Ep 3: He Proposed... Here's How It Happened

Joey takes us through the whole story - how they met, how it all built up, and what actually went down on the day of the proposal. There's a bit of ballet in there, a few moments that nearly went off track, and a lot of chaos along the way. It's not a perfectly told love story... it's just how it actually happened.

Transcript

SPEAKER_02 0:00

Are you recording? Yeah. Wow. We've hit record. All right. Um, this is the third episode. Yeah, hold on. First, what have we got on our podcast today? A very, very special guest. Yeah, she's actually real, ladies and gentlemen. Yeah, she's real. Joey has a fiance. We wanted you on Alana, obviously, because people didn't think you were real. Let's let's be honest.

SPEAKER_00 0:33

In fact, real. Yeah, that's it.

SPEAKER_02 0:35

And that's not Cameron talking in a really high-pitched voice.

unknown 0:38

That's it.

SPEAKER_02 0:39

That's my fiance. So yeah, how about like Cam? Obviously, you've been asking me for the dates. Yeah, I'll go from the start, right? I first met Alana.

SPEAKER_01 0:50

Wow, we're gonna win way back.

SPEAKER_02 0:56

I'm just talking about the engagement, but go for it. No, you you go wherever you want. Tell I mean the people want to hear what they want to hear, right? And that's how we first met.

SPEAKER_01 1:04

Alright, yeah, let's do it. Yeah, take us, take us way back.

SPEAKER_02 1:08

I was driving back home after a long day at work, raining. I see a car pulled over, and then I stop, pull up in front of it because I'm like, oh no, this person probably wants some help with a a tire or something. I obviously get out of the car, asked her if she needed a hand changed in the tire. She said yes, obviously. I changed the tire for her. After that, basically, I asked her for a number and she gave it to me, funny enough.

SPEAKER_01 1:36

Now tell us the real story then.

SPEAKER_02 1:39

Um, the real story. We just met on Hinge.

SPEAKER_00 1:44

But a success story. A good one.

SPEAKER_01 1:47

A good one, yeah, yeah, yeah. Who made the first movie on Hinge? Alana. Really? Yeah. Alana did actually. What was crazy?

SPEAKER_00 1:55

I saw his profile and he had some of his ballet pictures on it, and I was like, Why? Oh my god.

SPEAKER_01 2:00

Yeah, I was like, it was a couple shirtless ones, but you gotta, you know, yeah, yeah, yeah. Well he was he was he showed me his hinge profile and he was flaunting it. The chicks love it. The chicks love ballet.

SPEAKER_03 2:12

Do they?

SPEAKER_02 2:12

No, they did not. Oh no, like I went for months with no no one liking my profile at all. Oh no. No, I saw it straight away.

SPEAKER_00 2:23

I was like, Yeah, that's so interesting because I saw his profile and I was like, yes.

SPEAKER_01 2:33

Oh my god, yeah. It's a hinge. And then the first date, who set that up? The first date.

SPEAKER_02 2:38

I did. I did. You you made the first move. I've made the first move because um we were talking for like two weeks or something. Yeah. And then I was like, I'd love to go on a date. Did you look him up straight away?

SPEAKER_00 2:48

Oh, straight away. Yeah. I looked him up straight away. Yeah. Yeah. And I saw his prep. I was like, wow. Wow. Yeah. Wow. And then he's not a liar. Yeah, it's quite true.

SPEAKER_02 2:58

No catfish, no catfish. Yeah. Well, I could have been catfish by a line, you never know. Yeah, you never know. That's why coffee's always good too. So you went out for a coffee date.

SPEAKER_01 3:07

Yeah.

SPEAKER_02 3:07

Was it sparks flying straight away? Straight away. Yeah. The thing that reeled her in, right? Because obviously I love dogs, right? She likes dogs too. And on my profile I had a picture of like one of my dogs. Yeah. And then you commented on it.

SPEAKER_00 3:20

I think I'd liked it. I'd liked it. Oh, that's true. And then you had then sent the message saying Look like I have to delete Hinge now.

SPEAKER_02 3:27

Yeah, yeah. Yeah. That's smooth. That is smooth, though. Yeah.

SPEAKER_01 3:32

That's so good. Yeah.

SPEAKER_02 3:33

I know you don't think No, I didn't I didn't think you were smooth like that. Me neither. Smooth as butter. Oh man. Well, you should have seen the other dub ones I did as well. The bad ones? Yeah.

SPEAKER_01 3:42

I I hit it. I can imagine those more than a few.

