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Speaker 1 (00:00):
It is time now for today's Strawberry Letter, and if
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Speaker 2 (00:20):
It could be yours. Buckle up, hold on type we
got it. Fool you Here it is the Strawberry Letter.

Speaker 3 (00:26):
Thank you nephew.

Speaker 1 (00:28):
Subject he doesn't want me, but his friend does. Dear
Stephen Shirley, I'm twenty seven years old and my boyfriend
and I recently broke up after dating for seven years.
He is fifteen years older than I am, and over
the years we grew apart because of our age difference.
One of his friends stepped in to comfort me after
he heard us arguing in public. He's sixteen years older

(00:52):
than I am, but he's young at heart and he
knows all of the TikTok dances. He said, he is
drawn to me, and he feels like we connected better
than I could ever connect with my ex. That was
very true. We've been having sex for the past few weeks,
and he treats me very well. He calls to say
good morning, and we fall asleep on the phone together

(01:14):
most nights.

Speaker 3 (01:15):
That's how I know he's over his wife.

Speaker 1 (01:18):
As soon as she goes to bed, he'll call me
to come over to my place to say good night.
It is fun sneaking around with him. We both have
a lot to lose. If we get busted, He'll be
in divorce court and I'd be out on the street.
Because my ex pays my rent, my lease is in
his name because I was barely twenty one when I moved.

(01:40):
He doesn't trust me to pay the rent myself. He
treated me like a child that he had to raise.
That's why his friend is so much better for me.
My mom agreed that I should hang on to my
excess money and keep his friend on the side for fund.
The only issue is that my ex called me late
at night a few times and he wanted to come by.

(02:02):
I can't let him do that because his friend is
at my place a lot. My mom taught me that
men can tell if another man has been in his
house last night. My ex said he misses me and
wants to fix things with me. I have history with
my ex, but I'm having fun with his friend. Is
this crazy to try to juggle both of them? Now?

Speaker 2 (02:23):
You know it is?

Speaker 1 (02:24):
You know that it is. This letter is trifling. Everyone
in this letter is trifling and putting their lives in
danger at this point, everyone, well maybe everyone.

Speaker 3 (02:34):
Except for your ex.

Speaker 1 (02:36):
Your mom is wrong for encouraging you in this foolishness,
keeping your ex for his money and then his friend
for the fun. I mean, your ex's best friend is
wrong too, because either his current wife or your ex
could catch you guys, and then what and then here's you.
You're wrong most of all because you're bringing another man
into this house that your ex pays for and all

(02:58):
of this, I mean this, this letter just has a
disaster written all over it.

Speaker 3 (03:03):
You say it's fun sneaking around with him, and it
might be fun. Who's gonna lie about that?

Speaker 1 (03:09):
It might be fun until it's not till they find
out and it's not. But you don't understand that you're
playing with fire and you could get burned from your
ex or his friend's wife. Your ex's friend is not
really his friend, and he's just out for what he
can get from you, and you're letting him have it
every night.

Speaker 3 (03:27):
It sounds like, but I.

Speaker 1 (03:29):
Gotta say to you, please leave this married man alone,
young lady. None of this, the money or the sex,
is worth it, none of it.

Speaker 3 (03:37):
Steve, what say it?

Speaker 2 (03:42):
Girl?

Speaker 3 (03:44):
There you go?

Speaker 2 (03:46):
You know this letter.

Speaker 4 (03:50):
Just let us feel with just bad information, just very
very bad information on so many levels. Let me take
you through this. I'm twenty seven years old. My boyfriend
broke over me at Dayton. Were fifteen years older. He
forty two now. One of his friends stepped in to
comfort me after he heard us arguing in public. He

(04:12):
is sixteen years older than me, that make him forty three,
but he's young at heart. He knows all the TikTok dances. Okay,
let's stop right here. You mean to tell me that
you're fina base this relationship on a forty three year

(04:33):
old man that know all the TikTok dances?

Speaker 2 (04:37):
Who is this clown and man?

Speaker 4 (04:41):
Let me ask you something, what full grown man you
know of responsibility about his business? Mid forty that know
all the TikTok dances?

Speaker 2 (04:56):
Now, look, I'm not I'm.

Speaker 4 (04:58):
A little bit different, so can't use me an example
because I didn't even know they had TikTok dance what
let loone know him?

Speaker 2 (05:06):
And all of them? How many of them? Is it a lot?

Speaker 3 (05:10):
Well?

Speaker 2 (05:10):
Who got that kind of time?

Speaker 4 (05:14):
Also, he said, he's drawn to me and he feels
like we connected better than I could ever with my ex. Oh,
he's saying all the right things. She said, that's very true.
We've been having sex. And see how I love when
these letters just take a jump. We've been having sex
for the past few weeks, and he treats me really well.

(05:34):
Then this is how she introduced information, like, you know,
and you know, he feels like we connect better than
I ever could with my ex. Okay, ready for this one? Yeah,
and treats me very well. Look, hold on, I'm trying
to I'm trying to find something in the letter that's
very true.

Speaker 2 (05:54):
Okay, here we go. These are the jumps he makes.

Speaker 4 (05:57):
He said, he's drawn to me and he feels like
we connected better than I could ever connect with my ex.

Speaker 2 (06:02):
That's very true. Here's the jump. We've been having sec
for the past few weeks, and he treats me very well.
You ready for another one?

Speaker 3 (06:10):
Yeah?

Speaker 4 (06:10):
He caused me to say good night as we fall
asleep on the phone. Together most nights. Ready for the jump.
That's how I know he over he his wife. Right, girl,
where this story going? You on the rebound? You have
great rebound skills. If you was in the NBA, you

(06:33):
beat Dennis Roden.

