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The Strawberry Letter heard on The Steve Harvey Morning Show Friday, December 12th, 2025. Subject: "So What I Burned a Few Things"

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Speaker 1 (00:00):
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Speaker 3 (00:28):
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Speaker 1 (00:29):
So what I burned a few things? Oh, Dear Stephen Shirley.
I'm twenty eight years old and I've been married for
three years. I've caught my husband cheating on me recently,
and I burned a few of his personal belongings and
he can't get over it. He was cheating kick on
the car whatever at a popular hookup spot where the

(00:53):
younger kids go to have sex. He and I used
to go there when we were younger, and we enjoyed
sneaking around and having sex. I never imagined he would
cheat on me and then cheat in a spot that
he could get caught. The most embarrassing part is that.
My younger cousin saw him and called me. He and
the woman were on the back seat and their clothes

(01:13):
were on the front seat.

Speaker 3 (01:15):
I stood and watched.

Speaker 1 (01:16):
For a minute, watched him for a minute, and then
I opened the door and took all of their clothes.
I threw my coke on him, and some of them
got in her eyes, so she didn't see me.

Speaker 2 (01:26):
I went home and I.

Speaker 1 (01:28):
Burned their clothes they were wearing, and all of his
underwear and socks. I don't know why I burned his
underwear and socks, but I had seen.

Speaker 3 (01:37):
The be quiet.

Speaker 1 (01:41):
But I had seen my mother burn my stepdad stuff,
and it was in a movie when I was younger,
so I snapped. I did it in a field by
our apartment so I wouldn't go to jail because I
remembered my mom got fined for doing it years ago.
My husband drove up wearing only a T shirt, and
he put out the fire.

Speaker 3 (02:03):
It's the visual.

Speaker 1 (02:05):
I jumped on him, and all I remember after that
is my neighbor pulling me off of him. This mess
could have been avoided if he had not cheated on me.
I was willing to try to get our marriage back
on track, but he says I'm crazy and he's afraid
of me. He knows I only reacted out of rage
and I wouldn't.

Speaker 3 (02:25):
Ever act like that normally.

Speaker 1 (02:27):
Why can't he see that he's the reason his clothes
got burned? Why is he trying to make this my fault?
It's not It is not your fault at all. Okay,
this is all on him, And don't you dare let
him try to flip this on you. He got caught cheating,
he got caught in his car neckd He should be

(02:49):
thanking you that you didn't burn him and her right
after that. I need you to get focused. I need
you to stop blaming yourself immediately for him cheating on
you even apologize. He's not even done.

Speaker 3 (03:01):
He called you crazy. Wasn't he the one cheating in.

Speaker 1 (03:05):
A hookup spot where young people go now and where
you guys used to go.

Speaker 3 (03:10):
Now Taking a chance like.

Speaker 1 (03:11):
That, that's crazy. Okay, he's trying to make this your
fault because that's all he has, that's all he's got
to work with. He wasn't just caught with his pants down,
they were off, They were in the front seat.

Speaker 3 (03:24):
He had to drive home in just a T shirt.

Speaker 1 (03:27):
So if he starts making you feel wrong for what
you did, the burning and all, then that's what you'll
focus on, not the wrong he did, not the pain
he caused you, not the hurt, not the mistrust that
he caused.

Speaker 3 (03:40):
That's what cheeters do when they get caught. They try
to flip it.

Speaker 1 (03:44):
Tell him, yes, you are crazy for even considering taking
him back after that, and tell him if he keeps on,
you'll show him what crazy is for real, for real,
and he better be glad you didn't burn the whole
house down and set the car on fire and all that.

Speaker 3 (03:58):
All right, but I know you live in the house.

Speaker 1 (04:01):
But anyway, Yeah, come on, Steve's out of here fast.

Speaker 4 (04:07):
Shirley's response is one spot on them. Everything Shirley said
to you is true. This is just a simple case
of the best defense is a good offense.

Speaker 2 (04:19):
That's all this is.

