SPEAKER_01 0:00

I gotta know how your brand sleeps at night. How my what? Brand. The the lady brand. So I'm not sure what you're saying. Well, here's the thing. Y'all have something, the women, that uh the women, that m most men will fall for any trick because they think they might have an opportunity to get their hands on something if you don't. Okay. Uh-huh. And sometimes your brand knows how and I call the ladies all your your brand, your species, your brand. Oh, okay. Okay. So I'm using the term brand because it's just a funnier way of saying it. So some people in your brand um most definitely know how to manipulate uh, you know, somebody that has an interest. And I just want to know how you sleep at night because I Oh my gosh. I'm looking at this research here. You know, the uh find folks at JG Wentworth. JG Wentworth? Is that a law office? No, it's uh some sort of uh financial thing. Like if you get a settlement or something like that, they'll pay you.

SPEAKER_02 0:55

Oh, by the way, I got a settlement the other day, I'll tell you about in a second.

SPEAKER_01 0:58

Well, they are you gonna sleep at night?

SPEAKER_02 1:00

Oh I mean, for 24 bucks, yeah, I guess. Oh, okay. I would sleep better if it was like 150 bucks.

SPEAKER_01 1:05

39.9% of singles have uh gone on a date just for the free meal. The winner.

SPEAKER_02 1:11

Oh my god, this is just for the free meal. Yeah, this has been a thing for a very, very long time. I know when you when you start in your 20s, just come to Aunt Alley over here, and I'll give you all the tips and tricks of getting a free meal. Here it comes.

SPEAKER_01 1:29

And then you're gonna find out how to stay uh sleeping at night with that. Not the nicest move.

SPEAKER_02 1:35

Actually, that one's hard for me. I just cannot I I always start with the coffee date. Yeah. And even this is very early in mine and Zach's relationship. We went to Hush and the bill was it was up there, you know? And I said, let's just split it. We weren't really committed at that point. It was just still like it was preliminary dating, if you will.

SPEAKER_01 1:57

Sure, sure. And and I I can't. And this is not premeditated though. You guys were just out having a good time and doing it. No, there are people that literally walk in with the mindset of I'm going to get a free meal.

SPEAKER_02 2:12

Yes, but what I'm saying is I I just cannot do that. I it's just not in me to do it.

SPEAKER_01 2:17

I understand. I mean, I'm glad that you can't because I feel that makes you better. Oh, wait, I'm sorry. Go ahead. What did you have?

SPEAKER_00 2:22

Well, it depends. Did you like the person before you went for the free meal or not? If you did not like the person a little gray area there. If you like the person but then found out you didn't, then nope, that's fine, because you at least gave it a shot. Okay. I mean, I like food. I probably would not turn it down and be like, okay, sure. As long as you're not a jerk about it and you're grateful and you just thank them at least at the end of the meal.

SPEAKER_01 2:51

I think no. If you like them or think you like them, and and let them pay, then that's okay.

SPEAKER_02 2:57

Because I'm in my mind, I'm thinking this is going to go to another date and I'll pay down the line. That's what I think.

SPEAKER_01 3:03

All right, you're thinking further out with it. Yes, exactly.

SPEAKER_02 3:06

And I'm not always thinking further out, but then with like for instance, we went to a very fancy restaurant on Friday, and Zach paid. And it was, I mean, and believe me, I wasn't skimping. I was like, mussels, steak, tiramisu, bottle of wine. And he goes, I've had you for six months. I just gotta make sure we we stick together for at least another six more. So I gotta, I gotta take care of you.

SPEAKER_01 3:30

I'm like, All right, okay. Sounds very nice.

SPEAKER_02 3:32

Yes, absolutely. But at the beginning, if I don't like you, I don't know why I could not get a free meal out of you.

SPEAKER_01 3:38

Because I I think that makes you a better person, to be totally honest with you. I think that uh, you know, I know that it's not a majority. I hope it's not a majority of people. See, like, guys can't get away with this. Guy, this is not something that a guy can easily pull off.

SPEAKER_02 3:55

It's not, and I think that it happens more in big cities because I could I there's such a big pool that you're dating so much more. You're going out to dinner at eight o'clock on a Tuesday. Something that I don't know, does anyone here in your 20s, if you're like on Tinder or Bumble or Hinge, are you really going out to dinner on a Tuesday?

SPEAKER_01 4:17

Likely not as much. Exactly.

SPEAKER_02 4:19

Exactly. Are you like heading up the cellar on a Tuesday on a first date? I'm just glad to know.

SPEAKER_01 4:24

And and I don't know, maybe it is the dynamic of the larger city versus a smaller city. It's good to know you can't walk in premeditated going, I'm really not into this person, but I'm gonna take their meal.

SPEAKER_02 4:36

It's so weird though, although I always think like, oh, it's a small community, you can't get away with it here. Well, you could. Well, exactly. When my friend was visiting and he got on Tinder and I and we were swiping together, because of course I just had to Couldn't stop yourself having to take a look. Exactly, exactly. And I thought, man, I don't know any of these people. See? And also, like the most gorgeous people I've seen. I was like, what? I've never seen this girl before in my life. So so I think that you could honestly get away with it because I think that I know everyone.

SPEAKER_01 5:07

Yeah, but let's not promote you could get away with it. What I'm getting at is it's not the right thing to do. I mean, that's that's taking advantage in a way that, well, you have certain goods that a lot of guys can't say no to.

SPEAKER_02 5:20

I have a let me throw in.

SPEAKER_01 5:21

That's a weird compliment, but anyway.

SPEAKER_02 5:23

Let me throw in a little caveat here. What if you knew he made a lot of money? Would it make you feel less icky doing it?

SPEAKER_01 5:30

No. I mean, well, again, I mean, if I was a woman and I I couldn't do it either, just for the free meal. I'm I'm sorry. I just, you know, Right. Unless I was like the the even it's even though it's a minor lead on, it's a lead on.

SPEAKER_02 5:43

Except for unless I was like eight days away from payday. Oh my God.