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Speaker 1: It is time now for today's Strawberry Letter. And if

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Speaker 1: It is the Strawberry Letter. Thank you, nephew. Subject. If

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Speaker 1: it ain't broke, don't fix it. Dear Stephen Shirley, I'm

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Speaker 1: a fifty two year old married woman and I've been

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Speaker 1: married for twenty one years and we have three teenagers

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Speaker 1: to cook for the kids and be a bit more

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Speaker 1: hands on. I also have more time to see how

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Speaker 1: ignorant my husband really is. He is a cheater and

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Speaker 1: a very bad one. He's been busted several times, and

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Speaker 1: I've overlooked it because I don't want to break up

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Speaker 1: a happy home. My father is a big influencer in

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Speaker 1: my life. He was a pastor for most of my life,

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Speaker 1: and when he cheated on my mother, he got excommunicated

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Speaker 1: from the church. I know I should not be getting

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Speaker 1: marital advice from him, but he's a wise man, so

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Speaker 1: I'd rather listen to him than a therapist. He's always

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Speaker 1: told me to keep to myself and not to look

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Speaker 1: for things, and I will have a long and happy marriage.

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Speaker 1: Being in the house ninety percent of the time shields

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Speaker 1: That's why I call him ignorant all the time. He

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Speaker 1: can't even cover his tracks like a seasoned womanizers would.

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Speaker 1: I've seen inappropriate emails to his female manager, and I've

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Speaker 1: seen text messages and breastpicks on his phone from random women.

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Speaker 1: That's his thing. He always gets several breastpicks from the

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Speaker 1: women he's sleeping with. It can be two or three

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Speaker 1: at a time for all here. But there's no way

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Speaker 1: I should know what he's up to. Women in my

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Speaker 1: family disagree with me all the time and try to

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Speaker 1: tell me things about my husband. I asked them politely

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Speaker 1: to stop gossiping with me, because I'm not leaving this man.

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Speaker 1: My dad came over the other night and confirmed what

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Speaker 1: I believe he said. If it ain't broke, don't fix it.

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Speaker 1: My man still makes me feel like I am the

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Speaker 1: only woman for him despite what he does behind my back.

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Speaker 1: Am I a fool for letting the slide? Or do

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Speaker 1: I destroy my family and leave him? What a confusing

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Speaker 1: situation you're in and try to get us in. But

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Speaker 1: let's see if we can help you. I think the

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Speaker 1: first thing you need to do is stop listening to

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Speaker 1: your daddy. That's what I think, because remember, he cheated too,

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Speaker 1: he got kicked out of the church for it. What

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Speaker 1: he's telling you to do is what he would have

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Speaker 1: wanted his wife and your mother to do so he

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Speaker 1: could keep doing what he was doing. Cheat. That way,

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Speaker 1: he could cheat and keep his pastor's job at the

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Speaker 1: same time. So please tell him thank you, but no,

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Speaker 1: thank you. I'm good, daddy, I'm good. I know this

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Speaker 1: is hurting you. It's confusing you. Your dad's asking you

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Speaker 1: to turn a blind eye to your husband's infidelity. You're

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Speaker 1: not happy, and even though you say you have a

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Speaker 1: happy home, it's not happy in your home. You're miserable.

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Speaker 1: They all know about your husband, your family. You've sacrificed

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Speaker 1: your happiness for twenty one years listening to your dad's

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Speaker 1: crazy advice. I mean it's time you make some decisions

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Speaker 1: for your own, on your own about your own life. Okay,

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Speaker 1: tell your husband you're no longer gonna put up with

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Speaker 1: going to You know, all this goings on that he has,

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Speaker 1: this is crap that he's giving you. You said you're

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Speaker 1: not leaving him. Are you sure? You said you're not

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Speaker 1: leaving him in spite of everything that you've seen and

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Speaker 1: that he's done. But you you know you don't have

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Speaker 1: to take this from him. I hope. Yes. Your marriage

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Speaker 1: is very broken and it does need fixing. So if

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Speaker 1: you're not leaving, it's time to let your husband know

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Speaker 1: Simple as that, Steve, I don't know how we help

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Speaker 1: a person that don't won't help Lady, Why why did

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Speaker 1: you even write us? I mean, you know you said

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Speaker 1: in the letter. Here's a line that sticks out for me.

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Speaker 1: Women in my family disagree with me all the time

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Speaker 1: and then try to tell me things about my husband.

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Speaker 1: I asked them politely to stop gossiping. With me because

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Speaker 1: I'm not leaving this man. Okay, so what you wants

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Speaker 1: to do you ain't leaving. Stay down, stay down, stay there,

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Speaker 1: and quit complaining. That's all you got to do. Now.

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Speaker 1: Seem to me like in this letter, you need to

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Speaker 1: learn how to lap it, lick it and like it,

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Speaker 1: lap it, lick it and like it. That's what it

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Speaker 1: seems to me like, because you don't. You're not leaving

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Speaker 1: this man, all right, But now let me tell you,

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Speaker 1: let me get you to this point. You're fifty two,

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Speaker 1: you've been married twenty one, You got three teenagers at home,

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Speaker 1: and now you have more time to spend at home,

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Speaker 1: so you can be a bit more handszoned because you

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Speaker 1: really is. So you're married to an ignorant man. Okay,

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Speaker 1: he's a cheater and a very bad one. Now you're

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Speaker 1: married to an ignorant man. That's a Cheatah, You've busted

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Speaker 1: him several times, and I've overlooked it because I don't

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Speaker 1: want to break up a happy home. Who who happy

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Speaker 1: because they don't know Uh, he's certainly cool because he

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Speaker 1: sure that if he's getting busted and you're overlooking it,

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Speaker 1: if he's ignorant, or he realized he can do what

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Speaker 1: So I'm not really sure that he's ignorant. I just

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Speaker 1: think he realized you ain't gonna do nothing. When I

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Speaker 1: come back, I'll straighten it out. It ain't gonna be

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Speaker 1: able to help you, though, but I will talk to you.

