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The Strawberry Letter, heard on The Steve Harvey Morning Show, Thursday, August 28th, 2025. Subject: "I'm Not As Strong As I Think I Am"

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Speaker 1 (00:00):
It is time now for today's Strawberry Letter, and if
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(00:20):
it could be yours.

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

Speaker 3 (00:25):
Here.

Speaker 2 (00:25):
It is Strawberry Letter.

Speaker 1 (00:27):
Thank you, nephew. Subject. I'm not as strong as I
think I am. Dear Stephen Shirley, I'm a forty six
year old married man. My wife is forty, and we've
always had great chemistry. Our marriage was fine until my
wife's favorite cousin moved in with us. The cousin is
a very bad influence on my wife and they have

(00:49):
been out drinking every weekend this summer. My wife comes
home drunk and passes out, and the cousin starts flirting
with me as soon as she hears my wife's snoring.
It all started with her playing in my dreads and
then rubbing my beer, trying to hold hands when we
were talking, and even running around in her bra and panties.

(01:10):
She's thick, but it's nothing I can't handle. I feel
like she wants attention, so I try not to be
mean to her, but she's driving me crazy in my
own home. I am afraid of what might happen if
she catches me on a night that I've had a
drink or too.

Speaker 3 (01:27):
I have dropped hints to my wife about this.

Speaker 1 (01:30):
I told my wife that her cousin doesn't go straight
to bed when they get home from the club, so
we watch movies together. All my wife said is that
her cousin is a night owl and she loves staying
up late. She didn't get what I was trying to say.
My therapist said I should record every interaction with the
cousin to protect myself. He also said I should tell

(01:51):
the cousin it's time to move out because she is
coming between me and my wife. I can't do that
because then my wife will be upset with me. I
have to separate myself from the temptation and the stress.
Do I tell my wife that her cousin has flirted
with me? What if her cousin lies and says I
flirted with her too. I can't say that I didn't

(02:13):
how do I get the cousin to leave? Not that
it matters now because she has clearly overstayed her welcome.
But you didn't tell us why the cousin is there.
I mean, usually when people move in, it's for particular
reason and there's a time limit on how long they
should stay.

Speaker 3 (02:33):
So the why it's very important here.

Speaker 1 (02:36):
But since we don't have that information, we'll deal with
what we do have, and that is that the cousin
does not need to spend another.

Speaker 3 (02:43):
Day at your house.

Speaker 2 (02:44):
Period.

Speaker 1 (02:45):
Your therapist is right. Your cousin is coming. The cousin
is coming between you and your wife, and you can't
ever let that happen in your house. You mentioned the
word temptation and your letter temptation is real. This girl
waits until your wife goes to sleep and make sure
she's snoring. Then she goes after you with a vengeance.

(03:05):
I mean, this isn't the saint, right. I mean, she's
taking advantage of you guys, hospitality, of your kindness, especially yours. Okay,
this is betrayal in every sense of the word. She
is there to kill your marriage and destroy it. I mean,
I don't know how you don't see this and do
something about it immediately. So if you love your wife

(03:27):
and you don't want to lose her or your marriage,
because that could be what's going to that's what's going
to happen here.

Speaker 3 (03:34):
You got to.

Speaker 1 (03:35):
Tell your wife that the cousin has to go, give
the cousin an exit date immediately, and you should never
let anybody bring havoc into your home. I don't think
you're taking this seriously enough because you're enjoying the attention
that you're getting and you're kind of flirting.

Speaker 3 (03:50):
With her too.

Speaker 1 (03:51):
But don't be stupid. You gotta talk to your wife.
The two of you have to agree to get this
girl out of your life and out of your house,
a house before MSS cousin ruined everything.

Speaker 3 (04:01):
You don't need to risk this.

Speaker 4 (04:02):
Steve, listening to this letter that's written from a man, see,
I see all the other stuff in this letter, and
that's what makes this letter even crazier than you know, Shirley.
This letter is crazier than you know, because I'm gonna
tell y'all something.

Speaker 2 (04:20):
Man, I've been a man.

