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May 15, 2023 12 mins

Dear Steve and Shirley, I am a 32 year old single mother with one child and I’m pregnant with my second child. I’m pregnant by my best friend, who happens to be married. We’ve been friends with benefits for almost to 10 years and his wife thinks we’re just best friends, so she’s accepted me as part of the family. She’s aware that I’m pregnant but thinks it’s my ex-boyfriend’s baby. I’ve told her husband that it’s time for us to stop messing around and be serious now because we have a baby on the way................

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Speaker 1 (00:01):
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Speaker 2 (00:15):
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Speaker 1 (00:16):
Your letter live on the air, just like we're gonna
read this one.

Speaker 2 (00:20):
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Speaker 1 (00:21):
That's for you, Jay always.

Speaker 3 (00:23):
All right, ladies and gentlemen, it is time for the
Strawberry Letter with my good friend Shirley Strong.

Speaker 1 (00:28):
Very all right, thank you, thank you, thank you, junior.
Subject this subject right here. I'm MFin tired, Okay.

Speaker 2 (00:37):
I love it.

Speaker 1 (00:41):
Steve loves it too, you know that, right, Dear Stephen. Shirley,
I'm a thirty two year old single mother with one child,
and I'm pregnant with my second child. I'm pregnant by
my best friend who happens to be married. We've been
friends with benefits for almost ten years, and his wife
thinks we're just best friends, so she's accepted me as

(01:02):
part of the family. She's aware that I'm pregnant, but
thinks it's my ex boyfriend's baby. I've told her husband
that it's time for us to stop messing around and
be serious now because we have a baby on the way.
I told him that he needs to tell his wife
before the baby is born. I want my child to
know his father and have a relationship with his father's
two kids. When we found out I was pregnant, he

(01:24):
panicked and asked me to terminate the pregnancy. I refuse
to do that, and when we found out it's.

Speaker 2 (01:31):
A boy, he was overjoyed.

Speaker 1 (01:33):
The problem is every time he's about to tell his wife,
some life changing event happens with her. The first time
he tried to tell her, she had a minor car
wreck and had to wear a neck brace for a month.
He said that he didn't want to tell her while
she was in pain. Three weeks after that, she got
COVID nineteen and spent a couple of days in the hospital,

(01:54):
so he didn't tell her. Then fast forward to last
week he was supposed to tell her, and he said
she passed out at work and the doctor said she
may have had a mile stroke. Listen, I don't want
to kill the woman by telling her about our baby
on the way, but I'm MFin tired of all her problems.

(02:15):
He could be lying to stall me out so I'm
tempted to call her myself, Steven Shirley. Is he full
of bs?

Speaker 2 (02:22):
Or what?

Speaker 1 (02:23):
Uh uh? What you're not gonna do is put our
name in your mess? Is hateful of bs? You're the
one that's full of bs. This is craziness right here.
This is a mess. Mess on top of a mess.
You've gotten yourself into a young lady, thirty two year
old single mother with one child and pregnant with another.

(02:43):
You know what do you think Steve and I can
do for you? I can tell you right now, we
can't do anything for you because the damage is already done.
You are determined to tell this wife no matter what,
knowing and even not caring that this is going to
hurt her and of course break up his family. You're wrong,
You are wrong. You've been the side chick slash best

(03:06):
friend for ten years now, and you think you're owed
something because of that, Because now all of a sudden
you're pregnant. You're not owed anything. But I tell you
who is owed something. The baby is owed something, not you.
You knew what you were getting into when you got
into this ten years ago. He is married, okay, with

(03:27):
a whole wife. He hasn't left her. In all these
ten years that you guys have been together, have you
ever asked yourself why? I'll tell you because he didn't
want to He didn't want to lead, he didn't want
to be with you. Okay, he liked the arrangement just
like it was. He had his cake, and he ate
it too. Okay. Now here's a baby. You know, he's

(03:51):
got to do right by. So his wife is going
to find out anyway. She's going to find out whether
he was lying about all the stuff that happened to her.
His wife is going to find out. Get your child support,
and please leave this family alone.

