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Speaker 3 (00:26):
All right, thank you, nephew.
Speaker 1 (00:28):
First of all, before we get into the Strawberry Letter quickly,
I'd like to say thank you to Megan Taylor and
all of the women of Her Women in Radio Conference
this past weekend. It was awesome. It was in Atlanta.
We had a great time. Yes, yes, yes, our girl
Mississippi Monica presented me with a trail Blazer Award, and
we just had so much fun.
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I mean, hey, we really really had a great time.
Thank you guys. Yeah, it was fun.
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It was I was honored, you know, surprised and honored
at the same time. Thank you, guys. But we have fun.
Monica and I clowned. Monica interviewed me, uh before we
I was presented with the award, and that was just
a hoot.
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To say the least.
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Nice.
Speaker 4 (01:12):
We got the call yesterday. Sure, I just got a
call yesterday. I'm getting the Women in Radio Award next year.
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See there, see there, look at that, and you're to
be there.
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You're going to.
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I'm going down. I ain't never got an award. I
ain't never gave an award for.
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This was the ninth annual Women and Radio Conference. Uh.
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We have them every year. So if you're a woman
in radio, we invite you to come on down. We
have a blast every single year. Thank you guys so
much for your participation. All right, so let's get to
the letter. The subject is something keeps coming up missing
Dear Stephen Shirley. I got reacquainted with an ex and
he has been a godsend to me and my two
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children for the past year. I've let him stay over
a lot because some days I work late and so
mornings I leave early, so he helps me with the boys.
He's been good about buying groceries and helping out financially.
The sex has always been good, so I'm happy with him.
When the boys go to their father's house for the weekend,
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I go spend time over my boyfriend's house. We got
into a heated discussion the other day because I told
him my sons are irresponsible and they throw my silverware
away and are eating all of their cereals and snacks
up as soon as I buy them. I threatened to
put a lock on my pantry door. He calmed me
down and said that wasn't necessary. He talked to the boys.
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This past weekend, I stayed at his place. I had
a salad, so I went to get a fork and
saw three of my forks were in my boyfriend's drawer.
Then he comes out of the bedroom wearing my slippers
and walked into the kitchen to make himself a turkey
sandwich with the three slices of turkey that I was
looking for, or at my house to make myself a
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sandwich the other day. Wow, this has gotten real petty.
Lucky for him, he had his own bread. I asked
him if he was the reason that stuff has been
disappearing at my house, and he said yes, like it
was no big deal. He said he took food from
my house a few times so he wouldn't have to
go to the store in the snow. He showed me
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a box of my kids fruit roll ups and he
said he took a new tube of toothpaste from my
linen closet last week. Is this acceptable? Am I being
petty for being mad about this? What's wrong with him?
Speaker 3 (03:37):
Okay? These are some of the things that have been missing.
Speaker 1 (03:40):
Umbrellas, forks, house shoes, toothpaste, kids, fruit roll ups, lunch meat,
and I keep finding stuff. So what maybe there is
maybe he's a klepto. I don't know, maybe there is
a little something wrong with him, or maybe he just
thinks that taking this stuff since they're together, is no
big deal. The problem with taking stuff is that you
(04:02):
got to let the other person know. You got to
ask them. She'll probably say yes because she's really filling
you and she's loving you and all of that. So
all you have to do is ask, baby, can I
take a tube of toothpaste?
Speaker 3 (04:13):
Baby?
Speaker 1 (04:15):
You know I grabbed a fork? You do you mind?
I'll bring it back. And why are you just taking
it and not bringing the stuff back? So are you
saying that he's a great guy but he's a thief,
because that's what it sounds like.
Speaker 3 (04:27):
And wait a minute, though, he's taking food from.
Speaker 1 (04:30):
Your kids, what is he doing with the kids fruits
fruit roll ups and they're cereal. Come on, now, he
does have a little bit of a problem. I would say, Uh,
stealing is a crime. I don't care if it is
roll ups. You gotta tell people you got to you
just can't take stuff. It's not your house. And she
doesn't do it. So you know you really like him.
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The sex is great and all that. He's been a godsend.
These are your words, but you need to really have
a serious talk with him. Stealing three slices of turkey meat, Yeah,
that's patty, So why is he doing this? Come on,
you need to have a serious talk with him. Taking
stuff is not cool, all right? Come on, nephew, Oh,
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come on, y'all. What is the big deal? We together?
