Mojo In The Morning

Second Date Update: He Looked Up Her Address

13 min
Apr 1, 2026about 2 months ago
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Summary

A caller named Zach is ghosted after a first date with Megan, who discovered he looked up her address on Instagram and Google without her permission to pick her up. The hosts and callers debate whether this behavior is creepy or normalized dating practice, with discussion of privacy concerns and digital information accessibility.

Insights
  • Social media and public records make it easy to find personal information, but using it without consent creates trust violations even if technically legal
  • There's a generational and gender divide in what's considered acceptable pre-date research versus boundary-crossing behavior
  • Showing up unannounced at someone's home, even with good intentions, can feel predatory regardless of the person's actual character
  • Transparency about information-gathering is critical—admitting you Googled someone is better than appearing to have insider knowledge
  • Women face different safety calculations when evaluating dating behavior, making context and consent more important than intent
Trends
Normalization of digital stalking in early dating stages through social media and public recordsGrowing awareness of privacy vulnerabilities through photo metadata and location data embedded in digital contentShift in dating safety expectations as online dating becomes primary meeting methodIncreased caller engagement on relationship issues, particularly from men seeking feedback on ghostingDebate over consent and transparency in information gathering during early dating phases
Companies
Bumble
Dating app where Zach and Megan met and connected before the problematic address lookup incident
Instagram
Social platform where Megan shared her profile, which Zach used to find her address through photo metadata
Google
Search engine used by Zach to look up Megan's address without her knowledge or consent
Zillow
Real estate platform mentioned as tool used to research dates' home values and neighborhoods
White Pages
Paid public records service mentioned as way to access addresses; caller paid $5 to look up someone's information
People
Zach
Dating app user who looked up Megan's address via Instagram and Google without permission to pick her up
Megan
Woman who went on date with Zach and discovered he found her address without being given it directly
Jordan
Identified concern that Zach goes on weekly dates and may be doing this address lookup with multiple women
Sydney
Shared experience of paying for someone's address on White Pages after experiencing predatory behavior
Joaquin
Explained how photo metadata and location data can be used to find someone's exact address and location
Nat
Regular listener who pointed out inconsistency in Megan's story about getting in car with Zach
Quotes
"I just looked her up. I mean, we had been talking, we had been chatting on Bumble. She gave me her Instagram and I just looked her up."
ZachEarly in conversation
"At least pretend you don't know and didn't do that."
HostMid-episode
"There's like a threshold of information that like you're willing to disclose to somebody as you're talking to them. And like, if you're not willing to give your address, then like, why are you looking it up?"
SydneyLater in episode
"Everyone does it now. I mean, it's just kind of like... I just think it's so normalized that it wasn't anything weird about it."
ZachDefense of behavior
"He was like, hey, I'm on my way. And I was like, cool. Again, like I said, I brought I had already. It's in registered."
MeganExplaining the pickup
Full Transcript
It's the second date update. A mojo in the morning. All right, Zach is getting ghosted and wants to know why that is. Zach, how did you guys meet? What's up, man? Yeah, we met on Bumble. Okay. Bumble? And how many dates have you been on on Bumble in your dating lifetime? Too many to count. I mean, too many to mention. I probably go on maybe one every week. Really? So why is this the one that is the one that you want to find out about and want us to help with? Because I just feel that the vibe was really there. I feel like we really clicked and had a great time. And yeah, looking for answers. I find it interesting when guys call up because it's never easy for a guy to admit that he's not getting a call back. But I think it's good. And we've had this a lot more lately, which is really cool. So if you ever are getting ghosted, whether you're male, female, or whatever, text date to 955-00. Megan is on the phone. Zach, say hi to Megan. Hey, Megan. Hey, Zach. I can always tell how this is gonna go just by the hello. So Megan, Zach says he goes on a lot of dates, but not a lot of dates are the dates that he had with you. What was it? No, I'm on some of the times. Yeah, what was it about Zach that made you go, okay, I'll go on a date with you? What made you say, even before you went on the date, like this is a guy I want to go out with? Oh, I mean, he's super handsome. Okay. Yeah, his pictures looked like him. He was flirty and we were kicking it off. It was great. Okay, then what's the problem? Why would you not be