Speaker 1 (06:35):
Hang on stee great rebound. Really well, we're gonna stop
you right there. We'll have part two of your response
coming up at twenty three minutes after the our today's
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Speaker 1 (07:23):
All right, come on, Steve, let's recap today's strawberry letter.
He doesn't want me, but his friend does.

Speaker 2 (07:29):
This woman is twenty seven.

Speaker 4 (07:31):
She has a boyfriend that's fifteen years old in her
makes him forty two. They've been falling apart and growing apart,
she said, because of her age difference, and one of
his friends stepped in to comfort her after they heard
him allga and in public one time. He's sixteen years old,
which makes him forty three, but he's young at heart

(07:52):
because he knows all the TikTok dance.

Speaker 2 (07:57):
I'm so damn confused. I don't not now one of
my friends know uh TikTok davy.

Speaker 1 (08:05):
But you don't watch Love and Marriage Huntsville, but one
of the stars on their Chris Fletcher and his wife.
Now Chris Fletcher is a TikTok dance star. He is,
so you'll know you haven't lived. Yeah, I bet he bawly.

Speaker 3 (08:26):
Can dance and he can dance.

Speaker 2 (08:29):
But okay, I don't care if you get what you win,
how much that pay what to check?

Speaker 4 (08:39):
So anyway, Then she goes on to say, he said
he's drawn to me and he feel connected better than
I could with my axe, and that's very true.

Speaker 2 (08:50):
Then here's the big jump.

Speaker 4 (08:51):
We've been having sex for the past few weeks and
treats me really well. He calls me to say good morning,
and we fall asleep on the on together most nights,
ready for the next jump. That's how I know he
over his wife.

Speaker 2 (09:08):
Girl, what really? What now to gain it? His you
ready for this one?

Speaker 4 (09:14):
As soon as she goes to bed, he'll call me
to come over to my place to say good night.

Speaker 2 (09:22):
It is fun sneaking around with him.

Speaker 4 (09:26):
Fun is the keyword here, because our fun is an acronym.
Oh and if you if you base your life around
fun at a certain age, you find out once you
keep having fun, there's a time limit to fun because
everything that's fun, if you do it too long, it

(09:48):
becomes an acronym.

Speaker 2 (09:50):
F you in. Yeah, it's fed up now, that's what fun.
Me is fed up now. And this is a perfect example.
She said. We both have a lot to lose now.
You're in a relationship to lose. This is stupid.

Speaker 4 (10:09):
If we get busted, he'd being divorce court and I'd
be out on the street. See there's no purpose here.
He'd being divorce court and you'd be out on the street.

Speaker 2 (10:22):
Because your ex pays your rent.

Speaker 4 (10:24):
My lease is in his name because I was barely
twenty one when I moved. He doesn't trust me to
pay the rent myself. He treated me like a child
that he had to raise. That's why his friend is
so much better for me.

Speaker 2 (10:39):
His friend. Don't pay your rent.

Speaker 4 (10:42):
His friend just come over to say good night after
his wife fall asleep. You said, it's so much fun
sneaking around with him. How long you think this going?

Speaker 1 (10:52):
Now?

Speaker 2 (10:52):
How long do you think it's gonna be fun?

Speaker 3 (10:54):
Her mom agreed, though.

Speaker 2 (10:56):
Here we go now.

Speaker 4 (10:57):
My only issue is that, okay, oh, okay, here this
That's why my friend his sold friend and so much
better for me. My mam agreed that I should hang
on to my excess money and keep his friend on
the side for fun. Your mama, stupid, man, You got

(11:19):
a dumb mama. You know parenting. Ain't you glad you
had the parent you had your mama? Your mama would
not give you this advice, but your mama stupid. My
mama agreed I should hang on to my excess money
and keep his friend on the side for fun. My
only issue is that my ex called me late at

(11:42):
night a few times and.

Speaker 2 (11:43):
He wanted to come by.

Speaker 4 (11:45):
I can't let him do that because his friend is
at my place a lot.

Speaker 2 (11:50):
My mama taught me that men can tell.

Speaker 4 (11:53):
For your mama him, you got to teach my mama
taught me that men can tell if another man has
been in his house last night. My ex says he
misses me and wants to fix things with me. I
have history with my ex, but I'm having fun with
his friends. Isn't crazy to try to juggle both of them? Girl,

(12:15):
You're not Finniah jungle both of these.

Speaker 2 (12:19):
You're not finish. You're not finish juggle these too.

Speaker 1 (12:21):
Men.

Speaker 4 (12:22):
You don't have the skill set to do that. Your
advice is coming from your mama. Your mama is stupid.
Your mama is leaning you down a dog path.

Speaker 2 (12:32):
No way, your mama is married to your daddy. I
gotta tell you this right now, your mama. I bet
your mama know at least three TikTok damns.

Speaker 4 (12:41):
Yeah, you ain't gonna make it because you playing by
some stupid rules. All of y'all need new definitions of this.
Ain't your boyfriend's friend. They not really friends. This ain't
your man, he belongs to someone else. You to check

(13:03):
on the side. There is no future with you. It's
just amount of time for this blow up. And like
I said, you are an expert rebrownder, because that's all
this is.

Speaker 2 (13:14):
If you was in the NBA, you be Dennis Rock.
No girl.

Speaker 4 (13:18):
If you don't stop this right now, your next letter
to us will be better than this letter.

Speaker 2 (13:23):
Please write us and.

Speaker 4 (13:25):
Keep us in form of with your next Strawberry Letter,
because it will be better than this.

Speaker 2 (13:30):
Steve it right.

Speaker 1 (13:32):
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Speaker 3 (13:41):
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Speaker 1 (13:43):
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