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February 26, 2026 13 mins

The Strawberry Letter heard on The Steve Harvey Morning Show Tuesday, February 24th, 2026. Subject: "I Can't Wait Til The Summer"

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Speaker 1 (00:00):
It is time now for my Strawberry Letter for today,
and if you need advice on relationships, dating, work, sex,
parenting and more, please submit your Strawberry letters Steve HARVEFM
dot com and click submit Strawberry Letter. We could be
reading your letter live on the air, just like we're
gonna read this one right here, right now, and you
never know, it could be yours.

Speaker 2 (00:21):
All right, ladies and gentlemen, it is time for the
Strawberry Letter with my good friend Shirley straw Berry.

Speaker 1 (00:26):
Thank you my good friend, junior subject, I can't wait
till the summer. Dear Stephen Shirley, I'm married to a
slightly older man and he is three teenagers from three
previous relationships. When we got married, I encouraged him to
be more present in his children's lives. They were in
middle school at the time. First, we had to fix

(00:47):
the relationship with all of his baby mamas. They are
all from the hood and can't say a complete sentence
without cursing. I'm very different from them, and it never
been exposed to ladies that act like them, so I
inst wanted to be cool with all of them. I
got my wish and I have great relationships with them
that helped us get the kids to spend weekends at

(01:09):
our house again. They were in middle school at the time.
That's forward to present day, and they're all living with
my husband and I in our three bedroom apartment. About
two months ago, my husband decided that he needed to
be a hands on father to keep his boys from
getting into trouble and to keep his daughter from getting pregnant.
I agreed with him at the time, but now I

(01:31):
can't wait till the summer so the kids can get
out of my house. Not only are we busting at
the seams up in here, they are rude and have
slick comments all the time. They don't clean up behind themselves,
and as soon as we buy food, it's gone. I'm
sorry I ever encouraged my husband to ask them to
stay with us. They're supposed to be here till school ends.

(01:53):
One is graduating, and the other two will go back
to live with their moms. I may not make it
till then. My husband and I can't even have sex
and peace or do anything else in peace. I hate
sharing my bathroom and my space in general. Would I
be low down if I said they need to leave now?

Speaker 3 (02:13):
Well? Yes, you would, Yes, you would.

Speaker 1 (02:15):
I know this is your house and you want to
be comfortable in your house and all of that. You
can't kick them out though you're the one who agreed
with your husband and encouraged him that the kids should
stay with you. Guys, you can't renig on that now.
So you know it is a mess right now, and
I know you want them out, but you got to
try to hang in there because summer will be here

(02:36):
before you know it. So I say, right now, concentrate
on the positive. Your husband is trying to be a
good dad to his kids and he feels in order
to do that, they need to be with him. At
least give him an e for effort for that. But
what he doesn't get credit for, of course, is not
disciplining them and allowing them to disrespect you.

Speaker 3 (02:57):
So you got to talk to your husband about it.

Speaker 1 (02:59):
You guys are all up in there now. The summertime
is on its way. They're gonna be there until then.
After that they'll live with their moms and one will graduate.
That's it.

Speaker 4 (03:09):
Steve, Yeah, I agree with Shirley, but your motivation for
having these kids in the first place was all wrong,
all wrong, and the whole idea of having these kids
was yours. This was you, but it was a very
strange reason why you wanted to do it though. You say,
you're married to this slightly older man that's got three

(03:32):
teenagers from three previous relationships, and you encouraged him to
be more present in his child's children's lives.

Speaker 5 (03:41):
And they were in middle school at the time.

Speaker 4 (03:45):
But you said, first we had to fix your relationship
with all the baby mamas. Then you said, they all
from the hood and they can't say a complete sentence
without cursing. I'm very different from them and have never
been exposed to like that, who act like that?

Speaker 5 (04:03):
And now here's the odd part.

Speaker 4 (04:05):
You said, so I instantly wanted to be cool with
all of them. See, you was fascinated with the hood life.
He was caught up in it. So now you instantly
wanted to be cool with them. And then guess what,
I got my wish and I have a great relationship

(04:26):
with them. That helped us get the kids to spend
weekends at our house.

