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Speaker 1: Strawberry Letter. Thank you, nephew. Should I cancel the party

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Speaker 1: or cancel my girlfriend? Dear Steve Anne Shirley. I've been

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Speaker 1: with my girlfriend for ten years and we're having our

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Speaker 1: first major issue. When I met my girlfriend, she was

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Speaker 1: new in town, so I introduced her to my group

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Speaker 1: of friends and their wives. There are four couples that

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Speaker 1: The wives were all nice enough to my girlfriend, but

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Speaker 1: they've never included her in girls' night out or invited

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Speaker 1: her to brunch with them. Whenever we're all together, I

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Speaker 1: make sure my girlfriend feels included. But now there is

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Speaker 1: a problem that I need to deal with. My girlfriend

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Speaker 1: thinks that my best friend's wife flirts with me. I

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Speaker 1: will admit that my best friend's wife gets a bit

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Speaker 1: out of hand when she's had too much wine, but

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Speaker 1: her husband is always around and he thinks it's funny.

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Speaker 1: My girlfriend says, as a woman, she sees things differently

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Speaker 1: than I do. Last weekend, we all met at the

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Speaker 1: park for a friend's birthday and we got on the

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Speaker 1: subject of race and politics. My best friend's wife sat

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Speaker 1: my girlfriend was furious. So it's our return to host

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Speaker 1: the annual Fourth of July celebration at our house, and

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Speaker 1: my girlfriend said, my best friend's wife is not invited,

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Speaker 1: but her husband can come. What the hell? How can

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Speaker 1: I get my girlfriend to realize that she might be

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Speaker 1: the problem? I love her, but I am sick of

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Speaker 1: constantly validating her feelings. Should I cancel the Fourth of

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Speaker 1: July get together? Or should I cancel my girlfriend? Please advise?

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Speaker 1: Are you serious right now? You would cancel your girlfriend

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Speaker 1: of ten years over this? I mean, I just got

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Speaker 1: to say to that, well, well, well aren't you aren't

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Speaker 1: your shallow sir? Aren't you drawing a line in the

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Speaker 1: sand and picking sides here and all because you're a

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Speaker 1: little uncomfortable right now. I mean, imagine how your girl

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Speaker 1: feels now, mind you. I think she's dead wrong. No,

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Speaker 1: I'm gonna say this. She's just less than tactful for

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Speaker 1: not inviting Miss flirty Pants to your party, but her

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Speaker 1: husband can come. Okay, that's awkward for everyone. I get

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Speaker 1: that awkward for everyone involved. But that's what old girl

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Speaker 1: gets for being so disrespectful to your girlfriend. She's putting

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Speaker 1: should should be standing by her. You should be supporting

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Speaker 1: your girlfriend and not taking their side or anyone else

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Speaker 1: been together for ten years. You should have said something

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Speaker 1: a long time ago when they never included her socially.

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Speaker 1: You knew all about it and said or did nothing.

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Speaker 1: These are your friends. She was new in town. You

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Speaker 1: introduced her to your group of friends, and they snub

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Speaker 1: your girl when they have girls night out, when they

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Speaker 1: have brunches and things like that. And this woman openly

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Speaker 1: flirts with you in your face, in her face, and

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Speaker 1: all you do is eat it up and blame your girl. Why,

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Speaker 1: I'll tell you why. I know why because you like it.

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Speaker 1: You like the attention she's giving you, and the fact

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Speaker 1: That makes it all okay, doesn't it. Meanwhile, your girlfriend

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Speaker 1: She was oh when, Oh, no, girl, you're tripping. You're crazy.

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Speaker 1: H Come on, knock it off. Guys, you know what's up,

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Speaker 1: and so do we? Okay, so do we. That's what

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Speaker 1: she's probably better off without you. This is over a party,

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Speaker 1: and come on, she's given you ten years more than

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Speaker 1: Let's just start with the subject of the letter. Should

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Speaker 1: I counsel the party? All? Counsel my girlfriend? How's that

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Speaker 1: a question? Now? Shirley says, after she's been with you

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Speaker 1: If you've been the girlfriend after college for ten years,

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Speaker 1: has it occurred to you that he don't want you

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Speaker 1: So let's just start there. Now, let's go on down

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Speaker 1: the line. You got this best friend now for oh,

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Speaker 1: here's the next part. You introduced to a group of friends,

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Speaker 1: They don't like her. They do not like your girlfriend.