Speaker 4 (04:22):
My whole life, and I know a lot of men,
and once you were a man, there are rules to this,
and we all know the rules, but he acts like
he don't. Now he's forty six year old, married to
his wife. Forty had great kndrashey until his wife's favorite
cousin moved in.

Speaker 2 (04:41):
Then they started having an influence on the wife.

Speaker 4 (04:44):
They were staying out, getting drunk every weekend this summer
and pass out, and then the cousin starts flirting with
me as soon as she hears my wife snoring. Now,
then he said, it all started with her playing in
my dreads and then rubb in my bed, trying to
hold my hand when we were talking, and even running
around in her bra and panties. She's thick, but it's

(05:08):
nothing I can't handle. Stop, let's stop right here. Listen
to me. A man that wrote this letter, y'all, he
know this woman playing in his dreads, in his bed,
holding his hand, rubbing his chest, running round in her
bra and panties. Dog, you know, good and well, what's

(05:33):
going on you forty six? This ain't a new movie, man,
Everybody know what this is.

Speaker 2 (05:40):
Right here?

Speaker 4 (05:42):
He says, she's thick, but it's nothing I can't handle. Well,
that's not true, dog, And it's not true that you
ain't handle it. It's something that happened here, and I'm
gonna tell you why in just a second. I feel
like she wants attention. Ain't no feel like nothing. You
know what's happening. So I try not to be mean

(06:05):
to her. So oh so now you accommodate. See, y'all,
this is what I want you all to understand. I
try not to be mean to her, but she's driving
me crazy in my own home. That means now he's
faced with the options because if it's driving him crazy,
he don't know what to do. Man o, man if
she come a kill his pennies on the trunk, playing

(06:28):
my damn my bed. All this here, I'm telling y'all.
When I come back, I'm gonna tell y'all what the
real deal is. And then y'all y'all help me help here.

Speaker 1 (06:36):
Okay, we'll have part two of your response coming up
at twenty three minutes after the hour.

Speaker 3 (06:41):
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Speaker 1 (06:45):
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Speaker 1 (07:24):
All right, come on, Steve Let's recap today's strawberry letter.
The subject is I'm not as strong as I think
I am.

Speaker 2 (07:31):
Well, no, bruh, bruh, br bruh. Nice title.

Speaker 4 (07:34):
I'm not as strong as I think I am and
all this here, but I'm a man watching a man
write a letter. Now I'm gonna tell you'll let me
go through this. Try to get through this quick cause
I gotta get to this part. I want to tell
you all about him and his wife been married for
a while, she forty. Her favorite cousin came to stay
with her at a great marriage. So she's a bad influence.
They go out on weekends, get drunk, she come home

(07:55):
and she pass out. And then when she gets drunk
and pass out to cousin, that's a bad influence. On
the wife starts flirting with him, and she waited. She
heard his wife snowing, and it all started when she
started playing in his dredge, holding his hands and even
running around in her bra and pantis. She's thick, But
it's nothing I can't handle. That's not true, dog, that's

(08:19):
just not a true. But it's nothing I can't handle. Okay,
So what you write the letter? Fork, and I'm gonna
show you deeper why he ain't handling this well. But
it's nothing I can't handle. I feel like she wants attention,
so I try not to be mean to her, but
she driving me crazy in my own home. Wait a manue,
hold up, brother, so you know what she trying to do.

(08:39):
You don't want to be a mean to her, so
you accommodating it. But it's driving you crazy in your
own home. You know why he's driving him crazy because
he considering it. It stays on his mind. He go
when he ain't home, he goes, man, I got to
go to the house.

Speaker 2 (08:54):
She in here. Ain't no telling what she going.

Speaker 4 (08:56):
To Now listen to me, and then he says, I'm
afraid of what might happen if she catches me on
the night that I've had a drink or too. Bruh,
that's not true. Stop saying that. Stop trying to blame
it on the alcohol. You thinking about this sober, because
you wrote this letter sober.

Speaker 2 (09:14):
So this ain't nothing that might happen when you have
a drink or two.

