March 4, 2024 • 10 mins
Clay and Emily, like most people, met on the apps. They went out for some drinks and Clay thought they had a great connection and would certainly have a second date. Since then, Emily hasn't been responding to any of Clay's messages. Listen to find out why he got ghosted!
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Speaker 1 (00:02):
Ever been left waiting by the phone. It's the Fred Show.
Hey Clay, good morning, Welcome to the program. How are
you well?
Speaker 2 (00:11):
Honestly, I'm not doing too great. That's why I'm talking
to you guys.
Speaker 1 (00:14):
Now, see now that is an honest answer. Yeah, I
cannot tell you how many times in this thing I'll go,
how are you? I'm great? You're being ghosted, bro, Like,
how could you be so great? But you, in fact
are not great because you went out with this woman,
Emily and you can't get hold of her now. So
can you give us sort of the backstory? How did you,
guys meet? Tell us about any dates that you've been on,
kind of tell us what we need to know, please,
(00:35):
if you would.
Speaker 2 (00:36):
Right, we met, you know, on the apps like most
people do nowadays, and I feel like we really hit
it off. You know, we went out, went out to
grab some drinks, talked. I felt like there was a
good connection, good rapport. I honestly thought we would definitely
(00:57):
be having a second date. And I've been trying to
reach her and yeah, like I said, you know, she
ghost to me.
Speaker 1 (01:05):
Yeah, so you've texted, you've called, You've Yeah, I mean
a few times. I assume. I mean, it's it's for sure.
She's not busy this, she's not responding, she's ignoring you. Yeah,
it's pretty clear. Yeah, all right, well this is where
we come in. Of course, we're going to see if
we can get ahold of Emily. In just a second.
You'll be on the phone at the same time. We're
gonna ask some questions. You're welcome to jump in at
(01:25):
some point after we get some answers. And you know,
the hope here is that there's a good explanation for
her absence and that we can set you guys up
on another date that we pay for, and then off
you go into you know, happiness, and maybe you'll get
married and invite us at a wedding. Who knows what
might happen, but we're hoping for a happy ending here.
Speaker 2 (01:41):
Yeah, that would be great.
Speaker 1 (01:42):
All right, I'm gonna play one song and come back
and then we'll call Emily. Hang on, Clay, all right,
let's see what happens next. Part two of Waiting by
the Phone After this song on the Fred Show. Good morning,
It's the Freends Show. Part two of Waiting by the Phone. Hey, Clay, Yeah,
all right, welcome back, let's call Emily. You guys, you
went on a date. You met out one of the apps.
(02:03):
You thought the date went really well. You were excited
about her, except you've reached out to try and plan
another day. You've called, you've texted, and she's left you
on red. She has not responded. You believe that you're
being ghosted. You want to know why? Yeah, exactly, Okay,
let's call her now. Good luck. Clay, Hello, Hi Sis, Emily. Yes,
(02:30):
hey Emily, good morning. My name is Fred. I'm calling
from the Fred Show, the morning radio show, and I
have to tell you that we are on the radio
right now and I would need your permission to continue
with the call. Is it cool with just Jeff a
couple of minutes. You can hang out at anytime if
you won.
Speaker 3 (02:43):
Oh my god, Okay, yeah, I know.
Speaker 1 (02:47):
It's a little bit weird, but thank you for playing along. Here.
We're calling on behalf of a guy who says he
mention you online. You guys recently went out. His name
is Clay. Do you remember Clay?
Speaker 3 (02:55):
I do remember Clay.
Speaker 1 (02:57):
Okay, So what happened with Clay? Because he we just
spoke with him. Uh, he said that he had met
you on the apps and that he went out with
you and he thought it went really well and he
was looking forward to seeing you again. But now he
can't get a hold of you. So what's going on?
Speaker 3 (03:10):
Oh okay.
Speaker 1 (03:14):
He was just very odd on our date. You know.
Speaker 3 (03:20):
He told me he had just moved to the city
and he was having a hard time like finding friends,
but specifically finding friends to like. I think he said
to play in the park and like do karate with
or something to that effect, and I laughed because I
thought he was joking, But then I realized, no, he's
(03:41):
he's m He was serious, and I don't know he
thought it was weird that I didn't understand.
