January 23, 2026 • 13 mins
The Strawberry Letter heard on The Steve Harvey Morning Show Friday, January 23rd, 2026. Subject: "They Went To See The Place Without Me"
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
It is time now for today's Strawberry Letter. And if
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please submit your Strawberry Letter to Steve HARVEYFM dot com
and click submit Strawberry Letter. We could be receiving your letter,
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Speaker 2 (00:20):
One right here.
Speaker 3 (00:21):
You hear it.
Speaker 2 (00:22):
This could be read we read or received. Buckle up
and hold on tight. We got it for you here.
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Speaker 2 (00:33):
Subjects no.
Speaker 1 (00:41):
Subject They went to the place without me, dude, Stephen Shirley.
My husband claims he was trying to do something sweet
and thoughtful, but it backfired.
Speaker 2 (00:50):
It's backfired on him.
Speaker 1 (00:52):
He decided we will go to an island for our
tenth anniversary, and he invited four couples to join us,
but they couldn't give me any detail about the trip
because my husband wanted to surprise me. Last weekend, my
husband and my husband informed me that he planned a
trip to go visit the hotel, check out boat rentals,
and plan some activities for our big weekend trip. He
(01:13):
said it would be a quick trip, and he was
taking his buddy with him to help him plan everything.
He left on Friday and texted me when he landed.
It was a long flight, so he said he was
going straight to his room and get in the bed.
I didn't hear from him until four pm the next day.
I tried to FaceTime him and he declined it. But
(01:36):
then he called me back on a regular call a
few minutes later, and it was loud wherever he was.
Then one of my girlfriends texted me a picture of
a lady whose name was Amber, on a boat in Cancun.
I don't like Amber because she has been friends with
my husband for fifteen years and she acts like she
(01:57):
knows him a lot better than I do. I could
not help but think Amber was wherever my husband was.
I called him back to back. He didn't answer, so
I sent him at least ten text messages. He finally responded, yes,
Amber is helping me plan your weekend getaway, and yes
she is here with me. He got home later that
(02:20):
night and tried to plead his case. But I've ignored
him for over a week. He must think I'm stupid.
How could this place ever be special to me? Now
that he's taken Amber there, I told him to cancel
the whole trip, he said, I'm overreacting. Why couldn't he
Why couldn't he say that he was going with Amber? Well,
he did tell you that he was going with a buddy.
Speaker 2 (02:42):
And Amber is a buddy, but you know, not the
kind of buddy.
Speaker 1 (02:45):
That of course you know that he was that you
thought he was talking about. And Amber is wrong and
he is wrong. Absolutely, they are both wrong for doing this.
He didn't mention it because he knew you would be
mad and probably explode on him, and you would be right,
absolutely right.
Speaker 2 (03:05):
Your husband, though, who.
Speaker 1 (03:08):
Your husband is thoughtful, I'll give him that, but he's
not very smart.
Speaker 2 (03:12):
He's not smart at all.
Speaker 1 (03:14):
It was great that he wanted to do something wonderful
for your tenth anniversary, but to plan it with this
Amber chick, who he knows.
Speaker 2 (03:22):
You can't stand. That is beyond stupid on his part.
Speaker 1 (03:26):
How is someone you don't like gonna care enough to
plan a sexy, beautiful, awesome, memorable celebration for you? And
Amber is stupid too for going over there in the
first place. And why wasn't he answering her phone while
he was all over there with Amber. This had disaster
written all over at the moment your husband included her.
And I don't blame you for canceling the trip or
(03:49):
being upset or anything.
Speaker 2 (03:51):
You're not overreacting.
Speaker 1 (03:52):
You're acting as any wife would when their husband asks
a woman you don't like to help plan something special
for you. Get out of here with this, Steve, this
is ridiculous.
Speaker 3 (04:02):
You know this letter, man, It's just this is when
men do stuff so stupid that I can't help you. Dog,
I can't help you at all. Bro. I can't even
(04:25):
joke this one out.
Speaker 4 (04:27):
Now.
