December 9, 2021 • 13 mins
Dear Steve and Shirley, I’ve been married for 14 years and I have a busy schedule as a high school basketball coach. After years of marriage, my wife still doesn’t get how stressed I am around this time of year and she had been pressuring me to buy a Christmas tree and have it up by December 1st. I missed her deadline cause of my schedule.........................................
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Speaker 1 (00:01):
We could be reading your letter live on the air,
just like we're going to read this one right here,
right now, and you never know, it could be yours.
You never know. Buckle up and hold on tight. We
got it for you here. It is the Strawberry Letter,
Thank you nephew. Subject behind the Christmas Tree. Dear Stephen Shirley.
I've been married for fourteen years, and I have a
(00:22):
busy schedule as a high school basketball coach. After years
of marriage, my wife still doesn't get how stressed I
am around this time of year, and she'd been pressuring
me to buy a Christmas tree and have it up
by December first. I missed her deadline because of my schedule.
This past Saturday, I left for practice and she said
(00:42):
she picked out a tree online and it was going
to be delivered later that day. I knew it didn't
sound right, but I didn't really care at that point.
Around noon, one of my players got sick, so I
canceled the practice. I intended to go home and help
out with the Christmas tree. I drove up and my
daughter was outside shooting hoops with her friends. She said
(01:05):
her mom and mister Tim were inside putting up the tree.
The only Tim I know is my wife's ex boyfriend
that drives a truck like the one in front of
my house. I walked in and my wife was disheveled
and acting jumpy. I hugged her and I could smell
cologne all over her neck. I pulled her with me
(01:27):
as we went to look at the tree, and I
asked where Tim was. She said Tim was behind the tree,
securing it to the base. I walked over to Tim.
I tapped his foot and I told him to come
out and leave my house. Tim said he was just
helping out since I was too busy to do what
needed to be done. I was ready to fight, but
(01:47):
my wife grabbed me. As Tim walked out, she said
it is my fault and I shouldn't be upset. I
told her she's foul for having her ex in our house.
She doesn't see the situation from my point of view.
So I'd love to invite my girlfriend over and ask
her to bring me one of her amazing chocolate cakes.
I wonder if my wife will get it. Then I'm
(02:09):
very vindictive. Should I do it or not? Well, while
you know, we all know that two wrongs don't make
a right, we know that, but this does sound like
a case of I can show you better than I
can tell you. And since your wife seems to have
no remorse about anything that happened, having this other man
(02:29):
over there and all that, you know, I wouldn't be
mad if you did invite your ex and her amazing
chocolate cake, although I'm sure she wouldn't get past the
front door. But you know, Wifeie was just way out
of line here, and her ex Tim was also disrespectful
when he said he he was just helping out because
(02:49):
you were too busy to do what needed to be done.
How could he fix his mouth to even say that
in your house. So, you know, let's see how your
wife would like it if the situation were reversed, and
we all know she wouldn't. She wouldn't like it one bit.
But we don't like her attitude. We don't like the
fact that you know, she thinks this is okay. She's disloyal,
(03:13):
she's unsupportive of you and what you have to do
as far as your coaching job and all of that,
and bringing her X in to try to take your
place in your house. It's just these things are unthinkable
for a wife to do. To her husband. So yeah,
in this case, I wouldn't be mad you said should
you do it or not? I wouldn't be mad if
you invited her and got some cake and all of that.
(03:34):
See how your wife liked it, Steve, This letter stupid, crazy,
childish and man, fourteen years you high school basketball coach.
This is why I lost it in the letter. After
years of marriage, my wife still doesn't know how stressed
I am around this time of year, and she's been
(03:55):
pressuring me to buy a Christmas tree and have it
up by decimaphony. Now, I'm going to assume that you
mean you're under pressure this time of the year because
of your basketball schedule and maybe playoffs or something like that.
Maybe that's what you're talking about, because at first I
thought about it was stressed out about buying Christmas trees
(04:16):
and gifts. I was a little confused about that. But
either way, it don't cause for that much pressure. I mean,
if you a basketball coach, I understand it's a little
tight for you this year. I do understand that, bro,
So I ain't knocking that right there, But she wanted
Christmas tree having up by December first to mandate and
(04:37):
our houses to day after Thanksgiving, the Christmas decorations the beginning.
