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

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Speaker 1: you need advice on relationships, on dating, on work, on sex,

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Speaker 1: like we're gonna read this one right here, right now,

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Speaker 1: and you never know, it could be yours. You never know.

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Speaker 1: Buckle up and hold on tight. We got it for

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Speaker 1: you here. It is a Strawberry Letter. Thank you, nephew.

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Speaker 1: Subject he doesn't cover all the basses. Dear Stephen Shirley,

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Speaker 1: I'm in my late forties and I'm raising three children

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Speaker 1: on my own. I've had my fair share of dating horrors,

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Speaker 1: and I would love to be married, but the dating

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Speaker 1: pool has p in it. So I've decided to like

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Speaker 1: the man that likes me. But I'm also doing whatever

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Speaker 1: I need to do on the side to be sexually satisfied.

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Speaker 1: My boyfriend is a decent lover, but he doesn't cover

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Speaker 1: all the bases. He doesn't even start at first base.

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Speaker 1: He goes straight for the home run every time. I

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Speaker 1: like the ball being hit out the park, but I

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Speaker 1: need those bases covered too, if you know what I mean.

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Speaker 1: He thinks he's my everything, and I let him believe

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Speaker 1: that so I don't lose him. I make so much

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Speaker 1: noise that you would think we're at the World Series.

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Speaker 1: Then once he leaves, I either have company or I

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Speaker 1: go visit one of my other men that know how

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Speaker 1: to please me. I just wish they could do other things,

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Speaker 1: like hold a conversation or take me out to dinner. Occasionally.

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Speaker 1: They don't even call me regularly, so there's no way

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Speaker 1: I could ever get caught up thinking they want a

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Speaker 1: relationship with me. Before you think I'm a garden tool,

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Speaker 1: there are two other men. There are only two other

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Speaker 1: men that I deal with. My main boyfriend seems to

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Speaker 1: love me, but he's never told me, and the other

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Speaker 1: two guys are only there to service my needs. I'm

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Speaker 1: just one of those people that need to be pleased

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Speaker 1: to set truly, or it ruins my mood and I

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Speaker 1: can't even function at work. My children get a happier

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Speaker 1: mom and better meals when I'm in a good mood.

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Speaker 1: Here's my dilemma. It was hard to find a decent

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Speaker 1: man to accept me with three children, So would i'd

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Speaker 1: be wrong to ask him to step up his game

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Speaker 1: in the bedroom. I don't want to run him off.

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Speaker 1: So how do I address the sex issue? Okay, first

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Speaker 1: of all, you know what, I don't want you to

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Speaker 1: think you're a garden tool. I just don't. You're a

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Speaker 1: strong woman. I'm gonna say this, you're a strong woman

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Speaker 1: who knows what she wants. You do need to cool

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Speaker 1: on what you have. You need to learn how to

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Speaker 1: get what you want from this one man. If this

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Speaker 1: is who you want, concentrate on him. And yes, it

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Speaker 1: is okay to let him know what you like. It's okay.

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Speaker 1: You could do it nicely. There's a way to do

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Speaker 1: it where you won't hurt or damage, you know, his

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Speaker 1: very fragile ego in the process. I think letting him

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Speaker 1: know what you want, there's no room for fear. You

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Speaker 1: can't be afraid he's gonna leave you. You're just standing

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Speaker 1: up for yourself. I mean, if he runs off, he

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Speaker 1: runs off, he wasn't the one. Just look at it

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Speaker 1: that way. He wasn't the one, you know. I always say,

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Speaker 1: no risk, no rewards, So you gotta take that chance.

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Speaker 1: You gotta tell him what you want from him, Teach

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Speaker 1: him what you like. But I do say now, while

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Speaker 1: you're teaching him, while you're in this teaching mode, you

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Speaker 1: gotta leave these other two guys alone so you won't

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Speaker 1: be distracted. You won't get caught. Your man might strike

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Speaker 1: out a few times. To use your baseball analogy, he might,

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Speaker 1: you know, he thinks you're he's your mister everything, but

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Speaker 1: guys got to practice. Now he can go from baseball

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Speaker 1: Game and then to the World Series for real. Okay,

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Speaker 1: you don't want to then you won't want to need

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Speaker 1: these pinch hit these other two guys. So I don't

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Speaker 1: think three kids. Three kids are not you don't have

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Speaker 1: to settle. A good man who loves you will take

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Speaker 1: to play them. So I gotta tell you again, get

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Speaker 1: rid of these other guys and give your relationship a chance.

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Speaker 1: Give it a chance. Steve. Wow, lady, it's so much

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Speaker 1: wrong in this letter. Now. I could take a humorous

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Speaker 1: be Uncle Steve on this letter. First of all, lady,

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Speaker 1: this whole way you're operating, it's just foul. It's foul. See.