Speaker 5 (04:33):
Again, they were all in middle school at the time.

Speaker 4 (04:35):
Now fast forward to the present and they all living
with my husband and I in our three bedroom apartment
about two months ago, my husband decided he need to
be more hands on father to keep his boys from
getting into trouble. Yes, yes, that makes sense, and to

(04:58):
keep his daughter from getting pregnant. Okay, stand up, guys,
step up dad.

Speaker 5 (05:04):
I agreed with.

Speaker 4 (05:05):
Him, but now I can't wait till the summer so
the kid can get our minds. We busting at the
seams in here. They don't clean up behind themselves. And
as soon as we buy food, it's gone. What did
you think when you bought the food? It's gone? You know,

(05:27):
as soon as we buy food is gone. You don't
buy food to take it to the house to show it. Hey,
look at refrigerator. Food takes themself. Stand next to the
food takes themself. Ain't nobody doing that, Doug? They open
up that frigerator. We got something to eat. You know
that's what people do. They eat, They eat food. You

(05:51):
know this ain't Thanksgiving? What y'all make that cake for show?
And ain't nobody supposed to eat the cake until everybody.

Speaker 5 (05:58):
Has seen it.

Speaker 4 (06:00):
One is graduating another two will go back to live
with their moms. You ask them to stay with y'all. Right,
your husband can't have sex and peace or do anything else.
I hate sharing my bathroom and my Space engine.

Speaker 5 (06:15):
Would I be low down if I said they need
to leave now? Yes?

Speaker 4 (06:21):
Yes, because you can't do people like this. And remember
this was your idea and you wanted to be cool
with the hood guns were there. Now you can learn
how to lay your head just down with that grease.

Speaker 1 (06:38):
No, we'll have response coming up a twenty three minutes
after the hour. Today's Strawberry Letter subject, I can't wait till.

Speaker 3 (06:49):
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(07:10):
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let's recap today's Strawberry letter. The subject is I can't

(07:33):
wait till the summer.

Speaker 5 (07:35):
Yeah, you can't wait till the summer.

Speaker 4 (07:36):
Why because you didn't invite it to You encourage this
man to be closer with his kids. They was in
middle school and he decided to take you up on
it to help his boys stay out of trouble. He
don't want his daughter getting pregnant, so they'd have moved
into they all three bedroom and now I was busting
at the scenes. You want them out because they're doing
all types of crazy stuff. They don't clean up after theyself,

(07:57):
and as soon as we buy food, it's gone.

Speaker 5 (08:02):
What do you expect?

Speaker 4 (08:05):
You don't like sharing your bathroom and your space and
none of that, and they everywhere too because they're teenagers. Well,
I have no more to say to this letter except
it's your fault. You invited him in. Would you be
wrong for asking them to leave?

Speaker 5 (08:21):
Now?

Speaker 4 (08:22):
Yes, you would because you told your husband he should
have a stronger relationship with his kids, something he always wanted,
and now you helped him get it. And now you
want it to be over with because you got to
share your space.

Speaker 3 (08:36):
That's Steve.

Speaker 1 (08:37):
Give the dad some props though in this because he
wants the kids there. He wants to be in their
life now.

Speaker 4 (08:43):
He wants to get active in his boy's life to
keep them out of trouble. And he don't want his
daughter getting pregnant. I mean, what a great dad stepping
up like that. But now they're in your space, right which.

Speaker 5 (08:59):
Is his space to so I mean, lady, you cannot.

Speaker 4 (09:06):
Ask these kids to leave in the middle because you
invited them. And when you do that, you know that
cool relationship you have worked up with the hood girls,
that's finna be over with. They gonna quit teaching you
stuff they know. See, they took you down there to
the whigs. Though, ain't okay you back down there no more.

(09:28):
They just showed you how to do these glue ends
you ain't you ain't finna learn all that no more.

Speaker 5 (09:33):
They taught you how to cuss.

Speaker 4 (09:35):
You know, you're gonna be at your little bullsy friends
and you ain't gonna be cussing no more, none of that.

Speaker 1 (09:41):
Yeah. But and what teenage boys don't eat you out
of house at home? I mean really, two.