That's a mandate of our house. Don't let December get
here and I don't have my trick or be a
problem at the house. Okay, I just want to throw
that in right here, this past side that you went
to practice, she said, she picked up a tree and
had it online, was gonna be delivered later that day.
I knew it didn't sound right. I don't know why
(04:59):
it didn't, But you say they didn't sound right, But
I really didn't cantus pump. So at noon one of
your players got six, so you canceled the practice. I
intended to go home and help out with the Christmas tree.
I drove up and my daughter was outside shooting hoops
with her friend. She said. Her mom and mister Tim
was inside putting up the tree. Now right here, let
(05:21):
me show you where this letter has to turn for me.
The only Tim I know is my wife's ex boyfriend
that drives a truck like the one in front of
my house. Now right there, I'm no longer walking into
the house. I'm rolling up into the house at top speed.
(05:50):
I ain't open the door, I'm kicking the dough in.
That's where we at right now. I walk in and
my wife was disheveled and acting jumping. I hugged huh,
and I could smell cologne all over Hunt. Let me
(06:13):
stop this letter right here, because what's happening at this
point in the letter. There's no more typing. At this point,
you're done with all of that. We're now in the
process of a crime being committed. When we come back,
I'll share with you the crime and the amount of
(06:34):
time that I'm receiving in front of the judge. Thank you.
All right, you heard it from Steve's own mouth. We'll
have part two of his response coming up at twenty
three minutes after the our Today's Strawberry Letters subject behind
the Christmas Tree. We'll get back into it right after this.
You're listening to show, all right, Come on, Steve, let's
(06:56):
recap Today's Strawberry Letters. Subject behind the Christmas Tree. This
man of basketball coach fourteen years, been married fourteen years.
He disheveled this. I mean, he's a little under pressure
this year because of the playoffs in the basketball and
his wife won't say half a Christmas tree up by
December first. He's under too much pressure to worry about
a tree, but so she orders one online, said that
(07:19):
to be here by noon, and delivered. He said, okay,
he going to go to practice. Go to practice, find
out one of the players is sick, so he counsels practice.
Obviously this is a star player. They ain't gonna need
a run in this office because you got the whole
office running through this boy. Because you got Michael Jordan
on your team. You don't give damn about these other
folks kids. If he's sick, you ain't got a chance
winning this damn game, no way. So let's just cancel practice.
(07:42):
So you're going home and decide that you're gonna help
put up the Christmas tree. You pull up in your
door outside shooting hoop with a girlfriend and said where
your mom met? Your mom in the house with mister
Tim putting up the tree. Then you say, the only
Tim you know is your wife's ex boyfriend who drives
a truck just like the one in front of your house.
(08:03):
Something's about to happen. I'm not walking in the house,
I'm running, I'm not open doors. I'm kicking him in.
But he strolls on up in there. I walked in
and my wife was disheveled and acting jumping. So I
hugged her and I could smell cologne all over her neck.
(08:25):
I pulled her with me as we went to look
at the tree, and I asked her where Tim was.
She said Tim was behind the tree. Now, let me
tell you something. This is the exact place that the
police would have found him if we was at my house,
behind the tree, because that's why I busted Tim's head open,
(08:56):
and Tim would have been behind that same damn tree.
So she said he was behind the tree, securing it
to the base. I walked over to Tim and tapped
his foot. See that right there, that's not happening out
of stomped his foot, broke his ankle. So when we
started fighting, he'll be on one leg. That's that's how
(09:20):
I have started. We're gonna fighting, huh advantage. Yeah, So
I tapped his foot, toning to come out and leave
my house. Tim said, this is what Tim said. He
was just helping out since I was too busy to
do what needed to be done. Now, how does Tim
(09:42):
know this, yeah, about my house, because she's been sharing
y'all's marital business with Tim. How does Tim feel comfortable
enough to come over your house to put up a tree.
Why is Tim talking back to me after I had
(10:06):
just tapped him on his foot? Then you said grab
I was ready to fight, but my wife grabbed me
as Tim walked out. Another question, How it's Tim walking
out of this house? Now, Tim is going to leave
this house, but walking will not be how he leaves.