SPEAKER_02 3:47

I was lonely. And I'll obviously I'm not in it just for a quick one or whatever, but I like obviously I was in it for a relationship.

SPEAKER_01 3:54

You're you're a relationship guy.

SPEAKER_02 3:55

I don't have. I've never been in. You've never been a fling. Never.

SPEAKER_01 3:59

Um engagement. When did that happen? Do you remember the date?

SPEAKER_02 4:02

Yeah, it was Wednesday, the oh, she's looking at me. 4th of May.

SPEAKER_00 4:10

Babe, we're in March. Come on.

SPEAKER_02 4:12

Wait off. Where do I get May from? Oh. I think March is the M. I don't know. March for May. I don't know. Don't lose this one. No. Yeah, you're so lucky. Fourth of wait, what was it? Or January March.

SPEAKER_00 4:28

Yeah.

SPEAKER_02 4:28

Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 4:29

Nice.

unknown 4:29

Nice.

SPEAKER_01 4:30

Fourth of March, man. So can I ask as well? Did you go like through your lines? Did you go, oh, like practice in the mirror or anything? No, nothing. You didn't practice?

SPEAKER_02 4:37

No. No. That one thing I really wanted to do was to film it.

SPEAKER_00 4:47

Are you serious? Are you serious right now?

SPEAKER_03 4:52

Are you serious? Actually? Yeah.

SPEAKER_01 5:02

Dude, that is so cute. It still actually kind of makes me cry. Yeah, it's really not very. It's very awesome. Yeah. Nothing too over the top. Nothing over the top at all. It's just so wholesome. Yeah. And like at the dog park, it's it's it's adorable. Yeah. Like gotta have dogs running around. Your reaction as well on top of it is so so cute. Like you just go supersonic, like ultra.

SPEAKER_00 5:23

Yeah, like it just incrementally higher each time.

SPEAKER_03 5:29

Yeah, yeah.

SPEAKER_01 5:36

Let's get to the nitty-gritty. All right. I want you to vote bride or groom. Okay. Who will be the first to cry?

SPEAKER_00 5:44

Joey. Groom, sorry. I've already broken the room.

SPEAKER_01 5:47

You reckon?

SPEAKER_00 5:48

Groom. 100%.

SPEAKER_01 5:50

Uh most likely to forget something important on the day.

SPEAKER_00 5:52

I reckon bride.

SPEAKER_02 5:53

Actually, yeah, Lama. No, I'm on top of my stuff. You're good. Especially on an important day. I don't know when it's coming up. I'll be bad at that, but I know I won't forget anything.

SPEAKER_01 6:02

Okay. Yeah. Who gets drunk too fast?

SPEAKER_00 6:05

I think bride, because I don't I don't drink. She doesn't drink drink too much. Yeah, that's my thinking. I'd have like one or two and I'm like off.

unknown 6:15

Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 6:16

Another planet already.

SPEAKER_02 6:17

Well, that's funny because I have one or two and I'm gone too. Yeah, you know me. I'm lightweight, man.

SPEAKER_01 6:23

Oh, lightweight. Doesn't make any sense. All right. Who gives a speech that goes way too long?

SPEAKER_00 6:29

It could be me because like once I start talking, I can't stop.

SPEAKER_01 6:32

It would be Alana. I should be a bit of a dude. Honestly, 100%. And last one, you're ready? Who got luckier?

SPEAKER_02 6:40

Oh Alana. I'm like, oh Alana.

SPEAKER_01 6:51

Oh, that was easy. I was like, then natural.

SPEAKER_02 6:54

So easy. Like, what the hell's that question? Yeah, Alana.

SPEAKER_01 6:58

Headlocked onto it.

SPEAKER_02 6:59

That's like who wears the pants in this relationship. It's 50-50.

SPEAKER_00 7:06

You think it's 50 trying.

SPEAKER_02 7:09

Trying to squeeze that one in there. Yeah. That was good.

SPEAKER_01 7:11

Oh, that was so sweet.

SPEAKER_02 7:14

We have a question for you, too. Oh, small. Yeah, yeah, yeah. One more while we're on the topic of this, right? Okay. Alright, Cameron. Would you like to be my best man for the wedding? Yeah. Are you serious? Yeah, that's serious. How sick? Only if you want to, I mean.

SPEAKER_01 7:38

Of course, bro. Of course.

SPEAKER_02 7:39

I'm sucking them back. This is very helpful.

SPEAKER_01 7:43

We're pausing the podcast for a second. I'm giving them a hug.