Speaker 4 (09:49):
Come on, man, When you boys lived at the house, Jason,
Stevie and.

Speaker 1 (09:54):
Winter, uh huh.

Speaker 5 (09:56):
I would sit there at the table and go man,
I used to do that eat like this is that
bottomless pill. Nobody ain't mold than Jason.

Speaker 4 (10:06):
Jason ain't food man like like like like like like
he wasn't gonna get done tomorrow.

Speaker 5 (10:15):
Let him boys, But.

Speaker 3 (10:16):
That's what they do.

Speaker 1 (10:17):
Yeah, and she's complaining, and she is the one that
told them to come there.

Speaker 4 (10:23):
Lloyd told me, Daddy, the boys ate all the food. Yeah,
I know, I know, I said, I watched him. But
what am I gonna eat?

Speaker 5 (10:30):
A going there? Tell me go in there and get
some eating. Anyway, That's all I have on the letter.
I can't stretch it out no more anymore questions from you.
You Yeah, you know I'm desperate. Now you ask.

Speaker 1 (10:56):
I'm on them.

Speaker 5 (10:58):
I'll tell you what you got you this.

Speaker 2 (11:01):
Am I not thinking about myself in a positive way
after you told me that I'm not My character is
of myself.

Speaker 6 (11:08):
I'm not describing proking yourself in a positive way at all. Yeah,
that for people who don't know. I asked Junior earlier.
I said, Jr, How would you describe yourself? Because I've
never asked you that?

Speaker 5 (11:21):
And I was talking in a bubbly way.

Speaker 4 (11:23):
I said, man, how would you describe yourself, you know,
go ahead and tell me so I can.

Speaker 5 (11:29):
Who mean, I said, well, I have a chronic disease
living with that.

Speaker 7 (11:37):
That was yeah, I was supposed to die eleven cold Nation.
Don't forget I got a running tab down at the hospital.

Speaker 1 (11:53):
No, no, yeah, it was all wrong.

Speaker 4 (11:58):
Yeah, I was permanent hospital bracelet.

Speaker 2 (12:09):
You ain't asked me that, un so I thought that
I thought I was doing.

Speaker 5 (12:12):
I thought I nailed it myself. I thought I did.
I told the truth. I thought that was you nailed it.

Speaker 4 (12:17):
You took the show in the whole nother direction because
we all got depressed.

Speaker 5 (12:21):
You said, described it. That's what That's all I can remember.

Speaker 2 (12:23):
I'm chronic illness, I'm on medication, cold nature. See these things,
these things are describing me.

Speaker 5 (12:32):
You know.

Speaker 4 (12:33):
No, No, that's not you that you're describing a condition.

Speaker 5 (12:39):
Yeah, I asked you for a description of yourself.

Speaker 2 (12:42):
Oh I see, But that's the one I thought you
would see.

Speaker 5 (12:46):
That's what you ain't never asked me before. That's why
I thought it was the right answer. I told I
told you, I ain't never asked you.

Speaker 2 (12:52):
And I said what I thought you wouldn't been paying attention.
I told you I got.

Speaker 5 (12:56):
I was paying. Pay attention. Who are you talking to?
It's crazy?

Speaker 1 (13:05):
Hey listen, Holy Strawberry Letter, we're going back to.

Speaker 5 (13:10):
Be paying. That's easy. If that's what he won't to
be didn't, let's let him have it.

Speaker 3 (13:16):
Oh okay, bolster.

Speaker 5 (13:20):
A little sick, nothing else. I bet you that.

Speaker 1 (13:24):
Facebook Strawberry Letter podcast on the free iHeartRadio app Free
never sounded so good. You can download it today now
coming up in forty six minutes after the hour, Steve.

Speaker 3 (13:34):
You introduced Junior in sports?

Speaker 1 (13:37):
Oh no, more of them together. I want to I
want to hear it. Yeah, all right sports or yeah.

Speaker 5 (13:44):
Your introduce him now when we come back, come back.

Speaker 3 (13:47):
Yeah, you're listening to the Steve Harvey Morning Show
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