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Speaker 1: Time now for today's Strawberry Letter, and a few need

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Speaker 1: hold on tight. We got it for ye Here it

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Speaker 1: is the Strawberry Letter subject. I didn't know there was

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Speaker 1: side piece etiquette. Dear Stephen Shirley. I'm a thirty four

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Speaker 1: year old woman, and in my past I messed up

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Speaker 1: with a man that was married, and I was living

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Speaker 1: my best single life. I was getting what I needed

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Speaker 1: as far as money in great sex when my married

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Speaker 1: man and a few other men I had on the side. Hey,

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Speaker 1: I was young and enjoying myself. I kept it classy

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Speaker 1: and I made sure my reputation state intact. I was

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Speaker 1: in the clubs and short dresses and heels every weekend.

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Speaker 1: Me and my girls took niceps, and I was in

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Speaker 1: a music video for a wrapper that was a one

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Speaker 1: hit wonder just two years ago. I was still with

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Speaker 1: my married man. When I met my husband, that's when

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Speaker 1: I ended the affair. I met my husband at a

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Speaker 1: church festival that my mother invited me to. We fell

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Speaker 1: in love rather quickly, and he proposed after dating for

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Speaker 1: less than a year. He is a straight laced, handsome

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Speaker 1: and well dressed man. We both have great jobs in finance,

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Speaker 1: so we're a little power couple. I cleaned up my

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Speaker 1: act for him, and I dressed more conservatively and I

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Speaker 1: very and I rarely wear weaves and wigs anymore. I

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Speaker 1: only drink wine. I stopped smoking cigars, and I don't

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Speaker 1: use profanity. I only drink wine. Like I said, it

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Speaker 1: was easy for me to change my ways because I

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Speaker 1: did all of my sinning when I was younger. He

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Speaker 1: has no idea about my past, and I told I

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Speaker 1: told him my body count was only four men. So

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Speaker 1: here's my problem. My ex married man slash side piece

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Speaker 1: begging for sex. I'm scared to block him because I

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Speaker 1: think he might do something stupid. He said, I need

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Speaker 1: to learn side piece etiquette, and according to that, I

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Speaker 1: owe him since he did it for me when he

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Speaker 1: was married. What am I supposed to do? Do I

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Speaker 1: owe him more sex? Please help now, and you don't

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Speaker 1: have to do anything. You're married now, Please go on

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Speaker 1: and live your life with you with your husband. And

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Speaker 1: since your raggedy X brought up etiquette, please tell him

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Speaker 1: he needs to learn to leave you the blank alone etiquette. Okay,

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Speaker 1: stop calling you and you could block him. You could

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Speaker 1: definitely block him forget about him. You know, as if

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Speaker 1: the world was supposed to stop, and you know you

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Speaker 1: were supposed to wait on the side until he got

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Speaker 1: a divorce or whatever. Now life goes on. You definitely

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Speaker 1: weren't sitting around waiting for him to call. You were

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Speaker 1: living your life, your growne lifestyle now with your new husband,

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Speaker 1: who is a wonderful man who proposed to you during

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Speaker 1: that time you said yes, period the end. You guys

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Speaker 1: are married. Don't let your past, you know, because of

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Speaker 1: your past, Don't let it make you act out of

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Speaker 1: fear you're afraid your ex might do something stupid. Let

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Speaker 1: him what can he do? I mean, really, what is

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Speaker 1: he gonna do? Tell your husband you guys used to

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Speaker 1: been in relationships before him, talking about your husband. Now,

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Speaker 1: I don't think your husband is gonna put up with

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Speaker 1: it anyway. I mean you were young and single, like

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Speaker 1: you said, and freeback then, you could do whatever you

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Speaker 1: Now is that right? You know the answer to that.

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Speaker 1: Nobody's judging you, and that part of your life is over.

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Speaker 1: So don't allow him to draw you back in because

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Speaker 1: stop answering his calls, tell him it's over all right,

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Speaker 1: and it is Steve Well, interesting man. Huh the subject alone,

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Speaker 1: I didn't know that was sad piece etiquette. I have

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Speaker 1: young lady, please pay attention very closely. You're thirty four.

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Speaker 1: You messed around with a man that was married, and

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Speaker 1: then you said something interesting. I was living my best

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Speaker 1: single life. I was getting what I needed as far

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Speaker 1: what the letters about. I kept it classy. I made

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Speaker 1: just two years ago. I was still with my married

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Speaker 1: man when I met my husband. That's when I at

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Speaker 1: the affair. Now, let me go over something with you.

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Speaker 1: When you say you kept in class, he had made

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Speaker 1: sure your reputation stayed intact. Let me tell you this.