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Speaker 1: All right, Thank you, Steve. Coming up, Part two of

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Speaker 1: Steve Strawberry Letter, respond to twenty three minutes after the hour.

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Speaker 1: The subject is if it ain't broke, don't fix it.

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Speaker 1: We'll get back into it right after this. You're listening show,

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Speaker 1: all right, Come on, Steve, let's recap today's crazy Strawberry letter.

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Speaker 1: The subject if it ain't broke, don't fix it. This

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Speaker 1: is just dumb. I'm fifty two, been married twenty one years,

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Speaker 1: three teen years at home. You work from home now,

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Speaker 1: so you spend a lot of more time. You're a

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Speaker 1: and you've also had had time to see how ignorant

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Speaker 1: your husband really is. Now, this is why you say

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Speaker 1: he's ignorant. He's a cheater and a very bad one. Okay,

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Speaker 1: Then you say he's been busted several times, and I've

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Speaker 1: for who because if you're happy in that type of situation,

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Speaker 1: there's nothing mean Shirley can do for you. My father

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Speaker 1: is a big influence in my life. He was a

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Speaker 1: know I should not be getting marital advice from him,

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Speaker 1: but he's a wise man, so I'd rather listen to

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Speaker 1: him than a therapist. You make the most contradictory statements

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Speaker 1: you don't want to break up a happy home. Your

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Speaker 1: father got excommunicated for cheating on your mama, and I

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Speaker 1: know I should not be getting mad till advice from him,

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Speaker 1: but he's a wise man, so I'd rather listen to

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Speaker 1: him than a therapist. Okay, okay, lady. And now this

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Speaker 1: is what his father said. He's always told me to

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Speaker 1: keep to myself and not look for things, and I

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Speaker 1: will have a long and happy marriage. What time the

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Speaker 1: father is this? Listen to me. He's wise, but not

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Speaker 1: to your benefit. He is give you you the wisdom

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Speaker 1: need as the person who's being cheated on. I'm stunned

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Speaker 1: that this is coming from your father. How old and

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Speaker 1: backwards ass is he thinking? And this is who you'd

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Speaker 1: and you fifty two? What you're talking to? His old

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Speaker 1: ass fault this old ass cheatah, with this old ass advice?

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Speaker 1: You get daddy old enough to have written of him.

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Speaker 1: Why are you listening to him? Shut up, keep your

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Speaker 1: mouth closed. Let your man cheating. Here they go. You

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Speaker 1: shut up, keep your mouth closed, Let your man keep

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Speaker 1: and let you old man keep cheating on. Let him cheat,

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Speaker 1: let him cheat cheat on you, and keep your mouth closer.

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Speaker 1: You have happy home now, being in the house ninety

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Speaker 1: percent of the time. It shields me from anything my

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Speaker 1: That's why I call him ignorant all the time. He

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Speaker 1: I've seen inappropriate emails to his female manager. I've seen

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Speaker 1: Why why he need a pass cold? Because if you

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Speaker 1: in a minute in the letter, you're fin to tell

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Speaker 1: is he? He doing it? Because he know you ain't

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Speaker 1: gonna do nothing. That's his thing. He always gets several

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Speaker 1: okay that you know what he's up to, because you're

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Speaker 1: because you don't want to upset your happy home, and

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Speaker 1: your daddy told you to stop looking for stuff. Women

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Speaker 1: not leaving this man. Okay, now, na I got a

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Speaker 1: clear picture of him. You think your husband is ignorant

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Speaker 1: because he cheats, He's been busted several times, and you

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Speaker 1: looking through for stuff, but you find stuff anyway. Your

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Speaker 1: him to stop gossiping about you and him because you're

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Speaker 1: not leaving this man. My dad came over the other night.

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Speaker 1: Now here comes this old food. Your dad came over

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Speaker 1: the other night and confirmed what I believe. He said.

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Speaker 1: If it ain't broke, don't fix it. My man still

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Speaker 1: makes me feel like I'm the only woman for him

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Speaker 1: despite what he does behind my back. Am I a

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Speaker 1: He may make you feel like you're the only woman

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Speaker 1: for him, but you ain't the only woman with him. Now.

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Speaker 1: If you don't signed up for this open marriage that

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Speaker 1: you're in and don't know it. I'd like to introduce

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Speaker 1: and as far as your daddy go, listen to me. Man.

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Speaker 1: Please don't advise your daughters based on Advise your daughters

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Speaker 1: based on mistakes you've made, and let them learn from

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Speaker 1: mistakes you've made. Do not make your daughters relive oh mistakes,

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Speaker 1: so you can be cleared as a cheetah. That's the

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Speaker 1: most ignorant mess I've ever stupid. All right, thank you, Steve.

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