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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 stevearvfm dot com and
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this one right here, right now, and you never know,
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Speaker 2 (00:19):
There could be yours. Buckle up and hold on tight.
We got it for you here. It is Golberry Letter.
Speaker 1 (00:24):
Thank you nephew. Subject Torn between two lovers, there's Stephen Shirley.
I'm entangled with two women and I don't know which
one to pick. I've dated Lady number one off and
on for about six years, and I'm deeply in love
with her. She has the ultimate you know what that
has me wanting to be her king and give her
(00:47):
the world. She's also a great cook and she's raised
her two children by herself. I can't help but keep
running back to her because I am crazy about her
and I don't want anyone else to have her. There
was a four month period when we were apart and
I ended up meeting Lady number two. Lady number two
loves me and I've grown to love her too. She
(01:09):
is younger and ready to settle down and be my wife.
We talk about having children together, and she wants a
set of twins. I've always wanted twins too. I'm fifty
one and I don't have children yet. Lady number two
is able to give me children. Lady number one is
my age and she can't have a baby for me.
(01:29):
We talked about different ways that we could have a child,
but then she crushed me and said she doesn't want
to raise another child. That's what's pushing Lady number two
up in the rankings. I am torn between these two women.
I know it sounds horrible that I'm in love with
two women and comparing them like this, but I am
trying to make the right choice. Because marriage is forever.
(01:52):
There is no chance for divorce. Sometimes I think I'll
be fine with Number one, and I do enjoy being
around her children. It's fine with how we are now,
and she never pressures me about marriage. Lady number two
keeps asking me what's next for us. Do I choose
my one true love that is indifferent about being married,
(02:12):
or do I choose the younger woman that wants a
future with me? That includes having children with me.
Speaker 3 (02:20):
Wow.
Speaker 1 (02:21):
First, let me say I applaud you for your transparency
to us. I know the ladies don't know about each other,
and you do have quite a dilemma on your hands.
Being in love with one woman is a challenge, and
you've got two loves and there's absolutely no reason that you,
at age fifty one shouldn't want a family of your own.
(02:42):
You want children, That's okay, nothing's wrong with that. The
lady Number one, as you explained in the letter, is
close to perfection for you in every way except for
she doesn't want children and she's not pressuring you for marriage.
Number two does want children, but she's not that one
true love like Number one is been with Number one
off and on for six years. So that begs the question,
(03:03):
why haven't you married her already? What's that about? You
feel pressure for number two to make up your mind
and marry her, but you're still very passionate about Number
one and comfortable, very comfortable with her. So this is
a struggle you're having with yourself between wanting a family
but being truly in love with someone who you said
you would give the world to. You're deeply in love
(03:25):
with but doesn't want any more kids. I say, yes,
you're fifty one, but you are not ready to make
this kind of life changing decision for yourself.
Speaker 3 (03:35):
Yet.
Speaker 1 (03:35):
You need more time.
Speaker 3 (03:37):
You're not ready for this, Steve, he gotta make this decision.
Speaker 4 (03:43):
Well, the problem is, he's told between two lovers. He's
dated Lady one off and on for about six years.
I'm deeply in love with her. She has the ultimate
you know what. Now right here, we need to put
the brakes on right here. Any time you deeply in
(04:07):
love with the woman that has the ultimate you know what,
then my next line is, well, what else you want?
And you deeply in love with it? I don't even
know what the rest of this letter is about at
this point, but let's go further. And got me wanting
(04:28):
to be her king and give her a world. She's
a great cook and she's raised her two children by herself.
I can't help but keep running back to her because
I'm crazy about her and I don't want anyone else
to have her. All right, he's being honest. And then
there's a four month period when we was a part
(04:48):
and I ended up meeting Lady number two, and she
loves me and I've grown to love her too. She's
younger and ready to settle down to be my wife.
