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(00:01):
Ever been left waiting by the phone. It's the Frend Show. Good morning,
Mario, Good morning, Welcome tothe show waiting by the phone.
You went out with LEXI? Wegotta know how you met. We have
to know about any dates that you'vebeen on. And then what's happening right
now? Oh yeah, so wemet on Uh I know it's the old
school right down in butmatch dot com. Okay, now hold on, did
(00:23):
you pay or this is important?Did you pay or was it one of
those free trials? Because I feellike when people have to pay, then
they're taking stuff. Seriously, I'mnot it was one of the free trials.
Okay, so you're not anyway,what happened? So, and it
was about a month ago. Yeah, we had you know, we had
chatted a bit on there. Uhit seemed cool. So we met up
(00:44):
and you know, I had twodates and uh it was good man,
Like I took her out. Whatwas it the first time? We had
drinks and um, and then here'shere's where like things were really doing really
well, Like she invited me overto watch a movie at her place for
like our second hand out. Thatis a good time. Absolutely, and
I thought we had an amazing time. Man. I was like, yo,
(01:06):
I'm having a black I mean thesecond date is she's inviting you over,
But that to me says, youknow, things are I mean,
the first day went really well.She's into you, right, because otherwise
why would you want you in herspace? Of course? Yeah, I
don't say like I know where youlive now, right kind of things like
fin Well, I mean that thatsounded creepy. But yeah, other than
that, No, that's no,that's what creepy part good man like.
(01:30):
So it alway, well, you'relooking back on these dates, it's super
excited about her, except now youcan't get a hold of her. She's
ghosting you, and you want usto try and figure out why. Absolutely
yeah, I'm like, yo,why are you missing what? You know
what? We are going to askher that very question and just a second,
um, we'll call her. You'llbe on the phone at some point.
You're welcome to jump and hopefully wecan straighten this out and set you
up on another date that we payfor. Can you hang on for a
(01:52):
second, oh yea yeah, we'regonna find out what's going on. Part
two of waiting by the phone.He's next after a tailor. It's the
commercial free friend Show. You don'thave to go anywhere for forty minutes.
We're back in a second. GoodMorning Taylor's on Taylor's the French Morning,
Part two. Winning by the Phone. Mario, Let's call Lexei. You
met on match dot com, wenton two dates, second dates at her
(02:14):
place, movie night. You hada great time. You were excited to
see her again, except now she'sghosting and you want to know why,
right, Hello, Hi is thisLexi? Oh yeah, hi Lexie,
(02:34):
Thank you for for answering. Myname is Fred fred Show. I have
to tell you that we are onthe radio right now and I need your
consent to continue with the call.Is that okay if we talk for a
minute. Oh sure, yeah,Thank you so much. Um, I
don't want to waste too much ofyour time. We're actually calling on behalf
of a guy who says he metyou on match dot com. His name
is Mario. You remember this guy? Oh yeah, okay, Well,
(02:58):
he really liked you and he justwhat he thought were a couple of successful
dates and was hoping to hear fromyou again. He says, you're not
responding and he kind of wanted usto figure out why wow, Um,
yeah, I mean he does makebold moves. He makes bold moves.
What does that mean? Well,I mean the first day it was pretty
(03:19):
good, but he the second dayhe showed up with his dirty laundry.
Wait what he like showed up witha bag of laundry, and he was
like, hey, I hope youdon't mind, Like it's expensive, and
you know, I know we're gonnawatch a movie so we have the time
or whatever. Are you serious?Yeah, it was. I mean,
(03:40):
I try to be like a goodhostess. So the first day he told
us was I don't know, ata bar, restaurant something like that.
And then he said, you invitedhim over, so that's all good.
And then the guy shows up witha bag of laundry one assuming that you
have a Washington dryer and then hecan do it while you're watching the movie.
Yeah, I mean, just alittle too close for comfort for me.
(04:01):
Like he already thought that's gonna betogether something I have never ever Mario.
I forgot to mention Mario is here. I'm sorry, what are you
thinking? I mean, I didn'tthink it was that big of a deal.
