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September 4, 2025 13 mins

The Strawberry Letter, heard on The Steve Harvey Morning Show, Thursday, September 4th, 2025. Subject: "I Should've Moved Before I Got Married"

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Speaker 1 (00:00):
It is time now for today's Strawberry Letter, and if
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(00:21):
it could be yours.

Speaker 2 (00:22):
It could be yours. Buckle up and hold on tight.
We got it for you here it is Strawberry Letter.

Speaker 1 (00:28):
Thank you nephew. Subject I should have moved before I
got married. Dear Stephen Shirley, my neighbor has become a
problem and my wife is starting to notice. Back in
the day, I rented the house I live in from
my next door neighbor's husband. Before he died, he sold
me the house. I'm not proud of this, but after

(00:49):
his death I was at his house a lot having
sex with his widow. It started with home cooked meals,
and I felt obligated to help her do things around
the house. She was a very beautiful woman and she
looked so lonely back then. I eventually told her that
we couldn't have sex anymore because I'd met someone special

(01:10):
months after that, she met the lady that's my wife. Now,
the neighbor lady said she was happy for me, but
she asked me to have sex with her one last
time before I fell in love and forgot about her.
I refused the sex, and I told her that I
could never forget her. In the back of my mind,
I knew that it was time to sell my house

(01:30):
and move far away from the neighbor. But I stayed
in the house. I got married, and I moved my
new wife in with me. Now a year later, my
neighbor has been calling me all hours of the day
and night to do things for her. Monday night, she
called and asked if I could come kill a lizard

(01:51):
in her garage. I did it. My wife was side
eyeing me. Then yesterday the neighbor called and said she
had a sort of thing and asked if I could
run out and get her two lemons and some chicken
noodle soup. I told my wife, and she said if
I went to the store for the neighbor, then she
was going to leave me for good, because I don't

(02:12):
even go to the store for her. I was so
nervous that my hand started shaking. My neighbor is a
ticking time bomb, and I'm scared of what she might do.
Is it time to sell this house? Or should I
be honest with my wife about my past?

Speaker 3 (02:28):
Oh?

Speaker 1 (02:28):
Yes, yes, it's way past time for you to sell
that house. But listen, what happened happened a long time
ago between you and your neighbor, before you even met
your wife or you knew your wife, so technically you
did not cheat on your wife. I know Steve is
not going to agree with me on this, but in
this case, I really think you can tell your wife

(02:50):
the truth about your past relationship with the neighbor and
your wife won't be too mad about it. You know
she won't be too mad. You could tell her. I'm
telling you you can tell her because it happened before
you met her. I do agree with you. I'd be quiet, Steve.
I knew you weren't going to agree with that.

Speaker 4 (03:12):
I do agree with you, letter writer that you should
have said you should have sold this house back in
the day and moved away because the neighbor lady as
you call her, has become quite attached.

Speaker 1 (03:23):
She's become very entitled, thinking she can call you all
times of the day, and night, and now she's even
in an imaginary competition with your wife. That's all in
her head, not to mention that she's beyond rude, she's
disrespectful and all of this. So your choices are a
continue to stay there and risk your wife leaving you

(03:45):
like she said she would, because your neighbor is crazy
and it will only escalate if she doesn't get what
she wants, and of course that's you, or be your choices.
Get a realtor, put your house on the market asap,
and move. Okay, I'm sure your wife suspects something went
down between the two of you anyway, that's why your

(04:05):
neighbor acts so crazy. But it's best to get on
while you can move out from this toxic situation before
she ruins your marriage.

Speaker 5 (04:15):
Steve should have what you say.

Speaker 3 (04:20):
I tell her she ain't gonna be too mad. I
don't know what too mad is to you. It's a
subject of this letter. I should have moved out before
I gotten married. That's the whole dog gone problem, homie.
You should have moved, should have been moved. You gotta

(04:41):
get out of there. You want to lead nw you
want to lead a country. It's so much you should
have did and should do, but it's too late because
you're stupid. My neighbor then became a problem. My wife
is starting to notice. Wives don't miss nothing. Back in
the day, I re at the house I live in

(05:01):
from a next door neighbor's husband.