(10:31):
I have some options, and it's only two. You'll be
leaving this house on gurney or you'll be leaving this
house in the body bag. But either way, you can't
walk on the gurney and you can't walk once they
zip up the body bag. That's how Tim. So I
don't know how Tim punk ass then walked out the house.
(10:54):
And my wife ain't strong enough to grab me and
keep me Madreie can't keep me from kicking a man
ass if that's what I'm fiting do. My wife not
that strong. My wife has seen me mad one time
since we've been mad, I mean really really mad, she says. Steve.
I don't know what happened. You just you swoll up,
(11:15):
you swoll up. I had had to get all the
one because out of this house. Okay, cool, but now
you understand what I'm capable of So now Kwai, Tim
is walking out of this house and now, and she
said it is your fault and you shouldn't be upset.
I told her she's five for having her ex in
her at our house. I don't even know how y'all
have this conversation. She doesn't see the situation from my
(11:38):
point of view. I oulda gave her another view of Tim. Anyway,
you to find out that Tim can't fight, you to
find out Tim ain't all that you to found out
Tim little pump. You to found out a lot of
stuff about Tim that day, so you hang your hat
on your little X. You to found out why he
your ex see that day. So she doesn't see the
(11:59):
situation at this point of view. So I love to
invite my ex girlfriend over and ask her to bring
one of her amazing chocolate cakes. I wonder if my
wife would get it thin I'm very vindictive? Should I
do it? Now? Women ain't as stupid as men, dog,
So I'm pretty sure this woman gonna have a lot
of questions when you ask her to bring one of
(12:20):
these delicious chocolate cakes over your house. Why don't your
funker asks wife make you a chocolate Cake says, that's
who you're married, and you didn't marry me, so I
wouldn't call your ex girlfriend talking about no damn cake
because you're fit to get Wayne Moden cake. Dude, I
think you are to invite this girl over and no all,
(12:42):
but I do think you need to rerun this letter
and start this letter back over to where you tapped
him on his foot, and he came from behind that tree,
and this whole letter need to be written. That chalk
mark is behind the tree, yellow tape is around the tree,
and the corner's office and some detectives is outside. I'm
(13:03):
downtown behind for which piece of glass telling y'all this
strawberry letter costs. I don't have a computer in prison.
Thank you, all right, thank you. Coming up at forty
six minutes after the hour, our girl from the Talk
Sheryl Underwood. Right after this, you're listening to the same
Harpy morning show.
We could be reading your letter live on the air,
just like we're going to read this one right here,
right now, and you never know, it could be yours.
You never know. Buckle up and hold on tight. We
got it for you here. It is the Strawberry Letter,
Thank you nephew. Subject behind the Christmas Tree. Dear Stephen Shirley.
I've been married for fourteen years, and I have a
(00:22):
busy schedule as a high school basketball coach. After years
of marriage, my wife still doesn't get how stressed I
am around this time of year, and she'd been pressuring
me to buy a Christmas tree and have it up
by December first. I missed her deadline because of my schedule.
This past Saturday, I left for practice and she said
(00:42):
she picked out a tree online and it was going
to be delivered later that day. I knew it didn't
sound right, but I didn't really care at that point.
Around noon, one of my players got sick, so I
canceled the practice. I intended to go home and help
out with the Christmas tree. I drove up and my
daughter was outside shooting hoops with her friends. She said
(01:05):
her mom and mister Tim were inside putting up the tree.
The only Tim I know is my wife's ex boyfriend
that drives a truck like the one in front of
my house. I walked in and my wife was disheveled
and acting jumpy. I hugged her and I could smell
cologne all over her neck. I pulled her with me
(01:27):
as we went to look at the tree, and I
asked where Tim was. She said Tim was behind the tree,
securing it to the base. I walked over to Tim.
I tapped his foot and I told him to come
out and leave my house. Tim said he was just
helping out since I was too busy to do what
needed to be done. I was ready to fight, but
(01:47):
my wife grabbed me. As Tim walked out, she said
it is my fault and I shouldn't be upset. I
told her she's foul for having her ex in our house.
She doesn't see the situation from my point of view.
So I'd love to invite my girlfriend over and ask
her to bring me one of her amazing chocolate cakes.