Speaker 3 (05:18):
Ain't we?
Speaker 5 (05:19):
We together? What's the big deal?
Speaker 2 (05:22):
Yes? I took your sons oskamaia lunchables. What is the
big deal? Why aren't you tripping on my dess?
Speaker 5 (05:29):
We together? What's the big deal?
Speaker 2 (05:31):
Yes? I got his PlayStation. I was playing Fortnite. But
what is the big deal?
Speaker 1 (05:36):
What?
Speaker 5 (05:37):
What? Why are you getting them an uproar behind this?
Speaker 1 (05:40):
What?
Speaker 5 (05:41):
Okay?
Speaker 2 (05:41):
Yes, yes, I have your frying pan and I took
the fish that was in the freezing Okay, but it
was been to expire, so yes, I brought it home
in fried Friday.
Speaker 5 (05:51):
What is the big deal? Okay?
Speaker 2 (05:54):
Why are you you just I don't understand. Yes, I
took your your kids TV. I'm trying to watch March Madness. Okay,
I'm trying to watch March Madness. These kids ain't watching
this TV. Why are y'all tripping on this?
Speaker 3 (06:08):
Oh?
Speaker 5 (06:10):
Yes I did.
Speaker 2 (06:11):
I rode your son's bike to get some exercise. I
just haven't brought it back over there yet.
Speaker 5 (06:16):
What is the big deal? Why is he tripping?
Speaker 4 (06:20):
Yes?
Speaker 2 (06:20):
Those are your panties? Okay, my draws was dirty. My
draws were dirty. Hey, I had with some onphew.
Speaker 1 (06:32):
With Part two of our responses to the Strawberry Letter
at twenty three minutes after today's subject is someone keeps
something keeps coming up missing. We heard from me, we
heard from Tommy. We're gonna hear from Junior coming up
right after this.
Speaker 5 (06:46):
Don't y'all don't even use that, Michael Wayne, use that.
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we're going to recap today's Strawberry letter. The subject is
something keeps coming up missing. As long as it's something
and not someone I found in.
Speaker 3 (07:51):
This letter to be the case. Yeah, all right.
Speaker 1 (07:55):
A woman wrote in she just got reacquainted with an
exit she used to date, and she's saying that, you know.
Speaker 3 (08:01):
This guy is good to her.
Speaker 1 (08:02):
He's godsend, actually, and he's been good to her and
her two kids. They've been together for the past year,
she lets him stay over because, you know, some days
she works late and he takes care of her two
sons for her. He's been good about buying groceries, he
helps out financially and all that's great, she said, the
sex is great, all of that. So she's really happy
(08:24):
with him. But yeah, what's the big deal. She wants
to know if this is petty because certain things in
our house have come up missing and she's blaming it
on the boys. Now, she talked to her man about it.
He said, you know, don't be mad at the boys.
I'll talk to him. I'll talk to them. Well, that
was his opportunity right there, to tell her it was him,
(08:47):
it's him, it's not the boys, but he didn't do that.
Speaker 3 (08:50):
He kept going.
Speaker 1 (08:50):
He let her go on and think that it was
from the boys, that the boys were taking the stuff.
Now here's some of the things that he has taken.
He's taken umbrellas, he's taken forks from her, you know,
flatware collection, he's taking shoes, toothpaste, the kids, fruit roll ups,
they're cereal lunch meat, and she keeps finding things missing.
So she wants to know is this acceptable and is
(09:14):
she being petty and what's wrong with him? There is
something wrong with him, I said. Tommy said, what's the
big deal? They're together, aren't they? Junior?
Speaker 3 (09:23):
What do you say, Junior?
Speaker 6 (09:26):
What?
Speaker 3 (09:27):
What do you say? Yeah?
Speaker 5 (09:28):
Junior? What I'm confused?
Speaker 6 (09:31):
I don't know which man we talking to? Is it
the ex? Is it the boyfriend? You got too much stuff?
Speaker 2 (09:37):
Go?
Speaker 4 (09:37):
Because every time y'all have sex, some coming up missing.
Oh you're blaming every time you sleep.
Speaker 6 (09:44):
With this man? Or fork come up missing. You may
have lunch meat come up missing. I know one thing.
Speaker 4 (09:51):
Jamal Branton told y'all we boycotton Target because y'all damn
Joe down there.