Speaker 1 (03:48):
Wait, hold on, so he was looking for a partnership
so that you guys should go to the park and
do karate. Hell yeah, I know, yeah, I what is
he gonna there with this camouflage belt and break a
board or something? You know what I'm saying? Can bring
the boards by himself? What?
Speaker 3 (04:09):
Yeah, it was pretty It was pretty awkward.
Speaker 1 (04:14):
Don't do for that. Don't you go to the karate
place and like hang out with other karate people when
you I mean, I don't know what you're on I
mean people are on dating apps looking for a lot
of things, but I've this one I've never heard of before.
I've got to mention that Clay is here, kung Fu
Clay is here. Hey Clay, Hey, karate kid. What's going on? Like,
(04:36):
wax on, wax off? Bro, Like, what's karate Clay? What's
going on? Like? I mean you told her on the
date that you were looking for someone to go do
karate in the park with. Like, yeah, I.
Speaker 2 (04:49):
Don't understand what the joke is. I mean, it's a
hobby of mine. I have a lot of fun doing it.
I don't see what's what's odd about that?
Speaker 1 (04:55):
Now, do you put on the entire karate garb? Do
you put on the was it? Do you put the
gee on? Are you what level? Are you? By the way? Yeah?
Speaker 2 (05:04):
Yeah, no, I'm yeah, I'm I'm a black belt. I've
been studying karate since I was a little kid. I
love karate, and yeah, I'm new to the area. So
I was looking for people, not necessarily with you, Emily.
Speaker 1 (05:17):
Uh.
Speaker 2 (05:18):
You know, I wasn't saying that me and you need
to go to the park and do karate. I you know,
if you don't like karate, orn into it. That's fine.
But I've been trying to meet some friends that I
could go to the park with and and and you know,
play fight with.
Speaker 1 (05:38):
Do they k F Clay?
Speaker 2 (05:41):
Like no, no one's ever called me come fume fu
Clay before.
Speaker 1 (05:46):
Now I'm worried to make too much fun of this
man because he is a black belt. So I mean
that's more than I can say for myself. But I mean, Clay,
wouldn't you rather than go on a date with someone
in time? We wouldn't you just go to a I
mean a karate establishment and know sort of I don't know,
either spar with other people at your level or or
instruct or something. I mean, it sounds like you're legitimate.
(06:08):
Why are we going to the park to do.
Speaker 3 (06:13):
Well?
Speaker 2 (06:14):
I mean, you know, there are lots of different clubs
that that do this kind of stuff, especially where I
was from, Like there are people that do sword fighting,
you know, they go to parking.
Speaker 1 (06:23):
I don't really don't understand what.
Speaker 4 (06:24):
The big if I you know, if I tell someone, hey,
I'm gonna play Mortal Kombat with my buddies, you know
on the PlayStation, that's not weird.
Speaker 2 (06:36):
But all of a sudden it's weird that I say, oh,
I want to go, you know, spar fight or play
fight in the park.
Speaker 1 (06:43):
I mean, I don't know what to do with this, Emily.
So look, he wasn't saying he wanted to do that
with you necessarily, but in general he'd like to find
random people to go to the park. I mean, so
I guess you can go out with him if you
want to, and you don't have to play fight with it.
Speaker 3 (07:04):
I mean, to be quite honest, it's very clear we
don't have anything in common.
Speaker 2 (07:11):
So I mean when we were talking, we have a
lot of stuff in common. We don't We don't have
to have all of the exact same hobbies. I'm sure
you do things that I wouldn't do with you.
Speaker 1 (07:21):
Yeah, I mean there's a thing you could go on
Craigslist for stuff like this. I think, I mean you could.
I mean, there's there's gotta be a Facebook group for
something like this. I mean, I think there's a little.
Speaker 3 (07:33):
Like ate.
Speaker 1 (07:36):
Maybe don't write it like that, but I mean, I'm sorry,
this is I mean, I think I understand what you're
getting at is that you were sharing this is an
interest of yours and you just moved here and you're
looking for other like minded folks. I just think she
thinks it's weird that. I guess if I watched by
a park and I saw a bunch of random men
right beating each other up, I might tell in karate gear,
(08:00):
I might sort of wonder what I've stumbled upon. But
I mean, Clay, I hope that you find what you're
looking for. Emily. He doesn't want to do karate with you,
but he does want to hang out with you again.
Would you consider that in between sessions of the park
with random men.
Speaker 5 (08:15):
No, I don't blame you, girl, I don't blame you.
