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February 16, 2026 13 mins

The Strawberry Letter heard on The Steve Harvey Morning Show Monday, February 16th, 2026. Subject: "My Peace & Happiness Is Next Door"

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Speaker 1 (00:00):
It is time now for the Strawberry Letter, and if
you need advice on relationships, work, sex, parenting, or more,
please submit your Strawberry Letter to Steve HARVEYFM dot com
by clicking submit Strawberry Letter. We could be reading your
letter live on the air, just like we're going to
read this one right here, right now. And you know what,
you never know, it could be yours.

Speaker 2 (00:22):
It could be Michael. I've been hold on tight. We
got it for you. Here it is Strawberry Letter.

Speaker 1 (00:28):
Thank you for you subject My peace and happiness is
next door. Dear Stephen Shirley, I'm fifty one years old
and I've been married nine years to a miserable man.
He owns a bar and he's drinking half of his
profits and then he comes home and drinks some more.
I can't tolerate the mood swings and the sloppy intimacy
with him, so I've been avoiding him for the past

(00:50):
few months because I have found something better next door.
There's a younger couple that moved next to us, and
they started out being very bothered by always calling me
to ask a lot of questions about the neighborhood. As
a thank you, they invited me to dinner one night.
We sat around and listened to music and had some
drinks after we ate. They have a small dog and

(01:13):
he was being frisky and started hunching my leg. So
the man next door said he wished he could do that.
His wife said she would like to see him try it,
but it wasn't in a mean spirited way, so I
was confused. He told me my legs look soft, and
he asked me if he could rub on them. I
looked at his wife and she gave me a thumbs

(01:35):
up like it was fine. So he rubbed them and
his hands slipped up my thigh. His wife got on
the other side of me and said my right leg
was feeling left out. Needless to say, that was a
good night. From then on we've been They've been my
escape from everything that is troubling me in my marriage.
I can have one or both of them whenever I

(01:57):
go over for a visit. Since my husband worked long hours,
they are my peace and happiness. The three of us
went to my husband's bar, and my husband said we
looked like a happy threesome. I think he might be
aware of what we're up to, but he doesn't care.
Since he and I haven't had sex lately, do you
think he has a side piece too? Well, it's funny

(02:21):
you should ask, because anything is possible. And he's doing
all of that drinking for some reason. Either he's miserable
at home and in the marriage, or he feels guilty
for cheating and he's trying to cover it up with
the drinking. Something's going on, And that's what you're feeling anyway,
right that he had something going on. But here's the thing.

(02:42):
You need to stop acting like you don't care because
of what you got going on. You care, or you
wouldn't have written us. And that's the problem. You're talking
to us about your marital problems and not him. I mean,
is there a time when he's not drunk or drinking
so you guys can have a conversation. Do you even
know if he wants to still be married to you?

(03:04):
Do you guys communicate? Do you still want to be
married to him? I mean, he's an alcoholic and you're
having threesomes with the neighbors. That's your answer right there.
Your nine year marriage is on life support. It's in
major trouble and pretty much over. You and your husband
have grown miles apart for whatever reason that you left

(03:25):
out of the letter. So what are you and him
going to do about it? I mean, you have some
choices here. You can move on and divorce, just divorce
and move on, or you know, try and fix this.
It's not a lot that's fixable in this marriage because
of what both of you guys are doing. But you know,
I mean, I always believe in hope you can try,

(03:46):
but it looks over to me. It looks over. You
guys really need some help, Steve.

Speaker 3 (03:52):
The only question in this letter is do you think
he has a side piece? The rest of it is
you don't care, You ain't got no problem you okay,
there's nothing about trying to save the marriage in this letter.
And you've stated at the subject my peace and happiness

(04:12):
is next door, and then at the end of the
letter does.

Speaker 4 (04:16):
He have a side piece too? That's the only question here.

Speaker 3 (04:22):
So let me just address this letter from what all
you seem to care about? You fifty one, been married
nine years to a miserable man. Now you say he
got a bar, he drink up half his profit, and
then he come home and he drank some more.

Speaker 4 (04:37):
So your man is an alcoholic that owns a bar.

Speaker 3 (04:40):
Wow, Wow, this is you can't win. First of all,
if you're an alcoholic and you're trying to get a
you know, get on the wagon. You gotta stay away
from the temptation. He owned the bar, he owned the ball.

(05:01):
He round too much of it. He round people that
drink all the time. He can smell it. He got
no and secondly, he ain't went to get no help. Now,
Shirley says he's drinking for a reason. Maybe he's unhappy
in his marriage, whatever the case.

Speaker 4 (05:16):
I know up close alcoholics.

Speaker 3 (05:20):
Alcoholics, once they get hooked on that taste of alcohol,
you can create all the reasons you won't, but they'll
use any reason to drink. Then once they it's an
addictive thing. If you keep drinking, it's addictive. If you're
drinking to get high, it's addictive. If you use drugs

(05:42):
to get high, it's addictive. He's addicted to alcohol. He's
an alcoholic.

Speaker 4 (05:48):
Now.

Speaker 3 (05:48):
He got mood swings and sloppy intimates. And he said,
you'd have been avoiding in the past few months, and
because you'd have found something better next door, this young
couple and moved in. If you used to call you
and ask you all these questions, bothering you all the time,
and finally, as a as a a thank you, they
invite you to dinner. One night, y'all sitting up listening
to music, have some drinks. They got a little dog

(06:10):
came over and started humping your leg. Then the man
next door said he wished he could do that. Then
his wife said, I shalln't want to see you try.
But it wasn't in a mean spirit of way, so
I was confused. Then he said, your legs look soft
and asked me if I could rub him. I looked
at his why, she gave the thumbs up. She rubbed him.
She got on the other side and say the other thigh.
Look his hand slid up your leg and touched your thigh.