I wonder if my wife will get it. Then I'm
(02:09):
very vindictive. Should I do it or not? Well, while
you know, we all know that two wrongs don't make
a right, we know that, but this does sound like
a case of I can show you better than I
can tell you. And since your wife seems to have
no remorse about anything that happened, having this other man
(02:29):
over there and all that, you know, I wouldn't be
mad if you did invite your ex and her amazing
chocolate cake, although I'm sure she wouldn't get past the
front door. But you know, Wifeie was just way out
of line here, and her ex Tim was also disrespectful
when he said he he was just helping out because
(02:49):
you were too busy to do what needed to be done.
How could he fix his mouth to even say that
in your house. So, you know, let's see how your
wife would like it if the situation were reversed, and
we all know she wouldn't. She wouldn't like it one bit.
But we don't like her attitude. We don't like the
fact that you know, she thinks this is okay. She's disloyal,
(03:13):
she's unsupportive of you and what you have to do
as far as your coaching job and all of that,
and bringing her X in to try to take your
place in your house. It's just these things are unthinkable
for a wife to do. To her husband. So yeah,
in this case, I wouldn't be mad you said should
you do it or not? I wouldn't be mad if
you invited her and got some cake and all of that.
(03:34):
See how your wife liked it, Steve, This letter stupid, crazy,
childish and man, fourteen years you high school basketball coach.
This is why I lost it in the letter. After
years of marriage, my wife still doesn't know how stressed
I am around this time of year, and she's been
(03:55):
pressuring me to buy a Christmas tree and have it
up by decimaphony. Now, I'm going to assume that you
mean you're under pressure this time of the year because
of your basketball schedule and maybe playoffs or something like that.
Maybe that's what you're talking about, because at first I
thought about it was stressed out about buying Christmas trees
(04:16):
and gifts. I was a little confused about that. But
either way, it don't cause for that much pressure. I mean,
if you a basketball coach, I understand it's a little
tight for you this year. I do understand that, bro,
So I ain't knocking that right there, But she wanted
Christmas tree having up by December first to mandate and
(04:37):
our houses to day after Thanksgiving, the Christmas decorations the beginning.
That's a mandate of our house. Don't let December get
here and I don't have my trick or be a
problem at the house. Okay, I just want to throw
that in right here, this past side that you went
to practice, she said, she picked up a tree and
had it online, was gonna be delivered later that day.
I knew it didn't sound right. I don't know why
(04:59):
it didn't, But you say they didn't sound right, But
I really didn't cantus pump. So at noon one of
your players got six, so you canceled the practice. I
intended to go home and help out with the Christmas tree.
I drove up and my daughter was outside shooting hoops
with her friend. She said. Her mom and mister Tim
was inside putting up the tree. Now right here, let
(05:21):
me show you where this letter has to turn for me.
The only Tim I know is my wife's ex boyfriend
that drives a truck like the one in front of
my house. Now right there, I'm no longer walking into
the house. I'm rolling up into the house at top speed.
(05:50):
I ain't open the door, I'm kicking the dough in.
That's where we at right now. I walk in and
my wife was disheveled and acting jumping. I hugged huh,
and I could smell cologne all over Hunt. Let me
(06:13):
stop this letter right here, because what's happening at this
point in the letter. There's no more typing. At this point,
you're done with all of that. We're now in the
process of a crime being committed. When we come back,
I'll share with you the crime and the amount of
(06:34):
time that I'm receiving in front of the judge. Thank you.
All right, you heard it from Steve's own mouth. We'll
have part two of his response coming up at twenty
three minutes after the our Today's Strawberry Letters subject behind
the Christmas Tree. We'll get back into it right after this.
You're listening to show, all right, Come on, Steve, let's
(06:56):
recap Today's Strawberry Letters. Subject behind the Christmas Tree. This
man of basketball coach fourteen years, been married fourteen years.
He disheveled this. I mean, he's a little under pressure
this year because of the playoffs in the basketball and
his wife won't say half a Christmas tree up by
December first. He's under too much pressure to worry about
a tree, but so she orders one online, said that
(07:19):
to be here by noon, and delivered. He said, okay,
he going to go to practice. Go to practice, find
out one of the players is sick, so he counsels practice.
Obviously this is a star player. They ain't gonna need
a run in this office because you got the whole
office running through this boy. Because you got Michael Jordan
on your team. You don't give damn about these other
folks kids. If he's sick, you ain't got a chance
winning this damn game, no way. So let's just cancel practice.
