Steve Harvey ( Strawberry letter)

0:00Hey, good morning. This is Strawberry. Hey y'all feeling out there today, tomorrow, and the next day. I hope everybody is doing well. If you're not doing well, let's find a way to get well, look well, and be well. We gonna start our day off with the Strawberry Letter with Steve Harvey's morning show, but like I tell y'all every time I am not the Strawberry Letter. I am the Strawberry Podcast. For my journey and its lessons. Repeat after me. I am grateful for my journey and its lessons. Once more. I am grateful for my journey and its lessons until tomorrow. Goodbye. You're right now, and you never know. It could be yours, you never know. You never know? Buckle up and hold on tight. We got it for you. Here it is. Strawberry Letter. Subject she only wants to be a baby mama. Dear Steven Shirley.

1:00I'm a 33 year old single woman, and my longtime friend has two children by my brother. He's a business owner, and he's in several civic organizations in our city. From the outside looking in, it looks like his life is in order, but it's not. He's been going through ups and downs with my friend for many years. My friend is in love with the lifestyle my brother gives her. But she does not want to settle down and marry him. She has the best of both worlds because he loves her enough to let her do whatever she wants to do. She's been on vacation since New Year's Day when she flew to Tulum with her sisters. I have been helping my brother take care of their daughters ages five and seven, and it's not my responsibility, but I love my nieces to pieces. I've called my friend several times on FaceTime when I'm with her daughters, and she doesn't answer or call back. My brother told me that she is up to something because she hasn't posted any pictures on her social media.

2:01That's odd because my friend is always posting pictures of her great body and beautiful surroundings. I took this opportunity to tell my brother that he should give my friend back to the streets because she's happy just being a baby mama. She's the it girl in our city, and she knows she can have anyone she wants. But she hangs on to my brother for financial security. My brother is almost 40, and he told me that he wants to get married and raise his girls in a two-parent household, but my friend told him she's too young to get married. I would love to tell my friend to stop playing with my brother's heart, but I don't want to get into the middle of this big mess. What do I say when my brother asks for my advice again? No, I just said wow. Yeah, wow. Listen, I know you love your brother, and I know you love your nieces. Like you said, you love your nieces to pieces. I mean, you can give him your opinion. He asked, so tell him what you think.

3:01You're kind of in it anyway because it's your friend, and you know what's going on with them. He'll probably do what he wants to anyway. But at least, he'll know your thoughts on this situation. Say what you got to say, then stay out of it. You know, and he knows that his baby mama is trifling and irresponsible. He still loves her. But he definitely needs to move on with his life. If this is all he can get, and he wants more. If he can get joined or full custody of their kids, I think that's a start to having a happy and stable life. He wants this for himself, and especially for his girls. He then won't have to finance her lifestyle like he's doing now either. So you should tell him not to worry about baby mama. She is who she is, and she isn't going to change right now. He, on the other hand, when he gets out of this mess, if he gets out of this mess, he can very well meet someone else, start a new family with them and the kids. I say life is short, and he deserves to have the love and the life he chooses.

4:05And that's what you should tell him, Steve. You know, this letter has a couple of things in it. That most of us don't like. This lady who's writing a letter has a long time friend that's got two children by her brother. Now, she says that he's a business owner, and he's in several civic organizations in our city. See, listen to that line right there. He's in several civic organizations in our city. I'm telling y'all right now without knowing this, this is a small town letter right here. This is a small town letter right here. This ain't nobody writing from DC or New York. You know, this ain't nobody in LA. This ain't Atlanta. This is a small town letter. He's in several civic organizations in our city. What the hell did that mean? You know, from outside looking in, it seems like his life is in order, but he's not.

5:08He's been going through the ups and downs with her friends for a lot of years, for many years, for many years that keep note of that. My friend is in love with the lifestyle that my brother gives her, but she does not want to settle down and marry him. No, you know why? Because she running game, and that's all this is from here on out. And it's a shame that your brother don't see it. She's got the best of both worlds because he loves her enough to let her to do whatever she wants to do. She's been on vacation since New Year's Day when she flew to Tellum with her sister's worst tellum. Anybody? Tellum. Well, seeing as high, you know, God has blessed me to be able to travel the world. I'm not familiar with it. It's obviously not a big ball of shot call the place cause I would have heard from my friends by now.

