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Any Child That I See Could Belong

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Jun 27, 202413 min

Is It Too Risky To Stay with My Husband

Dear Steve and Shirley, My husband has put my life in danger for the last time. When we started dating, he had a lot of loose ends to tie up with women from his past. Even at our wedding, an ex of his was in the parking lot crying and one of his cousins had to get her under control. We've been married for two years and we live in his house. Things have been quiet lately, and even his ex wife has settled down and stopped annoying me. He mentioned to me how one of his exes lost her dad and he was close to the guy. He said his ex moved to London, and they lost touch. He admitted that she used to live with him for a short period of time, but they broke up and he hadn't heard from her in over five years....................................................See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jun 26, 202413 min

Ep 383Overcoming the Odds: Tells us he wanted to be more than a Waffle House cook, now owns popular dinner supper clubs.

Two-time Emmy and three-time NAACP Image Award-winning, television Executive Producer Rushion McDonald, interviewed Tremayne Thompson.   A co-owner of Perfect Note, a dinner supper club with locations in Birmingham, Alabama and Atlanta, Georgia. The conversation is a rich blend of entrepreneurship, community service, music, and food culture. 🎶 About Perfect Note Concept: A dinner supper club offering live music and Southern cuisine, catering to a mature audience (ages 30+). Locations: Birmingham, AL (original) and Marietta, GA (Atlanta metro). Atmosphere: Grown folks’ vibe—no hookah, no club chaos, just good music, good food, and good company. 🧑🏾‍🤝‍🧑🏾 Founders & Origins Co-owned by Tremayne Thompson and his wife Karen (hence “TK Productions”). Started as gospel concert promoters in Chicago. Moved to Alabama in 2008 after a family loss and launched Perfect Note in Bessemer with a Gerald Albright concert. Initially operated out of a banquet hall, setting up and breaking down everything themselves. 📈 Growth & Expansion Perfect Note evolved into a full-fledged venue in 2016. Expanded to Atlanta due to demand from patrons traveling from Georgia to Alabama. Featured in the Huffington Post as one of the top 100 businesses to visit in the U.S. 🍽️ Food & Hospitality Offers Wednesday–Saturday dinner service and Sunday brunch with live music. Website: perfectnoteliveatl.com Tremaine’s culinary journey began at Waffle House, where he learned speed cooking and kitchen management under pressure. Emphasizes quality and consistency in food service, even during high-volume events. 💬 Philosophy & Community Impact Business is rooted in service, not profit. During COVID, they pivoted to drive-up service with $5 meals, feeding the community. Believes in mentorship and sharing knowledge freely with aspiring entrepreneurs. 🗣️ Key Takeaways Mentorship is vital: Learn from those who’ve walked the path. Serve first: Community support follows genuine service. Plan wisely: Dreams need operational structure and financial planning. Create culture: Music and food unite people across demographics. #BEST #AMI #SHMS #STRAW  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jun 25, 202428 min

I Wanna Teach These Twins A Lesson

Dear Steve and Shirley, you are not going to believe this. I am 30 years old and my longtime girlfriend has an identical twin sister. I can barely tell them apart sometimes. They both have short curly afros, they both have dimples in both cheeks and their bodies are the same. My girlfriend and her twin love to prank me and confuse me since they look so much alike. Their little pranking went too far and now I want in on the fun.......................................See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jun 25, 202413 min

Get The Funk Out Of My Face

Dear Steve and Shirley, I've been dating a guy for close to three years and I need some advice on a major issue I’m having with him. I love this man and he is a great guy. He loves me, too, and we have been talking about marriage. But here’s my issue… I can not stand going to his house because it is always a mess. When we spend quality time together, we’re always at my house and I have to encourage him to pick up after himself and not eat all over my house. He and his teenage son live like slobs and I have told him that I don’t feel comfortable at his house............................ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jun 24, 202413 min

