Richard
Appearances
Brooke and Jeffrey: Second Date Update
Awkward Tuesday: Ruin A Birthday
And I will cry. You know what? I don't care if she's a jerk. Everyone heard how much of a jerk she is. I kind of wish the girls could have given all the food back, too, and vomited all over.
Brooke and Jeffrey: Second Date Update
Awkward Tuesday: Ruin A Birthday
Well, okay, I'm not the one viral, but my daughter was a part of it.
Brooke and Jeffrey: Second Date Update
Awkward Tuesday: Ruin A Birthday
So basically I had to drop her off at the mall, like in the food court. And what I understood of the plan was they were going to go have lunch and do party activities. And then the group was going to head over to Build-A-Bear.
Brooke and Jeffrey: Second Date Update
Awkward Tuesday: Ruin A Birthday
The birthday girl's mom was taking care of that.
Brooke and Jeffrey: Second Date Update
Awkward Tuesday: Ruin A Birthday
Yeah, it was great. I'll be back in a few hours. It was perfect.
Brooke and Jeffrey: Second Date Update
Awkward Tuesday: Ruin A Birthday
Yeah. So I go home, and I come back in a few hours, and there's my daughter just in tears when I see her.
Brooke and Jeffrey: Second Date Update
Awkward Tuesday: Ruin A Birthday
Well, it was more than my kid. It was other kids, too. They were all upset.
Brooke and Jeffrey: Second Date Update
Awkward Tuesday: Ruin A Birthday
Yeah. What happened? So I got her in the car and asked what happened. She said that the mom forced all the girls to give their Build-A-Bears to the birthday girl.
Brooke and Jeffrey: Second Date Update
Awkward Tuesday: Ruin A Birthday
That's what I was asking myself. So I contacted another mom who was involved, and she couldn't believe it either. She was really upset.
Brooke and Jeffrey: Second Date Update
Awkward Tuesday: Ruin A Birthday
Well, what she said was that the mom wanted each girl to build a bear so that her daughter would remember her. Each one of them by the bear that they built. They built for her.
Brooke and Jeffrey: Second Date Update
Awkward Tuesday: Ruin A Birthday
I mean, we already gave a gift.
Brooke and Jeffrey: Second Date Update
Awkward Tuesday: Ruin A Birthday
Yeah, she did pay for the Build-A-Bear experience.
Brooke and Jeffrey: Second Date Update
Awkward Tuesday: Ruin A Birthday
All these girls had to stand and whine. They had to make each bear, and then all the bears were ripped away from them at the end.
Brooke and Jeffrey: Second Date Update
Awkward Tuesday: Ruin A Birthday
Okay. So I have the lady's number.
Brooke and Jeffrey: Second Date Update
Awkward Tuesday: Ruin A Birthday
That would be a cherry on top. I don't expect it, but I just need her to know what she did was wrong.
Brooke and Jeffrey: Second Date Update
Awkward Tuesday: Ruin A Birthday
This is why I'm calling you. I can't be trusted.
Brooke and Jeffrey: Second Date Update
Awkward Tuesday: Ruin A Birthday
Yeah, I mean, what if she says, I haven't heard anything?
Brooke and Jeffrey: Second Date Update
Awkward Tuesday: Ruin A Birthday
I feel like I see why she did it. She wanted this special moment strictly for her daughter. Okay.
Brooke and Jeffrey: Second Date Update
Awkward Tuesday: Ruin A Birthday
And it's not a teddy bear. It's 12 teddy bears. It's so much more than it's, yeah. It's making all these girls feel bad.
Brooke and Jeffrey: Second Date Update
Awkward Tuesday: Ruin A Birthday
I'm going to try to keep it under control.
Brooke and Jeffrey: Second Date Update
Awkward Tuesday: Ruin A Birthday
Hello? Hi, is this Megan? Megan? Yeah, who's this? Hi, this is Richard. I'm Vanessa's dad. Oh, yeah.
Brooke and Jeffrey: Second Date Update
Awkward Tuesday: Ruin A Birthday
Hi. Good. First off, I just wanted to thank you for inviting my daughter to the birthday party.
Brooke and Jeffrey: Second Date Update
Awkward Tuesday: Ruin A Birthday
Well, I will say she had a really good time, but there was one little issue. And I'm just kind of wondering if you had feedback from other parents.
Brooke and Jeffrey: Second Date Update
Awkward Tuesday: Ruin A Birthday
So I'm assuming what you're talking about is the Build-A-Bear situation.
Brooke and Jeffrey: Second Date Update
Awkward Tuesday: Ruin A Birthday
Right. Cool. You get to make the rules.
Brooke and Jeffrey: Second Date Update
Awkward Tuesday: Ruin A Birthday
And with no regard to the other children's feelings. Was that one of the rules?
Brooke and Jeffrey: Second Date Update
Awkward Tuesday: Ruin A Birthday
So you bought every one of their tears is what you're saying.
Brooke and Jeffrey: Second Date Update
Awkward Tuesday: Ruin A Birthday
You purchased each. Was it build a tear?