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Speaker 1: I've had my fair share of dating horrors. I would

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Speaker 1: in it. Okay, that's okay, that's faddy. It's hard out there,

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Speaker 1: I'll admit that. So I've just it to like the

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Speaker 1: a bad concept. This concept is bad. This is a

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Speaker 1: it's especially not good for a woman. But then you

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Speaker 1: came up with this incredible baseball analogy. My boardfriend is

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Speaker 1: a decent lover, but he doesn't cover all the bases.

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Speaker 1: He doesn't even start at first base. He goes straight

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Speaker 1: if you know what I mean. Well, that's great, lady, great, great, great,

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Speaker 1: great gread but you have a problem here. You're treating

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Speaker 1: this whole thing as if it were a game. Once

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Speaker 1: dealing with people who are experts at the game, and

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Speaker 1: that is me. We are experts at the game. Now,

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Speaker 1: but when you play the game, ladies, it almost always

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Speaker 1: never works out for you. And I'm sorry because you

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Speaker 1: He thinks he's my everything, and I let him believe

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Speaker 1: so that I don't lose him. I make so much

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Speaker 1: Shirley's exactly right. Why are you doing that? Hang on?

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Speaker 1: Hang on? You ain'tbody taking you to dinner. They're taking

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Speaker 1: coming up at twenty three minutes after the hour. Today's

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Speaker 1: Strawberry Letters, subject he doesn't cover all the bases. We'll

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Speaker 1: 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 Strawberry. The

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Speaker 1: subject is, he doesn't cover all of the basis. I

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Speaker 1: understand what the lady said, But lady, the problem we

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Speaker 1: have in this entire ladder is you're operating under a

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Speaker 1: bad concept. You've decided to like the man that likes you,

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Speaker 1: but I'm also doing whatever I need to do on

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Speaker 1: the side to be sexually satisfied. Now, your boyfriend's a

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Speaker 1: decent level, but he don't cover all the basis. He

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Speaker 1: basis covered. If you know what I mean, lady, you're

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Speaker 1: using a baseball analogy, and which means you're operating your

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Speaker 1: with men who are experts. See, we've been playing this

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Speaker 1: game baseball, football, basketball since we was boys. We grew

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Speaker 1: And if you want to play it that way, it's

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Speaker 1: teach you a little something. He thinks he's my everything,

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Speaker 1: and I believe I let him believe. That's so I

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Speaker 1: don't lose him. I make so much noise you would

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Speaker 1: think we're at the world series. Well, what you're doing that?

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Speaker 1: For Sureley told you what you need to do is

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Speaker 1: work with this man and get him to become more.

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Speaker 1: But no, no, no, no. Once he leaves, I either

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Speaker 1: men that know how to please me. I just wish

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Speaker 1: they could do other things, like hold a conversation and

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Speaker 1: take me out to dinner occasion. Why what we got

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Speaker 1: to take you out to dinner for? You asked us

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Speaker 1: We're gonna take you to the rack. And that's its sister. Now,

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Speaker 1: they don't even call me regularly. Why you call them

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Speaker 1: I'm a garden too, there are only two other men

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Speaker 1: You're dealing with your boyfriend and two other men. You

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Speaker 1: you don't want us to call you a garden too.

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Speaker 1: Let's stop acting like one. I don't know how you

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Speaker 1: and I could be funny this whole letter. Trust me,

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Speaker 1: but I'm gonna help you because you got to stop this,

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Speaker 1: and you can't get out of it. Now. My main

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Speaker 1: So let me ask yourself. So, when you ain't getting sexed,

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Speaker 1: you can't cook, Lord have mercy, can't I can't Lord

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Speaker 1: have mercy. Here's my dilemma. No, we already know what

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Speaker 1: your dilemma is. You got to get sexed or you

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Speaker 1: can't function. That's the dilemma. Here's my dilemma. It's hard

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Speaker 1: to find a decent man to accept me with three children.

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Speaker 1: Stop right there. You going at this with the wrong energy.

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Speaker 1: Your transmitter is off. The signal that you're emitting from

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Speaker 1: your brain, your body, and your mind, that remote control

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Speaker 1: that you're operating sends back what you send out, it's

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Speaker 1: is because you don't require that they accept you and

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Speaker 1: now you're getting exactly what you put out. Would I

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Speaker 1: in the bedroom? Shirley said it best. That's your only option.

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Speaker 1: Ask him, show him, teach him. I don't want to

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Speaker 1: run him off. So how do I address the sex issue?

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Speaker 1: You wrote this letter, You wrote a letter that addressed

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Speaker 1: it all, But you can't sit down and have a conversation.

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Speaker 1: So now, since you like baseball analogies, let's go. What

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Speaker 1: You ain't throwing him. You know what you are? You

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Speaker 1: catching balls. That's what the catcher do on the baseball field.

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Speaker 1: You're in a squat position with a mask on, and

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Speaker 1: leave it there. If I were you, I would stop

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Speaker 1: playing catching and get a pet better position on the field.

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