His Female Company Is Too Comfortable

Dear Steve and Shirley, My boyfriend is very outgoing and when I started dating him, I gained several new friends, mostly females. I trusted him and I had no reason to think he would ever try to have sex with his female friends. We've been dating for three years and I went to his house Thursday and his friend Grace was in his bed sleeping. He told me she had a migraine, so he picked her up from work and brought her to his house so he could look after her and he told me not to turn the TV on because she needed the house to be quiet and dark. Grace started throwing up and he ran to take care of it............................See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jun 21, 202413 min

My House My Rules

Dear Steve and Shirley, I've been married for four years and I just had my first child at age forty. My husband has two children from a previous marriage. When I came home with the baby, he had his two children at my house and it was a mess. His son is fourteen and his daughter is eleven. My husband said they're not used to cleaning up, so he would get to it. His entitled children have a housekeeper at their main home with their mom so they don't have to lift a finger. I didn't speak to him for days because the house was filthy, and he shouldn't have me and our newborn daughter come home to filth. I told his ex wife that she should start now. It's not too late to give the kids basic chores around the home........................See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jun 20, 202413 min

I’m In The Military And I Never Enlisted

Dear Steve and Shirley, I am 57 years old and have been married to an intelligent, extremely good looking 60 year old man for ten years. We’re admired by friends and family because we seem to have the perfect marriage. At home and in public, we act like two teenagers in love. We send each other silly texts all day and we play all kind of silly games at home.............. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jun 19, 202413 min

I Can’t Stop Loving Him

Dear Steve and Shirley, I'm a forty eight year old married woman and I've been living alone for the past three years. My husband moved out and he's living with one of my girlfriends. Okay, wait, yeah, I had to let that be right for a moment. Yeah. I found out they'd been messing around for years, and I was hurt but not surprised, and I took it better than they expected me to. Instead of acting a plump fool, I called her up and asked her why she did it. She told me that I was neglecting him sexually. I can accept that because I did. He came to me a few days after that and asked if he could go be with her. I told him that I wanted him here with me. He said he didn't want to be here with me. We have a twenty four year old son, and he was there when my husband said it. He told me to let him go. It would not have been that easy if my son wasn't there................................................See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jun 18, 202413 min

He Who Finds A Wife

Dear Steve and Shirley, I am in need of advice. I am a 36 year old divorced man and I’m engaged to be married. I’m a middle school teacher and I have 2 children by my first marriage. My first wife is also a teacher at the same school and we divorced after I caught her cheating on me in her car with the track coach at our school. After the scandal, he transferred to a high school and my ex-wife married him. It was hell to have to work with her after she moved on with the guy that she cheated on me with..................See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jun 17, 202413 min

Can You Please Stop Touching Me

Dear Steve and Shirley, I met a man and fell in love. I'm forty five and he's fifty five. I didn't like him at first, but he wore me down and stole my heart. I have to weigh the pros with the cons all the time because he is very annoying. He's been very handsy from the beginning of our relationship. We went on a blind date and I was very nervous because he's older. He reached across the table and grabbed my wrist and told me that he could feel my heart racing by the pulse in my wrist. I wanted to snatch my hand from his because he was being too familiar. He walked me to my car and he had his hand in the small of my back............................See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jun 14, 202412 min

His Family Never Has Any Money

Dear Steve and Shirley, I'm married to the sweetest man on earth, and he's very outgoing and he loves to cook. Because of that, we never can have a quiet dinner at home. If he makes pasta, he has enough food to feed the multitude, and his family knows it, so they automatically drop by and fix a plate. My husband has styrofoam to go plates just for his family. I complain about his family taking advantage of him, but he doesn't see it that way. I do sneaky little things, like I'll ask his mother to bring a gallon of milk when she comes, but she always has an excuse not to do it. She'll say she wasn't dressed to run in the store, or she forgot to shop...................................................See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jun 13, 202413 min

Faith and Business: Soar! is a practical and easy-to-follow flight plan for launching the entrepreneurial drive inside of you.

