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Speaker 1: It is time now for today's Strawberry Letter, and if

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Speaker 1: you need advice on a relationship's work, sex, parenting, and more,

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Speaker 1: This one right here could be Buckle up and hold

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Speaker 1: on tight. We got it for you here. It is

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Speaker 1: Drawberry Letter. Thank you nephew. Subject no more children please.

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Speaker 1: Dear Stephen Shirley. I've been dating a very handsome and

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Speaker 1: physically fit man for two years and we've reached a

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Speaker 1: doesn't have any children. When we met, he was glad

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Speaker 1: I had children because he didn't want any. He loves

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Speaker 1: love him more. I had a child when I was

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Speaker 1: sixteen years old and another when I was seventeen. I

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Speaker 1: got married married when I was twenty one and had

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Speaker 1: husband cheated on me. I got remarried when I was

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Speaker 1: thirty three, and I had two children from that marriage.

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Speaker 1: We didn't say we didn't stay married long because he

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Speaker 1: was an alcoholic. I did a darn good job raising

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Speaker 1: all of my children by myself with minimal child support.

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Speaker 1: Now all I want is to enjoy life and get

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Speaker 1: marriage right. This time, I had hoped that I met

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Speaker 1: because he told me that he wants a son and

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Speaker 1: a daughter by me. I do not want to throw

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Speaker 1: away two years of dating over this issue and having

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Speaker 1: am afraid to tell him it's a definite no for

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Speaker 1: me because I may lose him forever. I had a

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Speaker 1: big dinner at my house and I invited all of

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Speaker 1: my children and hopes that he would change his mind.

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Speaker 1: I am also a grandmother of three, so that is

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Speaker 1: an additional responsible. I am tired of raising children period.

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Speaker 1: I've considered getting a tubal ligation to make sure I

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Speaker 1: will not get pregnant by him. Would it be selfish

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Speaker 1: of me to continue dating this man knowing that I

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Speaker 1: have no plans to have children with him. Well, what

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Speaker 1: did you say when he said he wanted more children.

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Speaker 1: Did you tell him right then that you didn't want

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Speaker 1: anymore or are you, you know, stretching it out because

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Speaker 1: you're afraid you might lose him if you tell him

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Speaker 1: the answer. Will it be selfish of you to continue

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Speaker 1: dating him? Yeah, it'll be selfish if you don't tell

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Speaker 1: him the truth. But it's not selfish of you not

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Speaker 1: to want any more kids. You already have seven and

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Speaker 1: seven kids, three grandkids, and you have the right to

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Speaker 1: say no at this point because it's your body. And

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Speaker 1: you said you want to settle down, enjoy life and

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Speaker 1: all that. And initially this guy said he didn't want

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Speaker 1: any children. You've been having children since you were sixteen.

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Speaker 1: But already know this and it's okay. Your issue is

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Speaker 1: going to be deciding what to do about You're very

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Speaker 1: handsome and physically fit man that now wants to have

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Speaker 1: in when you're in these relationships, see if your feelings

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Speaker 1: have changed. He's not having it. He wants kids, he

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Speaker 1: wants to a boy and a girl. What are you

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Speaker 1: gonna do? I mean, you got to tell him the truth.

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Speaker 1: You gotta let him know. And if you lose him,

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Speaker 1: that's the risk you're taking. That's it, Steve, wrong person

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Speaker 1: to ask this question too, the subject no more children please.

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Speaker 1: I can't tell you how many times I said that.

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Speaker 1: I said it yesterday, what as recently as yesterday and yesterday?

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Speaker 1: And I can't even have them all kids don't even

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Speaker 1: want some, both grandkids because I need these boys to

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Speaker 1: I need he winting and brought her to have some

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Speaker 1: already got two. I need them boys to have boys.

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Speaker 1: My daughter got a son, but his last name is

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Speaker 1: her husband's last name, because I don't see why he

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Speaker 1: can't have my dad dad's last name. Oh I know

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Speaker 1: I'm wrong. Oh I'm wrong, Yeah, all the way wrong,

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Speaker 1: like two left shoes. Yes, but it was just something

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Speaker 1: I wanted. This woman's been dating this very hampsome, physically

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Speaker 1: fit man for two years named Visha. Roadblock in their

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Speaker 1: love him even more. Oh, such a good lad. I

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Speaker 1: let her to start to slow at this point, had

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Speaker 1: one in sixteen one and seventeen. I'm good. Storyline looking good.

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Speaker 1: I got married when I was twenty one, had three

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Speaker 1: more children from that marriage. Did you not hit me? Go? Yes?