calling him back or at least trying to make a plan for a second date? That's pretty creepy, I guess. This is what I'm gonna have to say. Pretty creepy. Would you mean a second date or something he did? I mean, it was something he did. He's just creepy. It's not okay. Which was what? Well, okay, so let me practice by saying the date started off pretty good. I was actually really excited. He came and picked me up and we went out and again, he's handsome. We were flirting, it was great. But it just went off the rails. How? What happened? Well, about halfway through the date, I realized, like first he had picked me up for my house, which I thought was so cool and like old school because normally we meet places, right? For safety. And we're having a great time and halfway through the date, I realized I never gave this guy my address. So how did he know where to pick you up? Exactly, how did he know where to pick me up? So you realized that though, halfway through the date? Like that to me would be, that to me, first off, Zach, how did you find out? How did you find out where she lived? I mean, I just looked her up. I mean, we had been talking, we had been chatting on Bumble. She gave me her Instagram and I just looked her up. You can do that? Didn't change that. That's what I said, you can do that? Yeah, you can. I mean, everybody does it now. I mean, it's just kind of like. Well, if you do, I just feel like you don't say that you do that. Well, you don't just show up at somebody crib though. Well, that's what I mean. Like it's okay. I think it's one thing to like do some, you know, deep diving or Googling. So, so, so Megan, I want to get this out of the way. At least pretend you don't know and didn't do that. You weren't planning on driving yourself to the date, right? At first I was and then he was like, I'll come get you. Okay. And you said, okay, come get me. You didn't say, here's my address. You just said, okay, come get you. He was like, I'm on my way to come get you. I was like, cool, you know, like, you know, we had been talking for a while. He's not the only guy I've been talking to. I couldn't remember it first. Okay. If I thought to myself, maybe I did give him my address. Cause here's the part that kind of makes me and maybe I guess there's a, an interesting cloudy area here. But here you are going, he didn't, he knew, he picked me up and he knew where I lived and I'm thinking of myself going, okay, well, how the hell do you think he's going to figure out where you're at? He's like, I'll Google her, you know, info and see where she lives. And honestly, I hate to say this, if that's weird, everybody seems like they Google dates before they go on dates with them or look them up. Not the address. But that's not what we're saying. Yeah. And Megan, and Megan, if your address is out there, that's on you that take your address off of, if you're willing to let this guy go out on a date with you and be alone with you, what's wrong with hitting Googling your address? Like imagine it happens to you, right? I agree on a date. I'm on my way to, I'm on my way to get you. And you're like, totally fine. Let's go, you know? Well, and then halfway through, you're like, how did you know where I live? I never told you. Yeah, that's crazy. And I'm like, oh, well, I Googled it and it's totally fine. Everyone does it. It's normal. But why, at that point right there, why don't you say to him, no, don't come get me. I will try myself. Because it wasn't, it didn't come up that way. It would be weird. He was like, hey, I'm on my way. And I was like, great. It would be weirder for me if I was just sitting there in my house and all of a sudden he knocks on the door and shows up at my house. He actually said, hey, I'll come get you. And you said, yeah, okay. And you hang up the phone and he shows up. Just so I'm understood. He just said, hey, I'm on my way. And I was like, cool. Again, like I said, I brought I had already. It's in registered. So we were literally on the way. Maljo, just so I'm understanding your perspective correctly. If someone you've never met before, all right, you guys plan on going somewhere. Yeah. That person just happens to show up at your house without you giving them your address. You find nothing wrong with that. She knew he was on his way. But you find nothing wrong with this person. I think that that's a little crazy. Thank you. I just want to be clear. Thank you. It would get me to be concerned, but I wouldn't be as concerned if I was planning on driving myself, you know? I feel like a hypocrite because as I said out loud, oh my God, that's so creepy. And like I said to you at the beginning, at least pretend you didn't do that or didn't know that. But I mean, when I started dating, I remember Googling the heck out of west. I knew nothing about him and found his home address. I wanted to see like where he lived. Like what his neighborhood looked like. I mean, I did all the things. Zillow, to see how much it was worth. Like I think people do that. A million and 10%. Actually. And if you say you don't do those things. I don't. Listen, I've never met a girl and Googles her address. I've never done that in my life. I didn't