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June 30, 2025 13 mins

The Strawberry Letter heard on The Steve Harvey Morning Show Monday June 30th, 2025.Subject: "My Man Moves Mysteriously"

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Speaker 1 (00:00):
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(00:21):
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Speaker 2 (00:24):
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We got it for you here. It is Strawberry Letter.

Speaker 1 (00:30):
Subject my man moves mysteriously. Dear Stephen Shirley. I'm a
forty two year old woman and I've been in a
relationship with a forty five year old man for three years.
For the past two years, he's been living with me
because he needed some house repairs done around Christmas time
last year. I caught him at his own house one

(00:50):
Saturday when he was supposed to be visiting his parents
in South Carolina. I pulled up in his driveway and
he met me at the door, and he told me
that it was a dusty mess inside like a construction site,
and I didn't need to come in He also didn't
hug or kiss me and said he was too dirty
from working all day. I never questioned him about not

(01:13):
telling me he was still in town because I never
want to be a nagger like his ex wife. He
did not come home that night. The next morning, he
came home and he had shaved and he had on
dress pants. He said he went to church because his
coworker got baptized. This man threw me into a lot
within into a lot within twenty four hours, and I

(01:34):
still didn't nag or ask him any questions. For the
next few months, he would leave the house and wouldn't
say where he was going. I would ride by his house,
but the garage was always down, so if he was
in there, I couldn't tell. Last month, he said he
was finished with his house and he was selling it.
He said he felt like he was wearing out his

(01:54):
welcome with me and he might go stay with his
parents until he finds a new house. I told him
I wanted to see how he renovated his house, and
he said that there's a tenant renting it now.

Speaker 2 (02:06):
I had a look of.

Speaker 1 (02:07):
Confusion, and he went off on me for not believing him.
So much is going on with him, and I don't
know if I should believe him. He still says he
loves me and we still have sex, So why is
he keeping me in the dark?

Speaker 2 (02:20):
What's he up to?

Speaker 1 (02:22):
Well, there's nothing too mysterious about him, there really is,
and it's just a lot of lies. He's up to something,
for sure, and everything that comes out of his mouth
is a lie. I mean, I'll admit that house repairs
can take a very long time, but he's been living
with you for the last two years, so please don't

(02:44):
believe anything he says. He could have had a whole
house built in two years or less. Okay, anyway, all
the clues are there. First, not telling you he was
still in town when he was, then preventing you from
going in the house when you were in the driveway,
not hugging, not kide you when he saw you, because
I'm sure that's what he normally does. Who do you

(03:04):
think is in that house that he's supposedly selling right now?
Is it a wife in there?

Speaker 2 (03:10):
Is it his kids?

Speaker 1 (03:11):
Think? Think Think you're worried about not being a nag,
but you're worried about the wrong things. You still have
to ask questions. You obviously can't take his word for anything,
and you're feeling it. You know something isn't quite right.
You definitely need receipts when he tells you things. Okay, Now,
he's moving out because he thinks he's worn out. He's

(03:31):
welcome with you. No, you didn't tell him that. He
thinks that you may be on to him, and he
knows he's wrong.

Speaker 2 (03:39):
That's why he's leaving.

Speaker 1 (03:41):
I know you think he loves you and you're confused,
but please, love has nothing to do with this relationship. Nothing.
There's really no mystery at all about him. Like I
said earlier, I think you should break up with this
loser and please stop having sex with him until he
comes clean. And that's not going to happen.

Speaker 3 (03:59):
Steve, Wow, where are these women who write these letters?
I didn't know that you could be this gullible. I
just really didn't. Man, it doesn't it just almost doesn't
make any sense.

Speaker 2 (04:14):
You know.

Speaker 3 (04:14):
I'm starting to think that women, women would rather be
in a relationship of some kind than to be in
a real relationship.

Speaker 2 (04:29):
Of some kind.

Speaker 3 (04:30):
I think it's you keep holding on to these relationships
that aren't rewarding and are not fulfilling. To you, just
so you can say you in one because this don't
make no decisions. You forty two, he forty five. You've
been in a relationship for three years. Past two years
we've been he's been living with you because he needed
some house repairs done two years. Okay, around Christmas time

(04:58):
last year, I caught him a his own house one
Saturday when he was supposed to be visiting his parents
in South Carolina.

Speaker 2 (05:06):
I pulled up in his driveway. He met me at
the door and.

Speaker 3 (05:08):
Told me it was dusty, messing side and construction site.
I didn't need to come in. He also didn't hug
or kiss me. He said he was too dirty from
working all day.

Speaker 2 (05:18):
And that's all he had to tell you.

Speaker 3 (05:23):
Go up to the house. It's too dirty here now,
but it's too dirty for you. He don't hug or
kiss you because he too dirty. That's all he had
to tell you, and you went for that.

Speaker 2 (05:34):
Okay.

Speaker 3 (05:36):
I never questioned him about telling me oh he was
still in town, because I never want to be a
nagger like his ex wife. Okay, so now you're being pleased,
you're getting played. You're actually creating the perfect scenario and
excuse that he needs to do whatever he needs to do,

(06:01):
and that's all you do it. So now you've created
the atmosphere for him to thrive in and tell you
anything he wants to tell you, and you just going
along with. I don't want to be a nagger like
his ex wife. Well why was she nagging? Hell, you

(06:22):
got to understand something, now, most women don't nag for
no reason.

Speaker 2 (06:27):
They've been given a reason. That are some women who do.

Speaker 3 (06:30):
But most women that nag you about something is because
you gave him a reason too.

Speaker 2 (06:35):
And I think he gave the ex a reason. Thought.

