No gloss, no filter, just stories, spoken without fear. A person who is not generous cannot be an artist. The world will be at peace only when it is ruled by poets and philosophers. Listen to my weekly podcast, the puja bhajjo on the iHeart radio app, Apple Podcast or wherever you get your podcasts. Come for the honesty, stay for the fire. This week it's Tuesday on our podcast, which means you get a brand new Awkward Tuesday episode. Thank you so much for being here. It's Brooke and Jeffrey and God, we love it when you subscribe. Brooke gets a ding, and so she can be middle of the night and it wakes her up. And she's like, oh, that feels so good. It feels so good. So thank you for doing it. It's like a massage. Thank you. Thank you, Jose, for explaining. And let's go to comments from our subscribers. Yes. Our favorite. My masseuses. Chaos said, I'm 11 listening from Oregon. I've been listening since I was about three years old. I listen to you guys every time I take a shower. I went from music to you guys. Love you guys. You're a part of my family. Yeah. Well, you're T.O. Jose. That means uncle. It says hi. How long are the showers? Are they long enough to finish this whole segment? Yes. I don't know. The parents' water bill is ridiculous. Yeah. All right. Here we go. We got a brand new episode starting right now. It's almost time for your Awkward Tuesday. It's Brooke and Jeffrey in the morning. And today we speak to a listener who just got married a couple weeks ago. Hey. That's awesome. It is. But she's a little upset that her childhood friend was a complete no-show. Oh. And everyone is in the dark about why, except one of her friends who believes she knows the real reason. Really? What's the T? And it is spicy. Oh. Spicy T. Hey, Jeff. Let's go. But is it true? We're going to find out when we do your Awkward Tuesday phone call right after this. It's Awkward. It's Tuesday. It's Awkward Tuesday phone call. There's a lot of wedding etiquette and protocols that you're expected to follow when you're invited to attend a fancy gathering. That's right. Be behave. Probably seven drinks or more minimum. Wait, minimum? Minimum. Oh, wow. Must wear pants? Unless it says pants optional on the invite. Which most do. You're not going to be wearing anything after seven drinks. And I know in Brooke's case, she requested do not woot during our first kiss unless the neon sign explicitly says to. Which the neon sign said to. It was up the entire time. It was hanging from the camel there. Cheer me on. Let's go. So another potential wedding faux pas that I recently heard about is responding yes on your invite, but never showing up. Oh my god. The only thought I had with my mother was over her friend that did that. Yes. Well, it's what brings our listener Danielle to the show today because she recently got married and is struggling with the absence of a good friend who said they'd come, but never did. So Danielle, welcome to the show. Hi, guys. Hi, Danielle. Hi, Danielle. Congratulations. I mean, we should start there, right? Yeah, I'm with you. Yeah. Yeah, I mean, it's great being married. I'm so happy. But almost everything. Yeah. They say the first two weeks of marriage are the hardest. So now that you're through this, it's all smooth sailing. Yeah, that's right. Yeah, Cabo was really hard, really. Our hearts go out to you, Andrew. That's awesome. The bummer forgot her name twice. You emailed because apparently somebody was supposed to attend your wedding and did not do that. Let's get into it. Who is it? Yeah. So this is one of my closest friends of all time. I mean, yeah, we've been friends literally since elementary school. We were basically next door neighbors, like ride the bus together, everything. Since elementary through college, we went to college together and we stayed closest whole time. Dude, you don't even have to go any further. I'm offended already for you. Yeah. What did she no-show? So he no-showed. He no-showed. Oh, it's a guy. Yeah. What's his name? His name's Warren. So take us to what happened at your wedding. How did that go down? Okay, so I'm getting ready with my bridesmaids. I'm getting ready to go down. And one of our other best friends, one of our mutual good friends is my maid of honor. And she informed me that he wasn't there. And she was like, I thought he was coming. And I'm like, he is coming. So I remember looking out because this is one of my best friends and I don't see him and he's not there. What? Just no text. Yeah, just didn't go up. I mean, I would immediately honestly think that something terrible happened. Yeah, for sure. Like car accident. If he had to fly, the plane got delayed. Medical emergency, something crazy. Well, yeah, I mean, that was my first thought too because I'm like, what other reason would he possibly