You don't think it's a big dealto show up to the second day
with a bag of dirty underwear.Yeah, we were. We were chatting
(04:25):
about it. We were kind oflaughing, you know. She's like,
yeah, where you're at, man, they're like overcharging you and stuff,
and and hey, I do Ihave like this, Um, like I
have this great place, and Iactually have laundry, Like I have laundry
in my place, not like downstairsor outside. So but I didn't say
you can bring your laundry over inthe future or something like if the date
(04:49):
had gone well so bizarre, didyou at least bring your own detergent or
we're using her stuff too. Stuff, Well, that doesn't make it.
You don't bring your dirty laundry overto a stranger's home. Yeah. It
(05:10):
was the whole thing. And itwas like it was really shocking to me.
Okay, um, I mean you'resaying a lot of things. You're
saying that you're really comfortable, You'resaying that you're too cheap to do your
laundry. I mean, is hecheap on the first date or like,
is he just weird about laundry?I mean he did like pay for the
first round of drink. Okay,yeah, I offered to pay for the
(05:33):
second one and he and he yespretty closely, Like I didn't think.
I thought it was like a oneoff thing where he was like, oh
yeah, like we'll go Dutch orsomething. But it seems like he's a
little more. You look past itif he never brings his dirty draws over
again? It was it boxes briefs? Was it? What was it?
(05:58):
I mean, I have to look. I mean, you know, you
hope that's someone even when they smellthat they fell good to you. Um,
but like I just didn't want togo there, even it was too
close for comfort, you know.I mean, I I don't know.
There are scenarios where I suppose youcould have asked ahead of time. My
stuff is broke. I don't evenknow I would have figured out a different
(06:18):
way on a second date. Butanyway, yeah, will you look past
it? Can we can we setyou guys up on another date? Oh,
I don't know, it's a whole, it's a whole. Maybe bad
I made a mistake. I didn'tthink it was like that, so you
know, I mean again, maybeit's more than I expected here. So
(06:42):
I'll tell you what. You guyscan work it out, and if you
go, then we'll pay for it. But oh man, yeah, I
mean yeah, it's one of thoselike non starters things that you like,
it just happened, and then forsome reason you're like, oh this is
over now, I mean, Dannyis hard enough. Then you show up
with your already laundry and it's likeJesus, all right, um guys,
let us know what you decide,but best elected both of you. Thank
(07:04):
you for your time. Okay,yeah,
Ever been left waiting by the phone. It's the Frend Show. Good morning,
Mario, Good morning, Welcome tothe show waiting by the phone.
You went out with LEXI? Wegotta know how you met. We have
to know about any dates that you'vebeen on. And then what's happening right
now? Oh yeah, so wemet on Uh I know it's the old
school right down in butmatch dot com. Okay, now hold on, did
(00:23):
you pay or this is important?Did you pay or was it one of
those free trials? Because I feellike when people have to pay, then
they're taking stuff. Seriously, I'mnot it was one of the free trials.
Okay, so you're not anyway,what happened? So, and it
was about a month ago. Yeah, we had you know, we had
chatted a bit on there. Uhit seemed cool. So we met up
(00:44):
and you know, I had twodates and uh it was good man,
Like I took her out. Whatwas it the first time? We had
drinks and um, and then here'shere's where like things were really doing really
well, Like she invited me overto watch a movie at her place for
like our second hand out. Thatis a good time. Absolutely, and
I thought we had an amazing time. Man. I was like, yo,
(01:06):
I'm having a black I mean thesecond date is she's inviting you over,
But that to me says, youknow, things are I mean,
the first day went really well.She's into you, right, because otherwise
why would you want you in herspace? Of course? Yeah, I
don't say like I know where youlive now, right kind of things like
fin Well, I mean that thatsounded creepy. But yeah, other than
that, No, that's no,that's what creepy part good man like.
(01:30):
So it alway, well, you'relooking back on these dates, it's super
excited about her, except now youcan't get a hold of her. She's
ghosting you, and you want usto try and figure out why. Absolutely
yeah, I'm like, yo,why are you missing what? You know
what? We are going to askher that very question and just a second,
um, we'll call her. You'llbe on the phone at some point.
You're welcome to jump and hopefully wecan straighten this out and set you
up on another date that we payfor. Can you hang on for a
(01:52):
second, oh yea yeah, we'regonna find out what's going on. Part
two of waiting by the phone.He's next after a tailor. It's the
commercial free friend Show. You don'thave to go anywhere for forty minutes.
