September 19, 2024 • 7 mins
Jake and Amy have been friends forever. They just started going to different colleges, and now Jake is missing her. He wants to be more than friends, but unexpected may be getting in the way... Can we help make it happen?
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Jake wants out of the friend zone. Kenny Cozy cut
old story here. It sounds like face value, Jake, who
do you like? How can we help and let her up?
Speaker 2 (00:07):
Well, I'd like to ask out my best friend Amy.
We've been friends many, many years, from the same neighborhoods,
at the same schools, you know, but we started two
different colleges and she keeps telling me all about these
guys she's meeting, the dates she's been asked out on,
and I mean, I'm cool with that. You know, she's
(00:28):
embracing college, you know. I mean, I just feel like
I missed my shot at her. And maybe I don't know.
I just we've never we've never crossed that friend boundary.
I mean, besides, you know, a couple of drunk cuddles
and stuff.
Speaker 1 (00:43):
But is a cuddle does that mean tuddle? Does that
mean more than a cuddle like Netflix and cuddle?
Speaker 2 (00:49):
Yeah, more like that with Bobcorn. Oh okay, all right,
and you know it's it's innocent stuff. It's really I've
never pushed a back boundaries on that, although you know,
I've tried maybe once or twice where well, let's not
talk about the pop scorn Anyways, I suggested one thing,
(01:12):
you know, you know, maybe we should try dating. You know,
this was years ago, and she slapped it off, you know,
like like I was being crazy or something.
Speaker 1 (01:21):
So here she's off at school and it's killing you
because she's going out on dates and stuff and you're
kind of fixated on her.
Speaker 2 (01:27):
Thank you. That's exactly what I'm trying to.
Speaker 3 (01:30):
Well, let's do it.
Speaker 1 (01:31):
Let's uh, her name is Amy. Yeah, all right, Well
let's call her up and let's see where.
Speaker 3 (01:36):
She's at here. Okay, okay, Well, don't sound okay like
you're the one that wants to do this, right.
Speaker 2 (01:46):
Yeah. Yeah, let's just get it over.
Speaker 3 (01:47):
With, right, We got it. Hold the line, all right, Bud, all.
Speaker 4 (01:52):
Right, one second?
Speaker 2 (01:55):
Hang on.
Speaker 3 (01:57):
Hello, Hey, Amy, it's great. It's Chris from k Onto too.
Now good time.
Speaker 4 (02:04):
Yeah, that works, all right, Well.
Speaker 3 (02:06):
I have the I have the surprise for you if
you're all set.
Speaker 2 (02:11):
Hey, AM's it's Jake, but my Jake, Jake. Yeah, yeah,
good morning. How are you?
Speaker 4 (02:20):
I'm good? How are you?
Speaker 2 (02:23):
I'm I'm really good, really good, I am. I thought
i'd surprised you. As a call from Kate one O two.
Speaker 4 (02:31):
I mean it's it's unexpected, but I'm hey, I like it.
Speaker 2 (02:34):
I like it. Good. Well, hopefully you're gonna like this
next part. Okay, what do you mean? What what? I
have something that that's super important that I want to
ask you that to get off my chest there?
Speaker 4 (02:49):
Okay, what?
Speaker 1 (02:52):
Oh my gosh, it sounds like Halloween or something like that.
Something's gonna pop out of a box.
Speaker 2 (02:57):
Yeah, I'm not trying. First of all, you know.
Speaker 3 (03:03):
What you're saying. Did you say I'm not pregnant? You
know I'm glad? Okay, all right, yeah, hey man, I
get it.
Speaker 2 (03:15):
You know we're best friends, right you know yeah right, yeah, yeah, yeah,
and I love that. You know, you're my ride or die. Yeah,
but what would you say to maybe trying a little
more than.
Speaker 4 (03:27):
The more than what?
Speaker 2 (03:29):
Jake?
Speaker 5 (03:30):
What do you mean, Jack?
Speaker 2 (03:32):
Like friends? You know, like maybe being more than just friends, you.
Speaker 4 (03:36):
Know, like like like game, like a couple together or.
Speaker 2 (03:42):
I think yeah, I think that's what the kids are
calling it these days, right, I mean, you know.