6:09So now once again, we going back to this small town's letter. Now, she died there with her sister. And now you've been helping your brother take care of daughters who's five and seven and an angel responsibility, but you love them the pieces and you call your friend a bunch of times on FaceTime when I'm with her daughters and she don't answer or call back. My brother told me she's up to something cause she ain't posted any pictures on her social media. And that's all because my friend is always posting pictures of her great body and beautiful surrounding. That's it in a nutshell. You said it. She from a small town, but she got a great body. Your brother is strong and snapped over the fact that he got one of the baddest chicks in town with the bad body. That's all this is after that is ignorance. We'll get into that when I come back.

7:11We'll have parts who coming up at 23 minutes after the hour of today cause she likes lifestyle. He's a business owner. He's in several civic organizations in our town whenever that means. So that means, you know, he's, you know, you got some fake titles. That's what that means, fake title. Yeah. Come to find out that she didn't been in Mexico since she can be in Mexico says New Year's date. And the friend has been helping take care of their kids, which is five and seven helping her brother. But she loves them the pieces cause there's her nieces. So, but every time she faced time, the girl with her daughter, she don't answer the phone or pick up. Your brother said that she thinks she up to something cause she ain't posted any pictures on her social media. Okay. That's all because my friend is always posting pictures of her great body and beautiful surrounding.

8:13That's where we left off in the letter, great body and beautiful surroundings. She likes to flex when it's time to flex to show her lifestyle, but really to show her great body. And that's what your brother is sprung on in this small town letter that he got this bad chick with these two kids. And he don't, he just overjoyed with that, but he ain't looking at the facts. Then the lady said, I took this opportunity to tell my brother that he should give my friend back to the streets. Oh, so that's what we got her from. You got her from the streets. He didn't told you you need to give her back to the streets because she's happy just being a baby mama. She's the int girl in our city right there. Now, right once again, we into a small town letter. Because who do you know ladies gentlemen? That's the int girl in they city unless you in a real small town. Because who's the int girl in New York?

9:14Who the int girl in LA? Who the int girl in Atlanta? Who the int girl in DC? Who the int girl in Detroit? Okay, be the int girl in no bigger city. Because the moment you think you it, hold up. Look who just walked in. The moment you think you it, hold up. Look over there. On any given night, you could not be the int girl in the big city. But in a small city, you can be the int girl all the time. All right now, she knows she can have anyone she wants. But she hangs on to my brother for financial security. My brother's almost 40 and he told me that he wants to get married and raise his girls in a two-parent household. But my friend told him she's too young to get married. Really? You are too young and only baby. But now you're too young to get married. You ain't too young to go on vacation since New Year's Eve. You ain't too young to take this check and spend it. You ain't too young post videos.

10:15You ain't too young to know that you're too young. Lady, get out of here. I would love to tell my friend to stop playing with my brother's heart. But I don't want to get into this middle of this big mess. What do I say with my brother asked for advice again? Surely he didn't on the head. Tell your brother. Listen to me. You know she ain't about nothing. You wasted your money on this girl. And since he's a business owner, he belongs to several civic organizations. Let's share a couple of facts with him. Number one, you've never been married so you owe this woman no alimony. You're from a small town so you ain't in LA where there's this, you know, laws that they have where you've been together for a while. You're the man could get nothing. Common law, community property. Ain't none of that in place. So you don't owe this woman no lifestyle. She's refused to get married. She's told you that you've got evidence. So now all you got to do is pay child support. Child support, which you gonna pay anyway.

11:17But see right now you're paying child support and sponsor support. But you ain't getting the spouse. So I would just break it down to child support. You're gonna quit playing me. And I'm not gonna force her hand like we need to get married. I'm gonna cut you off. I'm not finna do that. I'm finna just cut you off. And because you're a business man, get on a plane and go somewhere else. And you will find out that the it girl really ain't it. And you can put sugar honey on top of that. Okay. Okay. You can find out really quickly that little miss it really ain't it. Yeah. Take a car ride. Get on the plane. It is everywhere. And it is looking to get married. And it wants to have a family. And it would support your lifestyle. That's what it would do. But no, you ain't got it. You ain't got sugar honey in.

12:17See, that what the problem is. Hello. You pointed today. See, I pointed. Stay true to it today. What did you say I was supposed to be Shirley point? Point. Nothing to do that. Point. All right, listen, we gotta get out of here. I pointed at her and I told her that she wasn't shield of honey. It. Post your comments.