Speaker 1 (08:19):
Don't nobody want no man walking around.
Speaker 2 (08:23):
Like what are you?
Speaker 4 (08:23):
All right?
Speaker 1 (08:23):
So what do you do?
Speaker 3 (08:25):
So it's prefer to have men that are not in shape.
Speaker 2 (08:28):
That stay home like video games all day and they
play with their friends online. That's socially acceptable. But this
is weird.
Speaker 5 (08:34):
Okay, Yes, he says, over there, bro, if you want
to be John Wick, just say that.
Speaker 2 (08:51):
I do think we ain't got nothing on me.
Speaker 1 (08:57):
Hung play everybody? Hey man, look, I think there's a
It didn't come off right at the very least, but
Emily no interest in another date with with karate Clay. Now, okay,
all right, Well, hey Clay, look, I wish you the best.
I hope you find the sort of social outlet that
(09:18):
you're looking for, and who knows, you know, maybe you'll
you'll stumble upon a place where they do karate, do karate,
and then you can find a woman who also does karate,
and y'all can do karate together.
Speaker 2 (09:28):
Yeah. I mean I don't necessarily need to be with
somebody else that does karate per se, but yeah, I
mean that would be nice.
Speaker 1 (09:36):
Okay, hey, at least you need to wear the whole
thing out to the date, and that would have been
something if he had the you know, black Do you
ever wear the black belt out? Can you accessorize or no? No?
Speaker 2 (09:45):
No, I mean I don't wear that out.
Speaker 1 (09:46):
Okay. He's like he's like legally like a deadly weapon.
That's what I mean. Like, that's why, Hey, that was
Key keeps talking. By the way, I want you to know, Claire,
I respect your back. Yeah, exactly in the park. No,
I would you seem like I'm ready to join up? Yes,
I'm not gonna do that, but I mean I'm not
gonna make too much fun of this man. Emily, thank
(10:07):
you for your time. Good luck Clay, best of luck
to you as well. Sir. Yes, yeah, I'm bowing you know.
I salute you, Sir, kung ful Clay, I am again.
I love everybody. Just karadi. By the way, I do
you find to walk out of the radio stat to
(10:29):
get your ask there? I think he managed to him upset.
Everyone has ever learned carry karaoke and karate both. You
managed it. So both people karate and karaoke and the
people who do both
Ever been left waiting by the phone. It's the Fred Show.
Hey Clay, good morning, Welcome to the program. How are
you well?
Speaker 2 (00:11):
Honestly, I'm not doing too great. That's why I'm talking
to you guys.
Speaker 1 (00:14):
Now, see now that is an honest answer. Yeah, I
cannot tell you how many times in this thing I'll go,
how are you? I'm great? You're being ghosted, bro, Like,
how could you be so great? But you, in fact
are not great because you went out with this woman,
Emily and you can't get hold of her now. So
can you give us sort of the backstory? How did you,
guys meet? Tell us about any dates that you've been on,
kind of tell us what we need to know, please,
(00:35):
if you would.
Speaker 2 (00:36):
Right, we met, you know, on the apps like most
people do nowadays, and I feel like we really hit
it off. You know, we went out, went out to
grab some drinks, talked. I felt like there was a
good connection, good rapport. I honestly thought we would definitely
(00:57):
be having a second date. And I've been trying to
reach her and yeah, like I said, you know, she
ghost to me.
Speaker 1 (01:05):
Yeah, so you've texted, you've called, You've Yeah, I mean
a few times. I assume. I mean, it's it's for sure.
She's not busy this, she's not responding, she's ignoring you. Yeah,
it's pretty clear. Yeah, all right, well this is where
we come in. Of course, we're going to see if
we can get ahold of Emily. In just a second.
You'll be on the phone at the same time. We're
gonna ask some questions. You're welcome to jump in at
(01:25):
some point after we get some answers. And you know,
the hope here is that there's a good explanation for
her absence and that we can set you guys up
on another date that we pay for, and then off
you go into you know, happiness, and maybe you'll get
married and invite us at a wedding. Who knows what
might happen, but we're hoping for a happy ending here.
Speaker 2 (01:41):
Yeah, that would be great.
