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October 8, 2025 11 mins

Mark is confused why his date Casey won't call him back after a fun night out... Find out why he got ghosted!

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Speaker 1 (00:00):
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Speaker 1 (00:36):
Hey, Mark, good morning, Welcome to the program. How are you? Hey, guys,
good morning, How are you doing? Okay? What's going on
with this woman Casey?

Speaker 2 (00:43):
We got to know how you met, about any dates
you've been on, and then why you think you're being ghosted?

Speaker 1 (00:47):
Yeah?

Speaker 3 (00:47):
So I met Casey on one of the dating apps
that are obviously very popular, and we chatted for a bid.
I got her number and we're both sort of playing
to day. I'm pretty assertive, and so I want to
kind of get right into it and get into a
sort of a meet and greet. It's because you know,
it's easy to get lost in the mix because you
don't pretty much on these apps. We both lived in

(01:08):
the suburbs, so I picked a place to meet for
dinner and we had a great meal. You know, I
really felt like we had fun, and you know, before
we parted ways at the end of the night, I suggested, Hey,
what's seven dinner again? And she agreed. She thought it
was a good idea. But she hasn't responded to me
since the date. It was previously pretty quick to apply

(01:31):
to my texes and stuff, but something changed, and I
just don't know what happened.

Speaker 2 (01:35):
Okay, all right, so I like it. You know you
matched with her. It's hey, let's get right to this,
because you're right. What happens is, you know, people are
matching constantly or getting more than one match and then
trying to juggle, and then you get lost in the
process on the dating apps if you haven't been on them,
and so you're like, hey, I want to meet you.
I'm attracted to you. You seem cool. It's going to date.
You planned it, you went, you suggested the place. Even

(01:57):
I mean, this dude planned the date. It wasn't Okay,
let's go out and then what do you want to do?
And you know, and then basically make the other person
plan the date like I tend to do. But nonetheless,
all of this went well. You even asked for confirmation
at the end of the date. Am I going to
see you again? She said yes? But you're now you're
being ghosted. Now you're not getting any responses from her,
and you want to know.

Speaker 3 (02:17):
Why that's You're right, like, the date went well and
we made a plan to each other again, but now
I haven't heard from her.

Speaker 2 (02:23):
All right, Well, let's play a song. Mark, we'll come
back in a couple of minutes. We'll call Casey. You'll
be on the phone. We're going to see if we
can get her on the phone and ask the questions
on your behalf. You're welcome to jump in at some point,
and the hope is that we can straighten all of
this out and then set you guys up on another date,
the second date that we pay for. Okay, yeah, sounds good,
Thank you, Hey Mark, Yeah, let's call Casey. You guys
met on one of the apps and you planned a date,

(02:45):
You went out, you went to dinner. You thought everything
went really well, you asked her on the date. Hey,
you want to go on another date? She said, yeah,
except you've reached out to plan that date and she
hasn't responded to you at all.

Speaker 1 (02:57):
And you want to know why you're being ghosted?

Speaker 3 (02:59):
Yes, I love too.

Speaker 1 (03:01):
Well, let's call Casey now, good luck? Mark.

Speaker 4 (03:12):
Hello?

Speaker 1 (03:13):
Hi is this Casey?

Speaker 4 (03:15):
Oh?

Speaker 1 (03:15):
Yeah?

Speaker 4 (03:15):
This is she?

Speaker 2 (03:16):
Hi, Casey, good morning. My name is Fred. I'm calling
from the Fred Show, the morning radio show. The whole
crew is here, and I do have to tell you
that we are on the radio right now, and I
would need your permission to continue with the call. Can
we chat for just a couple of minutes? You can
hang up anytime, okay, Okay, I guess okay, Well, good,
thank you.

Speaker 1 (03:33):
I'll take it.

Speaker 2 (03:34):
No, it does happen, and I'll take it as a yes.
But we're calling on behalf of a guy who reached
out to us. This name is Mark. I guess you
met him on one of the dating apps. You guys
had dinner recently. Do you remember meeting Mark?

Speaker 4 (03:46):
Uh? Yeah, yeah I do.

