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Speaker 1: now today. All right, ladies and gentlemen, it's time for

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Speaker 1: the Strawberry Letter. Well, my good friend Shirley Strawley, thank you,

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Speaker 1: Kier Junior. All right, here we go. Subject he wants

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Speaker 1: to keep it in the family. Dear Stephen, Shirley, I

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Speaker 1: have been married for seven years and we have two

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Speaker 1: young children. After having my second child, my desire to

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Speaker 1: have sex decreased, and it was a big problem in

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Speaker 1: my marriage. My husband is a great dad and my

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Speaker 1: best friend, so I felt bad for him. I started

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Speaker 1: Her child's father broke up with her while she was pregnant,

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Speaker 1: so she's going through her own issues. I wanted to

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Speaker 1: why she left, and she started crying. She told me

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Speaker 1: told him no. Thank you, she said. He told her

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Speaker 1: able to fulfill his sexual needs. My heart was shattered,

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Speaker 1: and my sister felt violated. When I confront at my sister,

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Speaker 1: I mean my husband. When I confronted my husband, he

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Speaker 1: drinking all night. I haven't decided how to handle him

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Speaker 1: and this situation. As I stated, I have two young

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Speaker 1: But now my sister will not come anywhere near me,

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Speaker 1: something I can overlook? What should I do? Please? Help? Well?

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Speaker 1: First of all, you don't have to do anything. Okay,

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Speaker 1: you didn't. You didn't make this situation. They did. They

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Speaker 1: they had to take it here. And no, absolutely not.

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Speaker 1: Should you overlook this? You ask, is this something you

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Speaker 1: Your sister, She's always going to be your sister. You're

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Speaker 1: married to this man, who you know you didn't say,

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Speaker 1: but we're left to assume violated your sister in some

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Speaker 1: Right after this, well, this lady had a good marriage,

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Speaker 1: Why are you calling me? Why are you calling me?

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Speaker 1: Why are you calling me? You mustn't know what I did.

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Speaker 1: what a girl? You crazy? Oh? Look, you you're talking

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