Issue #4: Fuckboy gets off on PLANNING?

Hey!!

Welcome to Ask a Fuckboy’s newsletter where we’ll 1.) let you know when tickets drop for our next show and 2.) spotlight the craziest texts and stories from our live show or community.

Ticket Drop:

• February 13th show - SOLD OUT

• February 15th show - HALF LEFT

• March 7th - JUST DROPPED

Story Highlights:Recent Show/Popup/Life Highlights:

1. The Fuckboy Eternal

Something really exciting is that we will be rolling out FULL SETS from our show via YouTube. We’ve wanted to spread out to different platforms for a while now and we had a lot of time to reflect on it during the 8-hour TikTok ban (just kidding, we sat there, continuously forgetting it was happening and instinctively clicking the icon).

First spotlight is on the hilarious Vannessa Jackson!

Vannessa graced our stage with truly one of the most unhinged games of text-tag from a man we’ve ever seen. After meeting in November of 2022 at a party, he proceeded to plan, then ghost, then plan, then ghost, then planghost, then ghostplan all the way up to June of 2024!

Some say he's still out there to this day, waiting to pitch "drinks?" and then vanish again for a month like he's a character in Brigadoon.

Click here for the full set! Big thank you to Vannessa for sharing this with us. Follow her here!

2. Life Updates

Q. Andie, how’s dating going for you?

A. I keep on going on weird dates, you guys. Like weird, arty museum dates where I’m unhappy and he’s unhappy and we both feel like we’re trying to seem quirky and creative. To be clear, I AM quirky and creative but why do we need to stare at ceramics pretending we’re intrigued in order to prove that?

So far here are the stupidest places I’ve gone on FIRST dates:

1. The Brooklyn Bridge

2. An art fair in Flatbush

3. One of those stupid immersive Van Gogh experiences

4. A sauna

So if anyone has any good ENJOYABLE date ideas that aren’t aimlessly wandering around a museum and waiting for the other person to be like “yeah I’ve seen enough” please let me know.

Q. Val, how about you?

A. As part of my previous job, I sometimes had to send rejections using a template: “Not a fit,” “Wish you the best,” etc. Sometimes the submitters would ask for notes on their pitch and, though I felt bad waving off such earnest requests for input, I was always instructed to just say “No feedback at this time!”

Recently, I went on a date with a guy who was really nice, really normal, and even quite cute! Still, I could sense that there wasn’t much chemistry from the get-go. So, later, when he texted asking to see me again, I politely turned him down.

Whenever I do this, most men either don’t respond or say something like, “You too!” But this one wanted a little more info:

Gotta say, I owe my previous employer an apology, this is cringe! And this is a human being asking for feedback on his whole self, not on a pitch deck.

Even worse, there is nothing I could send here that would help either party involved. Is he hoping I’ll write, like, “Oh, I’m just intimidated by men over 5”3”?

Here’s what I considered sending:

But I can’t say any of that to this guy. I went with “No feedback at this time!”

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We’ll keep you guys in the loop, thanks for reading!

Oh, and send us your gossip/stories so we can feature them in our next newsletter/show.

Love, your favorite Down Baddies,

Andie and Val <3