Brooke and Jeffrey: Second Date Update
Awkward Tuesday: Ruin A Birthday
It was a labor camp. A labor camp?
Brooke and Jeffrey: Second Date Update
Awkward Tuesday: Ruin A Birthday
You put all these girls to work for your daughter. I'm not the only one who thinks this. All the parents are talking, and they all kind of think you're a jerk. Okay, great.
Brooke and Jeffrey: Second Date Update
Awkward Tuesday: Ruin A Birthday
You should have them make a Build-A-Bear police bear and then just take that away, too. Ooh, burn. Thank you. Ow, that hurt. You know what? The truth is, you know who else thinks you're a jerk? Everybody listening on the radio right now because you're on Brooke and Jeffrey in the morning. What are you talking about? What the hell is going on?
Brooke and Jeffrey: Second Date Update
Awkward Tuesday: Ruin A Birthday
Yeah, you just got outed for being a first-class jerk to the entire country.
Brooke and Jeffrey: Second Date Update
Second Date Update Classic: Incriminating News At 11
Paper covers rock.
Brooke and Jeffrey: Second Date Update
Second Date Update Classic: Incriminating News At 11
Second Date Update.
Brooke and Jeffrey: Second Date Update
Second Date Update Classic: Incriminating News At 11
Well, it's a familiar game to all of you, I bet, but we play it in a different way. Okay. Me and my buddy, when we're out, you know, in a public place.
Brooke and Jeffrey: Second Date Update
Second Date Update Classic: Incriminating News At 11
Where we're around gorgeous women or women in general.
Brooke and Jeffrey: Second Date Update
Second Date Update Classic: Incriminating News At 11
And what we do is we shoot rock, paper, scissors.
Brooke and Jeffrey: Second Date Update
Second Date Update Classic: Incriminating News At 11
Whoever loses is the one that has to go and strike up. Oh, wow.
Brooke and Jeffrey: Second Date Update
Second Date Update Classic: Incriminating News At 11
Yeah, I mean, as you might expect, the rejection rate is pretty high, but you'd also be surprised how often it works. Okay.
Brooke and Jeffrey: Second Date Update
Second Date Update Classic: Incriminating News At 11
Yep, exactly. My buddy's paper covered my rock, and we were at the park one day, and there was a cute girl just sort of sitting on a blanket, walked over and introduced myself, and her name is Hannah.
Brooke and Jeffrey: Second Date Update
Second Date Update Classic: Incriminating News At 11
No, no, no, no, no. This is between my pal and me.
Brooke and Jeffrey: Second Date Update
Second Date Update Classic: Incriminating News At 11
No, not really. You use the same line. It's like anything else. It just gets tired and you're not into it.
Brooke and Jeffrey: Second Date Update
Second Date Update Classic: Incriminating News At 11
I just said, hey, how are you? It's gorgeous out.
Brooke and Jeffrey: Second Date Update
Second Date Update Classic: Incriminating News At 11
The weather. The weather. I know. It's stupid as it is. It works.
Brooke and Jeffrey: Second Date Update
Second Date Update Classic: Incriminating News At 11
Yeah. And we talked for a little while and we set up a dinner date, like a proper date, you know, downtown at a nice place.
Brooke and Jeffrey: Second Date Update
Second Date Update Classic: Incriminating News At 11
It went really well. We were in there for like about close to two, like an hour and a half, two hours. I mean, just taking our time, casual conversation. And she looked
Brooke and Jeffrey: Second Date Update
Second Date Update Classic: Incriminating News At 11
hot i mean she looked so good so it's one of those things where i wanted to kind of prolong the fun for as long as i could but it had to end um of course so we walked outside and uh there's like one of these live remote tv crews doing you know posting on the street interview stuff in a positive way or at a your restaurant just is getting shut down for health violations
Brooke and Jeffrey: Second Date Update
Second Date Update Classic: Incriminating News At 11
No, nothing to do with the restaurant. They wanted to ask people about, like, crime in downtown.
Brooke and Jeffrey: Second Date Update
Second Date Update Classic: Incriminating News At 11
Busted. So they asked me, you know, and I'm a bit of a ham, so I was like, all right.
Brooke and Jeffrey: Second Date Update
Second Date Update Classic: Incriminating News At 11
So did my thing. And then we sort of moved on from there. I didn't get a kiss. I got like a big hug.
Brooke and Jeffrey: Second Date Update
Second Date Update Classic: Incriminating News At 11
I tried to be sincere, but I'm still trying to be lighthearted about it.
Brooke and Jeffrey: Second Date Update
Second Date Update Classic: Incriminating News At 11
And that's why I'm talking to you guys.
Brooke and Jeffrey: Second Date Update
Second Date Update Classic: Incriminating News At 11
I don't know. She kind of got in on it. I pulled her into the interview. And so it was, you know, both of us talking to the reporter. So that's good.
Brooke and Jeffrey: Second Date Update
Second Date Update Classic: Incriminating News At 11
Yeah. Oh, man. Way twisted around, you guys. Yeah, you twisted it. Oh. I'm saying that this is kind of embellishing what happened. I mean, you know, I think I saw the purse snatcher guy. You were right there with me. I mean, and face it. I mean, if there was a guy who was going to be downtown snatching purses and Just look at that dude and think, okay, that's the purse snatcher.
