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Speaker 1 (00:00):
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Speaker 2 (00:11):
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Speaker 3 (00:14):
We got it for you.
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Here it is Strawberry Letter.
Speaker 4 (00:17):
All right, here we go. Am I gonna read it?
And then you gonna comment?
Speaker 3 (00:21):
Call her?
Speaker 2 (00:22):
Sure?
Speaker 3 (00:22):
Yes, okay, here we go. All right, here we go. Subject.
Speaker 4 (00:27):
I live in party City, so I'm outside. Then Stephen Shirley.
I've been married for seven months to a man that
is significantly younger than I am. I met him in
Can Coon while I was vacationing with my son and
his family. I shocked everybody when I told him I
was getting a condo in Can Coon and I'd be
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renting out my house in Saint Louis. My family act like,
because I'm over sixty and a big girl, that this
younger man couldn't possibly love me. I moved in with
him as soon as I got the keys to my condo.
All we do is hang out and have a good time.
I've been married three times, and my last husband died
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in twenty twenty two.
Speaker 3 (01:14):
So it's all about me. I live.
Speaker 2 (01:21):
Continue.
Speaker 4 (01:25):
The joke that read through my head was so good.
I live in party city, so I'm outside. Some days
I sleep until noon, and it drives my family crazy.
My oldest daughter and I were on a video call
the other day and my husband came in from the
night before. All she could say is that he's cheating
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on me and using me for my money. I don't
have a lot of money, but whatever I do have
is mind. He is and hours he makes me feel good.
I feel good about myself for the first time in
many years. They expected me to waste a way alone
in Saint Louis and the due of those cold winners.
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But God had other plans for me. Oh now we're
gonna dragon the Lord in this mess right now kill
Let me circle that. So here we go. Over here
in Mexico. The size of my back is not in here.
Speaker 2 (02:29):
Continue sir, okay.
Speaker 4 (02:31):
Sir, over here in Mexico. Over here in Mexico. The
size of my back is not an issue. And men
tell me I'm beautiful all the time. He is my
only problem. My husband wanted his mama to move in
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with She's twelve years older than me and a party pooper.
I like being outside in the streets and have sect
with my husband on our terrace, and she gonna ruin
the good thing that we got going on. My children said,
he's gonna slowly move all his family in on me.
Speaker 3 (03:09):
That's a no note.
Speaker 4 (03:11):
How do I tell my husband and Mama can't come
live with us? All my kids right about him or not?
Speaker 3 (03:16):
Please? Please advie?
Speaker 5 (03:19):
All right, Carlin, Well, ain't nothing wrong with you know,
being with a younger persons, as long as you all
are on the same page.
Speaker 2 (03:28):
It's about respecting each other.
Speaker 5 (03:30):
Plus, I think it's just not cool that after a
certain age a woman's intimate needs should not be met.
But your whole relationship just can't be about sex. You're
sixty years old, a big girl, and while vacationing with
your son's family in can Kuon, you met a younger man,
decided to buy a condo in Mexico, get married, and
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rent out your house in Saint Louis. Your family is like,
what are you doing? Your kids are really just being protective.
They don't want this man using you. However, you've been
married three times before, and at this age you should
know what's best for you, and you should know if
you're being used or manipulated. And I'm sure you know
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the signs when someone is cheating. So you also said
that you know. You mentioned that you're a big girl,
and so I think that you're so happy this man
likes you despite being a big girl. He makes you
feel good and you're like, what am I supposed to do?
Speaker 2 (04:32):
Not enjoy life?
Speaker 5 (04:33):
Not be happy and not party and your words, not
be outside.
Speaker 2 (04:38):
So here's your main issue.
Speaker 5 (04:39):
Your husband wants his seventy two year old mother to
move in with you guys, and you don't want her to. However,
what if his mom really needs help and this is
what's best for his elderly mother And it's going to
be hard to say no. But if you really really
don't want her to move in, then you need to
let your husband know immediately.
Speaker 2 (05:01):
You need to tell them.
Speaker 5 (05:02):
And as far as the other family members moving in,
what your family thinks, no, that's not gonna happen.
Speaker 2 (05:07):
You can set boundaries on that, Steve, thank you.
Speaker 4 (05:14):
I don't even know what it's title of this letter
is for I live in party cities on outside That.
Speaker 3 (05:21):
Ain't tightens my damn. There what's the title, Tyler, This
letter is My back don't matter? You know what? My
back don't matter? Well, here we go.
Speaker 4 (05:34):
I've been married for seven months to a man that
is significantly younger than I am. Keywords significantly That means
why gap. Now we find out in the letter that
she's over sixty, or she's sixty, or she over sixty.
Speaker 3 (05:54):
I am over sixty. Yeah, okay, here we go. How
many men care?
Speaker 2 (05:59):
Coon?
Speaker 4 (06:00):
I was vacationing with my son and his family, so
I'm assuming he lived in can Coon all he was
there on vacation. I'll figure it out as we go. Anyway,
my family was shocked when I told him I was
getting the condo in can Coon and I'll be written
out my house in Saint Louis. My family act like,
cause I'm over sixty and a big girl, that this
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younger man couldn't possibly love me.
Speaker 3 (06:24):
Uh oh, here we go.
Speaker 4 (06:27):
Well, if you're over sixty and a big girl and
a young boy, won't you in Mexico?
Speaker 3 (06:35):
I have some thoughts about that. We'll be back.