Speaker 4 (04:21):
This is him taking this and making you the villain
for the act that you did.

Speaker 2 (04:28):
It's so many things in this letter that's crazy. Now.

Speaker 4 (04:31):
First of all, you're twenty eight years old, so I'm
assuming that you all around to saying age. You've been
married for three years and you caught your husband cheating
on you recently, and I burned a few of his
personal items and he can't get over it. He can't
get over that. Well, you can't get over yours either.
See what you can't do is let him out get

(04:51):
not get over it. You know you're saying he can't
get over it. You can't let him out, not get
over it. You got to get further not get over
it than him, if you know what I'm trying to
tell you. You can't let him beat you at this game.
Women are the best at this. There's nobody greater at
not getting over something than women.

Speaker 2 (05:10):
They are the best at it. They know how to make.

Speaker 4 (05:13):
You gravel, crawl back, pay over and over and over,
bring it up years later on the same date at
the same time.

Speaker 2 (05:21):
You need to get in that mold right there.

Speaker 4 (05:24):
He was cheating in his car at the popular hookup
spot where younger kids go to handset. Y'all used to
go there when y'all was younger. What and you like
doing it? But you didn't never imagine that he would
cheat on you and cheat on the spot that he
could get caught Old Habits, that's where he been going.
He's been going down there to that spot.

Speaker 5 (05:45):
Nah.

Speaker 4 (05:46):
The embarrassing part you say for you is your younger
cousin saw him and called me. That's what just was
a girl. Hopefully he and the woman were on the backseat.
They closed on the front seat.

Speaker 2 (06:02):
Blood. Have message. Don't be a way from your clothes.

Speaker 3 (06:07):
Yeah, one more time.

Speaker 4 (06:08):
Come on whatever, go away from your clothes. Take your
clothes with you. That old that's what you're supposed to
put them. That's stupid. You put them clothes up in
the back window. You got to he put them clothes
on the floor. You got to have them closed by you.
No ever separate from your clothes. Lord.

Speaker 2 (06:31):
Stupid. Yes, you're so stupid.

Speaker 3 (06:35):
Hold on, Steve, hold and keep it right there.

Speaker 5 (06:37):
All right.

Speaker 1 (06:38):
We'll have part two of your response coming up at
twenty three minutes after the hour. The subject of today's
Strawberry letter is so what I burned a few things.
We'll get back into it right after this. You're listening
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today's strawberry letter and get your response.

Speaker 2 (07:33):
What's going on?

Speaker 4 (07:34):
This is a letter that's ridiculous that should never get written.
Shirley gave the proper response to all of it. I
strongly suggest you follow all of Sharley's advice. But what
I was just telling you it doesn't make any sense.
This is a typical example of the best office. The
best defense is a good office. So get off defense
and get on office. And that's what he's doing to you.

(07:55):
He's making it about what you did with his stupid
went down there to place y'all used to cheat at
when y'all was younger. He twenty eight. He could still
do that. You never imagine he cheat on you had
the spot he could get caught. But then your younger
cousin saw him and called you. You and this woman
were on the back seat and they closed was on
the front seat.

Speaker 2 (08:15):
Why are you separate from your clothes? Listen to this.
If you are not in.

Speaker 4 (08:20):
Your house or in your hotel room, you have to
have him close close by. If you are visiting someone
else's house, you must be able to reach and text
your clothes at all oh number to breach.

Speaker 2 (08:38):
They never have your clothes out of reach.

Speaker 4 (08:42):
You don't know who she know when he come in
all this hill, So now you go down there. He
and the woman was on the back seat and they
close on the front seat. I stoodn't watched for a minute.
What rule number two? When you in the car doing stuff,
you have to check periodically, look up over. You can't

(09:07):
commit a full two minutes to your business without looking. Man,
I'd have been in the car before you got to look.
It's hard place to go, but you got to look.
I stood and watched for a minute. Then I opened
the door and took all their clothes. See right there,
if your clothes was in reach, it's no way you're

(09:29):
gonna let your wife take your clothes. I threw my
coke on him, and some of it got in her eyes,
so she didn't see me.

