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In this episode of The A to Z English Podcast, Jack is joined by guest host May as they discuss the following Would you rather? question:
Would you rather receive a heartfelt love letter or experience a romantic surprise date?
Transcript:
00:00:01
Jack
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00:00:23
Jack
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00:00:35
Jack
Welcome to the A-Z English podcast. My name is Jack and I am one of the hosts of the podcast I am.
00:00:42
Jack
Without social today, however, I am happy to say that I am with May from Malaysia may how are you today?
00:00:51
May
Everything’s fine, Jack. How about you?
00:00:53
Jack
Yeah, everything was going pretty well. I mean, I told you a little bit about the problems I was having right before we recorded here, but everything seems to be fine.
00:01:03
Jack
And UM.
00:01:03
May
You need to. Yeah, not to worry.
00:01:05
Jack
Yeah, not to worry, just in some uploading, uh, issues with the podcast. So to what happened was May presented me with a couple of really good would you rather questions and I thought we I thought it would be a great opportunity for me to record with may these episodes.
00:01:25
Jack
So we’re going to do.
00:01:26
Jack
One today, and probably one later in the week. And so today’s question is, would you rather receive a heartfelt love letter?
00:01:36
Jack
Or experience a romantic surprise date.
00:01:42
Jack
And may I will let you answer first.
00:01:46
May
Maybe we could simplify the phrase heartfelt, but yeah.
00:01:51
Jack
Ohh yeah, yeah, sure. Would you rather receive a love letter like just a really sincere love letter and that’s what heartfelt means sincere.
00:02:00
Jack
You know, a real love letter or a or a surprise date. A romantic surprise date.
00:02:08
Jack
Something you’re not expecting?
00:02:10
May
OK, so uh.
00:02:14
May
Within these two options, I will choose a surprise dinner surprise, romantic dinner. So because when it comes to love letter, every everyone can sit down in front of their PC and write maybe hundreds or maybe thousands of letters and send to who whoever they want to see.
00:02:35
May
And then when it comes to romantic dinner, it it, it needs some more work.
00:02:45
May
I mean you.
00:02:45
May
Need to organize a place? You need budget. You need to find out what what does your partner like and dislike.
00:02:56
May
So then.
00:02:58
May
There was a lot of work and.
00:03:01
May
And all that shows effort of someone actually.
00:03:06
May
So for that for the that those reason I would prefer to go for a romantic dinner.
00:03:14
May
And I don’t mind if I don’t receive any.
00:03:18
May
Looks like the whatever letter it’s it’s just about.
00:03:20
Jack
Yeah, right.
00:03:22
May
Writing everyone can write.
00:03:25
May
And it is. It is sincere or not.
00:03:26
May
Only they will know, but if you.
00:03:28
May
Will put some effort to organize.
00:03:32
May
A dinner or dinner or any event. So it shows that you are serious.
00:03:41
May
And you’re working hard towards it.
00:03:44
Jack
Yeah, I get. I get what you’re saying. I get what you’re saying. I don’t know. I wonder if this is, like, a gender.
00:03:51
Jack
Related like difference, but I would rather get the love letter, but again, a heartfelt love letter does not mean like ChatGPT. Write me a love letter. You know what I mean? Like it has to be. It has to be somebody. It has to be handwritten. No type.
00:03:56
May
Ah, OK.
00:04:09
Jack
It has to be sincere and heartfelt. It can’t be from ChatGPT. It’s gotta be a legitimate.
00:04:18
Jack
Love letter from the heart and then a beautiful love letter is something that I can keep for a long time. You know, I can put it in an envelope and you know, you know, read it from time to time.
00:04:32
Jack
And think about my, you know, I’m assuming it’s my.
00:04:35
Jack
Wife wrote it, obviously.
00:04:36
May
Ohh so sweet.
00:04:38
Jack
You know.
00:04:38
May
I can see the sentimental value there, Jack.
00:04:41
Jack
Yeah, because a meal like it’s gone, you know, the the experience is gone. It’s it’s just kind of disappeared. You eat at the food and then it’s and then you’re done. Right. But the letter will last for longer for this paper. Yeah. Right. It’ll last forever. Also like a romantic. Sorry. Go ahead, may.
00:04:58
May
Ohh you need.
00:04:59
May
To say that uh.
00:05:02
May
You mean to say whenever you?
00:05:05
May
Miss your wife or maybe whenever you want to recall all those memory, you can pick up the letter and read.
00:05:13
Jack
Yeah, whenever she gets mad at me, I say wait.
00:05:16
Jack
You said that you loved me. Look at this. Page three, and then I’ll read it.
00:05:24
Jack
So leverage. Uh, no, no, no. So, OK, so the romantic date thing is I I think that like.