Speaker 2 (03:48):
Okay, Well, he called us and had nice things to
say about you, that he was excited to meet you
and planned a date. Said, you guys went to dinner.
He says he asked you on the date if he
could see you again. He says that you said yes.
He then said that he's been reaching out trying to
get a hold of you and h and you haven't
responded in any way. We had no trouble getting a
hold of you. So what's what's the issue?

Speaker 4 (04:09):
Yeah, no, I guess, uh, yeah, I guess he hasn't
really been getting the hints. So it's funny that.

Speaker 2 (04:18):
Okay, well why would he need why would you need
to get the hints if you told him? And I'm
not saying that's anything wrong, but you said you wanted
to see him again, so he has been reaching But
what happened?

Speaker 4 (04:27):
Oh okay, I feel bad about that. And okay, I
guess I got Can I tell you about our date?
And I guess maybe that's like some context?

Speaker 1 (04:37):
Okay, yeah, yeah, he said that you guys met in.

Speaker 2 (04:40):
The suburbs because you both live in the suburbs and
you met at a restaurant.

Speaker 1 (04:43):
Okay, so then.

Speaker 4 (04:45):
Yeah, great, Yeah, we had like a really nice banter
before you know, he had attractive pictures and he took
me to Olive Garden for dinner, which is which is fine,
you know, like, you know, maybe my other first date,
they're usually at non chain rest drunkard.

Speaker 2 (05:04):
I was gonna say, I don't I don't really hate
Olive Garden. I mean, I don't know if that's so
you're saying you're used to going to like I don't know,
neighborhood places or whatever. But anyway, he picked Olive Garden,
so you okay, yeah.

Speaker 4 (05:16):
He picked it like a chain, which is you know,
actually I don't have a problem with Olive Garden either.
You know, it's down to earth. It's a it's a
pretty down to earth's choice for him to make. And
you know, it's good to good looking and charming. I
guess it was just a little less charming when it
was time to order, uh, Like he went for the

(05:37):
never ending Possible, which cool. You know, that's not a
big deal. Yeah, it's great and it is.

Speaker 1 (05:42):
It's a lot of value, a lot of value there.

Speaker 2 (05:45):
Yeah yeah, right, you can eat as much as you want,
k okay, all right, okay.

Speaker 4 (05:51):
Yeah, so yeah, but that was exactly what Mark wanted
to do. He made it clear from the start that
he was going to get his money, like, and it
was cute at first, like two three bowls, but then
he started making a scene like acting like some posta
mob guy, like when this bowl is half empty, you

(06:11):
bring another, Okay, Okay. He's very enthusiastic about this never
ending possible. And then it's getting into like bowl six
and seven. He like went to the bathroom and came
back and tried to order three more bowls at one.

Speaker 2 (06:30):
Oh wow, was a competitive eating situation, like he he
wanted to impress you with how much he could consume.

Speaker 4 (06:39):
Yeah, I guess it was. Yeah, like the show boat,
he was really showboating, I guess. But I mean he's
trying to like order so much at once, and the
and the servers explaining, you know, it's just one at
a time. So I'm getting a little embarrassed. And then
fast forward two hours, like I'm I've been done eating,

(07:00):
like I can have like two bowls at most. Maybe
he's on bowl number twelve or thirteen.

Speaker 2 (07:05):
Oh so you had to sit there for like another
forty five minutes an hour or whatever and watch him
just like I don't know, just I don't know whatever
to shovel this stuff into his mouth.

Speaker 4 (07:16):
Yeah, literally shoveling, like the whole wedge of parmesan had
been had been like down to the rind. And then
he finally called it and like, I'm sorry, I was
a little disgusted. It looked like he was in pain.
It doesn't even look like he was enjoying it, really,
so you were not impressed, that's what you're saying.

Speaker 1 (07:35):
It didn't turn anyone.

Speaker 4 (07:38):
Exactly, but then what maybe the exact opposite, Oh, I mean,
and then he tried to negotiate like a to go
order with the waiter because even more very well, and
then wanted them to leave all the empty bowls so
I could take a picture of him. So I don't
know if it's like he bus competitive, it's just lacking.

Speaker 2 (08:00):
And let me I forgot you mentioned that the market
is here, Mark. You didn't mention any of the competitive eating.
You didn't mention any any of this, like seventeen bowls
apasta thing and you made her sit there and watch
you do this.

