- What are you saying that's making them decide
that they're not interested in you anymore?
That they're off of you?
- Yeah. This is a girl--
- Who's red? - I'm red and she's blue.
I've been ghosted by this girl twice.
- I can see why.
[Narrator] You might think the only person
who could be trusted with your love life is you right?
Wrong.
Enter the Board of Dating.
A group of friends, family and even coworkers
you enlist to do the choosing for you.
Guided by a relationship expert,
that's me Spicy Mari.
They're not leaving until they make a match.
Because when it comes to dating,
we could all use a little help.
This is Board of Dating.
I am super excited today I get to finally meet Michael.
- Hi I'm Michael McCrae.
I'm 22 and I'm an actor.
- He looks like a heartthrob but
he suffers from low self-esteem.
- When I was in high school
I was about 60 pounds heavier than I am right now.
It just kind of slowly destroyed my confidence.
If I really get him to see the man that he is today,
and not the man that he was, five years ago.
- My main problem with dating right now is
texting that's a struggle.
Hi.
- Michael. Hi. - Yeah hi come on in.
Right on through here.
- Oh wow.
- Welcome to my humble abode.
I know it's a work in progress.
- [Staci] Are you doing this by hand?
- [Michael] Yeah my dad and I.
- No walls yet. - Not quite.
- I'm noticing like little artifacts or pieces over here.
- Oh well I go to conventions and I dress as superheroes.
Take pictures with kids stuff like that.
- [Staci] Oh that's cool.
- It's all just part of the geekhood.
- So I was compelled by your video.
Really proud of like your goals and achieving them.
You know the weight loss is incredible.
- [Michael] Thank you I really appreciate that.
Losing that 60 pounds at first, it's helped a lot
mentally and just like enjoying life-wise.
- Right. Your quality of life has gone up.
- Oh so much.
- So who's on this board?
Who do you trust to help as far as
who we're selecting for you?
- First, I'm starting out with my dad.
My name is Richard.
I'm Michael's father and I've known him
basically all of his life.
- I'm a lot like him admittedly.
- So we trust that he's capable of picking your girlfriend?
- Exactly. - Okay.
- Second is my good friend Hanna.
- I've known Michael since school we were in band together.
- I had this giant crush on her sister.
They're twins.
All the time I'd be going to Hanna for advice.
So I really trust her with her opinions.
Hanna's always been the one to like help me out.
- So you've never got with Hanna's sister?
- No.
- Anything happen with Hanna?
Like is there anything between you guys?
- Nope.
- It kinda feels like there could be something there.
A little transference of emotion between twin to twin.
No?
- She and I just connect on a very platonic way.
And then third on my list is my roommate Dustin.
- I knew Michael third semester of college
and we've been roommates ever since then.
- How's his dating life?
- He's been dating the same girl for two years.
- Oh okay.
- He's got something figured out.
Yeah.
- I would describe Michael as very charming.
- He's a considerate person.
- He's really goofy as long as I have known him.
- I think an obstacle he needs to get over
is seeing himself the way that we see him.
- I think he is a great catch because
what he's overcome in his life.
Not only was he overweight,
but he lost the two front teeth
so his whole childhood was the fat kid with no teeth.
You're projecting this insecurity.
As women, we sense that.
We sniff that out.
Because there's nothing sexier than confidence.
- Yeah in person I'm able to have
an incredible conversation.
It's when I start texting
and man I start overthinking everything.
- It can be overwhelming at times to see a
really long text from someone
or a lot of texts.
- What are you saying that's making them
decide that they're not interested anymore?
That they're off of you?
- Yeah um.
- Like should I say this whole long paragraph?
- His brain getting in the way.
- This is a girl-
- Who's red?
- I'm red and she's blue.
- But this was from like- - Oh no.
- Oh she didn't call me back.
- Oh no we talked for like five days back and forth
then all of a sudden I didn't talk to her.
Ughh the sky is falling! The sky is falling!
- I've been ghosted by this girl twice.
- I can see why.
She's giving you one word answers
and you're sending five text messages lengthy in a row.
I have a great exercise for you.
It's called the Or Game.
It keeps the person interested.
We get to use our imagination.
And it stops these long messages I mean .
- Terrible text messages yeah.
- I'm gonna ask you a series of questions
and we're gonna bounce back and forth
when it comes to the or.
For example, ketchup or mustard? Choose.
- Ketchup. - And then ask me an or question back?
- Salt or pepper?
- Salt. Android or iPhone?
- Oh Android all the way.
- Oh! What? Okay see.
