Waiting by the Phone: No It's An Allergic Reaction, I Swear!

Tom is confused why his date Julia won't call him back after going on a wonderful first date... Find out why he got ghosted!

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Ever been left waiting by the phone. It's the Fred Shell.
Hey Tom, good morning, welcome to the program. How are you.

Speaker 2 (00:08):
I'm doing all right. How about you?

Speaker 1 (00:09):
I'm doing okay as well. But we want to help
you out with this woman Julie on waiting by the phone.
You think maybe you've been ghosted. So we got to
kind of know everything. How did you, guys meet? I
want to hear about any dates that you've been on,
and then where things are now.

Speaker 2 (00:22):
We met We actually met in church, and I thought
she was really nice, and we talked for a bit
and I got her number and we were texting back
and forth for a bit, and it seems like she
was really into me. You know, she really really shirty
flirty flirty because yeah, I gotta tell.

Speaker 1 (00:43):
I mean, a church slurty is a different kind of flirty,
like you know what I mean, Like, you know, we're
being flirty at church. We are we are flirty, you know. Well, yeah, okay,
so she wanted to go out with you. You were getting
the vibe and so you asked her out.

Speaker 2 (00:58):
Yeah, I asked her she word get brunch and she
said yeah, And I don't know, like when we were
on that brunch stage. She was a little shyer then
that she was over the text, but I thought maybe
that's just normal for like a first date. I do
like her and I want to see her again. But

(01:20):
ever since that day, she hasn't responded back to me
and hasn't even been back to church. I don't know
what's going on.

Speaker 1 (01:26):
Oh wow, she lost her religion over this. I had
to go to a different parish now over there? Yeah
this wow. Okay, So you go from really flirting a
church to brunch to you don't hear from this woman again.
You don't even see her again, and I can appreciate
that you'd like to know why.

Speaker 2 (01:45):
Yeah, exactly.

Speaker 1 (01:46):
All right, Well, let me call Julian just a second.
You'll be on the phone and to play a song.
Come back, we'll do it. I don't want you to
say anything right at first, but I will chat for
a little bit. You're welcome to jump in at some point,
and hopefully we can figure out where she's been and
straighten everything out and set you guys up on another
date and we'll pay for it. All right, Hey, tom, Right,
I was called Julie. You guys met at church and

(02:07):
you asked her to go to brunch. You did that,
you felt like that went pretty well, but you have
not heard from her since the brunch date. You haven't
even seen her at church since then, and you want
to know why. Okay, let's call her now. Good luck?

Speaker 2 (02:19):
Thank you.

Speaker 1 (02:26):
Hi is this Julie.

Speaker 3 (02:28):
This is Julie.

Speaker 1 (02:29):
Hey Julie, good morning. My name is Fred. I'm calling
from the Friend's Show, the morning radio show, and I
have to tell you that you are on the radio
right now, and I would need your permission to continue
with this call. Can we chat for just a second
on the show, Okay for sure? Yeah, I know, I
know it's weird to get a call like this, kind
of startling, and I appreciate that. But we're calling on
behalf of a guy named Tom. I guess you guys

(02:51):
met at church and you had a little brunch recently.
Do you remember this man?

Speaker 3 (02:57):
Oh? Yeah, of course.

Speaker 1 (03:00):
Okay, So what happened with him? Because we just talked
to him and he said that you guys met and
vibe that he felt like you were pretty flirty with
him his words, and then you went at a brunch
and then he hasn't heard from you or seen you
since then. You haven't gone to church either, So what
happened like kind of what's your side of the story?

Speaker 3 (03:18):
I really, I really, I'm sorry. I really don't feel
comfortable talking about this, especially on the radio.

Speaker 1 (03:25):
Well I don't want you to feel uncomfortable, and you're
welcome to hang up anytime. I'm not going to cry.
But you know, he called us, and so he knows
whatever happened. He I guess he was on the date too,
but he's confused. He doesn't know why you won't call him.
So we would love to be able to tell him why.

Speaker 3 (03:41):
I just don't know if it's appropriate to say.

Speaker 1 (03:44):
Well, why don't you tell us? And then we'll decide
if it's appropriate, right, I would love to be the
judge of appropriateness on this. Okay, thank you, all.

Speaker 3 (03:52):
Right, this is awkward. But yeah, so we went on
the date, but he one had hickeys all over his neck.