SPEAKER_03 7:47

Come here, bro.

SPEAKER_01 7:50

Oh, wow. Guys, that was so wholesome. It was very nice. That was so wholesome. Yeah. Alrighty. Well, Alana, we can let you go now.

SPEAKER_00 7:57

Thank you so much. Thanks for having me on the podcast.

SPEAKER_01 8:00

No, you're alright. Of course. You'll be back. You'll be back again. We want to hear more wedding planning. Yes. And more details about that. Absolutely. Yeah, definitely again. Alright, I'm giving you full reign on the creativity of this intro of question box. Okay, what do you want? Yeah, all right.

SPEAKER_02 8:22

So you go, um, Joey, what time is it? Okay, hey, let me go have a look. Step, step, step, step, step.

SPEAKER_01 8:30

Yeah.

SPEAKER_02 8:31

It's question box time.

SPEAKER_01 8:33

Oh, that sucks. Okay. Okay. Why why the footsteps? You just think it's dramatic.

SPEAKER_02 8:44

I think it's like it sucks people in. You go, what's the question box? What? Where's he walking to?

SPEAKER_01 8:48

Alright, let's try it. And if it don't work. If it don't work, it don't work. Okay. It's wait, so what time what do I I have to ask you what time it is? Yeah. Hey Joey, what uh what time is it? Okay. Hey Joey. What time is it?

SPEAKER_02 9:03

Let me go have a look. It's question box time. So bad. It's so bad, but like so good.

SPEAKER_01 9:20

Oh, hopefully, hopefully the power of editing. The power of editing makes that matter.

SPEAKER_02 9:26

Anyway, let's get into it. Yeah, guys. Anyway, it's question box time. Let's get into it. Alright, you get you go first. Oh, would you rather slow dance with your enemy or sleep with your best best mate? Alright, let me repeat that. Because I had a lisp at home. Would you rather slow dance with your enemy or sleep with your best mate?

SPEAKER_01 9:53

Um, I don't really have an enemy, so I just slow dance with my enemy.

SPEAKER_02 9:57

You have an enemy.

SPEAKER_01 9:58

Who's my enemy?

SPEAKER_02 10:01

Oh yeah. Blood's boiling. Oh my god.

SPEAKER_01 10:03

We'll cut this out. Yeah, okay. You know what? Alright, the enemy. Because in that slow dance, we'll find time to really like patch things over and grow to love each other. Yeah. Yeah. And we can see each other's differences. Yeah. I'm gonna do that.

SPEAKER_02 10:17

Yeah, give me a chance or something, yeah.

SPEAKER_01 10:19

Yeah, give me a chance.

SPEAKER_02 10:20

Alright, what do you know? I don't think I could see you on the bed butt naked. So I think I'll dance the enemy as well. Dance with my enemy. Yeah. Yeah, talk things over. Whisper in his ear or something. That's nice. It's a he. Yeah. Your enemy's a he. No, no, we're cutting that out. I'm gonna they gotta stay anonymous. If I say he, that everyone goes, oh, we know who that is. Whisper whisper in thy person ear.

SPEAKER_01 10:50

Thy person ear.

SPEAKER_02 10:51

Yeah, that's it. Nice. Oh, okay.

SPEAKER_01 10:53

Oh, it's a ballet related one. Oh, okay. What are your ballet icks? Ballet icks.

SPEAKER_02 10:59

Yeah. Oh, you know what mine are? Um, is those blankets people wear.

SPEAKER_01 11:06

Oh, yeah, the blankets.

SPEAKER_02 11:08

The blankets. What are they the shoal? Shoals. Yeah. I don't know why they they're I'm like, you don't need them. Yeah, I I can get that. Just chuck a hoodie on or a jumper. You don't need a shoal. A towel wrapped around your waist. That's your way. That's controversial. It's very controversial. Yeah. But like that's that's your baliak.

SPEAKER_01 11:26

Yeah. Good one. Oh, I've actually got one. Oh massive bags, like taking into ballet class. What are you doing with all that bag? Yeah, what why do you need a suitcase at work?

SPEAKER_02 11:38

And especially if you're a male, what are you carrying in there, dude?

SPEAKER_01 11:41

Yeah, all right. I understand you might have a roller and some like massage like equipment. I get that. But really, do you need your suitcase? Yeah, that lockers are right downstairs. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

SPEAKER_02 11:52

Alright, your turn. Alright. What would you do if you couldn't fail?

