Jake Thought Trivia Night Won Serena Over... Until She Told Us What Really Happened

Jake was convinced his date with Serena was a success. They had chemistry, shared laughs, created a flirty inside joke, and even ended the night with a kiss. So when she suddenly stopped responding, he couldn't figure out what went wrong.

When Serena joins The Jubal Show's First Date Follow Up, her version of trivia night reveals a series of moments Jake either completely overlooked—or remembers very differently. As the story unfolds, it becomes clear why one unforgettable night left them on two very different pages.

Was it all just a misunderstanding, or did one moment change everything? Listen to hear the full story.

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
First Date follow Up powered by the Advocates Injury Attorneys
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Speaker 2 (00:07):
Jake is on the phone today for a first date
follow up and he's getting ghosted by Serena. So in
a few minutes we'll call her and see if she'll
tell us why she's ghosting him and maybe get him
another date. But first, Jake, how long has it been
since you heard from Serena.

Speaker 3 (00:18):
It's been probably about a week and a half.

Speaker 4 (00:23):
M So have you been trying to get a hold
of her.

Speaker 5 (00:28):
Yeah, I tried to call like a couple times, but
I'm trying.

Speaker 3 (00:32):
Not to be too pushy. But it's been like maybe
two days since the last time I reached out.

Speaker 6 (00:39):
Okay, have you reached out a bunch?

Speaker 3 (00:42):
I don't think so.

Speaker 6 (00:44):
What it meant I think more.

Speaker 2 (00:46):
Than three times if somebody's ghosting you, I feel like
more than three times it's too much.

Speaker 3 (00:50):
How how's two calls and one text?

Speaker 6 (00:54):
Oh that's not bad?

Speaker 3 (00:55):
Yeah?

Speaker 4 (00:55):
Yeah, well I don't know two calls counts for like
two text messages.

Speaker 6 (00:59):
Oh, but that's okay.

Speaker 4 (01:00):
This is where we are now.

Speaker 6 (01:02):
Did you leave any crying voicemails?

Speaker 3 (01:04):
Oh? No, no, I didn't leave any that's a plus.

Speaker 4 (01:09):
Yeah, Okay, let's talk about the date. How did that go?

Speaker 5 (01:14):
So we went out to trivia night at a bar
around town and it was a lot of fun.

Speaker 3 (01:19):
We have really good vibes. I love trivia like and
I figured to be a great date because there's something interactive.
We had a lot of fun.

Speaker 5 (01:29):
We crushed a few rounds, and our chemistry was it
was awesome.

Speaker 3 (01:34):
The drinks were flowing.

Speaker 5 (01:36):
The team name even became like a little flirty inside
joke between me and.

Speaker 3 (01:40):
Her by the end of the night.

Speaker 4 (01:42):
What was the team name?

Speaker 5 (01:45):
The team name was the scores, like like you're scoring,
you know what I mean?

Speaker 4 (01:52):
Okay, okay, I see where the joke's going, right right.

Speaker 3 (01:56):
So and she's also like really really smart but now
and like web it in your face kind of way.
She was like laughing at my jokes and nobody ever
does that really special, like they land like fifty to
fifty percent of the time, you know. So, yeah, it
all went really well and there was like there was

(02:19):
a definitely a kiss at the end of the night.
And it was not like fireworks all over the place,
but it was a little bit of a spark, a
little bit of a thing if you feel what I mean.

Speaker 4 (02:32):
Okay, so kind of feel what you mean. So what
you're saying was it wasn't the best kiss, but it
was all right enough that you want to get a
hold of her.

Speaker 3 (02:39):
Yeah, I mean, then I guess I wouldn't even say
that the kiss was bad. Okay. It wasn't like, you know,
to stick your foot up in the air type kids.

Speaker 5 (02:48):
I think it was kind of just the It seems
like the kisses in the future are going.

Speaker 3 (02:52):
To be way better, you know what I mean, kind
of like it's a little a little kiss.

Speaker 6 (02:57):
Okay, Well, we'll see if we can figure it out.

Speaker 2 (02:58):
We'll play a song come back, and then call her
and see if she'll tell us why she's ghosting you
and maybe get you another date. Okay, okay, thanks, all right,
we'll get your first day follow up next.

Speaker 1 (03:07):
So you will show first date follow up powered by
the Advocates Injury Attorneys online at Advocateslaw dot com.

Speaker 2 (03:15):
Right in the middle of your first day follow up
if you're just joining us, Jake is on the phone.

Speaker 6 (03:18):
He's getting ghosted buy Serena.

Speaker 2 (03:19):
So we're about to call her and see if she'll
tell us why she's ghosting him and maybe get him
another day if he still wants one. But before we
do that, Jake, tell us what happened on your date
again real quick.

Speaker 3 (03:29):
So we went out to go play trivia.

Speaker 5 (03:31):
We had a really good time, lots of fun chemistry,
but I think I might have gotten a little bit
too intense.

Speaker 3 (03:40):
But she didn't seem.

Speaker 5 (03:41):
Too bothered about it at that, you know, at when
it happened.

Speaker 3 (03:45):
And we did kiss at the end of the night.

Speaker 4 (03:47):
But the kiss wasn't kick your leg up kiss. It
was just a spark.