Speaker 2 (04:05):
You were old, ain't nothing.

Speaker 1 (04:07):
You're messing it up right here? Is he full of
bs or not? You're mf and tired? Come on, really, steve.

Speaker 3 (04:20):
So much to unpack in this letter. First of all,
I want to thank you for the title. It means
a great deal to me.

Speaker 2 (04:28):
I love it. Though I appreciate you, it.

Speaker 3 (04:31):
Just warms my heart to have somebody say that it
ain't a month for my life go by.

Speaker 2 (04:36):
I don't say it.

Speaker 3 (04:38):
At least once a month you say this, yeah, this
is my favorite phrase. At least twelve times a year.
I know, get had well, I said more, I know,
I said at least twelve times a year, probably more.
This thirty two year old single woman got one child
and it's pregnant with a second child. But she's pregnant
by her best friend who happens to be married. We've

(05:01):
been friends with benefits for almost ten years. His wife
thinks that we're just best friend. So she's accepting me
as part of the family. Well, ain't this wonderful? Guess what,
y'all the family fit to have a baby. Oh, she's
accepted you as family, which means for ten years you've

(05:27):
been up in this woman's face, fronting like y'all friends, right,
like y'all all right. Yeah, I'm surprised she ain't detected this.

Speaker 2 (05:39):
Most women can detect this.

Speaker 1 (05:42):
You know it.

Speaker 3 (05:43):
I can promise you it has crossed her mind. She
done seen something, because when the news come out, I
promise you, the first thing she said, I knew something
was going on.

Speaker 2 (05:53):
I promise you.

Speaker 3 (05:54):
She gonna say that because there's no way you can
be up around a man as much as you claim.
Y'all up, and she accept you as family, and she
ain't thought y'all was messing around right, this is dangerous territory.

Speaker 2 (06:07):
You in, young lady, and you have got yourself in
a mess.

Speaker 3 (06:11):
But you mad at everybody in the letter, but you're
about except yourself, and we come back. I'm gonna deal
with it. I'm gonna show you what's wrong with you
now because you can't do this right here. You said
I'm pregnant, but I think it's my ex boy and
she thinks I'm pregnant, but she thinks my ex boyfriend.

Speaker 2 (06:28):
Baby hit the line.

Speaker 3 (06:29):
I've told her husband it's time for us to stop
messing around and be serious now because.

Speaker 2 (06:34):
We got a baby on the word. What the hell
did that mean?

Speaker 3 (06:38):
Yes, it's time if y'all will be serious now stop
messing what?

Speaker 1 (06:41):
All right? Hold on, Steve, hold on, It'll have her
two of your response coming up at twenty three minutes
after the hour Steve's savor subject, he says it a lot.

Speaker 2 (06:49):
You heard it.

Speaker 1 (06:50):
I'm mf and tired.

Speaker 2 (06:51):
Won't be right back. You're listening Steve Hardy Morning Show.

Speaker 1 (06:56):
All right, Come on, Steve, let's recap today's Strawberry Letters.
Subject I'm mfing tired.

Speaker 3 (07:02):
I bet you is thirty two year old woman got
one child she's pregnant with her second by her best friend,
who happens to be a married man. They've been friends
with benefits for ten years now, and the man's wife
think that they just best friends. So she's accepted me
as part of the family. This is cute because what

(07:22):
that means now the family fitn't have a baby, but
the wife thinks that is her ex boyfriend's baby.

Speaker 2 (07:33):
Here's a line.

Speaker 3 (07:34):
I've told her husband, it's time for us to stop
messing around, to be serious now because we have a
baby on the way. Oh oh, so you think you
think now since you're pregnant, now you'll find out later
on he already got two kids with this woman, you think,
because now couldn't you pregnant?

Speaker 2 (07:52):
You think now you got DIBs.

Speaker 3 (07:54):
So now it's time for us to stop messing around,
to get serious now because we have been on the way.

Speaker 2 (08:01):
So now you think, now you got some DIBs.

