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Speaker 1: want equal Treatment. Dear Stephen Shirley. I'm in my late

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Speaker 1: My brother is cheating on her, and she found out

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Speaker 1: and we went to visit my mother, his grandmother. Well,

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Speaker 1: them because the woman has a really nice body. My

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Speaker 1: equal treatment as his wife. His wife wants it all.

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Speaker 1: The side chick said, if she's going to stay with him,

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Speaker 1: get his affairs in order. I've been living with this

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Speaker 1: do this to my brother? Okay? No, no, don't do

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Speaker 1: what it's doing to you, and way more importantly, you

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Speaker 1: can't do this to yourself. You just can't. You got

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Speaker 1: You're not cheating on anyone. You innocently took your nephew

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Speaker 1: You're bestie, they're they're all using you. You got to

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Speaker 1: I mean, your brother's manage you, yet he's the one cheating.

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Speaker 1: because you're in this. You got to stop feeling guilty

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Speaker 1: Steve excellent response. I think what you said is spot on.

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Speaker 1: you go. My brother's cheating on her, and she found

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Speaker 1: done that because you're a nice aunt. You wouldn't have

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Speaker 1: That's what's wrong. And when we come back, I'll explain it.

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Speaker 1: Subject of today's Strawberry Letter, they want equal Treatment. We'll

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Speaker 1: all right, Come on, Steve, let's recap today's Strawberry Letter

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Speaker 1: and finish up with your response. Subjects they want equal treatment? Yeah,

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Speaker 1: you know, this is kind of crazy. This woman got

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Speaker 1: who is your sister law, and your best friend lit

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Speaker 1: You told her you was clueless, and she didn't believe me.

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Speaker 1: But you had no idea he was over here, and

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Speaker 1: over heard the grandmother talking. So now what didn't happen?

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Speaker 1: Because it is your brother that ended up moving in

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Speaker 1: Then you say he ain't leaving his wife, and I

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Speaker 1: be even message. Your brother is the one that's had

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Speaker 1: the support system business. You ain't don't ever help nobody

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Speaker 1: The only way you're supposed to get involved in this,

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Speaker 1: that he's all hers. I told him he in way

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Speaker 1: Let me explain to you what's wrong here. Your brother

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Speaker 1: Ain't no where in the hell. He got two rains,

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Speaker 1: that if he wanted to sleep with you. Your therapist

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Speaker 1: is a woman. Yeah, and this ain't the time for that,

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Speaker 1: all right. Steve hit us up on Instagram. I'm at

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Speaker 1: Steve Harvey FM Strawberry Letter. You can also check out

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Speaker 1: Stave Harvey Morning Show