Choosing Between Two Toothless Men

Dear Steve and Shirley, I am a 48 year old single, educated and professional woman that has never been married. I have dated 3 guys in the last 8 years and decided to give it a rest until recently when I met a very nice man that works with my aunt. We talked a few weeks over the phone before we met. Then he called me one day and said he’d been in a bad car accident and his face hit his steering wheel so he had to have emergency oral surgery and all he could think about was me....................

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Speaker 1 (00:01):
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(00:22):
And you never know this letter could be yours. Buggle up,
hold on tight, We got it for you here. It
is the Strawberry Letter. Think enough you subjects choosing between
two two toothless men. Dear Stephen Shirley, I'm a forty
eight year old single, educated and professional woman that has

(00:43):
never been married. I have dated three guys in the
last eight years and decided to give it a rest
until recently when I met a very nice man that
works with my aunt. We talked a few weeks over
the phone before we met. Then he called me one
day and said he'd been in a bad car accident
and his face hit his steering wheel, so he had

(01:04):
to have emergency oral surgery and all he could think
about was me. I rushed over to see him, and
when I got there, he greeted me with a big
toothless grin. His two top front teeth and three teeth
on the bottom were missing. He is already not that handsome,
but I was willing to overlook that because we had

(01:26):
a great vibe and a lot in common. We went
out a few more times and I was so embarrassed
by him. Then he said it would be close to
a year before he could get tooth in plants because
there was a glitch with his insurance. I was honest
with him and said, it's a big turn off to
kiss a man without teeth. I broke it off with him,

(01:47):
and he still calls to say he misses me. I
miss him too, but he still does not have his
new teeth. So I met another great guy, and he
is slightly older than me. On our first date, he
took his false teeth or partials out of his mouth
and put him in a napkin. He says it rubs

(02:09):
his gums, so he only puts it on on special occasions.
Puts them in on special occasions. I can't believe that
I found yet another man without teeth. The problem is
I really like him too. It seems like God wants
me to be with a toothless man. So should I
choose a guy that might get new teeth one day

(02:29):
or keep dating a man that takes his teeth out
whenever he wants. Please help. Okay, first of all, why
you bring God into this? God wants me to be
with a toothless man. You are forty eight years old,
you're single, educated and professional. Nowhere in that description does
it say you are desperate, and that's what you would

(02:52):
have to be. You would have to be desperate to
continue dating these two guys. This would be what we
call settling. Okay, And you don't have to settle. You
do not have to do that. Neither of these guys
should even be trying to date right now until they
get their grills fixed. If his teeth are rubbing against
his gums, he probably needs to go back and get

(03:14):
them shaved down or something. Trust me, they would not
date you if you didn't have teeth in your mouth. Okay,
if some of your teeth were missing, they wouldn't even
look at you. Come on, these snaggletooth guys are not
your only hope and they're not the last man on earth.
So just keep doing you. And that just means please

(03:34):
do not settle. You can do better and expand your
horizons a little bit. Go on dating sites. Ask your friends.
I know it's been a while, but you gotta get
more into it. Ask your friends to hook you up,
friends of friends to hook you up. Let people know
you're interested and you're single and ready to mingle. Or
if Tommy would say, ready to love? Okay, Steve, Yeah, thanks, Shelly,

(03:58):
great answer. Ain't got a damn thing to do with nothing,
Sherley said, I've been to tell you what truth is
in this letter right here, y'all all these feelings and
all this here, let's just read this damned letter the
way it's supposed to be read and diagnosed. Shelly's actually
trying to help you. I ain't. Yes, let's be clear, No,

(04:21):
I'm not. I've been to tell some people about their selves.
You forty eight old years old, single, educated professional woman?
NA so educated though, na so much? You might be
book smart, but who you're falling for? The okay doke?

(04:45):
I have dated three guys in the last eight years
and decided to give it a rest, and to recently
when I met a very nice man. Listen to this
that works with my aunt right there. When have you
ever met anybody that was an attractive that was friends

(05:07):
with your damn on. All my aunt's friends is utter,
asked people, and my damn on adding us ain't got
a cute friend. Hell, she ain't cute. Now, it's no
way you can possibly expect to meet an attractive man
that worked with your damn on bag, And right there,

(05:32):
nobody has ever met an attractive person through the damn on.
We talked a few times over the phone before we met.
You know why, because he already and new I can't
let you see me live. We gonna keep this over
the phone till I get you hooked. Then he called

(05:55):
me one day and said he'd been in the bad
cocks and did in his face hit the standwheel, so
he adn't have emergency all surgery, and all he could
think about was me. I rushed over to see him.
What why he just had jet head? A damn accident?

