Dude, we actually had a listener pay for advice.

Of course, not our advice.

Okay. Yeah, wait a minute. He hired an actual coach. And he did get one very, very, very useful piece of advice that you're going to hear in just a second. But first, we got to say, thank you so much for being here on a Monday. We got a brand new episode for you on our second date podcast. And we'd love to highlight a comment.

Yeah, Melissa said, my boss saw me smirk and said, you've been smiling and giggling all day. Are you plotting something I should know about? As I'm listening to your podcast. Just say yes. Yeah. Just say yes. Why can't you just have like a new crush? Yeah. Why can't you just have fun at work? Oh, wait. Yeah.

Not allowed.

Even the boss is like, what's up?

All right, your brand new episode starts right now. Brooke and Jeffrey in the morning. Second date update. I can't believe I'm saying this. Okay. But if you're a guy on a dating app right now, looking back to 2024, those were the good old days of online meetups.

Just like a year and a half ago. Oh, yeah. I don't even remember those days. The golden era.

Don't even get me started on 2023. Oh, you liked that one even more, huh? They make documentaries about that time.

But things have really changed, whether it's just a generation's thing or the culture.

The truth is, there's a lot of swiping and matching and chatting happening, but not a whole lot of meeting and hanging and actual romancing.

You do get the sense that people are just over it.

Yeah.

You know, like not doing it anymore.

Let's face it, there's a really good Netflix show you can binge with your cat right now.

Yeah.

And you don't need some random guy to be there and ruin that for you.

Honestly, the cat probably smells better.

Yeah, so just block that dude and move on with your life solo. I get it. Okay. But one of our listeners says he was determined to change that narrative. Okay. Fix the pattern, and his name is Roman. He's asked for our help today. Roman, welcome to the show. Hey, guys. Thanks so much for having me. All right.

You're going to fix it for all men out there or just for yourself, Roman? Well, at this point, I don't even know if it worked for myself. There's the truth. What was your plan? How did you try to change the online dating trends? Well, dating after so hard these days. And a lot of times I don't even know how to really get from just a regular conversation to an actual meetup. Yeah. So I hired a hinge coach. Oh, you got a coach for it. Yeah. Okay. I mean, I guess dating coaches have been around for a long time. And we all have a friend that can help, but like an actual coach. Yeah, someone that's up like a professional that knows how the online matchups really worked. And we'll be honest with you. Okay. That's the key. Your friends will not. But what did your hinge coach? What was his instruction for you? You know, he said something that was so simple, but it really changed my life. He he said um once you match you had a couple of comments back and forth you just have to go for it and say the following

any quotes okay i feel like getting to know each other would be more natural in person oh

implying that this feels very awkward between us.

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