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Strawberry Letter

This Soldier Is Never At Attention

Strawberry Letter

iHeartPodcasts

Relationships, Society & Culture

4.51.7K Ratings

🗓️ 9 June 2022

⏱️ 18 minutes

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Dear Steve and Shirley, my husband and I are both in the military and he’s still active duty and I’m retired. I’m raising our two sons and I do personal training for 3 clients to earn extra money. I’m in shape and I want my husband to stay in shape too. He works out but he doesn’t take care of his body internally. His diet has made him pre-diabetic and he’s on medication. The medication affects both of us because his soldier is never at attention anymore.............................................

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1:24.6

Time now for today's strawberry letter and if you need advice on relationships dating,

1:40.4

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1:51.4

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1:56.8

And you never know it could be yours. You never know. Buckle up and hold on time. We've got to

2:03.5

pull your head. You're a very letter. Clear it. All right, thank you nephew. Subject, the soldier is

2:12.2

never at attention. Dear Steven Shirley, my husband and I are both in the military and he's still

2:19.4

he's still active duty and I'm retired. I'm raising our two sons and I do personal training for

2:25.4

three clients to earn extra money. I'm in shape and I want my husband to stay in shape too. He

2:32.0

works out but he doesn't take care of his body internally. His diet has made him pre-diabetic

2:38.1

and he's on medication. The medication affects both of us because his soldier is never at attention

2:44.4

anymore. It's been close to three months and he doesn't seem to care that I've got needs.

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