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Speaker 1 (00:00):
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Speaker 1 (00:26):
Subject she got him fighting for her. Dear Stephen Shirley,
my co worker and I have a strong bond. I
am what you would call his work wife. My work
husband and my real husband talk often, and since my
work husband is dating a scandalous woman, my husband has
been counseling him a lot. When my husband and I
met the girlfriend, she looked at us like we were
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garbage and didn't deserve to be in her presence. She
was overdressed for dinner, and when the waiter offered us wine,
she said that she only drinks champagne. But the way
she broke all those verbs wasn't classy at all. My
work husband can't see it, though he's pea whipped and
he is talking about marrying this low budget, scandalous woman.
Whenever they are out. He's had to check several guys
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for being overly friendly with her. It made me skeptical,
and I was right. She is the problem. She's a
big flirt and likes to make eye contact with men.
It's like she's insatiable and needs all of the attention
from every man in the room, even my husband. My
husband peeped it too and said that she always does
too much around him. This past Saturday was a telltale
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sign that she's trouble, but my work husband is taking
her side once again. She works as a leasing manager
at a high rise building and my work husband popped
up at her job. There was a man in the
office yelling at her. When she saw my work husband,
she tried to get the other man to leave, but
he kept done cursing her out. My work husband stepped
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right in and almost got into a fight with the man,
but the secure guards separated them. She never told them
who this guy is or why he was so angry.
She is very dangerous. Should we keep trying to help
him or should we stay out of this?
Speaker 2 (02:11):
Now?
Speaker 1 (02:11):
I know you know the answer to this. You gotta
stay out of this. This is not your business. How
is this your business? Leave this one alone. You said
it best. He's just whipped right now. He's just whipped.
He's got to work through that on his own. When
he's ready to fight physically fight for someone like this.
His feelings run deep for her. If this girl is
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trash like you say, he wouldn't be able to see
it anyway if you told him so. Don't risk your
friendship over her. Okay, the truth will come out about
her eventually, and when it does, that's when you, guys,
stand by your so called work husband, because he will
need a shoulder on which to vent. Then. As for you,
I just say, you know, mind your business, stay out
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of this stuff. Let's you know that's them. You got
a husband of your own to deal with. And I
even would tone down the work husband thing in front
of your own husband. They might be friends now and
he might be cool with it now, but I just say,
leave that stuff at work and leave you and your husband.
Leave that other couple alone, and stay out of their business.
I don't think it's gonna do you any good, Steve.
Speaker 3 (03:19):
I don't want to respond to this with them. I
think it's ridiculous. I think it's a waste of time.
Did an adequate job. Surely it's nothing we could do.
I don't even care. I just don't. I'm not even
gonna waste my time on this letter. I'm not gonna
break it down or none of that.
Speaker 2 (03:33):
I'm not.
Speaker 3 (03:34):
First of all, this work wife, work husband thing. What
y'all doing now? He counseling the dude? He liked this woman,
She trashedy, she flirt with all his men, getting cussed
out at the rental office. Your husband, Finnah get in
a fight. This is igney right here. Why y'all in it?
Speaker 4 (03:50):
Why y'all?
Speaker 3 (03:51):
He grown ass man? He want to marry her? Let
him marry her? He don't see it.
Speaker 1 (03:55):
He will, he's true.
Speaker 2 (03:58):
What else y'all want to talk about?
Speaker 3 (03:59):
They were going on, junior man, Mississippi everything. No, I
ain't getting a letter, no more damn time my whole
next break, we can do something else. I'm not gonna
deal with this right here. And because it's trash, I'm
too old for this. I ain't got no time for
this man whole life. I got to worry about.
Speaker 1 (04:19):
One question, though, Steve, what about the fact that he
wanted to fight for her. He was gonna jump on
this guy that was cursing her out her husband.
Speaker 2 (04:26):
Okay, look, I can understand a man being honorable.
Speaker 1 (04:30):
Uh huh.
Speaker 3 (04:30):
You know, you know it was one of my wife's
friends is somewhere and I walk in the dude cussing her.
I'm gonna I'm gonna try to slow it down, you know. Now,
you know as long if you if you, if you
hitting her, then I'm gonna.
