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Jul 2022
13m 28s

I Need To Get Away For A While

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Dear Steve and Shirley, I’m a 43 year old married woman and my husband and I have 4 children. The teenagers are fine, but I went and had 2 younger children that get on my last nerve. They take so much time and energy that I don’t feel like I have any time for myself. My husband doesn’t help me out at all with the children so I’m a full-time housewife and mother. My husband used to come home during the day for a quickie, but he stopped doing that.................................................

 

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