And we talk about having children together, and she wants
to said the twins. I've always wanted twins too. I'm
fifty one. I don't have children yet. Lady two is
able to give me children. Lady one is my age
(05:09):
and she can't have a baby for me. Well, she
fifty one. If she don't want one either, that's hard, man.
And we talked about different ways we could have a child,
but then she crushed me and said she don't want
to raise another child.
Speaker 3 (05:26):
And I don't blame them. She to put her work here.
She got two kids, she's fifty one.
Speaker 4 (05:32):
And that's what's pushing Lady number two up in the rankings. Really, now,
let me stop here for a minute. That's what's pushing
Lady two up in the rankings. So right now, whatever
your name is, Louis, I'm gonna just call you fifty one.
Speaker 3 (05:49):
So fifty one, what you want is what you want.
Speaker 4 (05:53):
You want good loving, you want both women, you want
a family, You want what you want. You don't want
to do nothing. I don't hear you asking any questions
about fulfilling anything for the women. So let me give
you a way to look at this when we come
back that can help you make your decision.
Speaker 3 (06:14):
Because these these.
Speaker 4 (06:15):
Questions I'm about to ask you, it ain't but one answer. See,
that's the thing about being a man. I know men
because we the same. Ain't no trick to this thing.
You either is.
Speaker 3 (06:31):
Are you eight?
Speaker 4 (06:32):
In other words of Shirley, you either are.
Speaker 3 (06:37):
Or you ain't. That's all about.
Speaker 1 (06:43):
On today's Strawberry Letter at twenty three minutes after today's
title Torn between two lovers. We'll get back into it
right after this.
Speaker 3 (06:54):
Hey, look, you can't let the.
Speaker 4 (06:55):
Urge to sing your favorite songs while you're driving distract
you from that truck drifting toward your lane or that
lane splitting.
Speaker 3 (07:03):
Biker creeping up beside you.
Speaker 4 (07:05):
Fortunately, every Hundai offers advanced safety features that can alert
you to potential dangers around you.
Speaker 2 (07:12):
That's right, because Hondai is always working to ensure the
road doesn't get you. Hondai vehicles have one over one
hundred and twenty IIHS Top Safety awards from two thousand
and six to twenty twenty four as of December twenty
twenty four.
Speaker 1 (07:25):
All right, come on, Steve Let's recap today's strawberry letter,
very interesting one. It's called it Torn between two Lovers.
Speaker 4 (07:33):
It's let us about this fifty year old man. It's
got two women and he trying to make a decision.
He's got Lady number one, he's been off and on
with for six years. He's head over heels in love
with this woman. Don't want nobody else to have her.
She has the ultimate you know what, and he just
loves her deeply. She has two children and she's raised
them on her own. She's a great cook and she's
(07:57):
just is nothing wrong with this woman. But they will
offer a few months and he met Lady number two.
Now he done fell in love with her. She's in
love with him and she wants to know what the
next move is. The difference is she's younger and she
can have children, which is what he wants herm and
(08:19):
the first lady have talked about having children different ways.
But then she crusted him and said she don't want
to raise no more kids. And I don't think you
understand what raising kids is because you don't wait till
you fifty one to try it. But I'm gonna tell
you right now. Raising kid is a young people sport.
I'm gonna just tell you that right now. Raising kids
(08:40):
is a young person's sport. You start trying to raise
kids when the baby ten, you're gonna be sixty one.
Speaker 3 (08:51):
Bruh, you don't even know.
Speaker 4 (08:53):
B You don't even know the energy that's required to
deal with children. But here you're talking about why you
wait this damn long? Six years ago you would have
been forty four, forty five, you and the woman could
have had a baby together. Then she would have been
more receptive to the idea.
Speaker 3 (09:14):
But now you didn't wait it because you messing.
Speaker 4 (09:16):
Around doing your thing that would kill Now, this is
the part about you. You donet waited to your ass
is damn there. Oh you have one hundred dollars, You've
already lived longer than you got left for the most
of us, and now you ready to make their life
altering decision. Well, okay, now you got a problem. Now,
the fact that the lady two can have children that
(09:37):
pushed her up in the rankings.
