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January 27, 2026 13 mins

The Strawberry Letter heard on The Steve Harvey Morning Show Tuesday, January 27th, 2026. Subject: "She's Always In The Principal's Office"

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Speaker 1 (00:00):
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Speaker 2 (00:20):
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Speaker 3 (00:21):
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We got it for you here it is strawberry.

Speaker 3 (00:25):
Let us thank you.

Speaker 1 (00:27):
Nephew. Subject she's always in the principal's office. Dear Stephen Shirley,
I'm dating a woman that I work with. I'm a
resource operator at a high school, a resource officer at
a high school, and my girlfriend is a volleyball coach
and the front office manager. Our relationship is not public,

(00:48):
but we don't try to hide that we're close. We
have lunch together and sometimes we write to work together.
The principle is one of my closest friends, and he
advised me to keep the relationship on the low so
that the students won't start teasing us. My girlfriend thinks
the world of this guy, and she's told me he's

(01:08):
one of the smartest people.

Speaker 2 (01:10):
She knows.

Speaker 1 (01:11):
He is writing a book on disciplining teenagers, and he
encouraged my girlfriend to write a book on being a
single mom. I couldn't believe it when she told me,
because she doesn't even have custody of her.

Speaker 3 (01:22):
Son, the dad does.

Speaker 1 (01:24):
I didn't react the way she expected me to, so
she said she would continue to share her ideas with
the principle. I had to talk with him about all
of the extra time that he's spending with my girl,
and he said it is professional guidance because my girl
has a lot to learn about being a leader. Granted
she is six years younger than we are, but I'm

(01:46):
the one who will lead her, not him. My relationship
with him has been strained since then. My girlfriend has
a beautiful body and all of her pants and dresses
fit perfectly, so I know what's on his mind. I'm
not comfortable with how much she's around him. He is
our boss, so I can't tell her to avoid him

(02:06):
and stay out of his office. It would make me
look insecure. I truly believe they both know what's going on,
and I'm feeling like a fool. What do you think
I should do about it?

Speaker 3 (02:18):
Well, I got to throw it back on you.

Speaker 1 (02:20):
What do you want to do about it? You obviously
still want to be in a relationship with her, but
unfortunately for you, she's more interested in what the Principle
has to say. And it takes two. A couple means
two people, you and her, not the Principle and her.
And I think that's the issue. You guys can't stay
together if she doesn't want it, and you need to

(02:43):
read between the lines. She may not be saying it,
but she is showing it. She likes the Principle, she
likes being around him. Why else will she be spending
so much time with him? You are supposed to be
her man, and it looks crazy that she's always with
the Principal and the principlesfe he's saying, he's giving her
professional guidance. And then you don't want to address him

(03:05):
because he's your boss. But have you spoken to her
about how you feel and how this looks? You are
allowed to say something to her since you guys are dating,
you know, I think you should let her know how
you feel. Get it all out. Just don't do anything
crazy or say anything crazy to him so you won't
lose your job. But you need to figure out what's

(03:25):
going on, and hopefully she'll tell you everything you need
to know.

Speaker 4 (03:29):
Steve, Yeah, hey dog, let me just say this to you, pimp.
You ain't gonna be working at the school much longer.

Speaker 2 (03:37):
Yeah.

Speaker 4 (03:38):
The writing's on the wall right here. You ain't handling
this right. He wanted your closest free. And see it's
too much contradiction going on in this letter for this
to work. You're dating a woman that you work with.
I'm a resource officer at a high school. Now, I
don't know what that.

Speaker 1 (03:56):
Is, kind of like security.

Speaker 2 (03:58):
They do security. Yeah, yeah, oh that's what that means.

Speaker 1 (04:05):
Yeah, he does security and like yeah, oh okay.

Speaker 5 (04:11):
The school districts, you know, they hire, they have their
own police officers for the district.

Speaker 4 (04:17):
Yeah. See, back in the day, you had to been
the school officer security guard.

Speaker 2 (04:24):
M Yeah.

Speaker 4 (04:26):
Yeah, you're not gonna be at the school much longer.
And I'm gonna tell you why. You're a resource officer
at the school. Your girlfriend is a volleyball coach and
the front office manager. Our relationship ain't public, but we
don't hide that.

Speaker 2 (04:43):
We're close.

Speaker 4 (04:43):
Y'all ride to work together sometimes, y'all have lunch together
and the principal of the school is one of your
closest friends, so you say, and he advised you to
keep the relationship on the lo lo so that the
students don't start teasing.

Speaker 2 (04:59):
Y'all, here's your problem.

Speaker 4 (05:03):
My girlfriend thinks the world of this guy, and she
told me he's one of the smartest people she know. Now,
the reason that cuts so deep and hurts so bad
is because she ain't never said that about you. She
ain't never told nobody you were smart. She did overheard

(05:26):
you talking on that radio they down here, Roger that
smoky all in you own one. Yeah, so you ain't
getting the smart title that That hurts you a little bit.
And I ain't got nothing against security. God, I'm not
knocking the job. That's not what I'm doing here. I'm

(05:49):
just saying she's doing some comparisons.

Speaker 3 (05:52):
Yeah, that's law enforcement.

Speaker 2 (05:55):
Law enforcement.

Speaker 4 (05:57):
Yeah, I don't get your ice aging up at the school. No,
you're losing every right here. No, I don't care what
you are up at the school. The principal is one
of the smartest guys she's ever met, and she ain't
never said that about you.

Speaker 2 (06:16):
Right now.

Speaker 4 (06:17):
Also, he's writing a book on discipline and teenagers, and
he encouraged my girlfriend to write a book on being
a single mom. I couldn't believe when she told me,
because she ain't even got custody.