(07:42):
So you're going home and decide that you're gonna help
put up the Christmas tree. You pull up in your
door outside shooting hoop with a girlfriend and said where
your mom met? Your mom in the house with mister
Tim putting up the tree. Then you say, the only
Tim you know is your wife's ex boyfriend who drives
a truck just like the one in front of your house.
(08:03):
Something's about to happen. I'm not walking in the house,
I'm running, I'm not open doors. I'm kicking him in.
But he strolls on up in there. I walked in
and my wife was disheveled and acting jumping. So I
hugged her and I could smell cologne all over her neck.
(08:25):
I pulled her with me as we went to look
at the tree, and I asked her where Tim was.
She said Tim was behind the tree. Now, let me
tell you something. This is the exact place that the
police would have found him if we was at my house,
behind the tree, because that's why I busted Tim's head open,
(08:56):
and Tim would have been behind that same damn tree.
So she said he was behind the tree, securing it
to the base. I walked over to Tim and tapped
his foot. See that right there, that's not happening out
of stomped his foot, broke his ankle. So when we
started fighting, he'll be on one leg. That's that's how
(09:20):
I have started. We're gonna fighting, huh advantage. Yeah, So
I tapped his foot, toning to come out and leave
my house. Tim said, this is what Tim said. He
was just helping out since I was too busy to
do what needed to be done. Now, how does Tim
(09:42):
know this, yeah, about my house, because she's been sharing
y'all's marital business with Tim. How does Tim feel comfortable
enough to come over your house to put up a tree.
Why is Tim talking back to me after I had
(10:06):
just tapped him on his foot? Then you said grab
I was ready to fight, but my wife grabbed me
as Tim walked out. Another question, How it's Tim walking
out of this house? Now, Tim is going to leave
this house, but walking will not be how he leaves.
(10:31):
I have some options, and it's only two. You'll be
leaving this house on gurney or you'll be leaving this
house in the body bag. But either way, you can't
walk on the gurney and you can't walk once they
zip up the body bag. That's how Tim. So I
don't know how Tim punk ass then walked out the house.
(10:54):
And my wife ain't strong enough to grab me and
keep me Madreie can't keep me from kicking a man
ass if that's what I'm fiting do. My wife not
that strong. My wife has seen me mad one time
since we've been mad, I mean really really mad, she says. Steve.
I don't know what happened. You just you swoll up,
(11:15):
you swoll up. I had had to get all the
one because out of this house. Okay, cool, but now
you understand what I'm capable of So now Kwai, Tim
is walking out of this house and now, and she
said it is your fault and you shouldn't be upset.
I told her she's five for having her ex in
her at our house. I don't even know how y'all
have this conversation. She doesn't see the situation from my
(11:38):
point of view. I oulda gave her another view of Tim. Anyway,
you to find out that Tim can't fight, you to
find out Tim ain't all that you to found out
Tim little pump. You to found out a lot of
stuff about Tim that day, so you hang your hat
on your little X. You to found out why he
your ex see that day. So she doesn't see the
(11:59):
situation at this point of view. So I love to
invite my ex girlfriend over and ask her to bring
one of her amazing chocolate cakes. I wonder if my
wife would get it thin I'm very vindictive? Should I
do it? Now? Women ain't as stupid as men, dog,
So I'm pretty sure this woman gonna have a lot
of questions when you ask her to bring one of
(12:20):
these delicious chocolate cakes over your house. Why don't your
funker asks wife make you a chocolate Cake says, that's
who you're married, and you didn't marry me, so I
wouldn't call your ex girlfriend talking about no damn cake
because you're fit to get Wayne Moden cake. Dude, I
think you are to invite this girl over and no all,
(12:42):
but I do think you need to rerun this letter
and start this letter back over to where you tapped
him on his foot, and he came from behind that tree,
and this whole letter need to be written. That chalk
mark is behind the tree, yellow tape is around the tree,
and the corner's office and some detectives is outside. I'm
(13:03):
downtown behind for which piece of glass telling y'all this
strawberry letter costs. I don't have a computer in prison.
Thank you, all right, thank you. Coming up at forty
six minutes after the hour, our girl from the Talk
Sheryl Underwood. Right after this, you're listening to the same
Harpy morning show.
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