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Speaker 1: It's something about her that they've all picked up on

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Speaker 1: you didn't detected some things too. Now, this Letta is

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Speaker 1: just the last straw. Now, when she gets a little

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Speaker 1: she'd be saying some wild step and your butt. Your

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Speaker 1: boy be right there, your best friend, and he thinks funny,

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Speaker 1: what due thanks. It's funny that his girl is hidden

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Speaker 1: him right? Who finds that funny? There's something wrong with

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Speaker 1: minutes after the hour. Today's Strawberry letter titles Should I

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Speaker 1: cancel the party or cancel my girlfriend? We'll get back

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Speaker 1: into it right after this you're listening show, Come on, Steve,

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Speaker 1: Let's recap today's Strawberry letters. Should I cancel the party?

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Speaker 1: Your cancel my girlfriend? That's that's a crazy question. It is.

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Speaker 1: This is just your turn to do a Fourth of July,

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Speaker 1: and you're considering canceling not canceling that, but canceling your

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Speaker 1: girlfriend who's been your girlfriend from ten years, who you

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Speaker 1: don't really want no more that for what she is anyway,

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Speaker 1: You don't protect her like you want her to be

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Speaker 1: go to brunch, have out, and don't invite out ten years.

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Speaker 1: And then when y'are all together, you always make sure

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Speaker 1: understand that right there, How that's funny every damn time

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Speaker 1: she gets drunk. I wanted, you don't funny, But like

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Speaker 1: Shirley said, you kind of enjoyed that, so you put

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Speaker 1: up with it. I bet if it wasn't your best

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Speaker 1: that your girlfriend has noticed this. Women do see things

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Speaker 1: that men don't see it. And Shirley said, why y'all

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Speaker 1: We actually don't. Hey, let me tell you something. If

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Speaker 1: but since you pointed it out, we're looking forward. Okay, okay,

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Speaker 1: see you want some of this big daddy? All right? Now,

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Speaker 1: what's up with you? See that's what it turned into. Well,

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Speaker 1: here's the deal. Uh. Last weekend we all met at

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Speaker 1: the park from a friend's birthday. We got on sub

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Speaker 1: racing politics and your best friend's wife said, by me,

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Speaker 1: and I was very uncomfortable. You should have moved, got

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Speaker 1: stupid ass, you're gonna stay there. That's why your ass

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Speaker 1: was furious. So now as y'all's time. The horse host

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Speaker 1: her husband can come. What the hell right? You ain't lying, y'all?

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Speaker 1: What the hell your boy can come? But hey man,

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Speaker 1: Sheila don't want your wife. Sheila said, I don't even

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Speaker 1: know how you say that. Hey girl, hey man, let

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Speaker 1: me all. Let you Fourth of julyt thing. Listen. Uh

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Speaker 1: read them, read them read it. Don't want Sheila come.

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Speaker 1: Excuse me, I said. My wife said you're welcome, earl,

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Speaker 1: you can come down. You know you might do. But

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Speaker 1: low to the fourth of July. No, no, no, you misunderstanding, dog.

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Speaker 1: You could. You could come over, get yourself some qu

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Speaker 1: get some drinks. Man, you gonna have some nice music.

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Speaker 1: But reader don't want Sheila to come. Yeah, no, no, no,

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Speaker 1: matter where she drank. It's fun. Man. Look, I know

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Speaker 1: it's all fun. It don't even bother me. Man, But man,

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Speaker 1: my girl be tripping. Man. So look, I don't know

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Speaker 1: the group. None of them girls that say, you know what,

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Speaker 1: just because she's not married to him, and everybody know

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Speaker 1: what else you're doing, dog, and the wives know it,

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Speaker 1: She ain't gonna make the race, so they all ready

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Speaker 1: to cut her out. She ain't the one because you

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Speaker 1: because you know, because you know May you're doing your thing.

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Speaker 1: But now y'all haven't had this thing at your house.

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Speaker 1: She ain't having over there. So your question is what

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Speaker 1: do I do? Do I counsel the party or counsel

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Speaker 1: my girlfriend? But I'm sick of constantly validating her feelings.

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Speaker 1: That's what's wrong. You always got to make her feel

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Speaker 1: included in all of that, and you you exhausted. I

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Speaker 1: hadn't done that before. Dog, It's exhausting. You always got

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Speaker 1: tied of Thatt counsel forth of July or my girlfriend?

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