Speaker 2 (06:31):
Of the boy. The dad does start right there.

Speaker 4 (06:35):
When we come back, I'm gonna find out what she
really knows about being a single mother.

Speaker 1 (06:40):
She's always in the principal's offices. It's the subject of
today's Strawberry Letter. We'll come back at twenty three minutes
after the hour for part two. Right after this, you're
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Speaker 1 (07:29):
All right, come on, Steve, let's recap today's Strawberry letter.
The subject is she's always in the principal's office.

Speaker 2 (07:35):
A dude wrote the letter. He's a resource all off.

Speaker 4 (07:40):
He's a resource officer at the school, which I found
out call her because she got a daughter go to school.

Speaker 2 (07:47):
He's kind of like security up at the school or something.

Speaker 4 (07:50):
Lawn. Okay, cool, I'm not a bad job. That's not
what I'm needing. His girlfriend his office manager volleyball coaching.
The principal who is their boss, is one of his
closest friends.

Speaker 2 (08:05):
They in a relationship.

Speaker 4 (08:06):
He done told homeboy that wrote the letter not to
publicize their relationship so the kids won't tease them. But
they don't try to hide it either. They go to
lunch together, sometimes, they ride in together at work, you know,
things like that.

Speaker 2 (08:22):
So now your girlfriend thinks the world of this guy.

Speaker 4 (08:27):
She said that he's one of the She told me
he is one of the smartest people she knows. What
cut him deep was she ain't never said that about you,
So that hurt. He's writing a book about disciplining the teenagers,
and he encouraged your girlfriend to write a book on
being a single mom. I couldn't believe it when she

(08:51):
told me, because she don't even have custody of her son.

Speaker 2 (08:54):
The dad does.

Speaker 4 (08:56):
Now, I didn't react the way she expected me to,
so she said, and she would continue to share how
ideas with the principal. He see this way, you blew
it though, smartest guy in the world that she knows.

Speaker 2 (09:08):
She go to him. He's encouraging her to write a book.

Speaker 4 (09:11):
She come and tell you she gonna write this book
about being a single mom.

Speaker 2 (09:15):
And what you do? How you gonna write about book
about single mond?

Speaker 4 (09:19):
You don't even take care of your own baby, your
baby living with the daddy. How you gonna write a book?
See you trying to make Now, here's a mistake you made.
You tried to do that as not a good idea,
to show that he ain't as smart as she think
he is. You tried to throw shade and mud on

(09:40):
the dude, but you ended up throwing the shade and
the mud on your girl. Instead of being encouraging, you
set up here and shot it down.

Speaker 2 (09:49):
So guess what.

Speaker 4 (09:50):
She ain't react that way, So guess what she told me.
She says, She'll continue to share how ideas with the principal.
Then I had to talk with him about all the
extra time that he's spending with my girl. And he said,
it's professional guidance. Lord hemrgy, what you're gonna do? He
the boss, It's just professional guidance, That's what he told you.

(10:15):
Because your girl got a lot to learn about being
a leader, just like you got a lot of learning.

Speaker 2 (10:21):
You got a lot to learn about being a supportive teammate.

Speaker 4 (10:26):
Granted she is six years younger than we, but I'm
the one who will lead her, not him. No, No,
she don't want you to lead her because you ain't
smart enough. She's getting all her leadership from the smartest guy.

Speaker 2 (10:44):
She knows.

Speaker 4 (10:45):
She don't want your stupid behind leaders See what you
at You ain't see you. You not listening to your
own letter. I told him I don't need him.

Speaker 2 (10:58):
I lead her.

Speaker 4 (10:59):
She don't want you you leading her. She want the
smart dude to lead her. Now, my relationship with him
has been strained since then. Okay, so now let's take
him off one of your closest friends. Nah, all that
time in the office different now because he know the
relationship is strained.

Speaker 2 (11:20):
He see the jealousy. They talking about it too. You know.

Speaker 4 (11:24):
Clifford came to me, told me we's spending too much
time together, he'll tell me what to do. I've been
here because you smarter, he ain't. My girlfriend has a
beautiful body and all her pants and dresses spit her perfectly,
So I know what's on his mind.

Speaker 2 (11:39):
That's the only thing you got right in this level.

Speaker 4 (11:43):
Oh he got that right, cause you better believe it's
on his mind.

Speaker 2 (11:48):
Here, that's on a lot of the student's mind.

Speaker 4 (11:53):
And I know it's on the principal mind because he
the smartest person she knows. So how she and front
office letting them have it. I'm not comfortable how much
she's around him. He's our boss. Okay, right here, right here, right,
That's how I know you ain't gonna be working that
much longer. I'm not comfortable with how much she's around him.

(12:17):
He is our boss. So I can't tell her to
avoid him and stay out of his office. You can't
tell him not to have her in the office. And
what you ain't listening to, and the part you keep
missing is both of them.

Speaker 2 (12:33):
Wants in that office.

Speaker 4 (12:37):
Yes, if I told her to stay out the office,
it'll make me look insecure.

Speaker 2 (12:42):
Brother, this whole letter is insecure.

Speaker 4 (12:46):
I truly believe they both know what's going on, and
I'm feeling like a fool. Dog, you need a new
girl that ain't your girl no more. I believe they
both know what's going on, and you do too. So
everybody in the letter know what's going on? What do
you think I should do about it? First of all, Dog,
you can't keep going to this man about your girl.

(13:07):
If you can't go to your girl about this man,
do you understand that?

Speaker 2 (13:13):
So Soldier, if your girl.

Speaker 4 (13:15):
Do not try to make you feel comfortable, it's cause
she ain't trying to make you feel comfortable.

Speaker 2 (13:21):
He would prefer that she is comfortable.

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