not show up to my wedding? Totally. So I texted him. While you're up at the altar? Well, no after. That would be awesome. Like hold the wedding one second. He's holding out a giant dress. It was after. And I was just like, hey, are you okay? And he didn't reply at all. So I'm stressed my entire wedding thinking he's dead. And then he finally replies the next day. And all he says is, sorry, couldn't make it. That is weird. Is that a big deal? Yes. Yes. Yeah. If he texts her the next day and it's not a call, it should be like a five page. Oh my gosh, this is what happened. He's mad. And this is crazy. I think he's mad at something. Or he's a man. And just text stuff really short and is like, that's all I need to say. No, I know. We got him as a man though. He's a friend though. That's more important. Well, do you have any idea why he wasn't there or why he took so long to answer? My two top running theories, I guess at the moment are, one, maybe he's upset that he wasn't in the wedding, which he could feel bad about that on his wedding. But my husband already had his groom's men. But you could have given him another role. You know, like there's other things at the wedding that could have involved him. Yeah, he could have been mad about that when he found out, not the day. Yeah, I mean, that's true. My other theory, and I don't really think this one's true, but my other friend, she's saying that she thinks it could be that he's upset because he has feelings for me. And I, yeah, I don't think that's true. Why not? I mean, like he's basically my brother. Yeah, well, Brooke thinks that's kind of hot, right? No, maybe not. But if he thought that, getting friend-zone, if that's how it still hurts, I guess, I would. Why would you boast me on my wedding day? I don't know. I will say I see where you're coming from, but speaking as a guy, we process things a little bit differently. Yeah. Not always the best way. And maybe his head just wasn't able to wrap his mind around that moment. Hasn't he seen a rom-com? If that's the case, he's supposed to run down the aisle. Yeah, he's supposed to be with him. Ruin it. I object. No. Would you have been mad at him if he came down and objected and ruined the wedding? Well, if that was the case, I wouldn't want him to go. So. Okay. Yeah, he already got kicked out. Maybe you'll be grateful that he didn't come if we're able to get in touch with him, because I'm assuming that's what you reached out about, is trying to figure out why he's not answering? I need you guys to talk to him and figure out what's going on, because he's not talking to me. And I honestly don't think I can talk to him right now, or should I? Because I'm so emotional about this. I don't want to upset him more, because I'm already really upset. Okay. I'm just going to make it worse. So remember, with the Awkward Tuesday, we will let you make this call, but we'll give you our advice first. That's right, whether you're emotionally ready or not. Yeah. Yeah, don't. We'll figure out how to. Save the friendship. How to get your childhood friend to finally open up and tell you why he couldn't bother to show up to the biggest day of your life. Oh, yeah, you say it like that. Yeah, he sucks right now. Yeah, that's my advice. So here we go. We're going to do it with your Awkward Tuesday, right after this. It's Awkward. It's Tuesday. It's Awkward Tuesday phone call. If you're just joining us, we've been talking to Danielle, who is two weeks out of being newly married. Aw. Yeah. So. That part's great. That is. Congrats to her. But she is still dealing with a little micro drama that happened at the wedding, because a close guy friend, someone that she grew up with, said that he would show. Yep. But never did. Dude, it's like one of her best friends. Yeah, she even. She looked for him. She texted him at the wedding saying, where are you? And he didn't respond until the next day. Wow. And all he said was, oh, sorry, I couldn't make it. Yikes. I don't think he said sorry, didn't he? I think he said sorry. I can't remember. It was rude. That's all I know. You don't give him any credit. I'm mad. Whatever it was, it wasn't enough, and it didn't provide any explanation. He's not answering her texts or her calls now. And that's why she wants us to dial from our number. So hopefully he'll pick up. And we need to give her some advice to get her ready for this. So Brooke, what have you got? I'm saying you're coming in hot. Ooh, I like it. Oh, wow. Yes, element of surprise, because your friends are theorizing that he didn't show because he has a crush on you. So what you do, he doesn't know this number. You say, hey, listen, I'm upset that you weren't at the wedding. And now all of our friends are starting a rumor that it's because you have feelings for me. Oh my