Two-time Emmy and Three-NAACP Image Award-winning, television Executive Producer Rushion McDonald, interviewed T.D. Jakes.  A bestselling author, entrepreneur, and senior pastor of The Potter’s House. The discussion focused on faith-driven entrepreneurship, second chances, and building a lasting legacy. 🔑 Key Themes & Highlights Faith & Business Leadership Jakes emphasized that faith and business principles must work together for success. He shared insights on balancing ministry with entrepreneurship, highlighting his $500M+ film and media ventures. Texas Offenders Reentry Initiative (T.O.R.I.) Jakes’ program has helped over 17,000 formerly incarcerated individuals reintegrate into society. The initiative provides job training, housing assistance, and financial education to support second chances. Entrepreneurship & Wealth Building He stressed that motivation without information leads to frustration—entrepreneurs must learn business terminology. His book Soar: Build Your Vision from the Ground Up serves as a blueprint for success, breaking down corporate structures, financial literacy, and business strategy. The Wright Brothers Metaphor Jakes compared entrepreneurship to aviation, explaining that businesses must build their wings before taking flight. He encouraged entrepreneurs to view their business as a vehicle for financial freedom, not just a goal. 📘 About Bishop T.D. JakesBishop T.D. Jakes is a New York Times bestselling author, filmmaker, and senior pastor of The Potter’s House in Dallas, Texas. His television ministry, The Potter’s Touch, reaches millions worldwide. He has produced Grammy-winning music and hit films, including Heaven Is for Real and Miracles from Heaven. His latest book, Soar, provides practical strategies for entrepreneurs.  #BEST #STRAW  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jun 12, 202419 min

He Described A Different Experience

Dear Steve and Shirley, I'm in a long distance relationship with a guy that I dated in high school. We both married other people, and we both got divorced last fall, so we decided to give dating a try again, but he lives almost three hours away, so I don't get to see him as much as I'd like to. He came to see me over the weekend, and this was our first time having sex in nineteen years. I was so ready for it. He got in Thursday and I went to his hotel room after work. I took a shower, and then he put it on me like he promised. He kept on saying that I had been waiting for that moment for years, and he said I'm by far the best woman he ever had sex with...................................................See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jun 12, 202413 min

I Took Up For Him And It Backfired

Dear Steve and Shirley, My brother and I were best friends, and I love his wife like she's my blood relative. Her family has become my family because my brother and I lost our mom ten years ago and our daddy is a loser. His wife's family has welcomed me for Christmases, Birthdays and other family gatherings. All of that has come to an end because I took up for my brother and it backfired on me. I manage a restaurant that is in the county, far away from the city, so it's become the creep spot for cheating men to go on dates. My brother is the main one that's always hitting me up for a table in the back. Back in November, I put him in the back for a date with the lady that flew into town to see him........................................See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jun 11, 202413 min

My Sister Can’t Have My Girlfriend

Dear Steve and Shirley, I have some news to share with you and I need your input. I am a 33 year old woman and I have a female friend that everyone thinks is just a friend, but secretly, she’s my girlfriend. Girlfriend, as in lover. It all started about four years ago when we both were having issues in our love life and we started venting, crying and holding each other. One thing lead to another and it was on! I totally loved the experience and wish I could be with her more, but we live in different cities................ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jun 10, 202413 min

Why Would My Husband Pay For Her Vacation

Dear Steve and Shirley, I've been married for seven years and I need advice because my husband is being inappropriate with the girl that keeps our kids. I was at the hair salon and a girl that goes to church with me asked if I had the same babysitter that used to come to church with me. I told her yes, and she asked if I had seen the pictures from the babysitter's trip to Destin. I am not on TikTok, so she showed me the babysitters videos. I've only seen her as a twenty four year old, sweet, introverted girl that loves my two kids. On the video, she was taking shots of alcohol and twerking on her girlfriends and throwing her middle fingers up............................................See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jun 7, 202416 min

