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Speaker 1: It is Strawberry Letter. Thank your nephew's subject. Figure it

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Speaker 1: out or get out. Dear Stephen Shirley, my boyfriend and

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Speaker 1: I have been together eight years and he asked me

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Speaker 1: to marry him last month. I've acted like a wife, mother, banker,

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Speaker 1: and counselor to this man, and he does not appreciate me.

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Speaker 1: We looked at rings for years and he knew exactly

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Speaker 1: which engagement ring I wanted, but he got the ring

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Speaker 1: he wanted to get me. It's a huge ring, maybe

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Speaker 1: two carrots with a baby bluestone because he attended the

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Speaker 1: University of North Carolina for a year and baby blue

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Speaker 1: is his favorite color. I was more mortified by the ring,

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Speaker 1: and I cried myself to sleep. I don't even have

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Speaker 1: a sweet romantic story to describe how he proposed. We

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Speaker 1: had just had a quickie and he kept telling me

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Speaker 1: how much he loved me. Then he popped his pinky

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Speaker 1: finger in my face, up in my face, and the

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Speaker 1: ring was on it. He didn't bother to put his

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Speaker 1: clothes back on first, or get on one knee beside

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Speaker 1: the bed. Then he tried to take pictures of me

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Speaker 1: with the ring on, and I was wearing my bonnet.

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Speaker 1: I said yes to his proposal, but the next day

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Speaker 1: I started a fight on purpose so I could ignore him.

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Speaker 1: He called my mother to whine to her, but she

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Speaker 1: unleashed on him and told him all the things I

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Speaker 1: had told her. He came home that day and said

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Speaker 1: I ruined a perfect night because I'm ungrateful, And he

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Speaker 1: said if I didn't want to marry him, just say it.

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Speaker 1: Then he yelled figure it out or get out and

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Speaker 1: went to bed. The apartment is in my name, and

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Speaker 1: I pay the rent. He pays the utilities and our

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Speaker 1: phone bills, so it was mighty bold of him to

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Speaker 1: tell me to get out. Should I leave and let

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Speaker 1: him figure it out for a while, or do I

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Speaker 1: give this some time and work on mending our relationship.

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Speaker 1: This is not a way to start off a marriage.

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Speaker 1: This is no kind of way to do that. I

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Speaker 1: just I think it's good that it came out now,

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Speaker 1: because yelling at your fiance and telling her to fix

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Speaker 1: it or get out, figure it or get out is

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Speaker 1: definitely not cool. Who is this guy that you've spent

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Speaker 1: eight years of your life with? Does he have these

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Speaker 1: outbursts often? That's a red flag if you ask me,

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Speaker 1: he's telling you to get out of a place you're

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Speaker 1: paying for. How is that what he should be doing.

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Speaker 1: I just don't understand that. No, this guy, your guy

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Speaker 1: is wrong on that. It's your ring. He wants you

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Speaker 1: to have what he wants you to have rather than

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Speaker 1: what you want. Baby blue is his favorite color. Again,

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Speaker 1: this is your ring. He didn't give you a proper proposal,

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Speaker 1: the one that you you know, could brag about and

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Speaker 1: didn't like the ring. He knew what type of ring

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Speaker 1: you wanted. You said, you guys have been ring shopping

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Speaker 1: for years, but he ignored that. He's the one who's ungrateful.

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Speaker 1: You said, you've been his wife, mother, counselor banker for

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Speaker 1: eight years and he doesn't appreciate you getting you the

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Speaker 1: ring that you want. It should have been a no

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Speaker 1: brainer after all that. Well, I don't know. Don't think

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Speaker 1: that this marriage is going to fix any of this

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Speaker 1: because it's not. Look at how he talks to you now,

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Speaker 1: it'll be more of the same, or it could be

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Speaker 1: worse after he does put a ring on it and

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Speaker 1: you guys get married. Just because you've been with some

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Speaker 1: for eight years, it does not mean you have to

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Speaker 1: marry them. So please don't go into a lifelong commitment

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Speaker 1: with all of this. You guys aren't ready. You gotta yeah,

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Speaker 1: you guys aren't ready for this.