Speaker 3 (04:27):
I can tell you some funny doesn't make you think,
but it's it's not believable. Now, let's just start at
the bottom of this letter. The subject is they went
to see the place without her. Last line in this
letter says he says, I'm overreacting. Why couldn't he say
(04:47):
he was going with am.
Speaker 2 (04:51):
Because it is See we know why. Because of this.
Speaker 3 (04:58):
He can't come out and tell you this thing, this
trip is with Amber, because all it is the letter,
the reaction. He want this, so he didn't mention Amber.
Now does that make it right? This dude is so dumb? Oh,
so many levels. You know, Brothers, I try to work
(05:21):
with y'all sometime, get y'all the benefit of the doubt,
and I will when I can. But Bro, when you
do something so blatantly stupid, man, I can't help you.
Man what you want me to do? I got women
that listen to this show. They actually care about Uncle
Steve's advice. Now, most of y'all know when I'm joking.
(05:42):
Y'all know what I'm saying. Well, he did this cause
of that, you know, you know, I'm just because sometimes
it's so obviously stupid. But this is beyond obviously stupid,
because this had an element of cunning involved. And this
is the part why don't and I don't like it
(06:02):
because it was a special occasion. This is where dudes
get in the most. He decided that y'all would go
on the island for y'all tenth anniversary. Okay, great, He
invited folk keep people to join us. Now, that's cause
you know they got split costs of this island and
all this hell maybe or maybe you know, they just
(06:23):
wanted some company and all. That's cool too, But they
couldn't give you any details about the trip because my
husband wanted to surprise me. All right, So when we
come back, I'm gonna show you how he tried to
surprise you.
Speaker 2 (06:38):
All right, we'll have part two of Steve's response.
Speaker 1 (06:40):
Can't wait for this coming up in twenty three minutes
after the hour. Today's strawberry letters subjects they went to
see the place without me.
Speaker 2 (06:48):
We'll get back into it right after this.
Speaker 1 (06:51):
You're listening Steve Harvey Morning Show.
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Speaker 1 (07:28):
All right, come on, Steve, let's recap today's strubberry letter.
The subject is they went to see the place without me.
Speaker 2 (07:35):
Uh.
Speaker 3 (07:35):
I'm well apologize to women out there that's listening to this,
because I just can't even play round. I don't even
know where we're going with this right here. The question
she polls at the end of the letter was why
couldn't he say he was going with amble? And it
because of this? This is why he didn't tell you
about Amble, because of the reaction you have in right
(07:56):
now in this letter and the part I don't like,
bruh is he you it's a special occasion to pull
it off. This is where the dog come in at
and this is what I don't like. So he decided
we go to an island for our tenth anniversary. He
invited four couples to join us, but they couldn't give
us any details about the trip because my husband wanted
(08:17):
to surprise me. Okay, that sounds cool, But last weekend
my husband informed me that he planned a trip to
go visit the hotel, check out boat rentals, and plan
some activities for our big weekend. He said to be
a quick trip and he was taking his buddy with
him to help him plan everything. Right here, why would
(08:44):
you say you taking your buddy with you to help
you plan everything?
Speaker 2 (08:50):
Just right there?
Speaker 3 (08:50):
Dog?
Speaker 2 (08:52):
He shouldn't have said it.
Speaker 3 (08:54):
At dog, But he shouldn't have did it because this
is for your tenth anniversary. Man, you don't take special
moments and include trickery. Yeah, that's where the doggish part
come in at man, and that's what I'm a little
ticked off with you about. He said to be a
(09:15):
quick trip. He's taking his buddy with him to help
him plan everything. He left on Friday, text me when
he landed. Okay, it was a long flight, so he
said he was going straight to his room and get
into bed.
Speaker 4 (09:27):
He did.
Speaker 3 (09:29):
I didn't hear from him until phoki him the next day.
I tried to FaceTime him and he declined it. See
why decline it? Just let listen to me, doog. Decline
it means you saw it and hit the red button.