I Was In The Closet The Whole Time

Dear Steve and Shirley, I’m 28 years old and single and I’ve had the worst dating history of all of my friends. I was recently dating a guy that told me he had a stalker and we had to lay low for a while until she left him alone. I understood why he might have a stalker because he is fine and sexy with a bald head and full beard. He’s 36 years old so I was intrigued by dating an older man for the first time........................ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jun 6, 202416 min

He Was Outside Ready To Rumble

Dear Steve and Shirley, I'm separated from my husband because he cheated on me and the girl he was dating had a miscarriage. He left me and his son to be there for her while she was grieving. Yes, it was his baby. I decided to move on too, and I've been with my new boyfriend for two months. My husband never expected from me to get a boyfriend, and he was shocked when our eleven year old son told him that he's met mommy's boyfriend and he's really tall and he has a basketball court in his backyard. My husband did not like it one bit. He told me that my side piece is off limits to our son, and I had to remind him that his side piece almost had a baby by him, so he can't tell me what to do................................See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jun 5, 202413 min

My Phone Died So I Went To His Neighbor's House

Dear Steve and Shirley, I'm in the most trifling phase of my life, but it took the last incident to shake some sense into me. I was with the married guy that I deal with occasionally. He told me to stop by to get some money. So I went by his house while his wife was having dinner with her parents. I have my Lyft driver drive by the restaurant so I can make sure her car was still there. I went into the back door of the house and he greeted me in his underwear. He took them off and I had to earn the money. I love stuff like that, so I told my Lyft driver not to wait for me. We had sex on the floor and it was magnificent. He gave me five hundred dollars cash and I was headed out when we heard the garage door going up............................................See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jun 4, 202413 min

Motivational And Manipulating Man

Dear Steve and Shirley, I'm married to a man that calls himself a preacher without a church. I call him a motivational manipulator. He goes on Facebook and says he's a prophet, and he sees stuff differently than anyone else. He said he can sense when our dog has indigestion. Everyone in our house can sense it too, because we can smell it, but we humor my husband. He tries to spook our kids into not doing things that he doesn't agree with. My daughter wants to be a Majorrette at her school, and my husband made up a statistic about girls not getting accepted into good schools if they had been shaking their booties in high school...................................... See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jun 3, 202413 min

He Won’t Fight Back But I Will

Dear Steve and Shirley, I've been with Don for four years, off and on. That kind of threw me because she put his name in there. I've been with Don for four years, oh, on and off. He's a great friend, lover and hard worker, but he's messy. He tells all of his sister's business and his older sister beat him up several years ago. He didn't learn his lesson, and he did it again. His older sister is supposedly an escort, and he decided to share it with their dad, and she showed up but their dad's house and wore my man out. I couldn't stand by and let that happen because he didn't run from her or anything.......................................See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

May 31, 202413 min

I Never Knew That Men Fake It Too

Dear Steve and Shirley, I'm thirty nine and divorced. My male cousin is thirty, and he's been staying with me for the past month. I'm in a long distance relationship and I'm usually with my man, so that means my cousin has my house to himself a lot. I trust him, and I don't mind if he has company. But I was shocked to come home early and hear him and his female companion having sex. I heard him as soon as I walked through the door, and his screams made me think he was being attacked, so I was scared to walk back to his bedroom.......................................................See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

May 30, 202413 min

If I Had A Dollar For Every Time…

Dear Steve and Shirley, I'm forty seven years old and my husband is seventy four. I used to work for him and we became close over the years, but we never had any romantic interest in each other. His wife passed in 2021 from pneumonia, and I was there for him. I made sure he ate and took his medicine. I got a few ladies from my church to assist me with cleaning out his wife's closets so he could move on. It was a process that took a full year. He told me he was used to seeing me every day, not just at work. He said he liked how I took care of him, and he asked me to have sex.....................................See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