Speaker 3 (09:39):
I'm torn between these two women.
Speaker 4 (09:41):
I know it sounds horrible that I'm in love with
two women and comparing them like this, but I'm trying
to make the right choice, because marriage is forever. You
don't know that. I can tell you right now it
ain't anyway, that's nothing. Don't worry about that. There's no
chance for divorce. That's a lot. That's a lot. Sit
up here talking about there's no chance for divorce. You
can get that out your rabbit ass.
Speaker 3 (10:01):
Mine.
Speaker 4 (10:02):
I gave you right now, just like that, Just like that, drack,
I can end this praying with some paperwork and a
couple of donations.
Speaker 3 (10:10):
Gim it, let's go anyway.
Speaker 4 (10:13):
Sometimes I think I'll be fine with Number one, and
I do enjoy being around her children. She is fine
and with how we are now. She never pressures me
about marriage. Lady two keeps asking me what's next for us?
Do I choose the one true love that is indifferent
about being married, or do I choose the younger woman
who wants a future and with me that includes having
(10:35):
children with me. Okay, bro, listen, I could give you
a big, long, drawn out speech, but here's the two things.
Number one, you've talked about everything that's good for you.
You have not one time mentioned what would be good
for either one of these women. So now let me
ask you a question. Something you need to consider, because see,
(10:57):
you say you want kids, but let me that's your question. Man,
would you be the missing link for Number one's kids
that she has? Now, I don't know the relationship they
have with their father. I don't know if he active
in their life or not. But you have a great
relationship and you love her kids being around them, so
obviously they know you. Could you be the missing link
(11:19):
in them kids life? Sometimes you got to look at
the kids. You won't at the kids is already here.
You could be filling the gap.
Speaker 3 (11:27):
But you ain't. But see you ain't. You ain't thinking
like that dog, and you need to. And then secondly.
Speaker 4 (11:33):
Man, now the number one might not be mentioned marriage
because you ain't. There are a lot of passive, aggressive
women like this in this world, not even aggressive, just passing.
I'm just gonna hanging that wait and see what he
ain't gonna do if he asked me. But you love
a dealer.
Speaker 1 (11:50):
They together six years.
Speaker 4 (11:52):
Number two you fell in love with after y'all was
on and off again because you was out here messing around.
But you always say you keep running back to it,
and you want to be her keen and you don't
want nobody else to have her. Here's the one question
that ends this whole thing, because the answer ain't for
one one of the two you can't live without. And
(12:15):
it's only one. It's only one, Ain't no, I can't
live without both of them. That's no such a thing.
Here's the way you make this decision. After tomorrow you
will never ever see this person again.
Speaker 3 (12:32):
Which one is the hard?
Speaker 1 (12:34):
Oh?
Speaker 4 (12:34):
No, oh no, I can't live without her. That's the
one you gotta go with. And I can tell you
based on this letter.
Speaker 3 (12:43):
It's number one.
Speaker 4 (12:45):
If you just quit being selfish with what you want
and think about what's good for other people, you might
come to the right conclusion. And I'm gonna tell you
something right now. Damn this you fifty one dollar. You're
too old with this. Here, I'm telling you right now.
When the baby ten, you're gonna be sixty one, When
(13:05):
the baby eighteen, you're gonna be seventy.
Speaker 3 (13:07):
Sitting up at the graduation sleep all right?
Speaker 4 (13:14):
And this young girl, you gotta think about your sexual
problems because you hit a minute, the clock is ticking.
Speaker 3 (13:20):
You ain't gonna be what you was. Yeah, you're gonna
be paying.
Speaker 4 (13:23):
Attention to all them commercials on TV you gonna read
Rock Old you Go.