Just let it ring. It's gonna stop. Why are you
(09:55):
declining it? You never saw it? Stupid god, You can't
send them in the land. He calls me back on
a regular call a few minutes later, and it was
loud wherever he was. He was at the club. One
(10:16):
of my girlfriends take me a picture of a lady
named Amber on a boat in can Coon. I don't
like Amber because she has been friends with my husband
for fifteen years and she acts like she knows him
a lot better than I do. Well she do. He
took her on the trip. Now, let me tell you
how you got to picture Amber on the boat in
(10:36):
Cankon because one of the folk couples that y'all went to.
One of the folk couples, dude set up here and
took a picture, got a picture from his boy of
Amber or Amber is friends with one of the girls,
(10:58):
and sent her the picture talking about we down here
playing in the trip. And the girl sent a picture
to you. Amber is in the picture, and Amber either
center picture or The dumbest husband said, yeah, man, me
and me and Amb on this boat were down here,
and then his wife saw it as one of the
(11:19):
other couples. This time, you're so stupid, right, Well, it didn't.
The ground friend text me a picture of a lady named.
Speaker 2 (11:31):
Ambone the boat. The girlfriend I don't like Amber.
Speaker 3 (11:35):
I cannot help but think that Amber was wherever my
husband was.
Speaker 2 (11:38):
You're absolutely right.
Speaker 3 (11:41):
I called him back to back to back. He didn't answer,
so I send him at least ten text messages. We've
all been here. He finally desponded, And then this is
what this fool said. Yes, Amber is helping me plan
your weekend and get away and yes, she is here
(12:02):
with me.
Speaker 2 (12:03):
He knows he's wrong.
Speaker 3 (12:05):
No, what are you nuts? It's no I could have
admitted that.
Speaker 2 (12:14):
What the picture? Say to say the picture? You got
the picture?
Speaker 3 (12:17):
I don't care. Oh I wasn't in a picture.
Speaker 2 (12:22):
That is you. It's not me, that is you.
Speaker 4 (12:26):
That's you.
Speaker 2 (12:27):
That's your head, that's your mustache.
Speaker 3 (12:30):
We're in Mexico. You know how many people in Mexico
look like me?
Speaker 4 (12:32):
It's not a lot of one.
Speaker 3 (12:35):
Well they found the one who did. How could his
he ignored me for that? Okay? Anyway, he got home
later that night and tried to plead his case. I've
ignored him for over a week. He must think I'm stupid.
How could this place ever be special to me? Now
that he's taking ambathet I told him to cancel the
(12:56):
whole trip, and I can understand you doing that, he said,
I'm overreacting. Why couldn't he say he was going with
the ample? He can't tell you take an amble? You facetimed,
he declined it he in loud atmosphere. He calls you
back later. I mean, come on, he should have never
(13:18):
took a but this is stupid. On so many levels.
It's just ignor man, doog and Bro, you got to
deal with the bed you the made. You got to
lay in this one. Bro, I'm sorry, I don't know,
I don't know what to tell you. This is ignorant,
all right, you.
Speaker 2 (13:32):
So thank you.
Speaker 3 (13:33):
Steve.
Speaker 1 (13:34):
Post your comments on Today's Strawberry Letter at Steve Harvey
FM and Instagram and baboo. Check out podcast on demand
coming up in forty six minutes after the hour, we
got Tommy in for Junior and sports talk. Right after this,
you're listening to the Steve Harvey Morning Show
It is time now for today's Strawberry Letter. And if
you need advice on relationships, dating, work, sex, parenting, and more,
please submit your Strawberry Letter to Steve HARVEYFM dot com
and click submit Strawberry Letter. We could be receiving your letter,
and we could be reading your letter on the air,
just like we're going to read this.
Speaker 2 (00:20):
One right here.
Speaker 3 (00:21):
You hear it.
Speaker 2 (00:22):
This could be read we read or received. Buckle up
and hold on tight. We got it for you here.
It is Strawberry letter.
Speaker 1 (00:31):
We have to receive it before we can read it.
Speaker 2 (00:33):
Subjects no.
Speaker 1 (00:41):
Subject They went to the place without me, dude, Stephen Shirley.