00:05:31
Jack
I don’t know. There’s something that make me uncomfortable. If my wife were to organize like a romantic date, I it feels like a man should do that.
00:05:39
Jack
I I’m not.
00:05:40
Jack
I guess I’m old fashioned, I I mean like I feel like a man. Like the man should should organize romantic dates for for their, for, for their their partners.
00:05:52
Jack
And and women.
00:05:55
Jack
Like writing a love letter is is more I’d I guess it it’s just like a gender thing. Like I’d I’d rather I would rather organize the date for her.
00:06:06
Jack
And I would rather she write a love letter to me.
00:06:11
Jack
That’s. I don’t. Isn’t that weird. It’s it’s very strange. I I don’t. Maybe it makes me, like kind of sexist or whatever.
00:06:20
May
Usually a guy will start writing.
00:06:26
May
Or maybe for for the first date, the man will organize.
00:06:32
May
Dinner of Michael launch.
00:06:35
May
So you or you you are expecting?
00:06:38
May
Your wife to write this letter.
00:06:40
Jack
Yeah, I feel it feels more natural. It feels like. I think the man I think, like I I should be the one that that like organizes the the date and the surprise date and then she can write me a love letter. And both in that situation I would be happy and she would be happy.
00:07:00
May
So which one should come first? Check the you mean your wife, right? You will look left and the next step you will organize it.
00:07:00
Jack
Like, yeah.
00:07:07
May
Romantic dinner or how it goes.
00:07:09
Jack
Yeah, that’s that. Seems that’s the way I.
00:07:12
Jack
Think it should work.
00:07:13
Jack
I think the man it, it feels more if it it, it feels awkward to me for her to organize the date and surprise me and take me somewhere to a restaurant I feel.
00:07:25
Jack
Like in that case, I feel like the female. I feel like the woman in that situation and she’s like the man.
00:07:33
May
But you can do both. You can do both, Jack.
00:07:35
Jack
Is. Yeah, I don’t know. Am I wrong?
00:07:38
Jack
Am I is that?
00:07:39
Jack
Weird to me to think that way.
00:07:41
May
Ohh you’re not but then you.
00:07:42
May
Can do both at the same time.
00:07:44
Jack
Yeah, I mean, I guess I guess The thing is is like I should be a more modern man and just be open minded and say it’s totally fine for a woman to to surprise a man and take him on a.
00:07:56
Jack
Date and it’s OK for a man to write a woman a love letter. I mean, that’s that’s normal anyway.
00:08:03
Jack
I think men and women can.
00:08:05
Jack
Write love letters. But yeah, just. Yeah. I would rather receive a love letter. That’s what I I think I would really like that. I would like that a lot.
00:08:07
May
Alright, but.
00:08:12
May
1st is that most of the time men will will not prefer a girl who like, write a letter, love letter, or confess their feelings.
00:08:25
May
So, but you were on the other side.
00:08:27
Jack
Maybe I’m weird. Yeah, maybe I’m the strange one in this scenario.
00:08:32
Jack
I don’t know. Yeah, I guess we’re we’re kind of at odds here because you’re you’re definitely more into the dates part of it. And I’m more into like having the letter and reading the letter and keeping it as, like, a memento, something to remember.
00:08:49
Jack
The situation, yeah.
00:08:51
May
That’s interesting to know.
00:08:54
Jack
Well, I would love to know what our listeners out there think because is is Jack Weird. Am I weird? That’s, you know, for for thinking this way and am I wrong? And if you think I’m wrong, just tell me. I can take it. So let me know and send us.
00:09:12
May
Maybe we should ask them.
00:09:14
May
Do they agree? If.
00:09:15
May
A man, or maybe a woman, right. A love letter to a.
00:09:21
Jack
Yeah. Is it OK for? Yeah. Should can a woman write a love letter to a man? Or should is it more natural for a man to write a love letter to a woman? And is it more natural for a man to take a woman on a surprise date? Or is it?
00:09:29
May
Yeah, it should be fine.
00:09:33
Jack
More. Is it more natural for a woman to take a man on a surprise date? I maybe I’ve got it all backwards in my mind.
00:09:41
Jack
So yeah.
00:09:42
May
I guess everyone will have different opinion and we will love to hear from them.
00:09:46
Jack
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00:09:48
Jack
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00:10:09
Jack
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00:10:21
Jack
Said may. Thank.
00:10:22
Jack
You so much for joining me today. I appreciate.
00:10:24
발표자
Read it.
00:10:25
May
Happy to be here, Jack. Thank you.
00:10:27
Jack
Alright, we’ll see you next time. Bye bye bye.
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