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Speaker 3 (07:28):
All right, I'll be back for part two.
Speaker 1 (07:30):
Let's recap today, Strawberry, let it go ahead.
Speaker 3 (07:32):
Be done. Yeah, here it is.
Speaker 4 (07:33):
This lady been married for seven months to a man
that is significantly younger. She's over sixty, so she ain't
putting no numbers in here, so let me help y'all. Okay,
she over sixty, I'm gonna go with sixty five.
Speaker 3 (07:47):
That's right in the middle. That's fair.
Speaker 4 (07:50):
And I'm gonna go with he is thirty five, That's
what I'm gonna go with. That's what I think would
be fair, because significantly younger, he thirty five. I met
him in can Coon. I was vacationally with my son
and his family. I shocked everybody when I told him
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I was getting a condo in Cancun and I'll be
written out my house in Saint Louis. My family act like,
because I'm over sixty and a big girl, that this
younger man can't possibly love me. Well, I'm gonna tell
you right now, though. Listen to me, big girl, listen
to me. You got to take care of yourself health wise,
because it's very hard to see people who are big
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at seventy. You know, a doctor one time told me,
he said, Steve, have you ever met a seventy year
old that was three hundred pounds? He said, It's probably
not gonna happen, he said, because it just can't happen.
And so I said, okay, Coop, So you need to
take care of yourself now, she said. I moved in
with him as soon as I got the keys to
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my condo.
Speaker 3 (08:59):
All we do is.
Speaker 4 (09:00):
Hang out and have a good time. I've been married
three times and my last husband died into twenty twenty two,
so it's all about me, says I would scare me
when people been married and people start dying in twenty
twenty two, and then you open a letter with I'm
a big girl, and then you later on in the
letter mentioned the size of your back.
Speaker 3 (09:21):
And now I'm thinking, was did he die.
Speaker 2 (09:24):
Or or or died about here or or what he died?
Speaker 3 (09:34):
He cheated on her and was killed? You know?
Speaker 4 (09:37):
You know what.
Speaker 3 (09:39):
Last letter?
Speaker 4 (09:40):
Well, it's a lot none in this letter, you know.
So here we go. I live in party city, so
I'm outside. Some days I sleep until noon, and it
drives my family crazy. My oldest daughter said, I was
on a video call the other day and my husband
came in from the night before. All she could say
is that he he's cheating on me and using me
(10:01):
for my money. Lady, if you the relationship where your
boyfriend who is considerably younger than you, stays out all
night and comes in from the night before, but he
needed you to have a place to stay, so he
wasn't at his place. Where was he all night? And
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he came in fresh. He didn't been to sleep. What
puts you to say? As we lay, we forgot about
the tomorrow. As we lay he forgot. Sunlight caught him,
but he didn't care because he came on home to you.
Speaker 2 (10:37):
And this is I don't have a.
Speaker 3 (10:38):
Lot of money.
Speaker 2 (10:40):
This is her husband, not boyfriend, this is her husband.
Speaker 3 (10:43):
See you, you can't do that right?
Speaker 4 (10:45):
What marriage you in? Where you come in and on
a video call and hey him home and all night
and broke. You know the bed ain't on fire. You
don't see your clothes in the front yard. Let me see,
she says. All I can say. He's cheating on me
and using me for my money. I don't have a
lot of money, but whatever I do have is mind.
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He is in ours. He makes me feel good, and
I feel good about myself for the first time in
many years. They expected me to waste a way alone
in Saint Louis and then do of those coal winners.
Speaker 3 (11:20):
But God had other plans for me. Dragged the lord in.
Speaker 4 (11:24):
Now here's the line in the whole letter for me
over here.
Speaker 3 (11:29):
In Mexico, Oh, over here in Mexico.
Speaker 4 (11:36):
The size of my bit, the size of my back
is not an issue. And me and tell me I'm
beautiful all the time. Here's my only problem. Well, you know,
it depends on where you at in Mexico. You know,
it depends on where you at. If you staying at
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the if you down at the at the hose and
the bond grill on the side of your back might
not matter. But if you had seen your frog, I'm
telling you right now, them little college girls in there.
Speaker 3 (12:06):
They different.
Speaker 4 (12:08):
So if you had seen your frog down in King Koon,
he's gonna be judged, didn't it. But if you at
the hossi end of barn grill, your big back might
not bother nobody. And people tell you you're beautiful all
the time, and you probably are, So let's just move
on past that. My husband wants his mom to move
in with hers. She's twelve years older than me.
Speaker 5 (12:28):
Damn, I'm she's sixty because the mom is seventy two.
Speaker 3 (12:35):
Well she over sixty, so she's sixty five.
Speaker 4 (12:40):
The mama seventy seventy this little can coon condo you
and bought it slowly turning into a retirement home. And
I like being outside in the streets and have sex
with my husband on my test And she gonna ruin
the good times we have going on. My children said,
he's gonna slowly move all his family in on me. Oh,
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I think we just discovered what we have here. This
is a no no. How do I tell my husband
his mom can't live with us? Where you have to
just tell him your mom can't live with y'all because
the rest of them people coming. Now I've been down
to Mexico. It ain't they can put some people in
the house. I'm just saying, they can put some people
in the house. Your house will be full if you
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let the mom in now. I'm telling you right now,
your crib fittling feet full.
Speaker 2 (13:29):
That's what That's what her family's saying.
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