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Speaker 2: Steve Lord her Mercy Boy, you know, sometime I just

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Speaker 2: can't fix some of these dudes. You know, I've been

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Speaker 2: trying to help dudes. But man, dog, come on, now

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Speaker 2: here's a problem. Y'all been together eight years and he

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Speaker 2: asked you to marry him last month. Ain't no problem. Good.

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Speaker 2: The time is in it now. You have been everything

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Speaker 2: you said, wife, mother, banker, counselor, and he just don't

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Speaker 2: appreciate you. Well, it took you eight years and figure

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Speaker 2: this out, but he keeps on proving it now we

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Speaker 2: have looked at rings for years, and he knew exactly

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Speaker 2: the engagement ring you wanted, but he got the ring

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Speaker 2: he wanted to get me. This is so crazy. Right here,

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Speaker 2: this right here makes no damn sense. It's a huge

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Speaker 2: maybe two carriage with a baby blue stone because he

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Speaker 2: attended the University of North Carolina for one year and

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Speaker 2: baby blew his favorite coach. So he went to college

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Speaker 2: because colors. That what you're telling me. Damn sure didn't

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Speaker 2: go down there to get a degree. He went down

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Speaker 2: there because he like baby blue, Carolina blue. So that's

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Speaker 2: the ring he got you. I was mortified by the ring,

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Speaker 2: and I cried myself to sleep. First of all, bruh,

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Speaker 2: that ring is really an important step in both of

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Speaker 2: your lives. But if this woman has told you the

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Speaker 2: exact one she wanted and you went and bought the

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Speaker 2: one you wanted, you, sir, are just stupid. That's the

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Speaker 2: dumbest thing you could have done. You turned what could

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Speaker 2: have been a happy woman into a woman who cried

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Speaker 2: herself to sleep. Then she said, I don't even have

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Speaker 2: a sweet romantic story to describe how he proposed we

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Speaker 2: had just had a quickie. He kept telling me how

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Speaker 2: much he loved me. Then he popped his pinky finger

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Speaker 2: up in my face and the ring was on it.

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Speaker 2: He didn't bother put his clothes back on first, he

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Speaker 2: didn't get on one knee beside the bed. Then he

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Speaker 2: wanted to take pictures with you with the ring on,

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Speaker 2: and you was wearing your bonnet. Lord Hens, let me

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Speaker 2: just stop that to Exdale right there. You know, really,

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Speaker 2: there's no way I can help this guy. Hang on,

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Speaker 2: we'll be back.

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Speaker 1: Hang up. Part two of Steem's response is coming up

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Speaker 1: at twenty three minutes after the hour. Today's strawberry letter

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Speaker 1: subject figure it out or get out. We'll get back

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Speaker 1: into it right after this. You're listening Morning show. All right,

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Speaker 1: Come on, Steve, let's recap today's strawberry letter. The subject

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Speaker 1: figure it out or get out.

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Speaker 2: This lady been dating this man eight years. He asked

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Speaker 2: him to marry him. Now they had been looking for

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Speaker 2: rings over the years and knew exactly what she wanted.

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Speaker 2: But this is what this food did. He got the

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Speaker 2: ring he wanted. It's a huge ring. It could be

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Speaker 2: two cats, baby Bluestone because he attended the University of

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Speaker 2: North Carolina for one year and baby blue is his

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Speaker 2: favorite color. He's so stupid. I was mortified by the

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Speaker 2: ring and cried myself to sleep. Then she said, I

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Speaker 2: ain't even got a sweet romantic story to describe how

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Speaker 2: he proposed. We had just had a quickie. He kept

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Speaker 2: telling me how much he loved me. Then he popped

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Speaker 2: his pinky finger up in my face and the ring

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Speaker 2: was on it. He ain't bothered to put his clothes

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Speaker 2: back on. First, get on one knee beside the bed.

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Speaker 2: Then he tried to take pictures of me with the

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Speaker 2: ring on. I was wearing my bonnet. I said yes

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Speaker 2: to proposal, but the next day I started a fight

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Speaker 2: on purpose so I could ignore him. He's sleeping. All

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Speaker 2: you had to do was get this girl a ring

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Speaker 2: she wanted. What better way to make a woman happy

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Speaker 2: than to give her what she won't, not what you won't.