Speaker 1 (03:48):
This is this is to get you out on a
date that we we take care of, you go out
to dinner.
Speaker 3 (03:54):
It's called friend zone.
Speaker 1 (03:55):
I just have to clarify you're on chemical two because
my god in the friend zone.
Speaker 3 (04:00):
Feature, Oh my god, you're.
Speaker 1 (04:02):
Trying to pull you out of the front zone and
maybe I don't know, fire up a little romance.
Speaker 4 (04:10):
This isn't Jake, You're not This isn't serious.
Speaker 2 (04:12):
So right, It's like you remember I am, actually I am,
but but you remember a long long time ago I
reckon I thought, you know, maybe we should go out,
and you kind of laughed it off, And that idea
has never left my mind. It gets more solidified every
time I see you, and now I've decided that it's
(04:33):
what I really really want, you know.
Speaker 4 (04:37):
But you're okay, You're like the only one in your
family that wants that though you know, yeah, yeah, well Jake,
your parents hate me, like to be honest, to be
honest with you, that is like, that's always the reason
I haven't heard.
Speaker 3 (04:55):
Why why do you feel why do you feel this?
Parents hate you?
Speaker 2 (04:58):
They don't hate me.
Speaker 4 (05:00):
I mean it's okay, I mean it didn't. I didn't
help myself with them. I broke okay, I broke that
window after your dad and sawd it like snuck in
your room after curfews, stole whiskey bottle and forgot to
replace it, like I did all that stuff and me, boy, if.
Speaker 1 (05:19):
You took my whiskey bottle, there's no Yeah, windows one thing.
Taking my whiskey, that's another thing. Yeah, let's break this
thing off, Jake. I think it's time to well, No, Amy, Amy,
it's not about parents. This dude likes you. I mean,
it's about going out on a date. That's all you're doing.
You're just going on.
Speaker 4 (05:38):
But I don't know. I just like, didn't put the
friendship on the line, and I know they I never
have your parents support your mom specifically, you know she
doesn't like me.
Speaker 2 (05:47):
Are you being serious? Are you being serious right now?
You won't go on one date with me because of
my parents?
Speaker 4 (05:52):
It's so insane. Okay, I would be lying if me
and you being a thing didn't cross my mind. Okay,
it has like a long time ago, it it has.
But your mom she's like, Okay, interesting lady, And I'm
not gonna deal with that all the drama forever. I
love you, like, I love you so so much.
Speaker 5 (06:12):
I'm telling you, but I'm telling you it will not work.
You love you love your parents, and you you should
always parents.
Speaker 4 (06:22):
I know, I know, but I don't want to do that.
Speaker 1 (06:26):
Mother's gonna die. Well, I mean maybe not today, but
you know, maybe next week or soon.
Speaker 2 (06:31):
What if I stopped loving my parents? You know?
Speaker 3 (06:36):
Is that really what's stopping everything here?
Speaker 1 (06:38):
What about one dinner just to talk it out, one dinner,
because you guys like each other, it's so obvious.
Speaker 3 (06:43):
Just one dinner. Things can change one dinner.
Speaker 2 (06:47):
Let's not leave this as like a modern Romeo and
Juliet story that that's.
Speaker 3 (06:51):
Just come on, well, yeah, that can turn out well
at the end.
Speaker 4 (06:54):
All right, it's minus the horrible ending. Like I'm making
this truth is cake, I love you, and that's like
I'm making your life easier, all.
Speaker 1 (07:04):
Right, So I'm putting you down for dinner. You guys
the time, Oh my god? All right, no, you guys,
I'm gonna leave it open. But I'm gonna let you
guys hem in hall a little bit here.
Speaker 2 (07:13):
But we're out of time, go out for shots, right,
I mean.
Speaker 3 (07:17):
We don't take we don't participate in alcohol.
Speaker 1 (07:19):
No we can't. We can't buy your boots, but we
can get you a hamburger. So are you an Amy
just for a burgery?
Speaker 4 (07:24):
Your name as friends? Yes? To hang out? That sounds nice.
Speaker 1 (07:29):
That's a smart all right friend as friends, absolutely agreed.
I will go work on his mom. Thank you, dude.
That the writing's on the wall on that. That is
absolutely are meant to be together.