god. Wow. Immediately. Yes, yes. Come in angry. What do you think about that, Danielle? I like it. Yes. I mean, honestly. Yeah. And I'll tell you why. I think that if he hears that and he really does think of you as just a sister, they'd be like, god, no. Yeah. I'll be like, shut up, bro. Yeah. And then he'll have to tell you why he didn't really show up. Yeah. Yeah. Because I mean, I really don't think that's what it is. OK. So possibly harness your inner anger. Jose, what's your advice? I think we'll get the wedding. My advice was actually for you to go opposite. Oh. I think that you need to be a little delicate with him, you know, because you may only get one shot at this, all right? You don't want to regret being too aggressive and ruining it if he does have a good excuse. OK. Yeah. Well, I only had one shot at my wedding day and he wasn't there. So yeah. Yeah. I have a feeling we're going in hot then. Can't lie about your emotions. As usual, anger wins. So here we go. Always. I'm in a dial Warren's number and we're going to see if he answers and hopefully get some closure on what happened, why he didn't come to your wedding. Here it goes. Hello. Hello. Oh. Hi. Danielle, did you get a new phone number? Oh. No. OK. So like, what are you doing? What am I doing? I'm pretty good. I'm pretty good. I'm pretty good. What am I doing? Pretty sure I'm trying to contact you since you just ghosted my wedding. Listen, I'm really not ready for this right now. What do you mean you're not ready for this? You had a year and a half to get ready to come to my wedding and you just didn't show up the day of. So that's not good enough for me. You know, we really going to do this right now. Yeah, we are really going to do this right now. OK, I know why. And so I'm just going to be upfront. All of our friends are going around spinning the rumor mill saying that the reason you didn't show up is because you're in love with me and that you couldn't handle the wedding. Ew, come on, man. That's not it. No, no, no, no. Yeah, OK, that's what I said too. And you know, you're my oldest friend and we're family. It's got it's got nothing to do with me being attracted to you. Then why didn't you show up? I actually did show up. I was actually there 20 minutes before the ceremony. Whatever you wire. I looked around. You weren't there. You weren't anywhere. I really don't want to talk about this. You owe it to me, Warren. Just tell me the truth. What happened? Damn. All right. Look, when I was pulling up, I was ready to go in and have a good time with you guys. But I spotted someone that I didn't want to be around. So I just had to bail. I panicked when I saw this person because I don't want to be around this person. OK, but what do you mean by that? Like, I mean, again, that sounds like our friends are right. Like, was this person Tom? Was the person that you were so upset to see? Was that my husband? Did it make you? No, no, no, no, no. I love Tom. I'm glad that you guys are getting married. I really am. It's got it's got nothing to do with Tom. He's legit. OK, then who the hell could have upset you enough to not come to my wedding? I mean, let me ask you something. It was your wedding planner named Gillian. Gillian? Yeah. My planner's name is Gillian. All right. That's what I was afraid of. A couple of years ago, two years ago, right? I was at the airport taking a flight and we met and basically she ended up giving me an STD. What? What was that noise? Oh, that's a party favor. I don't know what to say. We did not mean to out your info like that. Yeah. Yeah. Warren. Why are we on? Who are all these people on the phone? Oh, man. These people are a radio show called tiny radio show that no one listens to. Yeah, don't worry. It's just Brooke and Jeffrey in the morning. This is called. Awkward Tuesday phone call. Very awkward. For obvious reasons. And could be used as a PSA for safe relations. I appreciate y'all broadcasting my issue. Well, we didn't know what the situation was. Danielle had no idea why you didn't show up to her wedding. I don't know. You could have stayed first of all, but. Yeah. That's pretty immature. I still think. Like, it's not like you're going to be interacting with a wedding planner. I didn't know what to do. I was freaking out. Super embarrassed by the whole thing. And then it just seemed like when I saw her at the wedding, there's no possible way this can end well. Is it something that you and the wedding planner had not talked about before this moment? Nope. Oh, so she doesn't know. Oh my God. She doesn't know. I didn't contact her afterwards. Oh my God. I just, I just thought of something. My brother hooked up with Jillian after the wedding. Yikes. Hey, it could be. It could be fine. It could have been a curable one. You could use protection. Like, there's