We're back in a second. GoodMorning Taylor's on Taylor's the French Morning,
Part two. Winning by the Phone. Mario, Let's call Lexei. You
met on match dot com, wenton two dates, second dates at her
(02:14):
place, movie night. You hada great time. You were excited to
see her again, except now she'sghosting and you want to know why,
right, Hello, Hi is thisLexi? Oh yeah, hi Lexie,
(02:34):
Thank you for for answering. Myname is Fred fred Show. I have
to tell you that we are onthe radio right now and I need your
consent to continue with the call.Is that okay if we talk for a
minute. Oh sure, yeah,Thank you so much. Um, I
don't want to waste too much ofyour time. We're actually calling on behalf
of a guy who says he metyou on match dot com. His name
is Mario. You remember this guy? Oh yeah, okay, Well,
(02:58):
he really liked you and he justwhat he thought were a couple of successful
dates and was hoping to hear fromyou again. He says, you're not
responding and he kind of wanted usto figure out why wow, Um,
yeah, I mean he does makebold moves. He makes bold moves.
What does that mean? Well,I mean the first day it was pretty
(03:19):
good, but he the second dayhe showed up with his dirty laundry.
Wait what he like showed up witha bag of laundry, and he was
like, hey, I hope youdon't mind, Like it's expensive, and
you know, I know we're gonnawatch a movie so we have the time
or whatever. Are you serious?Yeah, it was. I mean,
(03:40):
I try to be like a goodhostess. So the first day he told
us was I don't know, ata bar, restaurant something like that.
And then he said, you invitedhim over, so that's all good.
And then the guy shows up witha bag of laundry one assuming that you
have a Washington dryer and then hecan do it while you're watching the movie.
Yeah, I mean, just alittle too close for comfort for me.
(04:01):
Like he already thought that's gonna betogether something I have never ever Mario.
I forgot to mention Mario is here. I'm sorry, what are you
thinking? I mean, I didn'tthink it was that big of a deal.
You don't think it's a big dealto show up to the second day
with a bag of dirty underwear.Yeah, we were. We were chatting
(04:25):
about it. We were kind oflaughing, you know. She's like,
yeah, where you're at, man, they're like overcharging you and stuff,
and and hey, I do Ihave like this, Um, like I
have this great place, and Iactually have laundry, Like I have laundry
in my place, not like downstairsor outside. So but I didn't say
you can bring your laundry over inthe future or something like if the date
(04:49):
had gone well so bizarre, didyou at least bring your own detergent or
we're using her stuff too. Stuff, Well, that doesn't make it.
You don't bring your dirty laundry overto a stranger's home. Yeah. It
(05:10):
was the whole thing. And itwas like it was really shocking to me.
Okay, um, I mean you'resaying a lot of things. You're
saying that you're really comfortable, You'resaying that you're too cheap to do your
laundry. I mean, is hecheap on the first date or like,
is he just weird about laundry?I mean he did like pay for the
first round of drink. Okay,yeah, I offered to pay for the
(05:33):
second one and he and he yespretty closely, Like I didn't think.
I thought it was like a oneoff thing where he was like, oh
yeah, like we'll go Dutch orsomething. But it seems like he's a
little more. You look past itif he never brings his dirty draws over
again? It was it boxes briefs? Was it? What was it?
(05:58):
I mean, I have to look. I mean, you know, you
hope that's someone even when they smellthat they fell good to you. Um,
but like I just didn't want togo there, even it was too
close for comfort, you know.I mean, I I don't know.
There are scenarios where I suppose youcould have asked ahead of time. My
stuff is broke. I don't evenknow I would have figured out a different
(06:18):
way on a second date. Butanyway, yeah, will you look past
it? Can we can we setyou guys up on another date? Oh,
I don't know, it's a whole, it's a whole. Maybe bad
I made a mistake. I didn'tthink it was like that, so you
know, I mean again, maybeit's more than I expected here. So
(06:42):
I'll tell you what. You guyscan work it out, and if you
go, then we'll pay for it. But oh man, yeah, I
mean yeah, it's one of thoselike non starters things that you like,
it just happened, and then forsome reason you're like, oh this is
over now, I mean, Dannyis hard enough. Then you show up
with your already laundry and it's likeJesus, all right, um guys,
let us know what you decide,but best elected both of you. Thank
(07:04):
you for your time. Okay,yeah,
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