Brooke and Jeffrey: Second Date Update
Second Date Update Classic: Incriminating News At 11
He didn't look as guilty or sketchy or such as anybody.
Brooke and Jeffrey: Second Date Update
Second Date Update Classic: Incriminating News At 11
Yeah, but wait, wait, wait, wait, wait. You were the one that said, look at that dude with, like, the bandana on. You know, like, who wears the freaking bandana?
Brooke and Jeffrey: Second Date Update
Second Date Update Classic: Incriminating News At 11
No, you, Eddie, embellish her. If they brought this guy into your studio and you took a look at him, you'd be like, yep, purse snatcher.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 1: Hawk's Lying Uncle
Hey, this is Richard. I just got out of a lunch with my sister-in-law. Bold take. You get one basic modification to your meal. After that, you're an a**hole. You say, hey, no pickle or no onion. Add tomato, whatever the heck. You get one. Anything after one, you're a piece of a**hole.
The Ramsey Show
Your Future Self Deserves Better Choices Today
It was expensive. We have about $150,000 left on that.
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Your Future Self Deserves Better Choices Today
Yeah, that makes good sense. I like that.
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Your Future Self Deserves Better Choices Today
Yeah. Thank you so much. That's good guidance. I appreciate it.
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Your Future Self Deserves Better Choices Today
Hi, so I was just let go from my job suddenly this past Thursday.
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Your Future Self Deserves Better Choices Today
And my question for, we'll make it through. We're on baby step three. We've got our expenses saved up.
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Your Future Self Deserves Better Choices Today
But my question for Dave was, what should I be doing during this time? Should I be looking for a job?
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Your Future Self Deserves Better Choices Today
part-time job maybe to help bolster that emergency fund make sure it doesn't run on short or dry should we move out of the house are there any special considerations what were you doing before i was the director of music for a large well-known church in the area okay do you see a position opening up and doing something similar anytime soon It's kind of thin.
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Your Future Self Deserves Better Choices Today
It can take a couple months, three months conservatively to find a job that's so specific that matches my very narrow field of expertise.
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Your Future Self Deserves Better Choices Today
She teaches some piano lessons here and there, but she really likes being a stay-at-home mom.
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Your Future Self Deserves Better Choices Today
Yeah, thanks for the advice. Would you push me more in the direction of a full-time job or would it kind of depend on the situation?
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Your Future Self Deserves Better Choices Today
Well, the reason I was calling is I just recently changed my Fidelity 401k account, and I've actually brought it up to 75% of my income. And we have a military pension and my wife works. And so, but my question is, we recently purchased a brand new motor home and that is our residence. And so we have no other bills other than the motor home itself.
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Your Future Self Deserves Better Choices Today
And we weren't sure whether or not I should be investing like I am into my 401k. I didn't mention that I am I'm 58. I would like to retire at 62 as well as my wife. So we're just a few years out from that. And so we're just going, I wanted to get the money into the market as early as I could in this new year. And so we're, you know, I just, I upped it up to 75%.
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Your Future Self Deserves Better Choices Today
I wanted to see if that made good sense or not, if it did make good sense.
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Your Future Self Deserves Better Choices Today
I have 117,000 in my 401k. And my wife has about $13,000 in hers. And yeah, I guess that's about it. And then we do have our high-yield savings that we're using for, we have money in there for our emergency fund.
The Ramsey Show
Your Future Self Deserves Better Choices Today
Well, right now, I haven't seen my payslip, but I'm somewhere in the proximity of $1,600 to $1,800 every two weeks is going into that.
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Your Future Self Deserves Better Choices Today
And then I'm getting a paycheck of like $390, close to $400. Okay. And I put that into the high yield savings.
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Your Future Self Deserves Better Choices Today
And the military pension. That's correct.
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Your Future Self Deserves Better Choices Today
No, we don't. We actually sold our house a couple years ago. We relocated to Tampa.
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Your Future Self Deserves Better Choices Today
Well, we paid off our car and then we bought another, we bought another camper and we paid cash for that. So that wiped us out of all that. So we, we became debt free at that point. And, and so.
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Yeah, our month-to-month budget. And this includes putting, we have money that goes to our grandkids. We save for them. And then we also have extra that my wife has out of the budget. But it's like around $5,500. But that also, out of that, there's $800 of it that goes into savings. Okay. Into savings. So it actually could be a lot. It'd be like $4,800 maybe.
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Or $4,600. Yeah, something like that. That's about what it costs to operate. And that includes the payment of the motorhome. And we do use the EveryDollar. We're religious about that. We love that app.
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Your Future Self Deserves Better Choices Today
Are you saying that you would recommend that I back off my contribution or would you leave it at 75 and go? Or are you saying?
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Your Future Self Deserves Better Choices Today
No, no, I get it. I agree with you. I just I wasn't sure whether or not I needed to back down my my contribution to my fidelity account and then, and then go aggressive.