know. Why did she go around? Google the address, but when you Google somebody, a lot of information comes up and that did come up. And then I did. I did. Look, I absolutely did. Hey, Jordan. I'm going to be very honest. Jordan says there's something more concerning than Zach showing up randomly at Megan's house without asking for the address. What's that, Jordan? So he said it really fast. And I bet this girl is not only one, but he says he goes on a first date every week. Mm-hmm. That's a lot of dates. So he liked it. So does he do this to all of his dates? And you better stop doing that. You better stop doing that. Zach, do you get all your dates addresses? If I am vibing enough with someone on Bumble, which Megan and I were, we've been talking for, we've been talking long enough. And I know that I'm gonna, I mean, listen, I even got her flowers. I was like, just trying to show up to this date. And be that old school gentleman. And I mean, everyone does it now. I just think it's so normalized that it wasn't anything weird about it. Like anyone is Google-able and you can find their address. For sure. I would just still ask, like, hey, what's your address? Even if you know it, which you do. Listen, hold on, Sydney, are you there, Sydney? I just wanted to say, like, I had a guy like one time, like he was, he was like, not even sexually involved at all, but like he came at me in a predatorial way. So I was like, oh, watch this. And I paid the $5 on white pages and I got his address. But as a woman who was like dating people, like I would never, I would never just pay, like Google them and pull up at their address. There's like a threshold of information that like you're willing to disclose to somebody as you're talking to them. And like, if you're not willing to give your address, then like, why are you looking it up? That's why you can pay five bucks to get somebody's address. You don't need to, you can do it for free. Yeah. Why did you do that? You wasted $5. The white pages though, the white pages though, I'm telling you guys still exist. You can pay $5. Why did you do that? Why did you want his address? Because he pulled up on me and he started like using a rake against like my upstairs window trying to get my attention. And he like jiggled my door knob. Like he was coming at me. Jiggled your door knob? Is that euphemism? I would call the cops instead of paying the $5 for his address. I would have the cops look up his address for free. Hold on, Nate has a comment to say to you, Megan. What's that Nate or Nat? Sorry, Nat. Hi guys. Love you guys, listen to you every day. I love you too. Shane, I'll first time long time too. Hey. Real quick, Shane and I'm the one that sent you the DM that said I'm the black girl that my doodle sleeps and fed with me. Oh yes. Anyways. Yes. I DM you all the time, love you. Anyways, my comment was she was so creeped out but she got in the car and then rode back home with him. No, like you didn't recognize him when you got in the car? Wrong, wrong, wrong. You don't know the whole story. What's the whole story, Megan? Again, we agreed to go on a date. He's like, okay, I'm on my way and he gets there, hands me flowers, distracts me. Again, I've been talking to him for a while. Maybe I gave him my address. I thought we go on the date. I'm at the restaurant with him. We're eating, we're talking and then I realized this mofo has my address somehow. I never gave it to him. But did you drive you back home after? Over home. Oh, you over home. Okay. Yeah. There's so much I didn't tell you guys about this. Again, I'm creeped out. I don't even like you'll come through on the, like talking about the date and retrospect, you know? Yeah. No, that's interesting. I did not know all that to it. That's actually good knowledge to know. What's up, Yaquim? Hey, it's Joaquin. Joaquin, there you go. Like the Femies. What's up? What's up, guys? I've called you guys before, but so while I was on hold, I was actually trying to figure it out. So I was explaining it to Lydia. I was like, I hope I'm not confusing her. But there's a way where you can send photos or take photos and it saves your location on where that photo was taken. Right? Yeah. Just like when you guys take photos, when you're in Mexico, for example, and you go look through your photo library, you get like that world map or whatever. You're like, wow, you know, I've been here, I've been there. Anyways, I thought I was getting catfish, so I did a little bit of investigating too. And I don't want to say how I did it exactly, you know, because I don't want to give creditors information. But there is a way to turn that off, by the way. There is a way to turn that off. But I found out that I wasn't, well, at least I don't think, but yeah, I found out exactly where she was living up in Michigan somewhere. And I'm like, whoa, I just zoomed in right into her block, her house. That's kind of creepy. Ha ha ha ha. You jiggle in your door nuts. Ha ha ha ha. You jiggle in your door nuts. Little creepy. Wow. All right, I'm off of this one right now. You're home of War of the Roses. The finalized to tell your mom phone scams. In Shannon's dirty on the 30, this is Bojo and the Morning.