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Speaker 2: It's simple, Damn dug That ain't even hard. It takes

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Speaker 2: the guess work out if my girls say what she

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Speaker 2: really really won't for Christmas? And I got it to

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Speaker 2: get her, But I go get her something else. Who

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Speaker 2: the fool here? You? It ain't about no, she not ungrateful.

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Speaker 2: She gonna act like she' grateful but she told me

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Speaker 2: this could have been the perfect gift for Ooh. Now

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Speaker 2: you went and did what your dumb ass wanted to do.

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Speaker 2: You went to North Carolina for one year. You ain't

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Speaker 2: even graduate. You went to college because you like powder Blue,

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Speaker 2: you know, took your ass down to North Carolina and

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Speaker 2: took your mama their money down there because you're stupid

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Speaker 2: behind like powder Blue, I beat damn. Then this food

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Speaker 2: called his mother to wine the herb, but the mama

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Speaker 2: unleashed on him and told him all the things I

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Speaker 2: told her. He came home that day and said, I

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Speaker 2: ruined a perfect knight because I'm ungrateful. Wait a minute, dog,

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Speaker 2: let me read this perfect night back to you. You

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Speaker 2: grabbed your girl with a bonnet on, performed a quickie

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Speaker 2: while y'all was laying there. You pulled the ring out

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Speaker 2: on your damn baby flanger, stuck it in her face.

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Speaker 2: The ring she did not want, but the one you

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Speaker 2: for one year. What the hell you need a memory

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Speaker 2: for that, folk? And then you stuck it in her

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Speaker 2: put your clothes on you didn't get on one knee.

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Speaker 2: You didn't get this girl a romantic story to report.

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Speaker 2: She can't tell nobody how it happened, and she cried

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Speaker 2: herself to sleep at night. And then your ass came

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Speaker 2: in and said, you ruined a perfect night because I'm ungrateful.

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Speaker 2: She didn't ruin a perfect night because she was ungrateful.

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Speaker 2: You ruined the night because you didn't get her what

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Speaker 2: she wanted. You did what you wanted to do. You

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Speaker 2: a special occasion and turned it into a moment that

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Speaker 2: ain't worth telling no damn about it. So how did

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Speaker 2: having bonnet on? He rolled over and struck his other

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Speaker 1: Ring, oh my god, that's terrible.

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Speaker 2: You hear what that sounded like? Yeah, so there we go, man.

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Speaker 2: Then he yelled, okay, it got home. Told you you

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Speaker 2: was ungrateful. Then he said, if I don't want to

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Speaker 2: out or get out, and he went to be well,

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Speaker 2: the apartment is in her name. How stupid is this dude?

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Speaker 2: You know I would have at least ran through my mind.

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Speaker 2: Who house is this boy? Tell him to get out?

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Speaker 2: How I said to myself, Okay, I got some things

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Speaker 2: fit to tell her to get out her house. Yeah,

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Speaker 2: that's what I'm gonna do. Figure it out or get out? Yeah,

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Speaker 2: and then went to bed. Like I told her. The

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Speaker 2: mighty bolding him to tell me to get out. Should

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Speaker 2: Or do I give this some time and work on

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Speaker 2: mending our relationship? Lady, you're not fit to do nothing,

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Speaker 2: because listen to the options you said. You said, should

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Speaker 2: I leave and let him figure it out for a while,

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Speaker 2: or do I give this some time and work on

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Speaker 2: mending our relationship. That's the same thing. If all you're

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Speaker 2: for a while, I don't know what the timeframe is

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Speaker 2: you're gonna have it, or do I give his sometime

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Speaker 2: and work on mending our relationship. You're not gonna go anywhere.

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Speaker 2: You've accepted the garbage that your dumb ass boyfriend been

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Speaker 2: putting out for eight years with this dumb ass proposal,

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Speaker 2: and you sit up here with this big uglass rain

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Speaker 2: and now you said, cook an ugly ass picture with

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Speaker 2: your bonnet on your damn proposal picture. Gotta bonnet on

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Speaker 2: your damn head. Nickoln told y'all about these damn bodies.

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Speaker 2: What kind of ring? Big uglass?

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