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Speaker 1: At sixteen seventeen. Well, now we got five and that

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Speaker 1: marriage ended because your husband cheated on you. He didn't

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Speaker 1: really cheat on you. He was just out somewhere taking

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Speaker 1: happened that really wasn't cheating. I was just getting out

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Speaker 1: the house, away from the kids, and all the other

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Speaker 1: house he could go to was his other lady's house.

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Speaker 1: He was just over some chick's house where he could

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Speaker 1: watch the game. Yeah, that marriage ended. My husband cheated

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Speaker 1: on me. I got remarried when I was thirty three,

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Speaker 1: and I had two kids from that marriage. Lord, ha,

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Speaker 1: mercy you find Yeah, I think I'm hoping because they

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Speaker 1: ain't no ugly person, find to cook miss me of

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Speaker 1: all this, I'm just gonna Bess be a hunted with you,

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Speaker 1: hang out an ugly person, and and I'm accepting all this.

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Speaker 1: All right, Look, you got to be mind blowing beautiful.

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Speaker 1: Hold that thought. Okay, we'll have her no way up.

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Speaker 1: Part two. Holy d Holy baby daddy. I'm Steven respond

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Speaker 1: Who is these kids? I can't keep over? These birthdays?

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Speaker 1: To the strawberry letters coming up at twenty three minutes

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Speaker 1: after subject today, no more children please. We'll get back

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Speaker 1: into it right after this. You're listening to Steve Morning Show.

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Speaker 1: All right, come on, Steve, let's recap today's strawberry letter,

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Speaker 1: the subject no more Chill. Well, I told you I'm

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Speaker 1: the wrong person to ask for help with just no

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Speaker 1: more children please. I feel you anyway. She'd been dating

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Speaker 1: this handsome man physically fifth for two years now. We've

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Speaker 1: reached a roadblock in their relationship because he wants kids

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Speaker 1: and said that he doesn't want kids. And when they met,

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Speaker 1: he said, that's great because she had children because he

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Speaker 1: didn't want any. So he loves my children, treat them well,

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Speaker 1: and they made me love me more. I had a

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Speaker 1: I was twenty one. I had three children out of

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Speaker 1: that marriage. Okay, all right now, now we're up into

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Speaker 1: thing led to another. He really wasn't cheating on you,

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Speaker 1: he was just getting out the house. That marriage ended

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Speaker 1: after my husband cheated on me. I got remarried when

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Speaker 1: because he was an alcoholic man. It wasn't because he

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Speaker 1: with the problems causing them damn kids, I'm gonna just

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Speaker 1: tell you that right now. I'm telling you right now.

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Speaker 1: The first man cheated on you because he's trying to

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Speaker 1: get out of the house and them five kids. Then

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Speaker 1: you got married to another man. He had two more.

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Speaker 1: Now he became an alcoholic. Some kids to make your

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Speaker 1: ass drink. Yeah, because she find this hell. Let me

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Speaker 1: tell you something. This girl right here, the only way

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Speaker 1: this is working in this letter, this woman is fine

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Speaker 1: as hell. Okay, because that's the only way you take

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Speaker 1: it up. With all this here. He even tried to

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Speaker 1: drink his way through this situation. I'm gonna stay with her.

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Speaker 1: I'm gonna just get fulled every day to see if

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Speaker 1: I ain't get there. Oh boysh you she out there

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Speaker 1: doing it. Okay. We didn't stay married long because he

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Speaker 1: myself with minimal child support. Congratulations. Most women deserve a

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Speaker 1: parade because they now. All I want is to enjoy

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Speaker 1: want him buy you boy and a girl. Well, you

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Speaker 1: can guaranteeing one of them. But then we were like

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Speaker 1: Cannon range? Lord? But at least the difference between is

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Speaker 1: I've done that before. It's nothing wrong with having children.

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Speaker 1: And I admire men who take on the responsibility that

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Speaker 1: it's definitely no for me, because I may lose him forever.

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Speaker 1: I had a big dinner at my house, invited all

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Speaker 1: I'm also a grandmother three, that's an additional responsibility, and

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Speaker 1: I'm tired of raising children. You got to yeah, hell,

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Speaker 1: considered getting too. I'm considered getting two bologation. I don't

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Speaker 1: I don't want nothing. Wow, we don't want nothing coming

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Speaker 1: don't thinking about my two times? Make sure I'll not

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Speaker 1: You're doing some things where these men can't even walk away.

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Speaker 1: Harvey FM and check out the Strawberry Letter podcasts as well.

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