This Is Not Going To Work

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Speaker 1 (00:01):
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It is Strawberry Letter subject. This is not going to work.
Okay there. Stephen Shirley, I'm thirty three years old and
my husband is an internet thought. He did a local
commercial for a gym and he had his shirt off
in the commercial, showing off his muscular chest and arms.
He became popular instantly and he got a lot of

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new female followers on Instagrams. I had a problem with
the comments. The women were leaving, and he said he
wasn't thinking about those women. But I could see him
getting the big heads. So I decided to set him up.
I set up a fake i G page just to
flirt with him. I called myself Eve. I sent pictures
of my breasts and feet to him and he didn't

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recognize them. He didn't even recognize them. We've been married
for six years and he didn't even know it was
my body. He sent me pictures of his body too.
This went on for a week, and we didn't have
sex during that time. I DMed him as Eve and
asked for a picture of his naked body. A few
minutes later, he got up and went to the bathroom

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and sent Eve a picture. Eve told him she didn't
like body hair on a man, so he shaved it
all off, which let me know he was hoping to
have sex with ease. I decided it was time to
scare him, so I told him that a girl named
Eve came in my boutique looking for a red dress
to take a picture in because her new married man

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told her his favorite color is red. He started pacing,
so I figured he knew he was busted. I spilled
the beans and told him that I was Eve. He
was quiet for a minute, and then he told me
that he knew it all along. Then he flipped it
back on me and said, this is not going to
work because I like playing games. Is he lying about

(02:14):
knowing it was me all along? Or was he hoping
to meet Eve. How could he say this is not
going to work? Does it mean he wants a divorce? Well,
I can tell you straight off, yes, he was hoping
he would. He could meet Eve for sure. But this
so called Eve is right there and he's your husband,
So why don't you ask him if he's talking about divorce?

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And no, I don't believe he knew it all along.
I think he just said that so he wouldn't get
busted by you. And he's right. You were playing games,
you were doing all of this. You started this, the
fake I G page, all of that. You said you
wanted to set him up, and that's what you did.
He didn't like it, And this is the repercussions. You
were playing games. Be careful what you asked for. That's

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why you're right here writing us this letter. And although
I don't think this particular incident is serious enough to
be talking about divorce, because both you and your husband
share the blame and all of this. Him his part
for sexting and flirting with what he thought was another
woman and looking like he would have cheated if the
opportunity presented him presented itself for real, and then you

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for tricking him, for setting him up and pretending to
be Eve in the first place. I mean, the good
thing is that he didn't physically have sex with anyone, well,
probably because Eve wasn't real. Eve was fake. But this
was childish and silly. I mean, this was a stupid
game you play, and not only did you let him
flip the game on you, and now you're feeling some

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kind of way and wondering if he wants a divorce
now the trust is broken on both sides. And honestly,
as stupid as all of this is, it's hard to
come back from a situation like this. I mean, you
guys need to talk immediately. I say, you need to
apologize to each other and seriously try to fix this
if you can, because this is a dumb reason to

(04:07):
end a marriage. Playing games on social media. It's a
stupid way to get a divorce. Steve, Seventy five percent
of all divorces right now have a social media component
to it. That's a statistic that I learned while I
was doing my talk show. Seventy five percent of all
divorces today have a social media component to it. Somebody

(04:31):
brass evidence of Facebook, Instagram, ig something. They thirty three
They are both. They are in this technological They grew
up with technology. They thirty three, they've had phone, cell
phone since they were born. This is their world, your husband.

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You say, it's an internet thought. For those of you
that don't know what thought means, it means that garden
tool over there, you are thought. That garden tool over there.
The garden tool stars with an H. It is used

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to dig up weeds next to corn and other sustainable
vegetables and fruit and flower. Okay, he did an add
a commercial or some kind, took his shirt off, showed
his muscular chest and arm. He became popular instantly, and
he got a whole lot of new female followers. And

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you had a problem with what the women was saying
on these comments on this picture. And he said that
he wasn't thinking about them women. M what day is
it then? We ain't thinking about a woman. But you
can see him getting the big head. So you decided
to set him up, to set up a fake page,

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and you decided to flirt with him. I sent him
pictures of my breast and feet and he didn't recognize
them as yours. He's so damn stupid, this fool, this
dumb Your husband is dumb You know, man, I hate

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dumb men because it makes the rest of us look
guilty even when we're telling the truth. That's what I
hate about dumba. Your wife sent you a picture of
her feet and you ain't recognize her feet and her breath.
You hang on, Steve, Yeah, whatever. Well at part two
of Steve's response, coming up at twenty three minutes after