My husband claims he was trying to do something sweet
and thoughtful, but it backfired.
Speaker 2 (00:50):
It's backfired on him.
Speaker 1 (00:52):
He decided we will go to an island for our
tenth anniversary, and he invited four couples to join us,
but they couldn't give me any detail about the trip
because my husband wanted to surprise me. Last weekend, my
husband and my husband informed me that he planned a
trip to go visit the hotel, check out boat rentals,
and plan some activities for our big weekend trip. He
(01:13):
said it would be a quick trip, and he was
taking his buddy with him to help him plan everything.
He left on Friday and texted me when he landed.
It was a long flight, so he said he was
going straight to his room and get in the bed.
I didn't hear from him until four pm the next day.
I tried to FaceTime him and he declined it. But
(01:36):
then he called me back on a regular call a
few minutes later, and it was loud wherever he was.
Then one of my girlfriends texted me a picture of
a lady whose name was Amber, on a boat in Cancun.
I don't like Amber because she has been friends with
my husband for fifteen years and she acts like she
(01:57):
knows him a lot better than I do. I could
not help but think Amber was wherever my husband was.
I called him back to back. He didn't answer, so
I sent him at least ten text messages. He finally responded, yes,
Amber is helping me plan your weekend getaway, and yes
she is here with me. He got home later that
(02:20):
night and tried to plead his case. But I've ignored
him for over a week. He must think I'm stupid.
How could this place ever be special to me? Now
that he's taken Amber there, I told him to cancel
the whole trip, he said, I'm overreacting. Why couldn't he
Why couldn't he say that he was going with Amber? Well,
he did tell you that he was going with a buddy.
Speaker 2 (02:42):
And Amber is a buddy, but you know, not the
kind of buddy.
Speaker 1 (02:45):
That of course you know that he was that you
thought he was talking about. And Amber is wrong and
he is wrong. Absolutely, they are both wrong for doing this.
He didn't mention it because he knew you would be
mad and probably explode on him, and you would be right,
absolutely right.
Speaker 2 (03:05):
Your husband, though, who.
Speaker 1 (03:08):
Your husband is thoughtful, I'll give him that, but he's
not very smart.
Speaker 2 (03:12):
He's not smart at all.
Speaker 1 (03:14):
It was great that he wanted to do something wonderful
for your tenth anniversary, but to plan it with this
Amber chick, who he knows.
Speaker 2 (03:22):
You can't stand. That is beyond stupid on his part.
Speaker 1 (03:26):
How is someone you don't like gonna care enough to
plan a sexy, beautiful, awesome, memorable celebration for you? And
Amber is stupid too for going over there in the
first place. And why wasn't he answering her phone while
he was all over there with Amber. This had disaster
written all over at the moment your husband included her.
And I don't blame you for canceling the trip or
(03:49):
being upset or anything.
Speaker 2 (03:51):
You're not overreacting.
Speaker 1 (03:52):
You're acting as any wife would when their husband asks
a woman you don't like to help plan something special
for you. Get out of here with this, Steve, this
is ridiculous.
Speaker 3 (04:02):
You know this letter, man, It's just this is when
men do stuff so stupid that I can't help you. Dog,
I can't help you at all. Bro. I can't even
(04:25):
joke this one out.
Speaker 4 (04:27):
Now.
Speaker 3 (04:27):
I can tell you some funny doesn't make you think,
but it's it's not believable. Now, let's just start at
the bottom of this letter. The subject is they went
to see the place without her. Last line in this
letter says he says, I'm overreacting. Why couldn't he say
(04:47):
he was going with am.
Speaker 2 (04:51):
Because it is See we know why. Because of this.
Speaker 3 (04:58):
He can't come out and tell you this thing, this
trip is with Amber, because all it is the letter,
the reaction. He want this, so he didn't mention Amber.
Now does that make it right? This dude is so dumb? Oh,
so many levels. You know, Brothers, I try to work
(05:21):
with y'all sometime, get y'all the benefit of the doubt,
and I will when I can. But Bro, when you
do something so blatantly stupid, man, I can't help you.
