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February 19, 2026 13 mins

The Strawberry Letter heard on The Steve Harvey Morning Show Thursday, February 19th, 2026. Subject: "I Need His Wife To Give Him Back"

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Speaker 1 (00:00):
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Speaker 1 (00:13):
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Speaker 4 (00:23):
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Speaker 1 (00:24):
Strawberry letta nephew, I thank you subject. I need his
wife to give him back. Dear Stephen Shirley, I'm a
thirty eight year old divorced mother of two teenagers. I
met a man on a dating app back in July
of twenty twenty five. On his dating profile, he mentioned
that he was going through a divorce, so I gave

(00:46):
him a chance. We hit it off, and five days
after we met, we had sex. We were inseparable. He
was still living with his estranged wife and his kids,
so he drive two hours to visit me and he
stayed with me for days. He told me he loved
me early on, and we talked about moving to Texas
after his divorce.

Speaker 2 (01:06):
Is final.

Speaker 1 (01:06):
I had an open ended job nursing waiting for me
whenever I moved. He showed me his divorce documents, and
I was around for three virtual meetings he had with
his divorce attorneys, so I had no reason to doubt him.
By October, we were both ready to move to Texas,
so I rented out my house. He was supposed to

(01:28):
drive me and the kids to Texas in a week,
but then he called me upset and said he was
on his way to my house. I had a bad feeling.
He got to my house and said he was there
to end things with me. He said his divorce was
not final after all, and his wife had begged him
not to leave. He said he'd owed it to his
wife and children to give the marriage a chance. I

(01:50):
had no idea. I had no choice but to let
him go. He cut all ties with me after that day.
A few days later, I found out that I'm pregnant,
and I canceled my plans to move. I'm due this summer,
so I really need his wife to give him back
to me. Their kids are grown, my baby will need
a father. I've heard that he's still miserable and still

(02:12):
wants a divorce. I'm sure he's seen my pregnancy posts
on Facebook, and I am shocked he hasn't tried to
call me. Should I drive over to talk to his
wife and hopes that.

Speaker 2 (02:23):
She'll give him back to me? Please help?

Speaker 1 (02:27):
No, no, no, no, don't do that.

Speaker 2 (02:30):
That is not going to work. Okay, I don't even
know what you're thinking at this point.

Speaker 1 (02:35):
You do know that never in the history of marriage
has a mistress slash soon to be baby mama ever
done what you're asking and come out without a fight
or something. On the other hand, a man going back
to his wife before the divorce is final. That happens
a lot. Okay, that happens quite a bit. And this
is what this is. You had a plan to be

(02:56):
with this man, but his wife, unbeknownst to you, had
her own plan. No matter what you've heard about him
being miserable, that man cut off all ties with you.
So don't go driving over to his house talking to
his wife asking her to give him back to you.
That's not going to happen. You could get yourself heard.
He hasn't even told his wife anything about you. The

(03:17):
wife is just trying to keep her family together. One
thing you write about is that the baby needs a father.
In this case, though, all your baby will get is
child support, all right, that's it. If she gets that,
you're going to have to take him to court to
get it. I know you thought this was a done deal.
You know, you rented the house out all of that,

(03:38):
but things happen. It's too late now, but you should
have waited until he was completely divorced. So now, unfortunately
you have to prepare yourself to bring this baby up
without him Steve, you know.

Speaker 4 (03:51):
In this letter right here, ladies, Shirley Caler, Mississippi, I'm
going to introduce you all to a brand new concept
that I have never ever exposed about men ever. Wow,
I have never told you all this about men. So
prepare yourself because in the second half of my response,

(04:13):
I will introduce to you something that I'm very familiar
with men doing. And some of you have run up
into this and this will be an eye opener. But
now let's get to this letter. I need his wife
to give him back. That ain't gonna happen now, lady,
Let's go over a couple of things. You thirty eight

(04:33):
year old divorce mama, got two teenagers. You met a
man on a dating app in July twenty twenty five.
On his dating profile, and this is critical information, he
mentioned he was going through a divorce, so I gave
him a chance.

Speaker 3 (04:52):
We hit it off.

Speaker 4 (04:53):
Five days later, we was having six We were in separate.

Speaker 3 (04:59):
He was still living. Here's the next part.

Speaker 4 (05:03):
He was still living with his estranged wife and kids Spore.

Speaker 3 (05:11):
He drove two hours to visit me, and he stayed
with me for days. For days. Now, let me explain
something to you.

Speaker 4 (05:21):
You can do that when you got a wife and kids.
If you claiming that you're going on a business trip,
so him staying with you for days, I know how
to work this out. I'm just setting you all up
for what's really going on here. Ladies, you're gonna appreciate
day for this.

Speaker 3 (05:37):
He told me he loved me early. Then we talked about.

Speaker 4 (05:41):
Moving to Texas after his divorce is final. I had
an open end nursing job waiting for me wherever I moved.

Speaker 3 (05:50):
He showed me his divorce.

Speaker 4 (05:52):
Documents and I was around for three virtual meetings he
had with his divorce attorney, so I had no reason
to doubt him. I'm gonna tell you how they do that.
Too nowadays. See y'all don't know the game. The game
done got real cold out here and b obtober. We

(06:14):
was both ready to move to Texas, so I rented
out of my house.

Speaker 3 (06:17):
He's supposed to He.

Speaker 4 (06:18):
Was supposed to drive me and the kids to Texas
in a week, but he called me up set said
his only way to the house. I had a bad feeling.
He got to my house and said that he had
to end things with me. His divorce was not final,
and his wife begged him not to leave. Now i'd
have set it all up. When I come back, I'm

(06:39):
gonna tell you what's going on here.

