Brooke and Jeffrey: Second Date Update
#9 Second Date Update of 2025: Dragon Thumbs & Aroma Chums
15 Dec 2025
Chapter 1: What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
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Chapter 2: What embarrassing moment caused Carly to worry about her date?
Okay.
But that was a joke. But the rubber ducks were real. Yeah, no, he has rubber ducks. Oh, okay. So why is this a big part of the date? Like, he mentioned it. You said he revealed it.
Yeah, he had some, like, super funny one-liners like that one, and I laughed so hard that I snorted.
Brooke does that when she laughs so hard, too. I do.
And he kind of looked at me, like, really crazy when I did, and I was like, oh.
Oh, but you can't control it. Yeah. It just comes out. It's just like a, what is it? You think it's too unattractive that it's a deal-breaker?
I don't know. Listen, he still walked me to my car and like kissed me and everything.
That's good.
The texting is just not the same.
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Chapter 3: How did Carly and Ethan meet for their date?
don't say it like that she's adorable do you consider this your rock bottom carly i mean if you're on this show i think most people would say that that's the case i feel pretty low but not as low as you think i do yeah that's true there is more phone call to come so we can always you're supposed to hype our listeners up carly you're amazing and and you deserve a second date god you see how much she struggled to get that sentence out that was really inspiring we don't know what
He's going to say she can be awful. I was going to bring up the snort, and maybe that's the reason he's not calling back. It is a good point. She did mention that she laughed so hard during the date that she snorted, and that could have been a turnoff to Ethan, but we don't know. Which reminds me, nobody be too funny during this.
If she starts snorting and then Brooke starts snorting, we're never going to get off the hook. Oh, yeah. So everyone chill. You guys are funny, but not as funny as him. Oh, all right. Ow! Well, that's really motivated me to try super hard for you, Carly. That is going to backfire. I'm going to get 100% effort into this. I'm dialing his number right now. Let's see if he picks up. Here we go.
Thank you, guys. I really hope you can get another date for me. All right. Let's see. Here we go. Hello? Hey, we're looking to talk with Ethan. Okay. This is Ethan. Hey, Ethan. Hi, Ethan. Hey, good morning. There's a bunch of us here. Who's this? Hello?
Chapter 4: What did Carly find attractive about Ethan during their date?
Yeah, this is a radio show called Brooke and Jeffrey in the Morning. We're like a team. Very dysfunctional team. And we're doing... Not a good one, but... Yeah. We are together, and we're here doing a segment called A Second Date Update. Oh, okay. Why are you calling me? I love when people ask that. It's just such a natural transition.
Yeah, so it's a segment where we help out listeners who've gone out on a date with somebody, but the second date hasn't materialized yet. We try and figure out why or if there's a reason. So we're doing that for one of our listeners that you went out with named Carly.
Okay.
Yeah, Carly. I know Carly. What does this mean? She mentioned you were a funny guy. It's coming across, dude. No, I mean, honestly, from your response, it sounds like maybe you were planning on calling Carly back and going out with her again. I mean, are you serious? Am I really on the air talking about this? Yeah. It's a whole segment we have based around dating. It's pretty wild.
Hoping you were just going to say, yeah. He still doesn't trust us yet. I know this is a weird situation to be in, but Carly is seriously confused because she says she had a great time with you, but she's not seeing the same amount of effort from you as she was before the date. Kind of like an energy shift. We're not sure if anything's changed.
Well, that's surprising because I'm not trying to blow her off. We had a great time. Oh, good. Okay. That is so cute to hear. So you really liked her? Yeah, I thought she was great. She has a great laugh and we had a great time out. You like the laugh. That's cute. She was actually worried about that. Yes. So it sounds like you do want to go out with her again?
Well, we were texting about when we were going to try to get together again. I mean, I'm really just surprised right now that she saw it that way, that I was blowing her off. You know how it can be in dating? Like, God, to actually be positive and read everything in that way is hard. She doesn't know you well enough yet.
She doesn't know if you're going to hit her up immediately or if a full day of not hearing from you is going to be a horrible thing. I don't know. Yeah, but everything that we're hearing right now sounds like you're into her.
You want to see her again. This is good. Have a good day.
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Chapter 5: What was the unexpected revelation about Ethan's collection?