millions of people. I don't think you're that bad. Yeah. You're millions of people that have this problem. Yeah. What? You literally just take a panel. You're fine. It's about sexual health, and it should be more talked about in today's society. If you think about it, everyone should get an ST. Oh my God. Apparently, I need to talk about it with my brother, so. Oh my God. We don't want to stigmatize it. All that aside, it's good that this conversation is happening. Because now we finally understand what the real issue was. And the brother knows that he may need some antibiotics. Yes. And that's okay. Modern medicine is an amazing thing. Is it all right if I could maybe bow out of this conversation? I've had a cocktail or two, and I really don't feel like talking about it. I think this is exactly how the airport situation came up in the first place, girl. Daydreams. But no wonder he sounds like a post-mime. I mean, I think the whole point is, do you forgive him for that? Oh, good. Right? Like, can you guys move past this in your relationship? I mean, honestly, I'm still really hurt by it. And I just wish you'd talked to me. And I'm really upset that you didn't reply to me the last two weeks about it. Yeah. I just didn't know what to say. I had no idea what to do. I knew I was going to come out eventually. But I didn't want to go into that situation and think there was any possibility of something happening that would mess up the wedding day for you guys. Did you think that you're going to hook up with her there again? Is that what you were worried about? Nope. Nope, nope, nope. He's like, dude, she cannot resist me. After I've had three cocktails, look at that. All right. Well, Danielle, he did it. It sounds like to protect you and not create any more drama at the wedding than there needed to be. Yeah. Oh, my God. And just for the record, I'm sorry. I love you. You're my best friend. I wouldn't do anything to hurt you. That's sweet. That's sincere. Remember, you're talking to Danielle, not Jillian here. So. I got another word for Jillian. Okay. You can do those off the air. Yeah. Well, still not thrilled about how it all went down, but I mean, we've made it 20 plus years in our friendship. I think we'll make it through this too. I feel good about this. Drinks on me. Let's all head to the airport together and celebrate. Yeah. Absolutely. Broken Jeffrey in the morning. No gloss. No filter. Just stories. Spoken without fear. Addiction is a disease and it should be looked upon as any other disease. How did you cope with a reckless father like me? Join me, Pooja Bhatt, as I sit down every week with directors, actors, musicians, technicians, and beyond. You don't need to work with the biggest people and the biggest sound to have great music. I have gone through the Saab CD Hachakar, reached the pinnacle, stung by the sneer, and I've fallen down again. Yeah. I am not writing actively anymore. And when I see my old work, it kind of saddens me. I'm only as good as the last shot that I gave. Mom's gone, but don't shut the theater. The show must go on. Listen to my weekly podcast, the Pooja Bhatt Show on the iHeart radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Come for the honesty. Stay for the fire. Should the airport have hookup warning signs posted up around the different terminals? No, Jeff. You should just always know to use protection. It's pretty simple. When they shoot up bathrooms labeled hookup bathroom. When you hook up with a stranger, you don't know what you're going to get, Jeff. That's true. That's life. But if you think about a place that has a lot of signage, the airport's probably number one on the list. So why have I never seen a sign that says hookup with a red line through it? Yeah, totally, totally. Could help a lot more people than I realized. Who? How many people are hooking up at the airport? I don't know. How do you know how about a time in between flights? I don't even know where you would do that, logistically. Oh, with the TSA line, it's also crazy long. You can just do it in line now. Not going to be a sanitary place. Whatever it is. But I'm good for them for pulling it off. Pun intended or...? Oh, no. Sucks the consequences, but you know, that's life. Anyway, if you want more awkward content, you can always follow our podcast at brokenjeffery wherever you get yours. Stream us during your next red eye. Yeah. And next to a beautiful stranger. More while you're in the act. Why not? No gloss, no filter. Just stories. Spoken without fear. A person who is not generous cannot be an artist. The world will be at peace only when it is ruled by poets and philosophers. Listen to my weekly podcast, the puja bhajjo on the iHeart radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Come for the honesty. Stay for the fire.