Speaker 2 (09:38):
What Who did she think it was? Girl? It was coke.
It wasn't acid. Yeah, she saw you.

Speaker 4 (09:47):
I went home and burned their clothes they were wearing,
and all of his underwearing socks. I don't know why
burned his underwearing socks. But I seen my mother burn
my stepdad's cause. And it was in a movie when
I was younger. That's that's thin line. Yeah, and it's
Waiting for as Hell or the Don't whatever movie.

Speaker 2 (10:07):
You know.

Speaker 4 (10:07):
I ain't see it anyway. I tried to do a
movie reference, but I didn't see it anyway. The movie
right there and they burned. I thought Marl Lawns had
his clothes burned.

Speaker 5 (10:16):
He was pretty rough now living with you, Yeah, but
the movie she talking about his waiting anyway.

Speaker 4 (10:22):
Yeah, yeah, anyway, that is a movie and it got
very popular. A lot of me and lost their clothes
because of this movie.

Speaker 2 (10:28):
I want to see that too. In the car, so
and they cause uh so.

Speaker 4 (10:34):
I didn't go to my husband, drove up wearing only
a T shirt and put out the spire.

Speaker 2 (10:39):
This boy right here and got his half niggati.

Speaker 4 (10:43):
He's stomping on the fire, barefoot shirt on. This boy
must have been proud of herself. Barefoot putting this fire
out with just this T shirt on. And you you
started the fire that on the street, in an empty lot.

Speaker 2 (11:01):
I wouldn't give it, but that.

Speaker 4 (11:03):
Whole lot caught on fire. I'm not going out that.
I you, it's too late to save your clothes. My
husband drove up wearing on a T shirt and he
put out the fire. I jumped on that, and all
I remember is that the neighbor pulling me off or
his half naked he got a T shirt on.

Speaker 2 (11:21):
I don't know you. It's hard to fight with no
drawers on.

Speaker 4 (11:25):
I'm just it's very it's very, very difficult, don't.

Speaker 3 (11:32):
Is it hard to drive with no underwear on?

Speaker 4 (11:40):
What you don't want to do is stop pull up
next to a truck. They can look down, stick it down.
They see you. So if you pull up next to
a truck, you gotta stay behind the door. I've done
all this right here, like a long story, but I've
done all this right here. Nothing seat is hot and quicker.

(12:02):
So now you got out getting jumped on him? He
half nicka, got a T shirt on, his stomping barefoot.
He from Africa or some player or either Hes Caribbean
where he do fire walking. I don't know who can
jump out they car and stump a fire out, And
why would he care? It's down the street anyway, all

(12:24):
you remembers your neighbor pull off. This mess could have
been avoided had he not cheated on me. Oh yeah,
that's true. I was willing to try to get our
marriage back on track. But he says I'm crazy and
he's afraid of me, as he should be. As he
should be, there's an element of fear that should reside

(12:44):
in his life from here on after. Yes, you crazy,
and he should be afraid of you. He knows that
you ever reacted out of anger and rage. That would
I would never act like that normally. Wait a minute,
normally when do you normally find your husband in the
back seat nicked with somebody else with their clothes on

(13:05):
the front seat.

Speaker 2 (13:06):
There's nothing normal about this. Why are you?

Speaker 4 (13:09):
How did you allow him to do this to you?
Why can't he see that he's the reason his clothes
got burned? No, no, no, I don't give it. But
if you can't get over, as a matter of fact,
so you don't get over, I'm finna burn two of
your suits.

Speaker 2 (13:22):
Fuck letting me catch you cheap.

Speaker 4 (13:25):
You just cart stop letting him do you this way.
It's his fault. I burned your clothes because you cheated
on me. That's why I did it. Get over right,
all right to me? Because I don't want you'll.

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