Man what you want me to do? I got women
that listen to this show. They actually care about Uncle
Steve's advice. Now, most of y'all know when I'm joking.
(05:42):
Y'all know what I'm saying. Well, he did this cause
of that, you know, you know, I'm just because sometimes
it's so obviously stupid. But this is beyond obviously stupid,
because this had an element of cunning involved. And this
is the part why don't and I don't like it
(06:02):
because it was a special occasion. This is where dudes
get in the most. He decided that y'all would go
on the island for y'all tenth anniversary. Okay, great, He
invited folk keep people to join us. Now, that's cause
you know they got split costs of this island and
all this hell maybe or maybe you know, they just
(06:23):
wanted some company and all. That's cool too, But they
couldn't give you any details about the trip because my
husband wanted to surprise me. All right, So when we
come back, I'm gonna show you how he tried to
surprise you.
Speaker 2 (06:38):
All right, we'll have part two of Steve's response.
Speaker 1 (06:40):
Can't wait for this coming up in twenty three minutes
after the hour. Today's strawberry letters subjects they went to
see the place without me.
Speaker 2 (06:48):
We'll get back into it right after this.
Speaker 1 (06:51):
You're listening Steve Harvey Morning Show.
Speaker 4 (06:58):
Hey, it's Carla Farrell. Kick that old mop and bucket aside.
Are you ready for a mop and bucket clean and
half the time make the swap to Swiffer Power Mop,
the only one. Cleaning Hero has a built in solution
that breaks down dirt and grind like magic. With hundreds
of scrubbing strips on the pad, it absorbs sticky messes
(07:19):
with ease. Plus, it'll leave your home smelling great for
hours after cleaning. Get yours today and mop smarter with
the Swiffer Power Mop.
Speaker 1 (07:28):
All right, come on, Steve, let's recap today's strubberry letter.
The subject is they went to see the place without me.
Speaker 2 (07:35):
Uh.
Speaker 3 (07:35):
I'm well apologize to women out there that's listening to this,
because I just can't even play round. I don't even
know where we're going with this right here. The question
she polls at the end of the letter was why
couldn't he say he was going with amble? And it
because of this? This is why he didn't tell you
about Amble, because of the reaction you have in right
(07:56):
now in this letter and the part I don't like,
bruh is he you it's a special occasion to pull
it off. This is where the dog come in at
and this is what I don't like. So he decided
we go to an island for our tenth anniversary. He
invited four couples to join us, but they couldn't give
us any details about the trip because my husband wanted
(08:17):
to surprise me. Okay, that sounds cool, But last weekend
my husband informed me that he planned a trip to
go visit the hotel, check out boat rentals, and plan
some activities for our big weekend. He said to be
a quick trip and he was taking his buddy with
him to help him plan everything. Right here, why would
(08:44):
you say you taking your buddy with you to help
you plan everything?
Speaker 2 (08:50):
Just right there?
Speaker 3 (08:50):
Dog?
Speaker 2 (08:52):
He shouldn't have said it.
Speaker 3 (08:54):
At dog, But he shouldn't have did it because this
is for your tenth anniversary. Man, you don't take special
moments and include trickery. Yeah, that's where the doggish part
come in at man, and that's what I'm a little
ticked off with you about. He said to be a
(09:15):
quick trip. He's taking his buddy with him to help
him plan everything. He left on Friday, text me when
he landed. Okay, it was a long flight, so he
said he was going straight to his room and get
into bed.
Speaker 4 (09:27):
He did.
Speaker 3 (09:29):
I didn't hear from him until phoki him the next day.
I tried to FaceTime him and he declined it. See
why decline it? Just let listen to me, doog. Decline
it means you saw it and hit the red button.
