Marcus In The Morning Second Date Update

A confident, funny, direct date. Honest conversations about expectations and pet peeves. Then nothing. Sam calls us after Erica disappears post-drinks in San Jose, and we dig into the ghosting mystery.

When “open and honest” feels right… until it doesn’t. Derek calls in after a Redwood City dinner that felt meaningful and real — maybe a little deep, but not too deep (or was it?). Olivia vanished, and we’re left asking the same question Derek is: what changed?

A Saratoga dinner. Great banter. Shared burnout. Zero follow-up texts. Tyler calls in confused after a date that felt light, fun, and promising—and we dig into why dating someone “normal” somehow feels harder than ever.

Mark thought he had a solid first date—drinks turned into appetizers, the conversation flowed, and Alyssa was sharp, funny, and refreshingly direct. So when she stopped responding the very next day, he was caught completely off guard. What went wrong, and was the connection ever as mutual as it felt?

Ryan calls in wondering how a night that felt that good could end in radio silence. After drinks in Concord, he felt an easy connection with Brooke — confident, funny, and refreshingly real. They talked about burnout, work stress, and laughed about pretending to have life figured out. Ryan walked away thinking it was a solid hang. Brooke walked away… and never walked back.