Speaker 1 (13:27):
You can comment on us Today Strawberry Letter on Instagram
and Facebook at Harvey FM. Also check out the Strawberry
Letter podcast on a free iHeartRadio app. Coming up next
Chinatown 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, work, sex, parenting, and more,
please submit your Strawberry Letter to stevearvfm dot com and
click 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 never know,
it could be yours.
Speaker 2 (00:19):
There could be yours. Buckle up and hold on tight.
We got it for you here. It is Golberry Letter.
Speaker 1 (00:24):
Thank you nephew. Subject Torn between two lovers, there's Stephen Shirley.
I'm entangled with two women and I don't know which
one to pick. I've dated Lady number one off and
on for about six years, and I'm deeply in love
with her. She has the ultimate you know what that
has me wanting to be her king and give her
(00:47):
the world. She's also a great cook and she's raised
her two children by herself. I can't help but keep
running back to her because I am crazy about her
and I don't want anyone else to have her. There
was a four month period when we were apart and
I ended up meeting Lady number two. Lady number two
loves me and I've grown to love her too. She
(01:09):
is younger and ready to settle down and be my wife.
We talk about having children together, and she wants a
set of twins. I've always wanted twins too. I'm fifty
one and I don't have children yet. Lady number two
is able to give me children. Lady number one is
my age and she can't have a baby for me.
(01:29):
We talked about different ways that we could have a child,
but then she crushed me and said she doesn't want
to raise another child. That's what's pushing Lady number two
up in the rankings. I am torn between these two women.
I know it sounds horrible that I'm in love with
two women and comparing them like this, but I am
trying to make the right choice. Because marriage is forever.
(01:52):
There is no chance for divorce. Sometimes I think I'll
be fine with Number one, and I do enjoy being
around her children. It's fine with how we are now,
and she never pressures me about marriage. Lady number two
keeps asking me what's next for us. Do I choose
my one true love that is indifferent about being married,
(02:12):
or do I choose the younger woman that wants a
future with me? That includes having children with me.
Speaker 3 (02:20):
Wow.
Speaker 1 (02:21):
First, let me say I applaud you for your transparency
to us. I know the ladies don't know about each other,
and you do have quite a dilemma on your hands.
Being in love with one woman is a challenge, and
you've got two loves and there's absolutely no reason that you,
at age fifty one shouldn't want a family of your own.
(02:42):
You want children, That's okay, nothing's wrong with that. The
lady Number one, as you explained in the letter, is
close to perfection for you in every way except for
she doesn't want children and she's not pressuring you for marriage.
Number two does want children, but she's not that one
true love like Number one is been with Number one
off and on for six years. So that begs the question,
(03:03):
why haven't you married her already? What's that about? You
feel pressure for number two to make up your mind
and marry her, but you're still very passionate about Number
one and comfortable, very comfortable with her. So this is
a struggle you're having with yourself between wanting a family
but being truly in love with someone who you said
you would give the world to. You're deeply in love
(03:25):
with but doesn't want any more kids. I say, yes,
you're fifty one, but you are not ready to make
this kind of life changing decision for yourself.
Speaker 3 (03:35):
Yet.
Speaker 1 (03:35):
You need more time.
Speaker 3 (03:37):
You're not ready for this, Steve, he gotta make this decision.
Speaker 4 (03:43):
Well, the problem is, he's told between two lovers. He's
dated Lady one off and on for about six years.
I'm deeply in love with her. She has the ultimate
you know what. Now right here, we need to put
the brakes on right here. Any time you deeply in
(04:07):
love with the woman that has the ultimate you know what,
then my next line is, well, what else you want?
And you deeply in love with it? I don't even
know what the rest of this letter is about at
this point, but let's go further. And got me wanting
(04:28):
to be her king and give her a world. She's
a great cook and she's raised her two children by herself.
I can't help but keep running back to her because
I'm crazy about her and I don't want anyone else
to have her. All right, he's being honest. And then
there's a four month period when we was a part
(04:48):
and I ended up meeting Lady number two, and she
loves me and I've grown to love her too. She's
younger and ready to settle down to be my wife.