Speaker 5 (05:03):
Before he died, he sold me the house. Okay, that's interesting.

Speaker 3 (05:09):
I'm not proud of this, But after his death I
was at his house a lot, having sex with his widow.
All right, all right now, Yeah, it started with home
cooked meals, and now I felt obligated to help her
do stuff around the house. You know, she was very

(05:30):
beautiful woman, and she looked so lonely back then. I
thought I'd go over here and fix that.

Speaker 5 (05:36):
That's what he should have said.

Speaker 3 (05:38):
I eventually told her that we couldn't see this is
what the letter took a jump from me, and I
felt obligated to help her do things around the house.
She's a very beautiful woman, and she looked so lonely
back then. I eventually told her that we couldn't have
sex anymore. At what you said, dog, You told her

(06:00):
we can't have sex no more because I'd have messed
somebody special. And then a month's lady. She met the
lady that's my wife now. The neighbor lady said she
was happy for me, but she asked me to have
sex with her one last time before I fell in
love and forgot about him. Listen to this fellas, I

(06:21):
refuse the sex. Boy, boy, hang on, Steve, you're forgetting
who you.

Speaker 5 (06:32):
Wrote this letter to you.

Speaker 3 (06:33):
Hear what I said this beautiful woman that he had
I refuse the sick Just come over here one more time.

Speaker 1 (06:40):
We'll have part two of your response coming up Steve
at twenty three minutes after the hour, Today's Strawberry letter
subject I should have moved before I got married. We'll
get back into it right after this. You're listening Steve
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Speaker 1 (07:27):
All right, come on, Steve, let's recap today's Strawberry letters.
Subject that it is I should have moved before I
got married.

Speaker 3 (07:35):
Yeah, see, y'all, let me tell you something. I read
these letters differently. This is coming from a guy. I
respect Sherley's opinion on that. She has every right to
think that this guy should just be open and tell
the truth. But here's the problem. He's saying, I should
have moved before I got married, but you didn't. Uh,
my neighbor has become a problem, and my wife.

Speaker 5 (07:55):
Is starting to notice.

Speaker 3 (07:58):
Here we are again, how many times have I used
what the legendary Bishop Barna has seen be careful of
people who are victims in circumstances that they created themselves.
Now my wife has My neighbor has become a problem,
and my wife's starting to notice. So now he got
to write a letter. Back in the day, you rented

(08:19):
a house that you live in from a friend of
yours that live next door.

Speaker 5 (08:23):
Your neighbor's husband, and before he died he sold me
the house. I ain't proud of this, but after he died,
I was at the house a lot having sex with
his widow. My man.

Speaker 3 (08:33):
Okay, cool, I ain't really no sin or crime committed him,
you know, So you waited till he died, all right, Well,
I know you ain't proud of it, but you didn't
stop going over there either. So now it started with
being at the house a lot having sex with his widow.
It started with home cooked meals, and I felt obligated

(08:53):
to help her do things around the house. She was
a very beautiful woman, and she looks so lonely back dde,
so I just felt like, you know, I would slide
on through there and stop some of these loneliness, right.

Speaker 5 (09:05):
I eventually told her that we couldn't have sex anymore.

Speaker 3 (09:09):
Okay, I showed wish i'd heard that because I didn't
met somebody special. And months after that, she met the
lady that's now the white The neighbor lady told her
she was happy for him and everything, but she asked
me to have sex with her one last time before
I fell in love and forgot about it. I refused

(09:31):
the sex, and I told her I could never forget her.

Speaker 5 (09:37):
Okay, hold on, man, let me understand this statement.

Speaker 3 (09:41):
You can never ever forget her because obviously it was
so good or special that you kept going over there,
and she asked you for this, and you do favors
for her. But she asked you for one more favor,
come over here one more time, has sex with me.

