tradition, thirteen is adults. And I don't
know what your religion is, but since you celebrate Christmas,
it's probably not your stepsister, Lauren.
Speaker 9 (12:14):
Lauren, I knew you'd react like this. This is why
I don't tell you guys stuff. I mean, everyone is dutchmental.
Speaker 1 (12:20):
This really does make a lot of sense.
Speaker 6 (12:22):
That's not normal, Jake, That's not normal.
Speaker 9 (12:24):
Why not? It's not like we're blood related. It's fine.
Speaker 2 (12:28):
Happened? Did this happen in like another family holiday event?
Speaker 6 (12:33):
Like?
Speaker 2 (12:33):
Do you know what I'm saying?
Speaker 5 (12:34):
Brook wants to take notes so she can make it
happen for the organize this.
Speaker 9 (12:39):
It happened way after our teenage years. I never thought
this would happen. I just I don't know. We ended
up hanging out and the notts and started falling for
each other. I like her, I don't know. I don't
care that we're talking.
Speaker 2 (12:55):
About your mom and dad? Is it your mom and
stepdad that we're talking? Like, oh my, there's like a
lot of family dynamics here.
Speaker 3 (13:00):
Yeah, we can have at least acknowledge there's no blood relation.
Speaker 6 (13:05):
Yeah, I live with her in high school. I lived
with her in high school. You can't hate her.
Speaker 4 (13:10):
Well, it's great, So that way, you've already met That
was what the whole problem was.
Speaker 5 (13:14):
He said that you never met her so you know her.
Speaker 9 (13:16):
Well, yeah, you should be happy because you have already
met her and she's great.
Speaker 7 (13:22):
Isn't she already at your family holiday stuff?
Speaker 2 (13:25):
You guys just aren't acting like a couple during it?
Speaker 9 (13:28):
Like, what is exactly? I mean, that's why I haven't
made a big announce that she's already there.
Speaker 3 (13:33):
Oh, so what do you do?
Speaker 8 (13:36):
You have to wait until you guys get engaged and
tell us break up?
Speaker 5 (13:40):
What exactly was the plan here, Jake?
Speaker 6 (13:42):
Like?
Speaker 4 (13:42):
When were you going to come forward and say what
your relationship was?
Speaker 9 (13:46):
Crag? I mean this is the issue. I mean, I
get it, like, I know that it's maybe not the
most normal thing, you know, to be attracted to your stepsister,
but I just know I cannot. I can't I warm
my feelings with me to can she.
Speaker 8 (14:03):
I mean, look, we are a show that's all about love,
right Brook, Love is love and you have to support this.
Speaker 1 (14:09):
I get it.
Speaker 7 (14:09):
But like the shock and if you were going to
pull the band aid off, it would have helped, like
two years ago.
Speaker 2 (14:15):
Now you have created all of this for two years.
Speaker 3 (14:18):
They're going to be upset that he didn't say anything before.
Speaker 7 (14:21):
And they're both they're both in the same room while
people are asking him about girlfriend.
Speaker 5 (14:26):
Okay, be honest, you guys.
Speaker 8 (14:27):
Ever sneak away though, And I don't know.
Speaker 4 (14:32):
I imagine it's like, oh, I know all those family
vacations against a Oh.
Speaker 9 (14:40):
So now you guys get it right, Like why I
have not?
Speaker 3 (14:42):
Oh totally?
Speaker 9 (14:43):
Yeah.
Speaker 4 (14:44):
Oh, I can kind of understand why that would be
difficult to tell mom and dad text I would have
deleted it.
Speaker 6 (14:49):
Yeah, I never thought I would say this, but maybe
it's better not to tell mom and dad.
Speaker 3 (14:55):
Oh.
Speaker 6 (14:56):
And I'm going to cross my fingers and hope you
break up by that.
Speaker 3 (15:00):
WoT do I feel like she'll.
Speaker 1 (15:04):
Tell them for you It's not going to be horrible.
Speaker 4 (15:07):
Then if you don't tell him, then we can maybe
even do a closure call coming up or a second
date update in the future like parents No with Jake
and his stepsister. Oh, it's the content that keeps on giving.
That's what the segment is all about.
Speaker 8 (15:20):
Why don't we just do a phone tap on the
parents and see how they react and at the.
Speaker 4 (15:23):
End we can It's a recurring segment that we need.
Speaker 2 (15:29):
I like it.
Speaker 6 (15:33):
Yeah, Brooke and Jeffrey in the Morning
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