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Speaker 1: Here's the problem with sin. And I'm not gonna tell

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Speaker 1: But you don't ever get to keep it as clean

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Speaker 1: as you think ever. I met my husband at a

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Speaker 1: church festival. Your mother invited me too. We fell in

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Speaker 1: love quickly. He proposed he's handsome, well dressed. We got

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Speaker 1: cleaned up my act for him, and I dressed more conservatively,

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Speaker 1: body count was only four minutes, and then she gets

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Speaker 1: ready to go. So here's my problem. I will take

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Speaker 1: my applause and give it to you. When you held

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Speaker 1: on to the fact that your body count was foue men, Okay,

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Speaker 1: that's good, keep it there. My number is three for women,

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Speaker 1: and I don't care how you are. It was three,

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Speaker 1: but since it's two thousand and twenty one, you might

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Speaker 1: I'm gonna give you my resolution for you, all right,

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Speaker 1: So hang on, man, well, hang on. Steve will have

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Speaker 1: part two of his response coming up at twenty three

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Speaker 1: side piece etiquette. We'll get back into it right after this.

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Speaker 1: You're listening to show, all right, Come on, Steve, let's

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Speaker 1: recap today's Strawberry Letters. Subject I did no there was

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Speaker 1: side piece etiquette. Yeah, and it ain't. And this guy

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Speaker 1: that's been lying to you this whole time, and you've

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Speaker 1: to tell you this, but you're thirty four. And when

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Speaker 1: You had a few other men on the side. But

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Speaker 1: you said you was living your best life. And you

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Speaker 1: said I was keeping a classymate, shot a reputation, stayed intact. Well,

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Speaker 1: that's so you thought. And then you know, using a

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Speaker 1: music video, that's no problem. They took nice trips, ain't

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Speaker 1: no problem. Using club short dressing heels. We every day.

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Speaker 1: That's life if it happens. But just two years ago,

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Speaker 1: I was still with my married man. When I met

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Speaker 1: my husband. That's when I ended the affair. I met

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Speaker 1: your husband at church festival, fell in love. I've got

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Speaker 1: great jobs. You dressed in servingly. Now you wear very rarely,

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Speaker 1: wearing weeds and wigs. You only drank wine stopps because cigars.

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Speaker 1: I don't use a family. Easy for you to change ways,

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Speaker 1: because I did all the city when I was younger,

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Speaker 1: I ain't. He has no idea about my past. I

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Speaker 1: told him my body account was only four men. That's

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Speaker 1: where you do it, smart lady. Keep it there, congratulations,

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Speaker 1: Keep it at four. Three is my number. But you

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Speaker 1: So here's my problem. My ex married man's side piece

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Speaker 1: I think he might do something stupid. Well, let me

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Speaker 1: ask you something. First of all, you can't be surprised

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Speaker 1: he got divorced, right because you probably wasn't the only one.

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Speaker 1: But now I'm scared to block him because I think

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Speaker 1: gonna do? Huh? What stupid thing is he gonna do?

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Speaker 1: Because you know you have a husband, you have a

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Speaker 1: way to circumvent all stupidity, you really do so. And

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Speaker 1: then he told you that you need to learn some

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Speaker 1: side piece etiquette. And according to that, I owe him

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Speaker 1: since he did it for me when he was married.

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Speaker 1: First of all, there is no such thing as you

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Speaker 1: was married. Oh, this real slick pardner. I appreciate that

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Speaker 1: You don't owe him a damn thing and such of all,

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Speaker 1: don't let this dude blackmail you. You said, what am

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Speaker 1: I supposed to do? Now? Do I owe him more sex? No?

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Speaker 1: You don't. You don't owe him a drop. You have

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Speaker 1: I were you, first of all, block him. What are

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Speaker 1: Now he's gonna tell your husband what she was messing

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Speaker 1: I want you to say, I didn't know you were married. Period.

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Speaker 1: Men do it all the time. Your husband will believe you,

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Speaker 1: for you. You ain't got to worry about it. He's done.

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Speaker 1: He can't do nothing. But now let me share something

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Speaker 1: Past sins and regrets, even if when you were living

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Speaker 1: them with no regrets, as you age, your past sins

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Speaker 1: because he was a part of that pass. So everybody

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Speaker 1: just understand, we all have a pass. We've all make mistakes.

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Speaker 1: We're not judging you. I just want everybody that's listening

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Speaker 1: yourself together, gone about your business. That's right. Bye. And

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Speaker 1: I wish he would. What are he gonna do? Block him?

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Speaker 1: Quit talking to him. You don't owe him a damn thing.

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Speaker 1: chick that got him to divorce. She out there all right, Steve.

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