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Aaaaaaaand Touching Base back with the non-Bachelor podcast of the week. Subscribe on iTunes and SoundCloud for when the new episode drops.
How these open threads work – we post prompts, you comment, and one of three things happens – we discuss on the podcast, we ignore it completely, you pass time on the site where you’d otherwise be reading content with time spent reading and contributing to the open thread. We’ve got a backlog of incredible questions from previous open threads as well, so don’t be surprised to come across those.
This Week’s Prompts
1. What’s a series on the site you loved but, for whatever reason, never continued?
2. What’s your go-to topic of conversation when you hop in an Uber?
3. Hit us with a question you have for the podcast.
As always, don’t forget to call our hotline number (800) 836-0235 and drop us a line. .
Respond
Question for the dudes of the pod.
I work in a 500+ person office and there’s a nice lil mami who I’ve been exchanging vibes with on the low. Common law dictates thou shall not shit where you eat, but she’s got two certified chest cannons, code named “david. david”. We’ve got a company happy hour coming up tonight, and she’s been asking what time I’m heading over and insinuated we should continue after. This is an ace in the hole. Should I tell her that I’m married with 3 kids?
Plot twist.
I’m not married with 3 kids, I’m 26 and single AF.
There is no question here. There is no debate here. There is nothing here but you putting for dough at this point. Grab your putter and aim for the hole.
Wish you the best of luck. Sounds promising. Most office romance go the way you’re thinking of taking it (professional to more than that). I’d be interested if the TB guys have any stories of romances that have gone the opposite way. Ever have an ex hookup show up at the office for a business meeting? How did you/would you handle it? Asking for myself, in case the GF dumps my ass and gets into asset management
1. The Chase
2. “Hey have you ever heard of the Touching Base pod?”
3. As a fellow Miami grad: why doesn’t Will talk about where he went to college?
1. The Chase
2. “Do you like (insert music genre)?”
3. Will, where did you live in Oxford and what was your go to bagel n deli order?
Bagel and Deli is the restaurant I always forget that I need. I think I’m due for a trip to Oxford…
My favorite series on the site is the great American Novel of 2013 where Dillon shit his pants on a Friday. I would like this column to be read by Dillon as an audio book.
Unrelated to the questions above, I watched the Wall last night solely because of this podcast and I loved it. 10/10.
I usually ask the Uber driver for any sex advice and any go-to moves he thinks I should try out. The ladies love it
May be more awkward but I feel you’d get a better answer for that from a woman Uber driver. Big risks carry big rewards, but take your shot if you’re destined to become great.
1. Stock photo babe of the day (haven’t seen it in a while)
2. I usually ask which bars are busy and which aren’t, depending on what I’m looking to do.
3. Who has the best short game?
1) hotline calls
2) usually just ask what the trash he playing on the radio is and then throw my mixtape at him
3) do u want to be friends?
1. Stupidest things my friends said this week.
2. I sit in the front seat and for good eye contact. Then I talk about the PL since most are foreign and only watch soccer.
3. Still waiting for live podcast or off-site podcast/live blog.
The Chase, but this time Duda can only wear socks with sandals to the bar
Question: Your best friend is engaged to what seems like a great girl. You go out on the town and catch her making out with some rando dude in a bar, and then they get in an Uber and leave together. She never notices that you saw them.
What do you do? Tell your boy, or stay out of the relationship?
Tell your boy. Better to know now than when they’re married with 2 kids and he catches the early flight home from San Diego, and walks in and a couple of people jump out of the bathroom, blindfolded, like a god damn magic show ready to double team her.
Yikes. Got to look out for your friend here and let him know.
Fuck dude. I hate reading about shit like this. I think you gotta tell him though… it’ll eat at you if you don’t, especially sitting there at their wedding seeing her on the altar knowing what she did and knowing she didn’t tell him and is keeping it a secret.