Speaker 6 (03:51):
I love that. Yeah, okay, all right, you ready for
us to call her?

Speaker 3 (03:56):
Oh?

Speaker 2 (03:56):
Yeah, okay, here we go. Hello, Hi, Ma, I speak
to Serena. Please she Hey, Serena, how are you? This
is a radio show. It's called The Jebel Show.

Speaker 4 (04:10):
Hi, Serena. My name's Nina.

Speaker 6 (04:12):
Hi, I'm Victoria and I'm Jewel.

Speaker 4 (04:13):
How you doing?

Speaker 3 (04:15):
Wait? Is this a prank?

Speaker 6 (04:17):
No, this is not a prank. Have you ever listened
to the Jubel Show before? I no, you don't have
to apologize. It's fine.

Speaker 2 (04:25):
It happens like rarely that somebody doesn't listen very rarely.

Speaker 4 (04:29):
But you know, maybe you don't want to know.

Speaker 6 (04:31):
So, yeah, I just have to be up really early
for work though.

Speaker 3 (04:35):
It probably just.

Speaker 2 (04:36):
Yeah, yeah, well yeah, it's fine. You are starring on
it though, right now?

Speaker 3 (04:41):
Oh okay.

Speaker 2 (04:43):
We do a segment on the show called the First
Ape follow Up. That's where if you go out with
somebody and then you ghost them, they can email us
to get you on the phone and ask why you're
ghosting them. And somebody emailed us about you. Oh okay,
do you know who would email us?

Speaker 3 (04:59):
Not sure?

Speaker 6 (05:00):
Are you ghosting anyone?

Speaker 7 (05:02):
I mean I'm out here dating I don't know.

Speaker 6 (05:05):
Okay. His name is Jake.

Speaker 4 (05:07):
You know that's a lot of guys you remember him?

Speaker 6 (05:09):
Oh my gosh.

Speaker 8 (05:11):
Okay, okay, yeah, this is something Jake would do, like
trivia night Jake, m okay.

Speaker 4 (05:20):
I love that.

Speaker 2 (05:21):
And he says that it's been a week and a
half since you guys hung out. He thought the day
was good, but you've been ghosting him? Can you tell
us why?

Speaker 3 (05:28):
Definitely? Jake?

Speaker 7 (05:29):
All right, yeah, no, nice nice in the sky.

Speaker 3 (05:34):
It's just too much, is that? Look?

Speaker 7 (05:40):
I love a competitive guy. But you know, we went
out for a game of trivia and it turned into
like this full, full blown game show.

Speaker 8 (05:50):
Host thing like he was standing up in high.

Speaker 7 (05:53):
Fiving strangers and just giving ted talks between rounds and
people thought he worked there.

Speaker 3 (06:00):
He well, excuse me for my bringing some enthusiasm to
the game.

Speaker 6 (06:07):
He's on the phone listening and he wants to talk
to you.

Speaker 8 (06:10):
Yeah, no, hija, I just you also accused a group
of elderly women of cheating.

Speaker 3 (06:17):
Yeah, yeah, they were. They were suspiciously good at pop culture.
How are they gonna know? Like, how are they gonna
know this stuff?

Speaker 5 (06:29):
And I swear I saw one of them looking at
their phone.

Speaker 8 (06:35):
Okay, And let's not also forget that you argued with
the trivia host for a solid five minute.

Speaker 3 (06:42):
I was maybe nineteen streeting off a card old he
was wrong. I was educating him.

Speaker 8 (06:51):
Take the whole bar, was chanting for you to sit down,
the whole bar chanted firm down.

Speaker 3 (06:58):
Oh my god. They were not telling me to sit down.

Speaker 5 (07:01):
They were chanting my name because I was correct.

Speaker 6 (07:07):
Is that really what happened?

Speaker 8 (07:09):
Oh my god, Jake, we we we were losing, all right.
I need someone who can handle losing with dignity.

Speaker 3 (07:17):
Oh come on, I do handle loving well. It just
doesn't happen to me very.

Speaker 6 (07:24):
Often, That's what I'm talking about.

Speaker 8 (07:26):
I mean, it was already bad, but when you threatened
to burn down the place because we were losing that.

Speaker 3 (07:35):
Down it was a joke. I'm not God wasn't gonna
actually do that, So.

Speaker 6 (07:43):
You're not denying it. You didn't place down, but I.

Speaker 3 (07:47):
Didn't mean it. Joke. And Joe really take like the
owner came.

Speaker 7 (07:54):
Out at that point and was saying we had to go.

Speaker 5 (07:58):
Well, we were already leaving, all right, Well, like we
got roll now, Serena, would you like go out with
Jake again?

Speaker 6 (08:08):
We'll pay for it, you know, thank you.

Speaker 3 (08:11):
I'm so good.

Speaker 5 (08:13):
Well all right, fine, I guess I'll take my undefeated
record somewhere else and enjoy losing it life Serena, Okay.

Speaker 3 (08:25):
Well great.

Speaker 8 (08:26):
I hope you find you're someone and you can burn
down places together.

Speaker 3 (08:32):
Oh it was a joke. I'll do that.

Speaker 6 (08:40):
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