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Speaker 1: And we as women always want our men, our men

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Speaker 1: come on, it takes us a minute. Okay. Our bodies

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Speaker 1: She's breathing real heavily. So now you're concerned about her health,

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Speaker 1: which is how you should have started the conversation. And

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Speaker 1: So anyway, so you want to know what should you do.

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Speaker 1: You got to encourage her more and you know, build

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Speaker 1: That's not the issue. So what should you do? We

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Speaker 1: heard from Junior. Now your turn, Jay, look ahead, look ahead. Due.

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Speaker 1: First of all, there are a lot of big people

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Speaker 1: to do is your little skin ass need to eat up.

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Speaker 1: That's what she needed. He needs to put some weight

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Speaker 1: When she picked up speeding, you could hit him feet pounding.

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Speaker 1: I mean, we're in got it got louder and louder.

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Speaker 1: So dude, Yolas need to eat ja. I just know

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Speaker 1: You need to have a sandwich in your damn hand.

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Speaker 1: All right, Encourage your girl because I love you, and

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Speaker 1: What do you have to say to this forty year

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Speaker 1: It up a out of butt and a shout half cut.

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Speaker 1: Oh my god, you got me reminiscing key wee, big baby. Oh.

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Speaker 1: Your biscuit booted brug That is when we would come

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Speaker 1: That's when we get nothing but fruit, just all kinds

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Speaker 1: baby they're neked eating fruit. You feed me, I feed you.

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