May 29, 202412 min

I Fell In Love With The Cookie Monster

Dear Steve and Shirley, In 2017 I met a handsome man at a nail salon. He stared at me the entire time so I gave him my card as I left. He called and invited me to his apartment for dinner and we have been together since that night. He’s a big flirt and a bit too outgoing and it’s always bothered me. Two years ago, I started checking his phone and he was always talking to different women. Whenever I called him a flirt, he would say he’s a people person. He works long hours and I don’t get to see him every day so that bothers me too.................See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

May 28, 202413 min

He Left The Restaurant With His Wife

Dear Steve and Shirley, I was dating Mr. Right for almost one year and we got a condo together and looked at rings together. He is a physician and his practice is about an hour from where our condo is. We dated publicly and I met all his friends and his sister. He never gave me any reason to suspect that he was married. He is an avid golfer in his spare time and he usually stays at the resort where he golfs on the weekend.................See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

May 27, 202417 min

Love @ First Bite

Dear Steve and Shirley, I’m a 57 year old single woman but I am dealing with a man that is slightly older than me. He’s a nice man and he just lost his wife so he’s trying to settle down with me. We have great chemistry in the bedroom and that is what’s the most important to me. He matches my freakiness and has taken it to a whole new level but after five months of dating, he said he wants to only do certain things for special occasions................See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

May 24, 202415 min

The Lounge Closed Last Year

Dear Steve and Shirley, My husband and I have been married for eleven years and we have our separate spaces in the house. This has helped us cope with the day to day stress of being married. I have a group of friends that I play cards with once a month, but I prefer to be at home, watching movies and reading. My husband is nothing like me. He's very outgoing and he loves to be outside, as he calls it. His need to be outside has caused a lot of problems, and it's the reason he's in trouble. He told me a string of bad lies and I called him out because he thinks I'm stupid. It was almost 2am when my husband came home Sunday morning............................................See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

May 23, 202413 min

All of These Woman Can't Be Lying

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May 22, 202416 min

He’s Not Used To The Real Thing

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May 21, 202416 min

My Daddy Is For The Streets

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May 20, 202413 min

Perseverance: Successful real estate broker overcame drug addict mom, being teenage mom twice and school dropout.

Two-time Emmy and Three-time NAACP Image Award-winning television Executive Producer Rushion McDonald interviewed Kimberly Kelly. Talking Points: Talking Points: Her background and overcoming challenges as a youth How she figured out how to make money with little or no assistance How she got involved in her current industries How she utilized marketing techniques to remain consistent in spaces of transition The type of message she can give about learning how to persevere through difficult moments Her various businesses and how she connects them all for her clients Real estate broker with six agents under her company Tax professionals and bookkeeper Property preservation educator Consultation services provider The pro's and con's of managing a business with a partner or spouse Family / Career Balance / Legacy Being a wife, mother and businesswoman How her son followed in her footsteps as a teenager New goal success strategies for entrepreneurs #AMI #BEST #STRAWSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

May 18, 202425 min

He Wants To Be The Center of Attention

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May 17, 202413 min

He Asked To See It and I Heard Him

Dear Steve and Shirley, My husband and I have an auto detailing shop, but we make the most money with our mobile detailing truck. My husband has been running the mobile detailing business all by himself because he said he can't find anyone that's as good as he is. Most of his mobile customers are single females that don't like going to a car wash. I go by the shop daily to pick up the cash so I can deposit it. I was there the other day and I overheard a female telling my detail shop manager that she had to stop getting mobile detailing because the owner was flirting with her and her husband didn't like it since she was talking about my husband........................................................See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

May 16, 202413 min

He Let The Two Girls Sleep Over

Dear Steve and Shirley, I'm thirty eight years old and my husband is forty two. We've been married for six years and his business has taken off in the past three years. He used to be a club promoter and now he owns a lounge with three other guys. I was scared to date a man that's always in the streets, but he's proven that he's just out to get the bag and bring it home so he can spoil me. I trusted him until this past weekend. It was his birthday weekend, so his partners threw him an all white party.....................................See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

