He Said It Was A Break, Not A Breakup - 04.17.25

Strawberry Letter

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Relationships, Society & Culture

4.4 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 17 April 2025

⏱️ 16 minutes

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Summary

The Strawberry Letter for Thursday, April 17th, 2025: "He Said It Was A Break, Not A Breakup"

A woman writes in after finding out that her longtime boyfriend was not faithful while they were on a "break". She confronted him and was upset by his noncommittal attitude. She wants to know if she should stay of leave. Listen to Steve & Shirley's responses!

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0:00.0	In 2020, a group of young woman found themselves in an AI-fueled nightmare.
0:05.8	Someone was posting photos.
0:08.1	It was just me naked.
0:09.5	Well, not me, but me with someone else's body part.
0:13.2	This is Levitown, a new podcast from IHeart Podcasts, Bloomberg and Colliderscope,
0:18.2	about the rise of deep fate pornography and the battle to stop it.
0:22.1	Listen to Levittown on Bloomberg's Big Take podcast.
0:25.4	Find it on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.
0:30.0	It is time now for today's Strawberry Letter.
0:32.8	And if you need advice on relationships, dating, work, sex, parenting, and more.
0:36.9	Please submit your Strawberry Letter to Steve RVFM.com and click submit strawberry letter.
0:41.8	We could be reading your letter live on the air, just like we're going to read this one
0:45.9	right here, right now, and you never know it could be yours.
0:49.3	It could be yours.
0:50.7	Buckle up and hold on tight.
0:51.7	We got it for you.
0:52.4	Here it is.
0:53.4	Strawberry letter. All right up and hold on tight. We got it for you. Here it is. Strawberry letter.
0:54.9	All right, nephew, thank you. Subject, he said it was a break, not a breakup.
0:59.9	Dear Stephen Shirley, I was in a relationship for seven years with a man that sent mixed signals.
1:05.8	I chose to leave the relationship and I don't think that he cares. He told a mutual friend that we broke up a lot and got back together.
1:13.7	I thought we were taking breaks, not breaking up.
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