Speaker 1 (08:12):
You didn't mention any of that. Okay, look, I.

Speaker 3 (08:14):
Can't believe that this is an issue. Okay, it's never
ending fasta.

Speaker 1 (08:17):
This is what you're supposed to do.

Speaker 4 (08:18):
You're supposed to eat as much as you that's.

Speaker 3 (08:20):
What they want you to do market, Okay, why would
I not get as much as possible?

Speaker 1 (08:25):
I don't think. I don't think that's true.

Speaker 2 (08:27):
I don't think that they're anticipating that the average person
on a date is going to eat seventeen bowls of pasta.
Like I think it's sort of I don't think you're
supposed to take.

Speaker 1 (08:34):
It that literally?

Speaker 2 (08:35):
Right?

Speaker 1 (08:36):
Do you have food at hunt right?

Speaker 4 (08:37):
Right?

Speaker 1 (08:37):
That it's never ending? Actually?

Speaker 2 (08:39):
Like I think it's more of like, oh wow, I
can have as much as I want, and maybe you
splurge on an extra bowl or something. But you know,
it's the seventeen bowls the picture, It's it's making her
watch you do this. It's then trying to negotiate the
that's a go I mean, it's kind of a lot
of layers here.

Speaker 1 (08:54):
What if she wanted to hook up? Like how would
you pull that?

Speaker 2 (08:57):
I mean, I realized you carbo loaded, but like you know,
I mean I don't think I could function after that?

Speaker 3 (09:02):
No, how can you not be currently not be impressed
with me?

Speaker 2 (09:11):
He was?

Speaker 4 (09:12):
It's just like just because you can. You never stopped
to ask why or if you should, And like seventeen
bowls is no exaggeration either. It's just like it's it's
not really a great first impression.

Speaker 2 (09:26):
I think you're not allowed at that out of garden anymore.
I think they banned you. I think you ate enough
never ending possive for the entire promotion.

Speaker 4 (09:33):
Take it off, like the menu probably.

Speaker 3 (09:36):
I mean they seem like they were they were enjoying
me eating all that passa. I thought you were having
a good time. I felt good in the moment, and
you know, I don't with you or laughing at a
certain point.

Speaker 2 (09:47):
I mean you were making a spectacle. It sounds like
and then ordering people around, you know, as I don't know,
and I don't think that's date activity.

Speaker 1 (09:55):
It's certainly not first date activity.

Speaker 4 (09:57):
No, maybe like something you revealed to me later on
and it's like, oh wow, this is like a secret
in talent or it's just you're really enthusiastic about pacto.

Speaker 1 (10:08):
Or or deals.

Speaker 3 (10:12):
Impressing.

Speaker 2 (10:13):
Okay, there it is. I was like, were you trying
to get a good deal or were you trying to
impress her? And he keeps bringing up that he was
trying to impress her and it didn't Actually he did
not impress her at all. Let me ask this question though,
Casey on his behalf, maybe we don't go to any
kind of like never ending situation, but we'll pay for
another date if you'd like to try and go out
with him again, and maybe you'll agree to not competitive eat.

Speaker 1 (10:34):
On the date.

Speaker 4 (10:36):
I mean, it's a hard sell. It's a hard sell
because like, uh, I can't really get the image of
all the pasta sauces kind.

Speaker 2 (10:46):
Of Yeah, how did you feel after that? I mean,
that's a lot of that's a lot of probably, I
don't know. I don't know what sauce you got, the
different sauce choices, but it's.

Speaker 4 (10:56):
Just a lot.

Speaker 1 (10:58):
Yeah.

Speaker 4 (10:59):
Maybe I'm pretty sure he needed some gap X and
the antithids after Like, how.

Speaker 1 (11:06):
Did you feel for the next couple of days? Look
at I'm a grown guy.

Speaker 3 (11:09):
I like to eat, and I felt fine. Everything went
down fine, everything came out fine, it was great.

Speaker 1 (11:13):
Okay, good news. All right.

Speaker 2 (11:14):
Look, so she's not interested, it doesn't seem so Mark. Look,
I wish you the best, Casey, thank you for your time.
Good luck to you as well out there. And maybe
maybe we toned down the sort of boasting how much
we can eat on the first date.

Speaker 1 (11:29):
That's my advice to you,

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