Speaker 2 (04:44):
Jump in here.
Speaker 3 (04:44):
I'm gonna jump on you. I'm not gonna sit here
and watch a man be a woman. That's not what
I'm gonna do. But if y'all cussing and arguing, then
that's my special is cussing. So I'm gonna jump in there.
I promise you I can go with you with this cussing.
Speaker 1 (05:00):
Uh huh.
Speaker 3 (05:01):
So we're just gonna be in here, customer, but we
ain't got to fight, you know, And that's just say
what's the next question you want?
Speaker 2 (05:07):
Because I'm not dealing with this lefting?
Speaker 1 (05:09):
Okay, all right, so you're done with the letter?
Speaker 2 (05:12):
Yeah, I'm done. I really, it really don't make no sense.
Everybody listened, not this.
Speaker 1 (05:16):
Yeah, it is.
Speaker 2 (05:17):
I got no advice for him.
Speaker 3 (05:18):
I ain't got no advice for you, y'all in that
talking about work wife, work or work husband.
Speaker 2 (05:22):
Y'all students, just.
Speaker 1 (05:23):
Leave it alone. Yeah, you already have a real husband.
Speaker 2 (05:27):
Ain't y'all got enough problem?
Speaker 3 (05:30):
Y'all you married, y'all, ain't got enough going on between
the two of you to add what's going on with
this fool and this eff He ain't even married to man?
Speaker 1 (05:40):
Please, but he really loves her though, or has strong
feelings for this woman though he is, he's going all
out for her.
Speaker 2 (05:48):
That ain't love, that's you in love lust.
Speaker 3 (05:53):
But if he's fighting for your husband, hey, work, it's
okay for him to try to defead the woman's honor.
But now it's almost getting in the fight with her.
That bout what all they was doing was cussing. So
if I walk in and we cussing, Oh.
Speaker 1 (06:13):
He was yelling at her and then cussing her out.
Remember the till you try to go without cussing for
a day. That worked for about what last ten minutes?
Speaker 3 (06:22):
Yeah, man, Matt Man, I had attention headache.
Speaker 4 (06:28):
All right.
Speaker 1 (06:28):
See when we come back, we have a we have
a more call. We have another call for you.
Speaker 2 (06:35):
Huh anything, anything, but we ain't doing this letter, all.
Speaker 1 (06:38):
Right, eight seven seven twenty nine, Steve. We'll come back
at twenty three minutes after the hour and we'll take
another voicemail for Steve right after this. You're listening hard
morning show. All right, Steve today Strawberry letter. The subject
is she's got him fighting for her. Let's recap and
just let the people know you're mad about this letter.
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You're upset.
Speaker 3 (06:59):
I already said I'm not doing this that I'm already
said I'm not because everybody got no time for you.
Speaker 2 (07:07):
Now we the Dounele.
Speaker 3 (07:08):
Recapped the man sitting up in here, the guy with
a lady that's kind of got like tendency, you know,
garden to tendency that he whipped over and now its
his her work husband and you know, not her man
down there all be fighting over this.
Speaker 2 (07:24):
Help. I'm just getting cut out of it. That's exaction.
I ain't told you I wasn't doing this.
Speaker 1 (07:29):
But the woman who wrote in wants to know should
she stay out of it because she and her real
husband see things in this woman. They think she's dangerous
and all of that. So she wants to know should
they keep trying to help her work husband or should
they stay out of it. That's the issue that's repons
to that.
Speaker 2 (07:50):
So you know I'm being that for the podcast.
Speaker 1 (07:54):
So why are you being immature crazy today?
Speaker 2 (07:59):
So put that on the podcast?
Speaker 1 (08:02):
So stop now, don't say that, all right, do it right?
Speaker 2 (08:07):
I'm just done it right. I'm telling you this.
Speaker 3 (08:10):
I'm just as an ignorant ass letter and we spend
it too much time on this here, it's your birthday,
sherefy is celebrating your life and all this shit. Well,
let me tie this to your birthday. And this is
what you want. You want to seem a gift. This
is what I do for a living.
Speaker 2 (08:25):
My cowork and I have a strong bond.
