Armchair Anonymous: Meet Cute II
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What is Armchair Anonymous: Meet Cute II about?
Wondery Plus subscribers can listen to Armchair Expert early and ad-free right now. Join Wondery Plus in the Wondery app or on Apple Podcasts, or you can listen for free wherever you get your podcasts. Welcome, welcome, welcome to Armchair Anonymous. I'm Dan Rather, and I'm joined by Mrs. Mouse. Hi. Meet cute part do.
That's right.
I feel like it's part Trey, but it's part Dew.
It is.
Part Dew.
Why are meet cutes considered palate cleansers?
We love a meet cute. It's very hopeful and sweet, and we need to throw those in.
Yeah, they kind of are palate cleansers. They're uplifting. They're hopeful.
Yeah.
Yeah, we needed it because we had animal attacks, and we've had shit in your pants.
Yeah.
There's a whole host of depravity, really.
A lot of nasty stuff.
Could be called armchair depravity.
Could be.
but it's not. It's called Armchair Anonymous, and this is Meet Cute Part Two. Please enjoy.
How did Heather and Brian's meet cute unfold?
Hi. Can you hear me okay? Oh, my God. This is beautiful setup.
What is happening?
Thank you. I'm underneath my standing desk. Oh.
Do you watch Severance? It looks like you're in that welcoming room where she delivers information.
Your Audi is a very good roller skater.
That's right. I do have a little lamp with a sheet over it to give it a little ambience.
Oh, well, it looks great. First of all, where are you other than this cute cave?
I live in Beverly Hills, Michigan.
Oh, my God. By Aaron Weakley. Do you ever see Aaron Weakley?
No, he's not my neighbor. Dang.
But Beverly Hills is tiny. I love Beverly Hills. That's such a secretly great place in Michigan.
It is really nice.
Do you have a nice yard?
Yes, we do.
Yeah.
It's all about the yards, Monica, in Beverly Hills.
Does it feel a little like, why'd they have to name it that?
Do you know the history of why it's called Beverly Hills? Does it predate
I have no idea.
I like to think so.
Okay.
What role did Brian's dog play in Heather's story?
We'll say so.
Did you grow up there?
I grew up in Royal Oak.
Wonderful.
I actually went to a shrine. Of course you did. Okay, that's Kristen's high school for people who don't know.
You had to. Okay, Heather, you have a meet-cute story.
Yes. So it takes place at Central Michigan University. It was New Year's Eve 2008. I was up there after Christmas to go back to work. My roommate, Mary, was up there with me and my neighbor, our friend Kelly, was also there. And Kelly at the time was dating this fraternity guy. They're actually now married, but the fraternity was having a New Year's Eve party. So the three of us decide that we're going to get dressed up and go to this party. As the party's going on, my roommate Mary comes over to us and she's like, hey, there's this guy Brian here. I think you two would really hit it off. He's upstairs in the attic with some friends. You should go up there and say hi. So I grab my friend Kelly and we go up there and they're all smoking in the attic.
Cigarettes or marijuana?
Marijuana. Probably cigarettes too.
Yeah. Nice mix of marijuana and cigarettes.
It's the last day of the year. You're allowed.
Yeah, you're about to quit tomorrow.
And they're smoking out of this six-foot bong. They called it Godzilla. It was filled with champagne, not water. Oh, my God. Very classy.
Elevated.
We say hi to Brian and he packs the bong for us. We hit it and then we're like, okay, bye. We go back downstairs. As the party goes on, we don't really talk again. Fast forward a month later, I go to a house party that some of these fraternity guys live in. So I noticed Brian's there and he's brought his dog with him. And his dog is this big bloodhound Doberman mix named Homer that he's just letting run around the party. And I love dogs. So I'm like going up to the dog, petting it, becoming best friends.
Is he a student at this point? I've never known a student to have a dog on campus.
He was not a student anymore at Central. He was a part of that fraternity when he was there, and then he left to go to community college. Brian and I keep kind of making eye contact throughout the evening, but we haven't really talked yet. So as the night goes on, we find ourselves upstairs talking at the top of the steps. We're sitting down And we've been talking for some time.
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Chapters
6 chapters
1
What is Armchair Anonymous: Meet Cute II about?
0:00–0:30
2
Why are meet cutes considered palate cleansers?
0:30–1:17
3
How did Heather and Brian's meet cute unfold?
1:17–2:11
4
What role did Brian's dog play in Heather's story?
2:11–7:44
5
How did a high school compatibility test lead to love?
7:44–9:31
6
Is there a connection between compatibility tests and lasting relationships?
9:31–40:35