Speaker 6 (09:56):
I know that everything that you keep coming up missing
come from Target. Umbrellas, lunch me.
Speaker 4 (10:01):
What if fruit rolland all? That's that Target, y'all? He
told y'all forty days.
Speaker 6 (10:06):
No shop, that's Target. Y'all. Take y'alla down there.
Speaker 4 (10:08):
Any time y'all sleep together, y'all keep going down there.
I don't know what you want us to say about
this level. We have grown people here. We don't have
stuff that's missing. Ain't nobody on this show got something
that's missing in their house? Where do I Where do
I care at an umbrella come up missing?
Speaker 6 (10:26):
I'll tell you what.
Speaker 4 (10:27):
Still an umbrella and nobody saw it? You don't know
who has it? Lunch me, y'all, y'all even got specific
three pieces of lunch?
Speaker 2 (10:37):
Really?
Speaker 6 (10:37):
That really? Three pieces? I don't know what type of
relationship you got going on.
Speaker 4 (10:44):
You didn't leave that man alone or that excelan because
stuff keep coming up missing?
Speaker 6 (10:49):
It ain't you boys? They are the only two honest
men in there is the boys?
Speaker 3 (10:53):
Yes, why didn't?
Speaker 1 (10:55):
But Junior, tell me why didn't he admit it when
she when? Why didn't he come clean when she talked
to him about it and was blaming the boys?
Speaker 3 (11:03):
Why didn't he say it?
Speaker 2 (11:04):
Then? Man?
Speaker 5 (11:04):
This is the ex?
Speaker 6 (11:05):
Is the boyfriend? Which one?
Speaker 1 (11:06):
Well okay, this we're talking about the man she's with
now who is her ex?
Speaker 3 (11:11):
But she's still dating him?
Speaker 5 (11:12):
Sofriend, it's the same guy.
Speaker 3 (11:14):
So no, it's yeah, they're one and the same. Junior, Yeah,
they're back together.
Speaker 6 (11:19):
Okay, I didn't say I didn't know that.
Speaker 3 (11:22):
No, no, no, no, no, it's just one man.
Speaker 5 (11:25):
So the two men they do go visit their their father.
Speaker 3 (11:28):
Yeah, their dad, boys do.
Speaker 2 (11:31):
So.
Speaker 1 (11:32):
But she's talking about her ex that she reacquainted and
and rekindled a relationship with That's who she's talking about.
So my question is why didn't he come clean when
she talked to him about it, when she thought it
was her boys deal.
Speaker 2 (11:44):
Let me say this, probably would have had to come
clean about everything. He probably stole stuff the first time
they were together that we don't know that.
Speaker 3 (11:53):
The first place she.
Speaker 5 (11:55):
Was missing where is my car? I know my boys
had a dog. Where stuff?
Speaker 1 (12:06):
I see that as a problem, though, I do see
that as a problem because he let her go ahead
and think that it was her boys said nothing, said nothing.
She told him her boys were irresponsible. These are all
chances for you to speak up, sir. You know, I
don't care if he is helping you out financially.
Speaker 3 (12:23):
I don't care if his point though.
Speaker 6 (12:28):
Shey't take the lunch meet when right, isn't it go ahead?
Speaker 5 (12:35):
But you know how you're so smooth with it.
Speaker 2 (12:38):
He actually telling Eli and her while he in hum
flip flops though.
Speaker 3 (12:42):
He got you.
Speaker 1 (12:46):
But he thinks this is okay because he just said, yeah,
it's no big deal.
Speaker 3 (12:51):
Yeah I took it.
Speaker 1 (12:52):
I took some toothpaste from your linen closet because I
didn't you know, I didn't want to stop by the store.
Speaker 4 (12:57):
What if we go to his apartment, all her stuff
over there, If we just go over there.
Speaker 1 (13:05):
That's where she found her forks. Yeah, that's where she
found her forks at his house. She thought her boys
were throwing them away. What is wrong with him?
Speaker 2 (13:14):
You don't You don't need all that deodorant. You do
not need deodor.
Speaker 1 (13:18):
Every He doesn't ask her can he have it?
Speaker 6 (13:23):
She just ten hankles right now, ten hankles.
Speaker 1 (13:27):
He got her clothes, just in the closet floor, just
on there.
Speaker 3 (13:31):
Just all right, guys, Thank you.
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