And we talk about having children together, and she wants
to said the twins. I've always wanted twins too. I'm
fifty one. I don't have children yet. Lady two is
able to give me children. Lady one is my age
(05:09):
and she can't have a baby for me. Well, she
fifty one. If she don't want one either, that's hard, man.
And we talked about different ways we could have a child,
but then she crushed me and said she don't want
to raise another child.
Speaker 3 (05:26):
And I don't blame them. She to put her work here.
She got two kids, she's fifty one.
Speaker 4 (05:32):
And that's what's pushing Lady number two up in the rankings. Really, now,
let me stop here for a minute. That's what's pushing
Lady two up in the rankings. So right now, whatever
your name is, Louis, I'm gonna just call you fifty one.
Speaker 3 (05:49):
So fifty one, what you want is what you want.
Speaker 4 (05:53):
You want good loving, you want both women, you want
a family, You want what you want. You don't want
to do nothing. I don't hear you asking any questions
about fulfilling anything for the women. So let me give
you a way to look at this when we come
back that can help you make your decision.
Speaker 3 (06:14):
Because these these.
Speaker 4 (06:15):
Questions I'm about to ask you, it ain't but one answer. See,
that's the thing about being a man. I know men
because we the same. Ain't no trick to this thing.
You either is.
Speaker 3 (06:31):
Are you eight?
Speaker 4 (06:32):
In other words of Shirley, you either are.
Speaker 3 (06:37):
Or you ain't. That's all about.
Speaker 1 (06:43):
On today's Strawberry Letter at twenty three minutes after today's
title Torn between two lovers. We'll get back into it
right after this.
Speaker 3 (06:54):
Hey, look, you can't let the.
Speaker 4 (06:55):
Urge to sing your favorite songs while you're driving distract
you from that truck drifting toward your lane or that
lane splitting.
Speaker 3 (07:03):
Biker creeping up beside you.
Speaker 4 (07:05):
Fortunately, every Hundai offers advanced safety features that can alert
you to potential dangers around you.
Speaker 2 (07:12):
That's right, because Hondai is always working to ensure the
road doesn't get you. Hondai vehicles have one over one
hundred and twenty IIHS Top Safety awards from two thousand
and six to twenty twenty four as of December twenty
twenty four.
Speaker 1 (07:25):
All right, come on, Steve Let's recap today's strawberry letter,
very interesting one. It's called it Torn between two Lovers.
Speaker 4 (07:33):
It's let us about this fifty year old man. It's
got two women and he trying to make a decision.
He's got Lady number one, he's been off and on
with for six years. He's head over heels in love
with this woman. Don't want nobody else to have her.
She has the ultimate you know what, and he just
loves her deeply. She has two children and she's raised
them on her own. She's a great cook and she's
(07:57):
just is nothing wrong with this woman. But they will
offer a few months and he met Lady number two.
Now he done fell in love with her. She's in
love with him and she wants to know what the
next move is. The difference is she's younger and she
can have children, which is what he wants herm and
(08:19):
the first lady have talked about having children different ways.
But then she crusted him and said she don't want
to raise no more kids. And I don't think you
understand what raising kids is because you don't wait till
you fifty one to try it. But I'm gonna tell
you right now. Raising kid is a young people sport.
I'm gonna just tell you that right now. Raising kids
(08:40):
is a young person's sport. You start trying to raise
kids when the baby ten, you're gonna be sixty one.
Speaker 3 (08:51):
Bruh, you don't even know.
Speaker 4 (08:53):
B You don't even know the energy that's required to
deal with children. But here you're talking about why you
wait this damn long? Six years ago you would have
been forty four, forty five, you and the woman could
have had a baby together. Then she would have been
more receptive to the idea.
Speaker 3 (09:14):
But now you didn't wait it because you messing.