Speaker 1 (04:02):
Oh okay, all right, So okay, so so shirts unbuttoned
a little bit. You know, we had exposed neck and
we had lots of hickeys. We're sure that's what it
was not. Kind of maybe like a razor burn situation. Yeah,
maybe the man was allergic to poison. IVY or something.
I don't know if he was recently camping. I mean,
is there sure? Are were certain they were hickeys?

Speaker 3 (04:23):
I am one.

Speaker 4 (04:24):
Hundred percent certain. And it was like I had just
seen him at church too, and he didn't have them done,
so to me, like that is completely gross, And I
just felt really uncomfortable and I didn't want to I
didn't want to be on the date honestly, and I
don't really want to see him again, and like, yeah,

(04:45):
now I can't even.

Speaker 3 (04:46):
Go back to church.

Speaker 1 (04:47):
Well let's just say for a second, Julia, they were hickeys, Like,
let's just say that you know he is a single
man and this is the first day that you've gone on. Well,
I would probably cover those up. I also think it's
not like he necessarily did something wrong. I mean it's
not you guys aren't dating, you haven't been together for
a while or anything. Are you just saying that for you,

(05:07):
the idea that he may have, you know, had some
fun with somebody else is enough for you to say.

Speaker 3 (05:12):
Not for me, yeah, completely.

Speaker 5 (05:14):
I mean to show up on a first date and
to like clearly be flauntine that you've been, you know,
doing some illicit business with somebody else one that's.

Speaker 3 (05:24):
Just so offensive to me too. It's just gross.

Speaker 5 (05:28):
I don't want to know that.

Speaker 4 (05:29):
And three, like I don't know, he could have just
covered it up, like there's so many other things he
could have done.

Speaker 1 (05:35):
Well, yeah, I want to hear hiky too, But that's
that's Tom, the Hickey man. Tom. So what why did
you show up on the date with exposed hickeys? Then?
I'm sorry, by the way, Julie, she's here, Yes.

Speaker 6 (05:47):
Sir, Julia, I uh, those are not okay. I had
an allergic.

Speaker 2 (05:52):
Reaction to something earlier that day.

Speaker 1 (05:54):
It's not well, an allergic reaction to a female or
a male, I mean a man. I could have been either.
I suppose I just want to be I want to
be inclusive. You know, we all do hickeys.

Speaker 6 (06:07):
I had in a world cergic reaction of chocolate, okay,
Like I meant to tell you that.

Speaker 1 (06:12):
Yeah, did you roll around? Yeah?

Speaker 6 (06:18):
I look. Look it's like even if they were Hickey's, Like, like,
I am single, So it's it's not like I'm not allowed.

Speaker 1 (06:28):
To have them if they were hickey because we just
went from chocolate reaction to the potential of a hickey.
What kind of church, y'all. Go, it's a very active church, very.

Speaker 6 (06:41):
I can think I go to a nice one.

Speaker 1 (06:43):
They're seeing the light. I mean, yeah, people meet a church.
By the way, Yes, you should meet in church. I
don't know if he should lead like he got the
hickey between leaving church and meeting up with her. So
did you have to leave church like.

Speaker 2 (07:01):
A church?

Speaker 1 (07:01):
I got a lot of questions. Yeah, I mean truly,
so for you, it's just it's just sort of was distasteful,
Like you didn't want to have to see that?

Speaker 3 (07:09):
Yeah? Absolutely, would anyone want to see that?

Speaker 1 (07:12):
I know? But I also think you're just meeting right,
So it's possible that he's kissing other women and that
wouldn't necessarily be out of bounds. It wouldn't be And.

Speaker 2 (07:24):
You know what, you know, I can I can cover
them up.

Speaker 1 (07:27):
You think ourselves said vau him down?

Speaker 4 (07:31):
Yeah?

Speaker 1 (07:33):
Was it your curling iron? It's chocolate, Caitlin, Okay, look,
I don't I don't know. Would you consider giving him
another opportunity?

Speaker 3 (07:45):
No, absolutely not. I don't think that the situation is
for me.

Speaker 1 (07:50):
Okay, thank you. You go back to church though, now
that everything's settled settled, I mean you know, you don't
have to not go. That's not cool.

Speaker 3 (07:57):
No, I'm going to have to find a new church
and you know that time. Hush.

Speaker 1 (08:01):
But it sounds like it might be a wild place
over there. It's great. They gets okay, all right. Well
look Tom, I'm sorry talking to work out. I wish
you well. Julie, thank you for your time as well.
Thanks