Speaker 4 (09:17):
This is something that's on your mind right now because
she in your house driving you crazy. Now, unless you
drunk all the time in your house, there would be
no need for this letter. But you ain't drunk all
the time, and it's on your mind. And I'm gonna
tell you how I know something didn't happen. I have
dropped hints to my wife about this.

Speaker 2 (09:38):
What all you gotta do is.

Speaker 4 (09:39):
Tell her, baby, listen to me. I'm uncomfortable with your
cousin being here because when you go to sleep at night,
I don't like the way she acts behind your back,
and I think I don't think.

Speaker 2 (09:52):
She no good.

Speaker 4 (09:53):
I want her out of our house, period. That's all
you got to say. But see this this hit little
statement he made at the top. I'm not as strong
as I think I am. No, Bro, you're trying to
play to both worlds. See I told my wife that
her cousin don't go straight to bed when they get
home from the club, so we watch movies together. All
my wife said is her cousin the night out and

(10:14):
she loves staying them life. She ain't get what I
was trying to say. Hold up, though, how is a
woman not gonna get what you trying to say?

Speaker 2 (10:22):
You ain't said nothing.

Speaker 4 (10:24):
I assure you, women ain't stupid when it comes to
they man, they ain't stupid at all. Now they are
act stupid because they start listening to their heart instead
of their head, but they not stupid people.

Speaker 2 (10:41):
She didn't give it. Now, listen to this line.

Speaker 4 (10:43):
My therapist said, I should record every interaction with the
cousin to protect myself. He also shared said, I said,
tell the cousin's time to move out because she's coming
between me and my wife.

Speaker 2 (10:54):
Hold up, bro, I'm not as strong as I think
I am.

Speaker 4 (10:58):
As a Tyler letter, you wrote the Steve Harvey Morning
Show and you got a therapist. You then wrote the
Steve Harvey Morning Show, and you got a therapist.

Speaker 2 (11:12):
And all of us know about this big thick thing.

Speaker 4 (11:16):
That's running around your house and her brawing panties playing
in your dreads. Now listen to this line right here,
He said, I should tell the cousin to move out
because she's coming between me and my wife. Now listen
to this line. I can't do that because then my
wife will be upset with me. Broh, if your wife

(11:39):
find out you're not gonna have no wife, why would
your wife be upset with you for trying to be
loyal and staying true to her and call it out
her cousin and not allowing her cousin.

Speaker 2 (11:53):
To ruin your marriage.

Speaker 3 (11:55):
Ain't no woman.

Speaker 2 (11:56):
That's stupid. Man.

Speaker 4 (11:58):
I keep telling you stop talking, Then, she said. Then
he said, I have to separate myself from the temptation
and distress.

Speaker 2 (12:07):
This is ongoing even without the drink. Shall do I.

Speaker 4 (12:10):
Tell my wife that her cousin has flirted with me?
What if her cousin lies and said I flirted with her?

Speaker 2 (12:18):
Now watch this.

Speaker 4 (12:21):
Suppose her cousin lies and says I flirted with her too.
I can't say that I didn't right that right there?
See that that that See it's it's it's it's been
some pany playing back and forth between him and the Cubs.

Speaker 2 (12:38):
I'm just telling you what I know.

Speaker 3 (12:40):
Panny playing it's.

Speaker 4 (12:42):
Been some panty playing between him and the cuts. They've
been they've been playing around because I ain't a way
where you run around in front of me panting his
own and bra and my wife in their sleep, and
I ain't told her. But this didn't happen more than once.
And it's creating stress in your house. And now you
done wrote Steve Harvey Morning Show and told your therapist.

(13:02):
And then you said I should tell my wife her
cousin flirted with me. What if her cousin lies and
said I flirted with her too?

Speaker 2 (13:10):
I can't say that I didn't. Well, then your cousin
ain't lying. See if you can't say you didn't, then
the cousin ain't lying. Hey, dog, who did you think
you was? Writing this letter to bro?

Speaker 3 (13:23):
All right?

Speaker 1 (13:24):
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Speaker 2 (13:28):
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Speaker 1 (13:29):
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Speaker 3 (13:35):
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