- It was crazy how we were being told
to judge each other without knowing each other
cause it happens so much in someone's day to day life.
It's weird, you wanna fight your judgments.
- [Jon] You know, I like environments where we can
be very open and honest and have an engaging dialogue
and I feel like that was very much the experience
of Tell My Story.
- I remember when we opened our eyes to look at each other,
we weren't allowed to talk.
There was just a long silence and we just kind of stare
at each other or kind of, like.
Try to not be weird and...
- [Jon] I mean there wasn't much to go off of other than
just looks, and so.
Based off that, she's obviously very attractive, so.
- You know, he's a handsome guy.
He seemed really chill and serene.
He had a nice energy about him.
- [Jon] I think I'm attracted to knowledge.
- Is it cause you like women who are authority figures?
- [Jon] Maybe.
But, I just.
You know, I think I'm attracted to knowledge.
Very much so.
Yeah, it seemed like we had a lot of similarities.
It seemed like she was someone
who was very fun and outgoing.
We're in the same industry.
- He just seemed like, if this makes sense, like an adult.
- [Jon] I sure gained some life experience.
I realized that it's more about people
with their own personal journey.
- It seemed like he was raised really well,
and I think he got my humor.
Which is really important to me.
- [Jon] I saw a lot of things that we had in common
that I liked.
And so, that was definitely what made it seem like
there was potential there.
- At first, we were like
you know what, let's do something fun.
Let's go go-karting and let's...
Let's do something like that.
Let's go to Six Flags.
- [Jon] Yeah, she was a little sporadic on the responses,
the text responses.
I, like, was pretty adamant and like following up
with like hey, let's do this.
Let's do this.
- We're like I don't, you know.
Let's just be cliche.
Let's get an awesome meal somewhere, let's eat all
the food, pinkies out.
Let's do that instead, which I was really happy with.
We get to Jons' place, and we decide to have pre-dinner
shots like everyone does.
- [Jon] Take a Lyft to downtown, really enjoyed the views
of the skyline, actually, on the way.
I remember that was one instance where I felt
like we connected, it was just the appreciation
of L.A. and being able to be here.
- We went to 71 Above, it's a really beautiful restaurant
with a really nice skyline view of L.A.
It's a panoramic, it's beautiful.
- [Jon] We got in there, ordered a very nice...
I think it was like a three course kind of offering.
- Oh!
Oh my god!
I didn't notice you there!
- [Jon] Hi, I'm right here!
I just have one question for you.
What are those? - What are those?
Those are some scallions!
We just ate everything, food was delicious.
I think it was Jon's first time eating an oyster,
so that was really cool.
It was like watching a little deer in the wild
like start walking for the first time.
What do you think?
- [Jon] It's really good.
I feel like rapport was pretty cool, we were talking
pretty engagingly throughout the night.
- We talked about our lives and our hopes
and our dreams and our fears.
And then after eating, we left, took a nice little stroll
around downtown, hung out some more.
- [Jon] Yeah, I gave her a kiss goodbye
and then we called it a night.
- There was a little kiss, yes.
But maybe a little.
We kept it cool.
We had a really nice dinner and really nice discussions
and that was kind of the end of it.
I think I probably got home at like, maybe one.
Me and Jon have not gone on another date, which is,
you know, totally cool.
- [Jon] I sent her like a couple memes here and there
that were based off of like conversations that we had.
- He'll like shoot me some memes, I'll blast him memes back
into like a little meme battle.
- [Jon] Just being laid back, easy going,
and someone I could connect with.
- You know, he's into writing, I'm an actor.
- [Jon] We're in the same industry, so.
That might bring us around in the future.
- Maybe we'll do some writing together
cause I'm getting into writing more, too.
But yeah, he's really really got a great mind
and he's passionate about it.
- [Jon] And I felt very fortunate to be able to do this.
- I had a great time, this has been awesome.
And it really made me think about, you know,
how you judge people as soon as you meet them.
- [Jon] It was a good learning experience to help me,
like, gain a little bit of discernment with like
how I spend my time with women.
Or like, who I like give my time to I guess.
- You gotta just peel back layers and then you will find
a beautiful onion.
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