Just let it ring. It's gonna stop. Why are you
(09:55):
declining it? You never saw it? Stupid god, You can't
send them in the land. He calls me back on
a regular call a few minutes later, and it was
loud wherever he was. He was at the club. One
(10:16):
of my girlfriends take me a picture of a lady
named Amber on a boat in can Coon. I don't
like Amber because she has been friends with my husband
for fifteen years and she acts like she knows him
a lot better than I do. Well she do. He
took her on the trip. Now, let me tell you
how you got to picture Amber on the boat in
(10:36):
Cankon because one of the folk couples that y'all went to.
One of the folk couples, dude set up here and
took a picture, got a picture from his boy of
Amber or Amber is friends with one of the girls,
(10:58):
and sent her the picture talking about we down here
playing in the trip. And the girl sent a picture
to you. Amber is in the picture, and Amber either
center picture or The dumbest husband said, yeah, man, me
and me and Amb on this boat were down here,
and then his wife saw it as one of the
(11:19):
other couples. This time, you're so stupid, right, Well, it didn't.
The ground friend text me a picture of a lady named.
Speaker 2 (11:31):
Ambone the boat. The girlfriend I don't like Amber.
Speaker 3 (11:35):
I cannot help but think that Amber was wherever my
husband was.
Speaker 2 (11:38):
You're absolutely right.
Speaker 3 (11:41):
I called him back to back to back. He didn't answer,
so I send him at least ten text messages. We've
all been here. He finally desponded, And then this is
what this fool said. Yes, Amber is helping me plan
your weekend and get away and yes, she is here
(12:02):
with me.
Speaker 2 (12:03):
He knows he's wrong.
Speaker 3 (12:05):
No, what are you nuts? It's no I could have
admitted that.
Speaker 2 (12:14):
What the picture? Say to say the picture? You got
the picture?
Speaker 3 (12:17):
I don't care. Oh I wasn't in a picture.
Speaker 2 (12:22):
That is you. It's not me, that is you.
Speaker 4 (12:26):
That's you.
Speaker 2 (12:27):
That's your head, that's your mustache.
Speaker 3 (12:30):
We're in Mexico. You know how many people in Mexico
look like me?
Speaker 4 (12:32):
It's not a lot of one.
Speaker 3 (12:35):
Well they found the one who did. How could his
he ignored me for that? Okay? Anyway, he got home
later that night and tried to plead his case. I've
ignored him for over a week. He must think I'm stupid.
How could this place ever be special to me? Now
that he's taking ambathet I told him to cancel the
(12:56):
whole trip, and I can understand you doing that, he said,
I'm overreacting. Why couldn't he say he was going with
the ample? He can't tell you take an amble? You facetimed,
he declined it he in loud atmosphere. He calls you
back later. I mean, come on, he should have never
(13:18):
took a but this is stupid. On so many levels.
It's just ignor man, doog and Bro, you got to
deal with the bed you the made. You got to
lay in this one. Bro, I'm sorry, I don't know,
I don't know what to tell you. This is ignorant,
all right, you.
Speaker 2 (13:32):
So thank you.
Speaker 3 (13:33):
Steve.
Speaker 1 (13:34):
Post your comments on Today's Strawberry Letter at Steve Harvey
FM and Instagram and baboo. Check out podcast on demand
coming up in forty six minutes after the hour, we
got Tommy in for Junior and sports talk. Right after this,
you're listening to the Steve Harvey Morning Show
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Saskia Inwood woke up one morning, knowing her life would never be the same. The night before, she learned the unimaginable – that the husband she knew in the light of day was a different person after dark. This season unpacks Saskia’s discovery of her husband’s secret life and her fight to bring him to justice. Along the way, we expose a crime that is just coming to light. This is also a story about the myth of the “perfect victim:” who gets believed, who gets doubted, and why. We follow Saskia as she works to reclaim her body, her voice, and her life. If you would like to reach out to the Betrayal Team, email us at betrayalpod@gmail.com. Follow us on Instagram @betrayalpod and @glasspodcasts. Please join our Substack for additional exclusive content, curated book recommendations, and community discussions. Sign up FREE by clicking this link Beyond Betrayal Substack. Join our community dedicated to truth, resilience, and healing. Your voice matters! Be a part of our Betrayal journey on Substack.
Dateline NBC
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