- Hey.
- Hello, how's it going?
- Better?
- Yeah, this is perfect.
- Can you hear me?
- Yeah, I can hear you.
- It's more comfortable here too.
- Okay, okay, good, good.
- What are your impressions, when you think back
to the experience of being on stage?
Are you happy you did it?
Did you have a fun time, or--
- Oh, absolutely.
- Oh, I'm definitely happy I did it.
It was a very fun experience.
- You know, she was just super cool,
a personal chef, just really, like, interesting person
that definitely had a lot of flavor to her, so.
- He's very, like, "Man, I am man!"
- Like a tree trunk chest, you know?
- Yes, he should be chopping wood
at all times.
- I just remember she had a very bold look,
the leather,
the red hair,
the tattoos.
It was very sharp.
And she's gorgeous as well.
- I don't know that I'd pick him out in a lineup
to be, like, that seems like my type.
But anybody that has a great sense of humor
is
at least gonna be a friend.
So I was like, we'll, that's a wonderful starting place.
- Did you feel like, you're like,
yeah, I think we've been vibing.
There's been some good chemistry.
- [Lulu] It seems like you're
a really good guy, so. - Oh, thank you.
I feel the same way about yourself.
- I'm a great guy. - Yeah,
- This is gonna sound bad.
But I figured he said yes.
I could tell by the...
there was a bit of a sparkle
in his eye
- And now that I've gotten to know you,
I still would date you.
- It was cool that she did,
she dug me a little bit.
- After getting to know you I said
that I would date you.
- All right.
You wanna get out of here?
- So, you all turn the camera off,
we walk outside and were, like,
that was interesting.
It was, like, yeah,
we just, kinda giggling to be honest.
- We still have a lot to catch up on
and figure out about each other.
- I think he wanted to do something that day,
but I already had plans.
- But we agreed
to
meet up
after Mardi Gras
just because Marti Gras is just gonna to be so hectic
for both of us, and our work lives and--
- We kept trying, we had one, we had one date planned.
And he did cancel.
And then we rescheduled, so,
you know, it was a bit of a process.
- Once you put some time between the meeting point,
more things come up,
family comes in town,
work is this,
work is that.
- It took us at least almost a month
to actually go on the date.
He does have a girlfriend, though.
So,
- So, hold on.
We gotta back this up a little bit.
- Little bit of a thing
which is fine 'cause I felt like friendship was
our avenue anyways.
- I was seeing her and we had just started dating,
kind of,
still together,
in the process of becoming,
in the process of dating.
- He's, like, "Ah, I've just been kind of hesitant,
"'cause I just started seeing someone."
So that was partly,
I think, was why it was taking
a minute to make that date.
- She's been very curious as to who this person was
that I was meeting.
- So he was, like, "Hey."
I was, like, well,
we made a commitment,
so we should still do it.
- You know, we eventually finally got around to it,
and, like, you know, I was like, hey look,
I want you to know whenever we do meet up
my girlfriend
would like to come with us.
- And now it's a friendship date.
You should bring her, so she came.
- She was awesome, like, I would love to meet her.
- I don't know their dynamics, so it's, like,
well, if she,
I'm sure that would be weird for her,
so she came and took the pictures.
- We all got together.
We went to dinner.
- We went and got some food
at one of my favorite restaurants
he had never been to.
- And it was a really cool spot
that she had picked out,
she knew the husband and the wife that worked there.
And the menu was great.
- I would say
that
easy conversation,
and banter, and laughing
definitely continued on.
- I definitely plan on reaching out to Lulu
over Jazz Fest and hopefully meeting up
along the way for some shows.
- Because I had a great experience.
I made a new friend.
And, ultimately,
it was very positive.
- It's nice to know that you got friends in the city.
- So my takeaway is keep on keeping on.
♪ Soul Pancake ♪
- Hello, Steve, here, director of "Tell My Story," Season 5,
Question for you.
Have any of you been in a situation like this
where you're on a date only to find out
that your date already has a girlfriend or boyfriend?
If so, how do you gracefully handle that situation?
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