(06:33):
She said, the other one look lonely too. And now
after that it's own and cracking. When I come back
the rest of it, all.

Speaker 1 (06:39):
Right, we'll have part two of Steve's response coming up.

Speaker 3 (06:42):
I'm talking to the woman who's listening with somebody hand
on her thigh.

Speaker 1 (06:47):
Twenty three minutes after the hours, when we'll be back
right after this. You're listening Steve Harvey Morning Show. All right, Steve,
come on. Let's recap today's strawberry letter. The subject is
my peace and happiness is next door.

Speaker 3 (07:07):
Got this woman that's been married for nine years. She
fifty one means she got married at forty two. She's
married to what she says is a miserable man. He
drinks all the time. He owns a bar. He drinks
at the bar. He's shrinking up all his profits. Then
he come home and he drinks some more. Your man

(07:27):
is an alcoholic. Then she tied of the mood swings
and the sloppy intimacy he all over the place. So
now you're sick of it and got on your nerves
with it. A young couple moves in next door, calling
you all the time, asking you different stuff about neighborhood.

(07:48):
Kind of bothers them, so they as a thank you
for answering all their questions to invite you to dinner.
One night, fifty one year old lady go over to
have dinner. She's sitting up there. After dinner, they listen
to music and drinking. The dog, they little dog who
is probably trained to do this, goes over and start

(08:10):
humping on her leg. The dog is the opening act.
They have got this dog involved. They don't train this
dog to hump legs. He could a treat now because
the dog is in on it.

Speaker 4 (08:26):
He is a conversation starter. Now the dog.

Speaker 3 (08:29):
Over, that little dog humping your leg, and the husband
on que gos, I sure wish I could do that,
And then the wife says, I want to see you
try it. But it wasn't it a mean spirited way.
So he asked, could he rub my leg because they
look soft. The wife gave him the thumbs up. He
rubbed my leg, his hand go up my thigh. She

(08:52):
jump on the other side and say, will the other
one feel lonely? She started rubbing your thigh too.

Speaker 1 (09:00):
What a night?

Speaker 4 (09:03):
I looked at his wife. She gave the thumbs up.

Speaker 3 (09:06):
His wife got on the other side, said, your right
leg was filling left out. Needless to say, needless to say,
I love when these letters just go. Needless to say,
needless to say what just happened? Needless to say, that
was a good night. From then on, they've been my
escape from everything that is troubling me and my marriage.

(09:28):
I can have one or both of them whenever I
go over for a visit. And since my husband worked
long hours, they are my peace and happiness. Okay, now
right here, so far we don't have a problem. The
only problem you was happing was your husband was drinking

(09:50):
and sloppy intimacy. You done fix that cause you'd have
found this young couple net going that don't do sloppy intimacy.
Matter of fact, they do full blown active intimacy. One two, three,
What you want, what you need? Come on over to
the house, flip it, Come on my turn your turn tag.
I mean, I'm out you in that business. But you

(10:12):
involved the whole time. So now you ain't had this
much action?

Speaker 4 (10:17):
You doing? How him? Both of them doing?

Speaker 2 (10:20):
You?

Speaker 4 (10:20):
Him doing it? How are you all you doing? Is
got time to go downstairs get some water.

Speaker 3 (10:29):
So since your husband worked long hours, they are your
peace and happiness. See you, cop, you fix your problem.
The three of us went to my husband's bar. Oh okay,
your husband said, we look like a happy threesome. Now
guilty set in on you. So you say, I think
he might be aware of what we up to, but

(10:50):
he don't care since he and I haven't asked sex.

Speaker 4 (10:53):
Lady, here's the only question. Do you think he has
a sign piece too?

Speaker 2 (10:59):
Lady?

Speaker 4 (11:00):
What difference to him.

Speaker 3 (11:00):
Man, you don't want him, You avoiding him. Your question
and all this is does he have a side piece too?

Speaker 4 (11:12):
What did you write us for?

Speaker 3 (11:14):
We don't know, and you and we really don't care anything.

Speaker 4 (11:20):
You don't care about your husband.

Speaker 3 (11:22):
You need to try to get him some help with
that drinking, but you ain't try to do that. So
your help is next dope. So now you'd have found
some peace and happiness next door, and the type of
intimacy you won't. And you can go over there any
time you want to for a visit. You can have one,
both of them, all of them. So you just over
there getting it. However you won't. So now where we're at,

(11:42):
So now you have rode us for what.

Speaker 4 (11:45):
Cause?

Speaker 3 (11:45):
I don't care. I don't care about your marriage because
you don't care about your.

Speaker 1 (11:51):
Marriage at all.

Speaker 3 (11:53):
Your peace and happiness is next doe. You said it,
waw bam, thank you, ma'am. Ho where thank you sir?
Here here I come. And then the little dog involved
in the whole thing. It just don't make no sense.
So now you just set up in here. You gotta

(12:14):
pull into a threesome by puppy. You easy if all
it took was a dog. It's men everywhere now considering
buying small dogs, teaching them how to hump for treats,
hump for treats. Wish out of new this here, all

(12:35):
the dinners and stuff. I've been buying my whole life
loan and helping putting kids through school.

Speaker 4 (12:41):
All this hell, making car notes and.

Speaker 3 (12:47):
Rent payments, Gold Platinum programs, Bronze program All I had
to do was buy small dog. Well, I don't know
how you teach a dog how to hope, but hell,
they'll do anything for a treat.

Speaker 4 (13:04):
Roll over, roll over now, hope all right?

Speaker 1 (13:07):
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Speaker 4 (13:11):
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Speaker 1 (13:13):
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