Speaker 2 (06:41):
Oh all right, all right, thank you, Steve.

Speaker 1 (06:43):
We'll have part two of your response coming up at
twenty three minutes after today's Strawberry letter subject I need
his wife to give him back. We'll get back into
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(07:28):
Globelife radio dot com. All right, come on, Steve, let's
recap today's Strawberry letter. You said you were going to
reveal something about men to the ladies. Today's Strawberry letter
subject is I need his wife to give him back.

Speaker 4 (07:40):
Let's go all right now, ladies, pay close attention because
I got to get to it quick because I want
to make sure I don't run out of time. This
a thirty eight year old lady who has divorced got
two teenagers, went on a date app metal Man that
was perfect. In his dating profile, he mentioned he was
going through a do for on his dating profile.

Speaker 3 (08:01):
Who does that? Who does that?

Speaker 4 (08:05):
On a dating profile? Puts this information? Because this is
the setup you went off. You start hitting it off.
After five days, y'all had sex. You was inseparable. Now
he lived far away, but he still lived with his strange.

Speaker 3 (08:24):
Wife and kids.

Speaker 4 (08:26):
So he would drive two hours and he would stay
with you for days.

Speaker 3 (08:32):
That's easy to do, ladies.

Speaker 4 (08:33):
If your man has a job where he could tell
his wife, I got a business trip, he can go anywhere,
cut that phone located off and say he out on business.
And then you blah blah blah blah blah. So that
ain't nothing. You all started talking. He started mentioning love early,
y'all fell in love, and y'all decided that y'all was
gonna move together. So and you had a nursing job

(08:57):
where you could take anywhere you would plan and all that.
He even showed you his divorce documents. I'm gonna tell
you about that in a second. And you attended three
virtual meetings he had with his divorce attorney, so I
had no reason to doubt him, don'tkay. I'm gonna show
you how that worked too. Anyway, when we were supposed
to move to Texas, you rented out your house. He's

(09:19):
supposed to drive you and the kids to Texas in
a week, but he called me upset, say they had
to come out of the house and you.

Speaker 3 (09:24):
Had a bad feeling.

Speaker 4 (09:25):
He came to the house and told him he had
to end things with you, said his divorce was not final.
Left all His wife begged him not to leave. He
said he owed it to his wife and children to
have a marriage chance, and there's no chance but to
let him go. He cut all ties with me after
that date. And to listen to this part, he cut
all ties with me after that day. A few days later,

(09:45):
I found out I'm pregnant. I cancel all my plans
to move due this summer. I'm due to summer. I
really need his wife to give him back. The kids
are grown, my baby would need a father. I heard
he's still miserable and still wants a divorce. All right,
let's stop, ladies and gentlemen. I'm about to introduce you
to a new concept. I've known about this for years,

(10:07):
but I've never had an opportunity to share with you.
This man is a serial divorce seed. He is a
serial divorce seed. I know a dude who does it?
Who who does this? Let me explain something to you
this dude right here. First of all, who puts that
on a dating app? I'm going through a divorce. Who

(10:28):
put that on an app? Because that's the hook? And
if you bite, he know you you you're.

Speaker 3 (10:35):
Willing to do anything. So now he is not really
in a divorce.

Speaker 4 (10:39):
These documents you saw are old documents.

Speaker 3 (10:43):
He just changed your date.

Speaker 4 (10:45):
Every time he get a new fish on the hook
who wants to date somebody that's going through a divorce.

Speaker 3 (10:50):
He got the same paperwork. Forday.

Speaker 4 (10:53):
Now these virtual these virtual uh uh divorce meetings you'd
have been to, they'm a old two. He recorded them.
He recorded that and then he lets you see it.
You aren't participating in it. Ain't nobody asking you know, questions.

(11:15):
You log in and you see it. It's the same one.
I know a dude that do this. He got documents
of getting divorced. He changed the dates posted online that
he's a divorce he So if you don't mind dating
a married man, then he got you on the hook Earth.
He's got these fake documents. That's the same documents he'd

(11:37):
been having for years. He changed the dates and let
you see it. And then this virtual thing that you
can come on in. He got a link where you
can hit and watch him in his divorce attorney's talk.
He did that long time ago, and that's an old footage.
I know a dude that do this right here. He
is a serial divorcee. Then the moment he didne got

(11:58):
what he wanted from you, and and it gets.

Speaker 3 (12:01):
Serious and it's time to move.

Speaker 4 (12:02):
He come in and break the news to you that, hey,
my wife and I I owe it to her to
try to continue give it. I'm gonna have to end this.
So he gets out. And see this happened right before
he's supposed to take you and the kids a Texan.

Speaker 3 (12:22):
He's a serial divorcer.

Speaker 4 (12:24):
Ladies, you've got to be smart with the technology today. Now,
what he didn't know was he didn't get out in town.
Could not Yo is pretty.

Speaker 2 (12:34):
Right, And she said to his house.

Speaker 4 (12:38):
You gonna drive to this woman's house? Should I talk
to his wife and hope she'll give him back to me?
Please help, don't do that.

Speaker 3 (12:47):
You ain't gonna believe the surprise that you gonna stand that.

Speaker 2 (12:53):
Don't play yourself.

Speaker 4 (12:55):
First of all, what divorce you're talking about. That's don't
go over this lady's house. Now, homeboy got a big
problem because he ain't never got nobody pregnant, But now
this woman is pregnant. The gig fitna be Upo's gonna
be tough. But today I'm sorry this has happened to you.
But you have met the serial divorcer, and they are real,

(13:19):
and they have fake documents, and they have recorded these
initial meetings with attorneys and they save them and they
have a link where you can watch them do it.
You can't participate, but you can watch the poster.

Speaker 1 (13:32):
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