Speaker 1 (06:38):
Yeah, hold that well that part two of Steve's response
coming up at twenty three minutes after the hour. Today's
Strawberry Letters subject is my man moves mysteriously. We'll get
right back into it right after this. You're listening Steve
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Speaker 1 (07:29):
All right, come on, Steve, Let's recap today's strawberry letter.
My man moves mysteriously.

Speaker 3 (07:36):
This lady right here is so gullible in this letter.
Like I said, it just makes me think that women
would rather have some relationship than a real relationship. And
your real relationship meaning that you're rewarded, you're fulfilled, you're complete.
So you deal with all these inconsistencies, and it don't

(07:56):
make no sense.

Speaker 2 (07:58):
You've been dating this man three years. Years ago.

Speaker 3 (08:00):
He moved in your house because he was doing some
house repairs for two years. You went over his house
one Saturday when he said he was going to see
his mama in South Carolina. You go over his house
and he supposed to be empty. He's standing in there working.
He meets you at the door, don't let you in
because he's say it's a construction site, is messing his dirty.

Speaker 2 (08:18):
He don't hug and kiss.

Speaker 3 (08:19):
You at the door, And he said the reason he
hug and kiss you because he's been working in there
all day.

Speaker 2 (08:25):
You stupid, So you let him tell you that.

Speaker 3 (08:28):
Then you said, I never questioned him about telling me
he was still in town because I never want to
be a nagger like his ex wife.

Speaker 2 (08:36):
His ex wife was nagging for something. Yes, she nagged him.

Speaker 3 (08:39):
And now you're starting to see why I'm telling you
right now, most women don't nag for no reason. Some
of them do, but the majority of women, you give
them a reason to turn into this nagging. Okay, ready
for this. He did not come home that night, Well,
he didn't come home. He told you he was at

(09:01):
his mama's house in South Carolina. You go over to
his house and he at that house, he don't let
you in. You drive off here. The best one I've
ever heard in my life. He did not come home
that night. The next morning he came home and said,
and he was shaved and he had on dress pants.
He said he went to church because his coworker got baptized.

Speaker 2 (09:25):
Or the best one I ever heard. That's a good one.
That boy. You're proud. I got my chest out on this.

Speaker 3 (09:36):
Yeah, yeah, I shaved and got on dress pants because
I went to church because my coworker got baptized. Here's
something you can't find out if it's true or not.
I don't get what type of research you do?

Speaker 2 (09:52):
What church? What coworker? What job was he referring to?

Speaker 3 (09:59):
You ain't gonna be researchers. Best lie I've ever heard.
Co worker got baptized. Then she say, this man threw
me into a lot the last twenty four hours. That
lie right there, my coworker got baptized. That's the best
lie I've ever heard. It's so rare. It has to
be a lot.

Speaker 2 (10:16):
It ain't freedom enough. I'm gonna have to write a
book called creative Lies. It just.

Speaker 3 (10:24):
And so this man threw me into a lot the
last twenty four hours. I still don't nag or ask
him any questions. Lady, okay, so now you're just gunnable.

Speaker 2 (10:33):
You just going along with it.

Speaker 3 (10:35):
If you don't question your relationship on him, you just
going along with whatever he says. For the next few months.
He would lead a house and wouldn't say where it
was going. Who can do that? Who in the relationship
has to freedom to come and go and never say
where you're going or when you're coming back now. I
would ride by his house, but the garage was always down,

(10:58):
so if he was there, I couldn't tell. Last month,
he said he was finished with his house and he's selling.

Speaker 2 (11:06):
All right. Now here we go.

Speaker 3 (11:09):
He said he felt like he was wearing out his
welcome with me, and he might go stay with his
parents until he finds a new house.

Speaker 2 (11:17):
What wait a minute, you leaving me?

Speaker 3 (11:21):
You're gonna go live with your mama, dim because you
wear out your wealth and you're gonna go stay with your.

Speaker 2 (11:25):
Parents to you find a new house. I told him, mom,
I wanted to see how it renovated. His house.

Speaker 3 (11:31):
Ready for this, he said, there's a tenant renting it
right now.

Speaker 2 (11:36):
Another good life. You gotta be proud this boy right here.
I love this boy right here. So I can't let
you in it because the tenant rented it right now.
I had a look of confusion.

Speaker 3 (11:49):
Yeah, and he went off on me for not believing him.

Speaker 2 (11:54):
Remember this best defense is a good offense.

Speaker 3 (11:58):
Yeah, so when you look confused, Oh, I'm lying up. Yeah, dog,
she living there, has she been living there? And you're
not finna go to your mama's house. You're finna go
over there. So telling you that there's a renter in
the house and say you don't have to go by
there looking for him no more. And right after he

(12:20):
told you he was gonna put it on the market
and sell it. If you're gonna put the market on
the selling, why you got a tendant in that right now?
Already so much is going on with him. I don't
know if I should believe him. He still says he
loves me and we still have sex. That's cause you
let him.

Speaker 2 (12:37):
Yeah, So why is he keeping me in the dark?
What is he up to? So you want to know.

Speaker 3 (12:42):
Why he's keeping you in the dark because you don't
seem to have a problem being in the dark. This
is why he don't bring you into the light, because
you don't have a problem being in the dark. You
don't question him about nothing, ask you wait, going what
is wor about?

Speaker 2 (13:02):
You?

Speaker 3 (13:02):
Like being in the dog? So now that you and
the dog, But I'm lighting it up for you. There's
a woman living in the house that he's seeing. He
gonna go live over there, and he ain't moving in
with his mama. Why would he move in with the
mama when he could sleep with you all with her?
Lady shut up.

Speaker 1 (13:16):
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