Speaker 3 (08:28):
That's me and Sheriffan and shely is what you call
my work wife now, and I'm Shirley's work husband and
my real wife.
Speaker 2 (08:40):
They talked often.
Speaker 3 (08:41):
Since my work husband is dating a scandalous woman. Now,
this is why I gotta get out this damn letter.
Yes me too, I'm not dating a scandalous woman. But
when Shirley first got the job, I thought.
Speaker 2 (08:55):
She was scandalous.
Speaker 3 (08:57):
It's just she turned out she wasn't because keep her
job by wearing uh these afro pufsing this tight lemon streat.
Speaker 2 (09:07):
So not sure you had afros.
Speaker 1 (09:09):
No one during that time in two thousand was wearing
afro pups, Steve, And that's what I said. I never
wore afro pubs, That's.
Speaker 2 (09:16):
What I said.
Speaker 3 (09:17):
That's why I didn't know how you thought that was
gonna work on you. You're coming to work with them
little afro.
Speaker 1 (09:22):
Puffing, No, that is not true.
Speaker 3 (09:25):
And anyway, Uh, she's a big flirt and likes to
make eye contact with men. Now, surely don't flirt, but
she do make eye contract, even by accident because them
eyes is out her head by as far as they
could be. Surely always make an eye contact. And then
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my husband peeped it too and said she always does
too much around him. And so anyway, man, that was
a man in the office yelling at her one time,
and when she saw my work husband, she tried to
get the other man to leave, but he kept cursing
her out and my work husband stepped up almost got.
Speaker 2 (10:04):
Into a fight.
Speaker 1 (10:05):
Uh huh, yeah, I mean, and the obvious should we
stay out of it or just keep trying to help them. Yes,
you should stay out of it. No, you shouldn't try.
Speaker 2 (10:15):
To help them.
Speaker 1 (10:16):
Yeah, the end. All right, I think we have time
if you want to move on. Now are you done?
Speaker 2 (10:21):
Thank you anything?
Speaker 3 (10:23):
All right?
Speaker 1 (10:23):
You know what, we have a call. We have a call.
Someone left your voicemail from Detroit, mister Patterson. Let's hear it.
Speaker 4 (10:30):
Hey see, my name is mister Courtney Patterson. I live
in the city of Detroit. I just wanted to call
and say that I like what you do over the
radio when you're encouraged people, when you come on at
six o'clock in the morning. I listen to you every time.
All I wanted to say is that your encouragement helps
me through today. Your couragement helps me while I'm at work.
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And I just wanted to ask you from the bottom
my heart, please don't stop doing that because you're doing
a great job. I wish you was a preacher and
I'll be in front of you at the church. Have
a blessed love you all. You are doing a good job.
Speaker 2 (11:08):
B Well.
Speaker 3 (11:09):
I want to say, first of all to anybody that
puts a full name on a call, I respect you
so thank you.
Speaker 2 (11:15):
Brother.
Speaker 3 (11:16):
I'm not gonna stop because It's a promise I made
to you a long time ago when I was homeless
and struggling, and I told God, if you let me
make it, and when I get there, I was gonna
tell everybody about it. And so that's a promise I
have to keep. I have to open and everything. If
you watch Family Few closely on the daily basis, you'll
see in that I always sprinkle in something about the
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God what He's done for me. Always this radio show,
no exception. Every night before I started my stand up
I say before I get started, I like to say
that God is everything.
Speaker 2 (11:50):
Without God, I wouldn't be nothing, and then I would
start my show.
Speaker 3 (11:54):
I've always been that way because I've always asked God
to let me make uh now and especially Detroit special
city to me. It was my favorite city to perform in.
Of all my cities, it's always been Detroit. Now, let
me say this about you wishing I was a preacher. Oh,
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that probably ain't a real good idea of Brother pat
because you know I'm serving the Lord. I'm an army.
I'm a soldier in the army for christ Ah. But
I got a different role. Preachers are in the ministry.
You got the nurses, guill you got the usher boy,
you got choir members, you got you know, people that
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work in the chick in all types of ways. Those
are all roles in the army. Some people drive the
church van transport, some people on the nurses Guild.
Speaker 1 (12:54):
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