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the hour, Today's Strawberry letter, subject this is not going
to work. We'll get back into it right after this.
You're listening show, all right, Come on, Steve, let's recap
today's strawberry letter. The subject is this is not going
to work. This is a lot about a food in
his thirties that's in love with himself all over again

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cause some women fell in love with him online. That's
all this is. He did a commercial, showed his chest
in his arms, got a whole lot of new female followers.
All of a sudden. The wife read the comment. She
don't like none of the comment. He said he ain't
thinking about none of them women. There's not a date
that a man is alive on this earth that he

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don't think about women. I don't care for your own.
You're gonna think about a woman every day of your life.
There's no days off from this. This is your mission
in life. So you decided to set him up. You
got a fake page and to flirt with him, you
called yourself Eve. You sent him some pictures of your
breast and your feet, and he didn't recognize them. He's

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so dam there's no way my wife can send me
a picture her feet and her breath and I don't recognize.
Thanks him possible, immediately, dog, that's him possible in a lineup. Dog,
I wouldn't give a damn if they was close similar

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I know mine dogging, please understand, all right? So now
he's stupid. We've been married for six years. He didn't
even know it was my body. He sent me pictures
of his body too. Then this went on for a
week and they didn't have sex. Then she as Eve,
I damned him and asked for a picture of his
naked body a few minutes later. Now she right there,

(08:41):
this food, get up and go to the bathroom while
he next his wife and sent the neked picture back
to his wife, who was posing as Eve. Let me
first of all say this to this woman, absolutely brilliant.
Oh my god, my sisters. That was a brilliant move.

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You all have done it before. I've heard of its
being done, But to read about it, oh my god, brilliant.
His dumb ass got right up and went in the bathroom.
We got it, you damn dune. And then Eve told
him she didn't like buy the hair on the man,

(09:25):
this food, going there and shave it off. When when
you got up and went in the bathroom and follow
the instructions of a woman you don't know that ain't
your wife, and sent the evidence back to the woman
who is your wife, your ass is done. I can't

(09:45):
save you on this one, homie. I cannot save you
on this one. You cooking your own goose, I decided.
And so then, which is to let me know anyway? Well,
I'm reading wrong. The damn got up, went to the bathroom,
shaved off. Eve told him she ain't like by the
head and food, shave it off, which let me know

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he was hoping to how SEXUALI I decided it was
time to scare him. Oh the girls. So I told
him that a girl named Eve came into my boutique.
Now obviously the woman owned clothing store. A girl named
Eve came into my boutique looking for a red dress
to take a picture in because her new married man

(10:27):
told of his favorite color is great. Now right here,
I'm telling you what this dude is thinking, like, how
cannot get her to understand that this is my wife's boutique?
She can't go back in that. That's the first thing
he's doing. Then he then he's thinking, how in the

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hell of all the paces she wound up in that?
All this is going through his mind. Now, that's what
he doing while he pacing. So I figured he knew
he was busted. I spilled the beans and told him
I was eve. He got quiet, and he told me
he knew all along. Then he flipped back on you
and said this ain't gonna work because I like playing games.

(11:14):
And then your question, is he lying? Is he lying
about knowing it? Hell yeah, right, hell yeah? Because if
you know that your wife dog, you have tested her
too to see what's she up to. You could have
asked up for some necking picture come out, homie, But
oh no, you already got the breast on the feet

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and you're fail for it, so you couldn't even run
that back on her. She was absolutely brill as he
lying about knowing it was me all along, or was
he hoping to meet Eve? He fitted me he'd to
shave this food, shave his pubic hair all for his body.
He shouldn't have been didn't look like a g I

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Joe down I cast some strange ass woman told him
what heill like new black. Save the hair off your body.
You might looking like a damn dog like that you

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and you don't even shave for your white This is crazy, man?
And now how could he say this is not going
to work? Does it mean he wants a divorce? Let
me tell you what it means. It means. First of all,
probably you ain't the only Let me just help you.

(12:40):
You ain't the only e. He didn't just start this
just now to flirt. No igs been going on because
he was too comfortable. He just said, oh he going
another that you can handle that work. Let me tell
you real quick the problem, ain't you? Was playing a game?
The problems he played back the worst part he gotta
breshade and he didn't even recognized her chick his wife.

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He goes, he's stupid making pay. You ain't got a
divorce him, but you do gotta make him pay, all right?
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