Speaker 4 (09:16):
Around doing your thing that would kill Now, this is
the part about you. You donet waited to your ass
is damn there. Oh you have one hundred dollars, You've
already lived longer than you got left for the most
of us, and now you ready to make their life
altering decision. Well, okay, now you got a problem. Now,
the fact that the lady two can have children that
(09:37):
pushed her up in the rankings.
Speaker 3 (09:39):
I'm torn between these two women.
Speaker 4 (09:41):
I know it sounds horrible that I'm in love with
two women and comparing them like this, but I'm trying
to make the right choice, because marriage is forever. You
don't know that. I can tell you right now it
ain't anyway, that's nothing. Don't worry about that. There's no
chance for divorce. That's a lot. That's a lot. Sit
up here talking about there's no chance for divorce. You
can get that out your rabbit ass.
Speaker 3 (10:01):
Mine.
Speaker 4 (10:02):
I gave you right now, just like that, Just like that, drack,
I can end this praying with some paperwork and a
couple of donations.
Speaker 3 (10:10):
Gim it, let's go anyway.
Speaker 4 (10:13):
Sometimes I think I'll be fine with Number one, and
I do enjoy being around her children. She is fine
and with how we are now. She never pressures me
about marriage. Lady two keeps asking me what's next for us?
Do I choose the one true love that is indifferent
about being married, or do I choose the younger woman
who wants a future and with me that includes having
(10:35):
children with me. Okay, bro, listen, I could give you
a big, long, drawn out speech, but here's the two things.
Number one, you've talked about everything that's good for you.
You have not one time mentioned what would be good
for either one of these women. So now let me
ask you a question. Something you need to consider, because see,
(10:57):
you say you want kids, but let me that's your question. Man,
would you be the missing link for Number one's kids
that she has? Now, I don't know the relationship they
have with their father. I don't know if he active
in their life or not. But you have a great
relationship and you love her kids being around them, so
obviously they know you. Could you be the missing link
(11:19):
in them kids life? Sometimes you got to look at
the kids. You won't at the kids is already here.
You could be filling the gap.
Speaker 3 (11:27):
But you ain't. But see you ain't. You ain't thinking
like that dog, and you need to. And then secondly.
Speaker 4 (11:33):
Man, now the number one might not be mentioned marriage
because you ain't. There are a lot of passive, aggressive
women like this in this world, not even aggressive, just passing.
I'm just gonna hanging that wait and see what he
ain't gonna do if he asked me. But you love
a dealer.
Speaker 1 (11:50):
They together six years.
Speaker 4 (11:52):
Number two you fell in love with after y'all was
on and off again because you was out here messing around.
But you always say you keep running back to it,
and you want to be her keen and you don't
want nobody else to have her. Here's the one question
that ends this whole thing, because the answer ain't for
one one of the two you can't live without. And
(12:15):
it's only one. It's only one, Ain't no, I can't
live without both of them. That's no such a thing.
Here's the way you make this decision. After tomorrow you
will never ever see this person again.
Speaker 3 (12:32):
Which one is the hard?
Speaker 1 (12:34):
Oh?
Speaker 4 (12:34):
No, oh no, I can't live without her. That's the
one you gotta go with. And I can tell you
based on this letter.
Speaker 3 (12:43):
It's number one.
Speaker 4 (12:45):
If you just quit being selfish with what you want
and think about what's good for other people, you might
come to the right conclusion. And I'm gonna tell you
something right now. Damn this you fifty one dollar. You're
too old with this. Here, I'm telling you right now.
When the baby ten, you're gonna be sixty one, When
(13:05):
the baby eighteen, you're gonna be seventy.
Speaker 3 (13:07):
Sitting up at the graduation sleep all right?
Speaker 4 (13:14):
And this young girl, you gotta think about your sexual
problems because you hit a minute, the clock is ticking.
Speaker 3 (13:20):
You ain't gonna be what you was. Yeah, you're gonna
be paying.
Speaker 4 (13:23):
Attention to all them commercials on TV you gonna read
Rock Old you Go.
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