May 15, 202413 min

My Wife Used To Keep Herself Up

Dear Steve and Shirley, I've been married for thirteen years and my wife and I work from home. I do food deliveries two nights a week just so I can get out of the house and give her some space. She goes walking with ladies in our neighborhood to give me space. I love that she's lost weight and kept it off, and so have I. We don't have sex as much as we used to, but when we do we still have the best chemistry. Everything would seem to be great with us, but it's not because my wife has let herself go in a lot of ways....................................See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

May 14, 202413 min

My Children Are Inconvenient

Dear Steve and Shirley, I’m 51 year old married woman and I’ve been with my husband for 7 years. We met at a rap concert while picking up our daughters who were both 16 at the time. He and I started talking about how we shouldn’t have let our daughters go unchaperoned. My daughter and her friends came out first and he got my number before I walked away. We instantly clicked and he proposed after a year of dating..................See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

May 13, 202413 min

Don't Threaten Me With A Good Time

Dear Steve and Shirley, My husband is driving me batty with his occasional drinking and mood swings that come with it. He has embarrassed me for the last time, and I hate that he can never remember what he did or said when he was drunk. On the flip side, he's the sweetest man in the world when he doesn't drink. Saturday, we had an engagement party to go to and my husband started drinking around noon. I could tell that he was going to be a problem because he made a few rude comments about my outfit........................................See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

May 10, 202413 min

He Said If I Write Y'all It's Over

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May 9, 202413 min

I’m Tired of Raising His Child and His Ex-Wife

Dear Steve and Shirley, My husband and I have been together for three years and married almost one year. When I met him, he was just getting a divorce and he was struggling with being alone. He said he was still really cool with his ex-wife, even after she cheated on him. They have a four year old daughter, so he has no choice but to talk to her to co-parent with her. He's thirty five and his ex-wife is twenty eight. He explained to me that he started dating her when she was twenty two, and when they moved in together, he had to teach her the basics like money management and how to take care of their household. I couldn't imagine how much he had to prepare her to be a mother. He made it sound like she had no home training................................................................See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

May 8, 202413 min

He Loves My Love Handles and Dimples

Dear Steve and Shirley, I'm thirty nine years old, and I'm sad to say that I've been a side chick for most of my adult life. I got used to men saying they were in a terrible marriage or they weren't married at all. So I started calling wives and girlfriends of the men that I was sleeping with. Earlier this year, I started going to church regularly, and I was celibate for three months. Then I met a really great guy named Jarvis. Jarvis is my preacher's nephew, so I figured he's a stand up guy. He said he was attracted to me because I'm always smelling good. He said he loves my love handles and the dimples in my butt. He asked me to be his girlfriend, and I got butterflies. I had to investigate him first though. I found him on Facebook and I saw pictures of his skinny girlfriend all over his page..............................See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

May 7, 202413 min

His Delivery Is Always So Shocking

Dear Steve and Shirley, I met a man, we clicked. He showed me his representative for the first few months. Now I see some things that make me wonder if I want to continue our relationship. These are things that I think he can control, but he didn't act like this in the beginning of our relationship. He has no filter in anything he says or does, and his delivery is always so shocking. I took him to meet my mom and he unleashed the madness as soon as we got in her driveway......................................................See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

May 6, 202413 min

It Was All Recorded On Her iPad

Dear Steve and Shirley, I'm a thirty eight year old married woman. This is my second marriage and my husband's first marriage. I have a twenty one year old child and an eighteen year old child, but I felt obligated to have a child with my husband because he didn't have any kids. We've been married four years and we have a three year old daughter. He used to be my world, but now my children are my world. After my daughter's iPad exposed my husband as a cheater, it was caught on videos, so there's no way he can make me believe what I heard was not what I heard. My husband runs a tax prep business and he does the payroll for his brother's business......................................................See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