Speaker 5 (09:56):
You refuse this sex and then said I could never
forget you. In the back of.

Speaker 3 (10:01):
My mind, I knew it was time for me to
sell my house and move far away from the neighbor.

Speaker 5 (10:07):
That was in the back of your mind. But what
was going on.

Speaker 3 (10:09):
Up at the front, Because see, you an't gonna tell
us that. Let's just get for what's happening in the
front of your mind. She's still fine, She's still a
beautiful woman, and she wanted to have sex one last time,
but you didn't. But I stayed in the house. I
got married and moved my new wife in with me.
A year later. Now, a year later, my neighbor has

(10:30):
been calling me all hours of the day. She been
calling you the whole time you've been married, calling you
all hours of the day and.

Speaker 5 (10:38):
Night to do things for her.

Speaker 3 (10:40):
Monday night she called and asked if I could come
and kill a lizard in her garage.

Speaker 5 (10:43):
I did it.

Speaker 3 (10:45):
Now Hold up, wait, man, hold up, brother, See you
gotta realize who you talk. Come over to my house
and kill a lizard in the garage, and I did it.

Speaker 5 (10:53):
Come over here and have sex for me one more time.
I refuse you.

Speaker 3 (10:56):
Boy, boy, boy, show me a man that would rather
kill a lizard than have sex.

Speaker 5 (11:03):
Just tell me that.

Speaker 3 (11:07):
You see, man, when you write these letters to me, Man,
you writing to another man.

Speaker 5 (11:11):
Now she can call you to do anything.

Speaker 3 (11:14):
You hop skip over there, but she call you and
ask you for some sex.

Speaker 5 (11:17):
One more time. You refuse it.

Speaker 3 (11:19):
Man, Stop that it don't even make no sense to
no dude listening to this letter. And when it don't
make sense to us, you really think that's gonna get past.

Speaker 5 (11:31):
A woman.

Speaker 3 (11:33):
Who are way smarter than us. Boy, you kill you
only I can't tell you.

Speaker 5 (11:38):
How much trouble you is. And I did it.

Speaker 3 (11:42):
My wife was side eyeing me like you the one
over there that she already know. Then yesterday the neighbor
called and said she had a sore throat, and as
I could run to get her two limits and some
chicken noodle soup, I told my wife and she said,
if you go to that stove, she was gonna leave
me for good, because you don't even go to the
store for her.

Speaker 5 (12:03):
I was so nervous that my hand started shaking.

Speaker 3 (12:07):
You know why, because you've never refused this woman before.
You've done everything, So why would she expect you not
to go get your chicken noodle soup in the limits?
And why would she not expect you to kill the lizard?
And that is the other youtud. This is the two
things you have told about. So when she asked you
for that sex one more time, you didn't go over
there and do that? Man, Come on, who you talking to?

(12:31):
So I was so nervous my hand started shaking. My
neighbor is a ticking bomb, and I'm scared of what
she might do. Is it time to sell the house?
Or should I be honest with my wife about my past?

Speaker 5 (12:46):
Man, let me tell you something.

Speaker 3 (12:48):
Of all the stuff you done typed in this letter,
you saved the best stupidest line for last. Or should
I be honest with my wife about the past? Listen
to me, sir. Your wife is already sighed. She trying
to figure out and then figure out why you always

(13:10):
running over there and you knew this woman before. Host
Shirley saying, I know Steve is gonna disagree, but you
should just be honest with him, tell about the pan.
Let me ask you a question, what good will that do?
That's when truth ain't gonna help you at all. Why
would you go over there and tell her we used
to screw.

Speaker 5 (13:30):
Why would you go over there.

Speaker 1 (13:31):
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Speaker 4 (13:33):
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Speaker 5 (13:34):
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Speaker 1 (13:36):
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Speaker 3 (13:40):
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Speaker 5 (13:49):
Time to send it. You got to get out of
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Speaker 1 (13:51):
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