Speaker 1 (01:42):
All right, I'm gonna play one song and come back
and then we'll call Emily. Hang on, Clay, all right,
let's see what happens next. Part two of Waiting by
the Phone After this song on the Fred Show. Good morning,
It's the Freends Show. Part two of Waiting by the Phone. Hey, Clay, Yeah,
all right, welcome back, let's call Emily. You guys, you
went on a date. You met out one of the apps.
(02:03):
You thought the date went really well. You were excited
about her, except you've reached out to try and plan
another day. You've called, you've texted, and she's left you
on red. She has not responded. You believe that you're
being ghosted. You want to know why? Yeah, exactly, Okay,
let's call her now. Good luck. Clay, Hello, Hi Sis, Emily. Yes,
(02:30):
hey Emily, good morning. My name is Fred. I'm calling
from the Fred Show, the morning radio show, and I
have to tell you that we are on the radio
right now and I would need your permission to continue
with the call. Is it cool with just Jeff a
couple of minutes. You can hang out at anytime if
you won.
Speaker 3 (02:43):
Oh my god, Okay, yeah, I know.
Speaker 1 (02:47):
It's a little bit weird, but thank you for playing along. Here.
We're calling on behalf of a guy who says he
mention you online. You guys recently went out. His name
is Clay. Do you remember Clay?
Speaker 3 (02:55):
I do remember Clay.
Speaker 1 (02:57):
Okay, So what happened with Clay? Because he we just
spoke with him. Uh, he said that he had met
you on the apps and that he went out with
you and he thought it went really well and he
was looking forward to seeing you again. But now he
can't get a hold of you. So what's going on?
Speaker 3 (03:10):
Oh okay.
Speaker 1 (03:14):
He was just very odd on our date. You know.
Speaker 3 (03:20):
He told me he had just moved to the city
and he was having a hard time like finding friends,
but specifically finding friends to like. I think he said
to play in the park and like do karate with
or something to that effect, and I laughed because I
thought he was joking, But then I realized, no, he's
(03:41):
he's m He was serious, and I don't know he
thought it was weird that I didn't understand.
Speaker 1 (03:48):
Wait, hold on, so he was looking for a partnership
so that you guys should go to the park and
do karate. Hell yeah, I know, yeah, I what is
he gonna there with this camouflage belt and break a
board or something? You know what I'm saying? Can bring
the boards by himself? What?
Speaker 3 (04:09):
Yeah, it was pretty It was pretty awkward.
Speaker 1 (04:14):
Don't do for that. Don't you go to the karate
place and like hang out with other karate people when
you I mean, I don't know what you're on I
mean people are on dating apps looking for a lot
of things, but I've this one I've never heard of before.
I've got to mention that Clay is here, kung Fu
Clay is here. Hey Clay, Hey, karate kid. What's going on? Like,
(04:36):
wax on, wax off? Bro, Like, what's karate Clay? What's
going on? Like? I mean you told her on the
date that you were looking for someone to go do
karate in the park with. Like, yeah, I.
Speaker 2 (04:49):
Don't understand what the joke is. I mean, it's a
hobby of mine. I have a lot of fun doing it.
I don't see what's what's odd about that?
Speaker 1 (04:55):
Now, do you put on the entire karate garb? Do
you put on the was it? Do you put the
gee on? Are you what level? Are you? By the way? Yeah?
Speaker 2 (05:04):
Yeah, no, I'm yeah, I'm I'm a black belt. I've
been studying karate since I was a little kid. I
love karate, and yeah, I'm new to the area. So
I was looking for people, not necessarily with you, Emily.
Speaker 1 (05:17):
Uh.
Speaker 2 (05:18):
You know, I wasn't saying that me and you need
to go to the park and do karate. I you know,
if you don't like karate, orn into it. That's fine.
But I've been trying to meet some friends that I
could go to the park with and and and you know,
play fight with.
Speaker 1 (05:38):
Do they k F Clay?
Speaker 2 (05:41):
Like no, no one's ever called me come fume fu
Clay before.
Speaker 1 (05:46):
Now I'm worried to make too much fun of this
man because he is a black belt. So I mean
that's more than I can say for myself. But I mean, Clay,
wouldn't you rather than go on a date with someone
in time? We wouldn't you just go to a I
mean a karate establishment and know sort of I don't know,
either spar with other people at your level or or
instruct or something. I mean, it sounds like you're legitimate.
(06:08):
Why are we going to the park to do.
Speaker 3 (06:13):
Well?