May 3, 202413 min

How Does She Know Your Nickname

Dear Steve and Shirley, I've been married for five years and I had a baby in December, so I'm eager to get these few extra pounds off. Pilates has always been my thing, but my pilates instructor moved to another city. My husband loves his class at the gym, so I asked if it's worth me giving it a try. He said, his class is full and there's a waiting list because his instructor is the best. I'm a member at his gym too, so I went by one day and enrolled in any class I could take. I ended up in a pilates class with a nice older lady. But after one session, I realized I'm too advanced for her class, and she agreed. She suggested I sign up for the other pilates class, so I did. It was just my luck that there was not a waiting list like my husband said there was................................................................See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

May 2, 202413 min

He Needs To Freshen Up Everything

Dear Steve and Shirley, I'm twenty eight years old and dating a man that is five years older than I am. We've been together for eight months and he's someone I can see myself settling down with. He doesn't have any children, so that's a plus for me. The only issue we have is that he has sex with other ladies. He told me that even though he has sex with other women, I'm the only one he spends his time and money. He said, he doesn't want to cheat on me, so he's just getting some things out of the way before he settles down. We talk about marriage and having children together, and he wants to be married before he's forty..........................................................See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

May 1, 202413 min

My Topless Sister In The Hot Tub

Dear Steve and Shirley, My husband and I have been married nineteen years and we have two teenage daughters. My husband has seen it all and he has adjusted to bras and the laundry makeup all over the house, and he doesn't mind buying special items for the girls. The girls are totally in love with my younger sister, who's twenty four and care free. She's a nail tech and she's probably sleeping with an older man because she drives an expensive car that her quote man bought. She's a free spirit with a big personality and big wild hair. My husband jokingly calls her a weirdo, and she calls him a nerd............................................See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Apr 30, 202413 min

How Do I Explain The Silence

Dear Steve and Shirley, I've been married for three years and I work from home, but I have to travel sometimes for conferences. I often ride with co-workers if it's a short distance. Last week I drove and Don and Calvin from work jumped in with me. I made sure not to tell my husband, who was riding with me, until we got in the car, so I could act like I went up to the office and the guys just happened to end up in my car. My plan worked, and my husband called right as we pulled up to the hotel in Austin. I stayed in my car to take the call while Don and Calvin got our bags. It started raining, so I had to rush off the phone and get into the hotel because I couldn't find my umbrella................................................See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Apr 29, 202413 min

It’s Always My Fault

Dear Steve and Shirley, My husband and I have been married for nine years. In the beginning, we talked about starting a family, but he wasn't able to make that happen. We went to see a specialist and we were told that his little swimmers are weak. The doctor said he should improve his diet and exercise more often. But my husband made his issue my fault because I cook a lot of red meat and we eat a lot of bread and potatoes. I was so hurt that he blamed that on me. Then sex with him got worse. Gradually, he said it's all my fault because I come to bed partially naked and wearing a scarf over my hair. He said, those visuals don't go together, and he can't perform with me looking unpresentable. That hurt my feelings too. The bottom line is he cannot perform and his main character is smaller than normal......................................................................See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Apr 26, 202413 min

Fight or Flight

Dear Steve and Shirley, I'm a forty four year old married man and I'm in a very high leadership role with my company. My wife and our two children enjoy my annual company picnic, and they've been out of the country twice with me on my work trips. I came from the hood and so did my wife, and we want better for the kids. I've worked at this manufacturing company since I was in the tenth grade, and I worked my way up. My wife and I got married after high school.................................................................See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Apr 25, 202413 min

He Is Not Meeting My Basic Needs

Dear Steve and Shirley, I've been married for seven years, but we are separated. My husband saw text messages and pictures I sent to another man, and he didn't try to work things out with me and see why I was involved with someone else. I have had a boyfriend for a few months and he is a great lover and an excellent provider. I didn't have to ask for a thing. I don't have to ask for a thing or lift a finger when I'm around him. He knows how to treat a woman. My husband, on the other hand, would get upset and call me trifling if I ask him to put gas in my car or wash it for me. My husband didn't care if I was happy with our sex life or not. He only cared if his needs were being met....................................See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Apr 24, 202413 min