SPEAKER_01 11:57

If I couldn't fail? Yeah. Start a podcast.

SPEAKER_02 12:00

Oh, that a boy. Yeah. And we're starting it. That's it. I would say dance director. Can you imagine me at the front of the room? Absolutely not.

SPEAKER_01 12:11

A nightmare.

SPEAKER_02 12:15

A nightmare. A nightmare. Yeah. Honestly, I don't know. I'd probably yeah, the potty. Because we're really invested into this right now. Put a lot of time and effort and money. Yeah, some money into this.

SPEAKER_01 12:25

Yeah. But we're giving our dreams a go. Yeah. We're not failing just yet. Just yet.

SPEAKER_02 12:30

That's it. So, guys, Richard the Stars. You got this.

SPEAKER_01 12:33

And if you miss the stars, get the clouds. They're close. Yeah.

SPEAKER_02 12:37

If you miss the clouds, land for the closest tree.

SPEAKER_01 12:46

Brilliant. Yeah. No, that is a that is a brilliant quote. Hell yeah. Yeah, I I would recite that. Is that profound or is this just you've fallen for a while, that's that's for sure. No. Alright. Uh last one. Um what do I do if I love dancing slash performing but don't want to work long hours during the day? You're in the wrong career then. Yeah. Yeah. I'm sorry. That's answer that answer that one pretty quick. Yeah. Also, what is a great snack for pre-show? Um, so I don't feel bloated, but stay full and energized. Yeah. Um, I've got one. Yeah. Throwing a brand out there, get ready. The mortem bars, dude, they're so good. Great, yeah, they're great. Yeah. Because they're so like um easy on your like digestive system. I don't and I'm so sensitive like before going on stage. Like some people get shaky and everyone gets like sweaty palms, but mine is like my stomach. I'm just so in tune with that. That's good. Yeah, so the mortem bars for me. They're great too. Or a banana.

SPEAKER_02 13:45

Um, I like a a burrito.

SPEAKER_01 13:48

Before a show?

SPEAKER_02 13:49

Yeah, I like burrito. Dude, that is crazy. Yeah, really?

unknown 13:53

Yeah.

SPEAKER_02 13:54

Not like all right, so I'm talking about like two hours after before the show. So before, yeah.

SPEAKER_01 13:58

Uh I'm I'm talking like right before the show because I like to eat right before, so like half an hour.

SPEAKER_02 14:02

Yeah, uh I'd say I'll say banana. Banana. And um electrolytes. Yeah, yeah. Plenty of it. Yeah, plenty of it. Yeah. Good question. All right, man. Yeah. I was I was leaving work and I was going to the theatre, right? Yeah. There's a lot of construction going on, right? Yeah. And I was looking and there was a like one of those cranes there. Yeah, I know what a crane is. I was like, yeah, how did that get there? No, no, no, no, no, but honestly, like wait, like how does a crane, right, get there? Like I know you've got the ones that drive around and the crane is on the car, right? The the truck. Yeah. And it but it only goes to a certain height. Yeah.

SPEAKER_01 14:47

But like you were talking like the skyscraper cranes.

SPEAKER_02 14:49

Yeah, like how did they build the crane higher than than that? You know what I mean? Like, no, no, but you like does someone like climb up the ladder with like metal beams or something, but like Yeah, you see where I'm at.

SPEAKER_01 15:03

No, I know exactly what you mean, but your explanation of this is killing me. Yeah. Yeah. How does a crane appear? Yeah. Because you need another crane to build another crane. Yeah, but how does that crane first get there? It's like, yeah, how did the first crane come?

SPEAKER_02 15:16

Yeah, you need a crane to build a crane, I guess. Do they fold up? Yeah, like an IKEA package, you know?

SPEAKER_01 15:23

Yeah. Flat packs for cranes.

SPEAKER_02 15:27

Yeah. So, dude, like that got me on a segment idea. Like, yeah. This is dangerous. Yeah. Yeah. I'm thinking of calling it Explain This.

SPEAKER_01 15:38

Okay. How do we Oh, but do you want some intro music for this?

SPEAKER_02 15:45

Explain this, baby.

SPEAKER_03 15:49

Explain this, baby.

SPEAKER_02 15:51

Yeah. Cranes, right? How do they get there?

SPEAKER_01 15:54

They appear overnight, man. Have you got a theory? So some guy on a ladder just climbs up and just constructs the crazy thing. Yeah. Like honestly.

SPEAKER_02 16:02

He constructs the crane. That's all I can think about, obviously, you know, like one piece at a time.