Speaker 3 (07:43):
They sound cute together. Stop you from love, man, you
just don't do that. Good golly,
Jake wants out of the friend zone. Kenny Cozy cut
old story here. It sounds like face value, Jake, who
do you like? How can we help and let her up?
Speaker 2 (00:07):
Well, I'd like to ask out my best friend Amy.
We've been friends many, many years, from the same neighborhoods,
at the same schools, you know, but we started two
different colleges and she keeps telling me all about these
guys she's meeting, the dates she's been asked out on,
and I mean, I'm cool with that. You know, she's
(00:28):
embracing college, you know. I mean, I just feel like
I missed my shot at her. And maybe I don't know.
I just we've never we've never crossed that friend boundary.
I mean, besides, you know, a couple of drunk cuddles
and stuff.
Speaker 1 (00:43):
But is a cuddle does that mean tuddle? Does that
mean more than a cuddle like Netflix and cuddle?
Speaker 2 (00:49):
Yeah, more like that with Bobcorn. Oh okay, all right,
and you know it's it's innocent stuff. It's really I've
never pushed a back boundaries on that, although you know,
I've tried maybe once or twice where well, let's not
talk about the pop scorn Anyways, I suggested one thing,
(01:12):
you know, you know, maybe we should try dating. You know,
this was years ago, and she slapped it off, you know,
like like I was being crazy or something.
Speaker 1 (01:21):
So here she's off at school and it's killing you
because she's going out on dates and stuff and you're
kind of fixated on her.
Speaker 2 (01:27):
Thank you. That's exactly what I'm trying to.
Speaker 3 (01:30):
Well, let's do it.
Speaker 1 (01:31):
Let's uh, her name is Amy. Yeah, all right, Well
let's call her up and let's see where.
Speaker 3 (01:36):
She's at here. Okay, okay, Well, don't sound okay like
you're the one that wants to do this, right.
Speaker 2 (01:46):
Yeah. Yeah, let's just get it over.
Speaker 3 (01:47):
With, right, We got it. Hold the line, all right, Bud, all.
Speaker 4 (01:52):
Right, one second?
Speaker 2 (01:55):
Hang on.
Speaker 3 (01:57):
Hello, Hey, Amy, it's great. It's Chris from k Onto too.
Now good time.
Speaker 4 (02:04):
Yeah, that works, all right, Well.
Speaker 3 (02:06):
I have the I have the surprise for you if
you're all set.
Speaker 2 (02:11):
Hey, AM's it's Jake, but my Jake, Jake. Yeah, yeah,
good morning. How are you?
Speaker 4 (02:20):
I'm good? How are you?
Speaker 2 (02:23):
I'm I'm really good, really good, I am. I thought
i'd surprised you. As a call from Kate one O two.
Speaker 4 (02:31):
I mean it's it's unexpected, but I'm hey, I like it.
Speaker 2 (02:34):
I like it. Good. Well, hopefully you're gonna like this
next part. Okay, what do you mean? What what? I
have something that that's super important that I want to
ask you that to get off my chest there?
Speaker 4 (02:49):
Okay, what?
Speaker 1 (02:52):
Oh my gosh, it sounds like Halloween or something like that.
Something's gonna pop out of a box.
Speaker 2 (02:57):
Yeah, I'm not trying. First of all, you know.
Speaker 3 (03:03):
What you're saying. Did you say I'm not pregnant? You
know I'm glad? Okay, all right, yeah, hey man, I
get it.
Speaker 2 (03:15):
You know we're best friends, right you know yeah right, yeah, yeah, yeah,
and I love that. You know, you're my ride or die. Yeah,
but what would you say to maybe trying a little
more than.
Speaker 4 (03:27):
The more than what?
Speaker 2 (03:29):
Jake?
Speaker 5 (03:30):
What do you mean, Jack?
Speaker 2 (03:32):
Like friends? You know, like maybe being more than just friends, you.
Speaker 4 (03:36):
Know, like like like game, like a couple together or.
Speaker 2 (03:42):
I think yeah, I think that's what the kids are
calling it these days, right, I mean, you know.
Speaker 1 (03:48):
This is this is to get you out on a
date that we we take care of, you go out
to dinner.