(06:19):
Oh how convenient this is? This raggedy mouth, asked, man,
been looking like this for years? That's why he kept
you on that phone for two weeks, Y'allun ain't mentioned
the damn accident, all right, And I didn't tell you
nothing about his mouth either. I got more when I

(06:39):
come back. All right, we'll have part two of Steve's
response coming up at twenty three minutes after the hour.
Subject of today's strawberry letter, choosing between two toothless men,
will get back into it right after this. You're listening
to Steve Harvey Morning Show. All right, Come on, Steve,
Let's recap today's strawberry letter. The subject us in between

(07:00):
two toothless men. Forty eight year old lady single say
she educated in profession, might be educated book wise, but
very easily can be Oky dope. Here comes the Oki dope.

(07:20):
Met a very nice man that worked with my aunt
once again, Who has you your ever bought over to
your damn house that was attractive? Ever ever in the
history of our families, name your aunt that has dated, married,

(07:47):
or been friends with an attractive man? Uncle Herman, Uncle Clans,
Uncle Heathrow, Uncle Lester. I'm just going down the name
on hold is. I'm just going down the knas it
is him attracted. No, all right. We talked a few

(08:11):
weeks over the phone before we met. Got to get
you over the phone. Can't just let you meet me
right off? Then he called me one day and said
he'd been in a bad cocciden. See this, he'd have
told this before, he'd have set this up before, because
I you liking me over this phone. Now we fit
to meet. Hey, I just been in a bad coccident.

(08:32):
His face hit the staring wheel where his air bag
at most cause over the last twenty years that had
air bags where his air bags at. How his mouth
hidden stand will tear out his whole damn mouth, Lady

(08:52):
laid in. He had to have emergency or surgery, and
all he could think about was me. I rushed over
to see him. Or when I got there, he greeted
me with a big, toothless grin. You ain't see no
blood on it. Digit he didn't have gall stuck up
in that diddy, Naw, just a toothless grin smiling. Did
his gums look like they had just been injured, Naw,
they were smooth and wet because they've been there for

(09:16):
a while. His two front teeth and three of his
bottom teeth was missing. And he is already not that
handsome good lord them body. Now we got an ugly
ass man with a ragged ass mouth. Ivy, damn you,
your educated ass is falling for the oak door. And
you know what makes him money attractive because it ain't

(09:37):
got no damn teeth talking about a damn cocks, And
didn't his mouth been like that for a while, y'all
ain't said nothing to you. She probably don't even know
you're talking to the man. She'd told you. And he's
already not that handsome now he ugly. Now he ain't
got a nice smile. He ugly inn when he talked,

(10:00):
worse when he smiled his word when he eats, just
spitting food all over the table. It's hard to keep
food in your mouth. You ain't got teeth. I got
to talk to people ain't got teeth. Before I get it,
I'll walk away from them because you're not gonna be
spitting on me the whole dog on town. Teeth, keep
food and marsh you in your mouth, along with your lips.
When you just got your lips, a lot of stuff

(10:21):
get out. Then you got to say words like tonight?
How you say tonight without no damn teeth? Tonight? Now
here comes some more damn spit. I was willing to
overlook that because we had a great vibe and a
lot in common that was in conversation. Girl. We went

(10:41):
out a few more times, and I was so embarrassed
by him. Then he said that he go to other part.
It'd be close to a year before he could get
his tooth and playing, because there was a glitch in
his ensuing, a glitch in the issuing. A year, he
find up center there the ragged ass mouth for a year.

(11:02):
I sail my car, I say my house, I say
my damn clothes. I'm gonna get me some damn teeth.
What I'm not fit to do is be walking around.
And you already said the man ugly and now he
got a ragged ass mouth, and he went in to
wait a year. Man, I'm taking out a loan. I'm

(11:25):
going down at the ever smile or or Ditcher bright
or smile brighter, happy teeth, a doctor heavenly smile. Now
I'm going to corrective denches. I'm going down to the
VA office. Somebody gonna get me some damn teeth. I'm
gonna go down there to the morgue. I'm gonna go

(11:46):
somewhere somebody got some teeth. Day and not for no year,
not for no year. I can't be no year with
out no damn play. I was honest with him, and
then I told him that I it's a turn off
to kiss a man without teeth. Now, hell no, because
it's all up in that. Now, your tongue just loose.

(12:07):
It's just loose. You have to roof, you have to bottom.
You's a tongue. It's just just like sticking your tongue
in a log. That ain't a kiss. You're kissing a log,
just a big hollow ass log. Yeah. Now I broke
it off with him, and he still calls to say
he misses me. I miss him too, But he still
don't have his teeth. So I met another guy, and

(12:29):
it's slightly older than me. Oh lord, you already for
the slightly older me old as head. On our first date,
he took his false teeth or partials out of his mouth,
put it in napkin. He said, he rubbed his guns,
and he only puts it in on special occasion. So
now right here, you ain't a special occasion. Now you

(12:50):
got another poe ass man that they bought the wrong
damn teeth. He might get some new teeth in a year,
and then he can't just take your teeth. Man, get
out of here, by all right, thank you, Steve, We
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