Speaker 2 (06:14):
I mean, you know, there are lots of different clubs
that that do this kind of stuff, especially where I
was from, Like there are people that do sword fighting,
you know, they go to parking.
Speaker 1 (06:23):
I don't really don't understand what.
Speaker 4 (06:24):
The big if I you know, if I tell someone, hey,
I'm gonna play Mortal Kombat with my buddies, you know
on the PlayStation, that's not weird.
Speaker 2 (06:36):
But all of a sudden it's weird that I say, oh,
I want to go, you know, spar fight or play
fight in the park.
Speaker 1 (06:43):
I mean, I don't know what to do with this, Emily.
So look, he wasn't saying he wanted to do that
with you necessarily, but in general he'd like to find
random people to go to the park. I mean, so
I guess you can go out with him if you
want to, and you don't have to play fight with it.
Speaker 3 (07:04):
I mean, to be quite honest, it's very clear we
don't have anything in common.
Speaker 2 (07:11):
So I mean when we were talking, we have a
lot of stuff in common. We don't We don't have
to have all of the exact same hobbies. I'm sure
you do things that I wouldn't do with you.
Speaker 1 (07:21):
Yeah, I mean there's a thing you could go on
Craigslist for stuff like this. I think, I mean you could.
I mean, there's there's gotta be a Facebook group for
something like this. I mean, I think there's a little.
Speaker 3 (07:33):
Like ate.
Speaker 1 (07:36):
Maybe don't write it like that, but I mean, I'm sorry,
this is I mean, I think I understand what you're
getting at is that you were sharing this is an
interest of yours and you just moved here and you're
looking for other like minded folks. I just think she
thinks it's weird that. I guess if I watched by
a park and I saw a bunch of random men
right beating each other up, I might tell in karate gear,
(08:00):
I might sort of wonder what I've stumbled upon. But
I mean, Clay, I hope that you find what you're
looking for. Emily. He doesn't want to do karate with you,
but he does want to hang out with you again.
Would you consider that in between sessions of the park
with random men.
Speaker 5 (08:15):
No, I don't blame you, girl, I don't blame you.
Speaker 1 (08:19):
Don't nobody want no man walking around.
Speaker 2 (08:23):
Like what are you?
Speaker 4 (08:23):
All right?
Speaker 1 (08:23):
So what do you do?
Speaker 3 (08:25):
So it's prefer to have men that are not in shape.
Speaker 2 (08:28):
That stay home like video games all day and they
play with their friends online. That's socially acceptable. But this
is weird.
Speaker 5 (08:34):
Okay, Yes, he says, over there, bro, if you want
to be John Wick, just say that.
Speaker 2 (08:51):
I do think we ain't got nothing on me.
Speaker 1 (08:57):
Hung play everybody? Hey man, look, I think there's a
It didn't come off right at the very least, but
Emily no interest in another date with with karate Clay. Now, okay,
all right, Well, hey Clay, look, I wish you the best.
I hope you find the sort of social outlet that
(09:18):
you're looking for, and who knows, you know, maybe you'll
you'll stumble upon a place where they do karate, do karate,
and then you can find a woman who also does karate,
and y'all can do karate together.
Speaker 2 (09:28):
Yeah. I mean I don't necessarily need to be with
somebody else that does karate per se, but yeah, I
mean that would be nice.
Speaker 1 (09:36):
Okay, hey, at least you need to wear the whole
thing out to the date, and that would have been
something if he had the you know, black Do you
ever wear the black belt out? Can you accessorize or no? No?
Speaker 2 (09:45):
No, I mean I don't wear that out.
Speaker 1 (09:46):
Okay. He's like he's like legally like a deadly weapon.
That's what I mean. Like, that's why, Hey, that was
Key keeps talking. By the way, I want you to know, Claire,
I respect your back. Yeah, exactly in the park. No,
I would you seem like I'm ready to join up? Yes,
I'm not gonna do that, but I mean I'm not
gonna make too much fun of this man. Emily, thank
(10:07):
you for your time. Good luck Clay, best of luck
to you as well. Sir. Yes, yeah, I'm bowing you know.
I salute you, Sir, kung ful Clay, I am again.
I love everybody. Just karadi. By the way, I do
you find to walk out of the radio stat to
(10:29):
get your ask there? I think he managed to him upset.
Everyone has ever learned carry karaoke and karate both. You
managed it. So both people karate and karaoke and the
people who do both
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