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Aug 2018
13m 50s

I Don't Want To Be A Player No More

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Dear Steve and Shirley, I've been listening for years and decided it was time for me to get some advice. I'm a young brother in my early 40s. I have a great career and two sons that are grown. I'm a bit of a homebody so I don't hang out much and I've never liked hanging out in clubs. My issue is that I'm at a point in my life where I'm ready to settle down and be with one good woman but I can't seem to shake the women from my past. I have females that I have been intimate with and I consider them friends with benefits. I've been with some of them for over ten years.....

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