So if we were texting this,
I would be learning more about you and your preferences,
but really gets spicy is when I start to ask you
very ambiguous, hot and heavy questions.
So if I were to ask you lights on or lights off?
- Lights off for sure.
- Okay.
- The beach or the forest?
- The beach.
So you get the game right? - Mhmm.
- One of the questions that you're gonna throw in there
is gonna help you get to the date.
So you're gonna ask Italian or Chinese?
And when she responds then that's when you setup the date
and you lock it in there.
- Okay okay.
- I don't think Michael wouldn't get
a date without our help.
I just think he needs that push.
- [Richard] It kind of takes the onus off of him
if we're selecting someone.
It's just like okay just go have a good time.
- [Richard] Hello hello hello - Hello.
- Hi guys. Nice to finally meet you.
- [Mari] I feel like I already know you guys.
- [Dustin] Yeah
Michael has told me a lot about you.
- I love the fact that he's determined.
Battled with some self-esteem issues
when it came to communication and kind of texting girls.
Usually they ghost him. He's a little too clingy.
[All] Yeah.
- I think the problem is probably over-communication.
- Which parent did he get that from?
- Um hmm. Not me I think.
- So I found some good candidates
that I just wanna kinda run by you.
- Oh yeah.
- And you're guys' opinions really matter to him.
I wanna see what you think of Audrey.
- Hey so my name is Audrey.
I currently work in retail but
I'm an aspiring actress.
I love going out.
I love the L.A. bar club scene.
I also love watching t.v. you know I just
do it to kinda relax.
And I also listen to podcasts.
I'm kind of a nerd I have a whole list.
And I also really love Broadway musicals so
- Cool.
- I feel like I can open myself up to people really easily
because I trust easily.
So if you want to go on a date with me
you will definitely get to know the real me.
- She's so cute. She's so cute - Yeah she is.
- Yeah the Broadway is a good thing.
The next person I'm gonna show you is Aly.
My name is Aly Love and I am a nanny.
My glass call me like a glass of champagne
like I'm just ready to pop off at any moment
you know.
I'm definitely adventurous.
I love to travel.
I've just never been good with dating.
I feel like I just go for the same type.
I'm like I can change them you know
and you can't change them.
- Laugh.
- But I really want someone who like motivates me.
Cause I'm an artist we get really sad.
I want someone who will just be like
you know what it's okay to feel that way.
Hey let's just go for a walk
get some ice cream.
- Ice cream solves many problems.
- There you go.
- Okay and then there's Brooke.
- My name is Brooke and I am an actress.
I grew up in Fall River, Massachusets.
There is a really big Portuguese population.
I am a part of it.
I don't speak Portuguese though
but I feel like my family didn't teach me
because they just wanted to talk about me
and not have me to be able to understand.
I love the beach.
I love to just be myself.
I'll dance in the middle of the store
I don't care who's watching.
- Wonder what kind of store?
Sorry. Just the way my mind works.
Just like is it a supermarket or?
- Okay so we got an idea of these three candidates right?
- Yeah well absolutely. All three really good.
- I wanna know what you guys think. Let's start with Audrey.
- I think she was really cute.
I really liked her.
She just seemed really like herself.
- I agree. She was definitely fun.
- She likes Broadway and you know hey .
- Okay and then give me a little bit about Brooke.
- [Richard] She seems like such a sweet, nice person.
- I mean the things she liked to do
and the things she said were on point you know.
- But why would asking would she go to the beach?
- Yeah - Trust me I've got that skit.
You don't go to the beach.
- And what about Aly.
Let's talk a little bit about her.
- One of the big things she has going for her is
she knows what not to look for.
- Yeah she was so bubbly.
- Yeah. - Oh my goodness.
- She was so right with the bottle of champagne.
I was like literally loved her laugh.
- Yeah yeah she absolutely is.
- [Mari] High energy.
- She's off and running. - Very high energy.
- Well you guys gave some great insight
into who Michael would be compatible with
but we're only gonna send him out on one date
with one of them so you gotta choose
who do you think would be the best fit?
- Um it's between these two for me personally.
- It's hard to say.
- Dad? Who's worthy of your son's love?
- Feeling a little nervous right now
but I'm also really excited.
It's gonna be a really fun day.
And I'm excited to see how it goes.
- Hi. Hi. - Hey. I'm Michael.
- Nice to meet you I'm Audrey.
- Nice to meet you.
- [Audrey] And you're like the same height as me.
- Yeah - I was like really worried.
- Nah it's all good.
I'm also tall you know.
- What do you do?