Speaker 3 (03:54):
It's called friend zone.
Speaker 1 (03:55):
I just have to clarify you're on chemical two because
my god in the friend zone.
Speaker 3 (04:00):
Feature, Oh my god, you're.
Speaker 1 (04:02):
Trying to pull you out of the front zone and
maybe I don't know, fire up a little romance.
Speaker 4 (04:10):
This isn't Jake, You're not This isn't serious.
Speaker 2 (04:12):
So right, It's like you remember I am, actually I am,
but but you remember a long long time ago I
reckon I thought, you know, maybe we should go out,
and you kind of laughed it off, And that idea
has never left my mind. It gets more solidified every
time I see you, and now I've decided that it's
(04:33):
what I really really want, you know.
Speaker 4 (04:37):
But you're okay, You're like the only one in your
family that wants that though you know, yeah, yeah, well Jake,
your parents hate me, like to be honest, to be
honest with you, that is like, that's always the reason
I haven't heard.
Speaker 3 (04:55):
Why why do you feel why do you feel this?
Parents hate you?
Speaker 2 (04:58):
They don't hate me.
Speaker 4 (05:00):
I mean it's okay, I mean it didn't. I didn't
help myself with them. I broke okay, I broke that
window after your dad and sawd it like snuck in
your room after curfews, stole whiskey bottle and forgot to
replace it, like I did all that stuff and me, boy, if.
Speaker 1 (05:19):
You took my whiskey bottle, there's no Yeah, windows one thing.
Taking my whiskey, that's another thing. Yeah, let's break this
thing off, Jake. I think it's time to well, No, Amy, Amy,
it's not about parents. This dude likes you. I mean,
it's about going out on a date. That's all you're doing.
You're just going on.
Speaker 4 (05:38):
But I don't know. I just like, didn't put the
friendship on the line, and I know they I never
have your parents support your mom specifically, you know she
doesn't like me.
Speaker 2 (05:47):
Are you being serious? Are you being serious right now?
You won't go on one date with me because of
my parents?
Speaker 4 (05:52):
It's so insane. Okay, I would be lying if me
and you being a thing didn't cross my mind. Okay,
it has like a long time ago, it it has.
But your mom she's like, Okay, interesting lady, And I'm
not gonna deal with that all the drama forever. I
love you, like, I love you so so much.
Speaker 5 (06:12):
I'm telling you, but I'm telling you it will not work.
You love you love your parents, and you you should
always parents.
Speaker 4 (06:22):
I know, I know, but I don't want to do that.
Speaker 1 (06:26):
Mother's gonna die. Well, I mean maybe not today, but
you know, maybe next week or soon.
Speaker 2 (06:31):
What if I stopped loving my parents? You know?
Speaker 3 (06:36):
Is that really what's stopping everything here?
Speaker 1 (06:38):
What about one dinner just to talk it out, one dinner,
because you guys like each other, it's so obvious.
Speaker 3 (06:43):
Just one dinner. Things can change one dinner.
Speaker 2 (06:47):
Let's not leave this as like a modern Romeo and
Juliet story that that's.
Speaker 3 (06:51):
Just come on, well, yeah, that can turn out well
at the end.
Speaker 4 (06:54):
All right, it's minus the horrible ending. Like I'm making
this truth is cake, I love you, and that's like
I'm making your life easier, all.
Speaker 1 (07:04):
Right, So I'm putting you down for dinner. You guys
the time, Oh my god? All right, no, you guys,
I'm gonna leave it open. But I'm gonna let you
guys hem in hall a little bit here.
Speaker 2 (07:13):
But we're out of time, go out for shots, right,
I mean.
Speaker 3 (07:17):
We don't take we don't participate in alcohol.
Speaker 1 (07:19):
No we can't. We can't buy your boots, but we
can get you a hamburger. So are you an Amy
just for a burgery?
Speaker 4 (07:24):
Your name as friends? Yes? To hang out? That sounds nice.
Speaker 1 (07:29):
That's a smart all right friend as friends, absolutely agreed.
I will go work on his mom. Thank you, dude.
That the writing's on the wall on that. That is
absolutely are meant to be together.
Speaker 3 (07:43):
They sound cute together. Stop you from love, man, you
just don't do that. Good golly,
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