SPEAKER_01 16:06

But do you know what'd be crazy? They have a crane warehouse. Yeah. And they fold up and they drive them in and then they like unfold when they get to the job site.

SPEAKER_02 16:14

Like a uh jumping castle.

SPEAKER_01 16:16

Yeah. They just blow it up. Blow it up. Oh yeah. Yeah. A crane warehouse. Crane warehouse. That'd be a big warehouse.

SPEAKER_02 16:28

Big warehouse. Actually, I think that's how I've seen some things like on the way to your place, there's like a crane depot, and it looks like there's just like big crane parts. Like just metal beams and stuff. Yeah, yeah. Alright.

SPEAKER_01 16:41

So what other things have we got?

SPEAKER_02 16:43

Underwater tunnels.

SPEAKER_01 16:44

Mate, they've been stumping me for years. How do they how do they even build that? There's one under the harbour ridge. Oh yeah, there is too, yeah. But that's crazy. Like the fact that cruise ships are like in that water and they do not hit that tunnel. Nah. That doesn't make sense. Okay. But how do they get the tunnel in there in the first place? Do they build the tunnel before going in the water?

SPEAKER_02 17:07

No, tell me you tell me how it thinks, and I'll tell you how I think it's built.

SPEAKER_01 17:11

Okay. Alright. Dude, I I genuinely have no clue. Um I reckon they build a big like portion of the tunnel and then they kind of drop it in with one of the cranes. Oh yeah. Shout out to cranes. We love you, baby. We love you, baby. And they've got an underwater crane. Whoa. No, and they drop a big portion in, and then they fix the rest to where like we come out for air and they suck the water out. Yeah, okay. That's terrible. Yeah. Mate, we need to read a book.

SPEAKER_02 17:47

I I mean that's a good a good viable choice, right? Right. What's your theory? My theory is it's the water? It's underneath the water altogether. It's in the earth below the water. Anyway, I think it's from like a massive drill, and they it drills it through, and then I mean that's not a bad idea. And then the drill, apparently they drill it, and then they leave the drill ahead behind. And they drill a little bit further, and then they just fill the wall in. I'm talking absolute.

SPEAKER_01 18:18

I mean, that makes more sense than dropping a tunnel into the water. Yeah. Yeah.

SPEAKER_02 18:22

Okay, how they made. Okay, so Google, it's got my clutch. Sinking prefabricated tube sections into a So they sink it.

SPEAKER_01 18:33

I'm right.

SPEAKER_02 18:33

Dragged Dragged Trench? Let me read this. Yeah, you read that. You read that.

SPEAKER_01 18:38

So uh underwater tunnels are built primarily by either sinking prefabricated tube sections into a dredged trench. So immersed tube method, or by drilling through bedrock. So we're both kind of correct here. Hell yeah. Deep beneath like the seabed using tunnel boring machines. Dude. We're genius. Let's go build an underwater tunnel.

SPEAKER_02 19:00

Yeah, and call it the Barman tunnel. Hell yeah.

SPEAKER_01 19:08

Yeah. Wait for that.

SPEAKER_02 19:09

Wait for it, guys.

SPEAKER_01 19:11

If you shoot for the stars and miss the stars, aim for the clouds.

SPEAKER_02 19:15

If you miss the clouds, aim for the closest tree. That's actually great. We should get that and post it around.

SPEAKER_01 19:25

So it really is just our thing is don't stop trying. That's the problem.

SPEAKER_03 19:28

Unless you do the third attempt.

SPEAKER_02 19:30

Yeah. That's it. You fallen.

SPEAKER_01 19:33

So you fallen. That's brilliant. So we are kind of correct. Let's just say that. That's cool. We're good. We should watch a documentary.

SPEAKER_02 19:43

Oh no, we don't need to because we know how things are made. The end of that segment. Oh my gosh. Yeah.

SPEAKER_01 19:57

I feel like this episode's been so wholesome though. Yeah. That was a cute one. Yeah. Yeah, a couple tears at the end. It was tears. That's it. Some tears, some hugs. You know, you never know what you're gonna get in this podcast. Dating advice. Yeah, dating advice. Not really.

SPEAKER_02 20:10

Was it dating advice? No.

SPEAKER_01 20:12

Just how learned a bit about you know you. Me and me. Yeah.

SPEAKER_02 20:17

Maybe we'll have a special guest on an episode with your made-up girlfriend.

unknown 20:22

Yeah.

SPEAKER_03 20:23

Steven three, two, one.