Speaker 3 (08:04):
So now you told him that he needs to tell
his wife for the baby born. And I know you
want the wife to know that you're pregnant by him
because you think he gonna leave her for you. Yes,
biggest mistake you can make. I've told you men don't
do promotions. There is no man who had a number

(08:28):
two that caused him to lose his number one, and
then he made the number two number one.

Speaker 2 (08:37):
Ain't nobody fitting to do that.

Speaker 3 (08:40):
I don't know no man who has ever had a
number two that caused him to lose his number one
and then made the number two the new number one.

Speaker 2 (08:52):
I ain't never seen it. I could be wrong, see,
but I ain't never seen it.

Speaker 3 (08:56):
Brad Pitt, Brad Pitt, Now, whoever wrote this letter ain't
white or rich. So let's you know, y'all quit anyway.
Tell his wife before the baby. I want my child
to know his father and have a relationship with his
father's two kids. Oh so you really think y'all just
a little family here. You think y'all just Finn to.

Speaker 2 (09:14):
Be just all? Okay, he already got two kids. I
want my kids to know. You delusion them.

Speaker 3 (09:20):
But we found out it was pregnant, he panic and
asked me to terminate the pregnancy. I refused to do so.
When we found out it was a boy, he was overjoyed.
Problem is, every time he's about to tell his wife,
some life changing event happens with her.

Speaker 2 (09:32):
Okay, so let's go over this.

Speaker 3 (09:34):
First time he tried to tell her she had a
minor car wreck, had to wear neck brace for a month.
He said he ain't want to tell her why she
was in pain. Three weeks later, she got COVID nineteen
spent a couple of days in the hospital, so he
didn't want to tell it. In fast forward, last week
he's supposed to tell in he said she passed out
at work, and the doctor says she may have had

(09:55):
a mild stroke. Ain't no, might have had no damn mistroke.
Listen to me, all of this happened just because he
got ready to tell her.

Speaker 2 (10:11):
What do you think gonna happen when he do tell her?

Speaker 3 (10:14):
Damn the car wreck, Damn the trip to the hospital
with COVID and the hell way with this stroke? If
that's what happened when he fiting to tell her, What
you think gonna happen?

Speaker 2 (10:26):
When he tell this crazy ass woman that you've.

Speaker 3 (10:28):
Been in her face for ten years over their house,
to playing with the kids and laughing and talking, and
you've been screwing her husband. WHOA, What do you think
it's gonna happen? When this woman replay all the moments
in her mind about how she kind of thought this,
but you tricked and deceived her, and how fool she

(10:51):
been made out of and now you pregnant with his baby. Girl, girl, girl,
your ass is in a world of trouble. So I
guess you is making time is but you ain't meal

(11:18):
as time and his wife.

Speaker 2 (11:20):
Friend the beef on your ass, Yeah, that's what I'm
talking about.

Speaker 1 (11:27):
And this poor little baby there.

Speaker 2 (11:29):
Now get these bleeps right.

Speaker 3 (11:33):
I know, we got that eight second delay on this show,
so there's plenty of time to bleep because the fine
for what I just said.

Speaker 2 (11:43):
Oh man, that's gonna make me time. God said, no more.
That's it. That is so.

Speaker 3 (11:50):
But it's the letter caller, and this is I've been
waiting on this type of letter for twenty years. We've
been doing this show since two thousand and five, and
we've just he's not getting it, man, Thank you man.
I don't want to kill the woman by telling her
about our baby on the way, but I'm tired of
all her problems. He could be lying to stall me out,

(12:13):
so I'm tempted to call her myself.

Speaker 2 (12:15):
Is he full of bs? Or what Shirley said? It best?

Speaker 3 (12:18):
The person that's full of BS and this letter is you.
You tricking with this married man in front of this
woman for ten years. Year now you think he BS
and you when you've been BS and everybody. Girl, you
about to get what you deserve because I got news
for you when you tell this sister what you've been
doing with her man for ten years.

Speaker 2 (12:40):
Both y'all in the world of trouble. Oh yes, sir,
all right, Steve, thank you.

Speaker 1 (12:43):
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