- I'm an actor. - Oh my god me too.
- Oh nice.
- We're both actors.
We're both poor.
That's great. - Exactly.
- I was thinking we could head down to the beach,
ride some bikes, get some ice cream all that.
- Yeah let's do that.
Okay so how are we getting there?
- Alright. - We're in the Lyft now.
- Yep. And we're on the way to the beach.
Alright we've got our helmets.
Is my head to big for this?
- I don't know how to put a bike helmet on.
- Alright now I'm only slightly choking.
So this is the first time either of us
are riding a bike in awhile.
I'm trying to wait for you-- - Sorry.
- But on the other hand I'm trying not
to like drop the phone.
Literally everyone is passing us and I'm okay with it.
- That's right.
- I'm like hogging this selfie right now
like I'm on a date with myself.
- Let's ride around in a circle.
But yeah biking was good.
- No no that was fun.
- We didn't die. - We didn't hit any children.
- Yeah we didn't fall over.
- So now we're gonna go get some ice cream.
We're a little early. - They're closed.
But you know that's half the fun.
- We're so awkward. - Hey.
Are you an only child?
- Well I have a brother but he's 20 years older than me.
- I'm an only child.
I had a dog.
- See I wish I had a pet.
I love Reese's.
- Oh. Peanut butter's not really my thing.
- Oh that's not good.
- It's sticky. If you watch How I Met Your Mother
it's like the olive effect.
- I have watched it.
But you know what,
I feel like the ending was bullshit.
Honestly your mom which is like an incubator
for Ted to have his kids.
I don't know I just think it tarnishes
the whole relationship with the wife because it's like
was he always low key into Robin?
- I mean to fair we only knew the wife
for like 2 episodes.
- Oh my favorite show.
It's so hard to pick one.
But I would say West Side Story.
- Like the show that I've listened to the songs from most
would be Hamilton but I'm not gonna be-
- Oh my god you're one of those kids!
- No no I know I know--
I'm not gonna be a lame and say Hamilton's
my favorite because it's not. But-
- My parents saw Hamilton in St. Louis without me.
Waited months to tell me that they'd seen it.
They knew I hadn't seen it. Betrayal.
- Yeah my mom went and saw it without me.
- What the f-. What the hell is that?
- It's uh it's a uh messed up.
I'd probably have to go with Little Shop of Horrors.
- Okay.
- I love Little Shop of Horrors yeah.
- I see you. I see you. - I would love to be Seymour.
- You would be a good Seymour.
- It's oh my goodness.
- How do you feel about Grease? Is that like too easy?
- Um my mom was actually a dancer in the movie Grease.
- That's cool.
- Here's the embarrassing part,
I've never actually watched it fully.
- Date's over.
- Okay well follow-up question,
will there be a second date?
- That is a follow-up question.
- Two remains to be seen.
- Yeah I mean that's a question for both of us.
- I mean I asked you so.
- Hey.
- Hi Michael.
- How you doing?
- Good. Have a seat have a seat.
- Awesome.
- Okay give me all the details.
How did it go?
- It was alright.
We kept making jokes that
we're both awkward which I love.
That's all my thing but
it just wasn't connecting in the right way.
And we weren't at the same level I think.
I don't know.
- I think the date went okay.
It's very obvious like nervous jitters but
it didn't look like it went terribly.
- I mean I had a really fun time with her.
I loved bike riding.
- Okay so you liked the activity.
- Yeah. I mean she'd be a cool person to get to know
as a friend but it's definitely like the friend area.
- What do you think that says about the board?
- I think we did a good job.
I don't know that Michael feels but.
- After they finished the thing they're like
man we found the girl for you.
- Oh no.
- Like they were excited about it.
- And it's just kinda a little shocking that
it just didn't end up as they thought it would.
- My other hand's filled so I can't hit the button.
- Okay I'll hit it I'll hit it.
So we're just gonna keep going forever. The date never ends.
Well it's been fun.
- It's been fun.
- So I would recommend you giving the person
one more chance.
She might have been uncomfortable.
- I think it would be worth it to go on a second date.
First dates are always hard.
- Do you feel like you learned anything about
yourself in the experience?
- I mean our talk earlier helped me realize
how far I've come from where I was.
I loved the Or game.
- Oh you played it? Great.
- Yeah I did and not with her though.
- You probably should have
played it with her.
- I know I should have.
- Thank you so much.
- You're welcome. You're welcome.
And I'm not gonna give up. - Awesome. Thank you so much.
- I'm gonna keep looking for you until we find
the right match for you.
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