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Speaker 1: you here. It is a strawberry letter, all right. Subject

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Speaker 1: my lover calls me Mom. Good morning. Stephen Shirley. I

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Speaker 1: felt some kind of way. This young man is six two,

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Speaker 1: dark and handsome. He works out daily and what gave

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Speaker 1: it away Steve yea all three. He works out daily,

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Speaker 1: so his chest is all ripped up. I must add

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Speaker 1: that I'm still a sexy mom and a head turner

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Speaker 1: from then on. We did multiple passionate acts that afternoon,

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Speaker 1: and he was considerate and asked for permission each time

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Speaker 1: he tried a new position. Of course, it's been our

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Speaker 1: when married men call their wives mama, or when women

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Speaker 1: satisfied for now. So do I ask him politely to

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Speaker 1: she did, she did, Steve, And my answer is, what

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Speaker 1: does it matter what he calls you? I mean, as

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Speaker 1: You're doing it in secret, so clearly he doesn't want

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Speaker 1: not have a girlfriend or multiple girlfriends, and who hooks

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Speaker 1: things you're concerned about. To me, you should be concerned

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Speaker 1: about a lot more than that. I mean, you know,

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Speaker 1: asking you for new positions every time. Miss Gilmo, Missilo, mind,

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Speaker 1: quit seeing him nick. You know that's all listening to

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Speaker 1: it is. Why are we taking up our special time

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Speaker 1: nobody in finn to call her mama. That ain't gonna happen. Now,

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Speaker 1: age they went to college together. Yeah. But when I

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Speaker 1: need to find someone else to have sex with. No,

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Speaker 1: that's not what we're gonna say. But what we have

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Speaker 1: Or am I reading too much into it? You know what,

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Speaker 1: looking upside day radio going what Yeah, that's what you're

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Speaker 1: y'all just gotta thing for each other, doing multiple passionate acts.

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Speaker 1: But I love the part where he is so considerate

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Speaker 1: and asked me for permission, Like what again, Steve, you

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Speaker 1: Mama Patterson, it's mama somebody. Yeah, it's gonna be Mama Peterson.

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Speaker 1: Um stupid, Mama's gonna be Mama something old church name.

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Speaker 1: Ya ya y'all? Oh, miss up, Miss no No, I'm

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Speaker 1: gonna do that right, Miss Jordine, Hold on one second,

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Speaker 1: Would you would you mind taking the left half of

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Speaker 1: ship just right that, right that, right there, right there?

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Speaker 1: There you go? Okay, now, all right now, you're welcome. Listen.

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Speaker 1: Can I ask you something else? Surema? Would you take

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Speaker 1: Miss Jackson? Hey, Bobby, thank you for asking me so nicely.

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Speaker 1: You're such a polite young man. Do you learn that

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Speaker 1: in college? With no mom? Can I ask you asking

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Speaker 1: another question? What? Bobby? Could you stop talking? Yeah? You're

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Speaker 1: Go ahead, Miss Fitch. Now, Miss Taylor, Miss Taylor, what Bobby?

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Speaker 1: What can you bring my house shoe over here? Girl? Girl?

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Speaker 1: You so man? Did you ask to fish? As long

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Speaker 1: as he does it nicely, she says politely. I mean,

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Speaker 1: he's so polite. Oh man, all right, listen, don't write

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