And I thought Carly would smell great with it on. That was a nice gesture. Carly, are you hearing him?
I'm trying. I'm really trying to be open about this. But like, I also, I feel like when you smell a smell, you associate it with whoever was wearing it.
Yeah, but maybe you're a more powerful woman and he'll start associating it with you instead of her. Don't the scents on your body have different effects, too? Yeah, that's true. Literally, it could have been anybody. If his mailman had been wearing the perfume, it would have driven him mad. Can I say a fact here that, like, scent is the number one connection to memories? Like, I've learned that.
But listen, he was never going to tell her that it was the ex's scent. Well, yeah. I thought I was just talking to you guys. I mean, so technically we set him up for this. You know what I mean, Carly? Like, you got to give him a little bit of grace.
Chapter 6: How did Carly react to Ethan's collection of rubber ducks?
I see. You're not wrong. I agree with you guys.
I do think. And when you put a scent on, it does change, like, different body chemistries. So fair enough.
So you'll wear it then? Because I really like it. Why do I feel like I shouldn't have heard that question? Is that very, very important to you if you're going to go out with her again? Like I said, guys, I really like it. What is this scent? Why does your voice do that? What is it?
You had me up until there. I don't know. Now I'm getting, like, creeped by it.
No. Let's hope you change the scent. Let's hope. Again, that's our fault. We're piling on. Yes. Okay? We are the weirdos in this conversation. He is totally normal.
I would spray another perfume on before he sprays that perfume on.
That's a great point. I could wear it, so you could know it on me first. Oh, wait. I don't think men with women's perfume is a real hot scent. I'm starting to like this even more, honestly.
No, Jeff.
I'm very curious, just as an experiment, to see how this second interaction would go between Carly and Ethan both wearing the same scent. The smells in that room. I feel like she's got to wear a cologne now. Yeah. It's got to be. Get some of her Giorgio Armani. I'll wear my ex-boyfriend's cologne.
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Chapter 7: What did Carly do that made her feel embarrassed during the date?
Okay. All fair in love and sense. Ethan, the whole reason that we called you is to ask if you would see Carly one more time for a date and we would pay for it. Yeah. You need to ask a different scent. I would love to see her again. You are. Okay. Oh. And Carly, are you still up for this, even despite what you've heard? I guess so. I'll give it a whirl. I'll give it a smell.
All right.
I'm a little bit surprised. Yeah, me too. I think we did a good job. Yeah, I'm thrilled for you. We really backed Ethan here on this one. Way better than if he had said she had dragon thumbs. So that's actually a big win for everybody. Can't come back from that one. No, you can't. Brooke and Jeffrey in the morning. Man, I'm just really happy that she didn't overreact.
When she jumped in kind of loud at first, I thought like, oh no, this is it. It's over. We're not going to come back. You don't say that part out loud, man. You buy the perfume and then you just leave it there. And I understand he didn't know that she was on the phone, but even to us. Let's just keep it to ourselves. Yeah.
It was like you said, like it was kind of our felt because he confessed that he liked her and he felt comfortable enough with us to confide that the perfume thing was supposed to be a gift. And then the ex-girlfriend also used to wear it. I will say, I bet he would have told her. Just because in the 60 seconds we talked to him, he let it out. Yeah, that's true.
I like to think that it's more about how comfortable people are around us that they're willing to open up. Not that he just has a blabber mouth. And also, he didn't think it was a problem. He's like, oh yeah, I'm just going to get her the same scent my ex-girlfriend always wore because I love it. And then I'll call her. Let's be honest.
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Chapter 8: What are the opinions on Carly's snorting during laughter?
The only reason any guy ever knows the smell of a perfume is because of some woman he dated at some point. Absolutely. I don't even know what they're called. I'm like, oh, you smell like Michelle.
Yeah.
Yeah. So let's give credit to Carly, who was able to hear him out and separate the ex from the smell and agree to a very, very pungent second date.
I'm worried about how pungent it's going to be.
Are they both going to show up at the call? They're going to bathe in the smell. Yeah, they're going to need gas masks when they meet up. But text in to 78592 and email the show if you ever feel like you need a little bit of help in your dating life. We can call that person who's not calling you back. And go check out all of our second dates wherever you get your podcasts at Brooke and Jeffrey.
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