Strawberry Letter

Dear Steve and Shirley, this is probably the hardest decision I've ever had to make. I have two teenage children and their mother and I separated 10 years ago, but have maintained a solid co-parenting relationship. 5 years ago, I got remarried and my new wife seemed to accept my children and played a decent role as a stepmom. That didn’t last long and she eventually started treating them poorly. My teenagers became increasingly uncomfortable when they came over for the weekend........ Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Dear Steve and Shirley, my husband and I have been married for 25 years and we have a beautiful blended family. We worked hard to provide a great life for our children and we put them all through college. Now that our last child has left home, we are finally empty nesters so we decided to downsize on our house so we can travel and do the things we enjoy. We found a nice, much smaller house and my husband handled all of the financing and paperwork. After we closed on the house, I found out that my name was not on any of the paperwork........ Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Dear Steve and Shirley, I can’t trust anybody these days, so I’m coming to you for advice. Four years ago, my husband and I were married and we relocated to the city he grew up in, so he could be closer to his family. I didn’t know anyone in the city, but my best friend lived 30 minutes away, so that was good enough for me because she came to visit me often. A year after I got married, I got pregnant and that’s when my husband started cheating on me.......... Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Dear Steve and Shirley, I have a problem and I've been praying over it for years but I can’t seem to get over it. I married a man when I was 26 years old and he was 41 years old. We had a great married life, a nice big home and three lovely children. I thought our fairytale would never end, but it did. We were married for 8 years and on his birthday, he asked me for a divorce and served me papers. I was shocked that he already had the papers drawn up...... Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Dear Steve and Shirley, I have a dilemma and I need your advice. I’m in my late 20s and I work for a non-profit organization and my boss is a fine older gentleman. From the beginning, I could tell he was attracted to me and I would catch him looking at me. One Saturday about three months ago, he called and invited me over to watch a pre-season game with him and some friends. I already had plans, so I told him I would come by later. When I got to his house, he was the only one there........ Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Dear Steve and Shirley, I have a problem and I've been praying over it for years but I can’t seem to get over it. I married a man when I was 26 years old and he was 41 years old. We had a great married life, a nice big home and three lovely children. I thought our fairytale would never end, but it did. We were married for 8 years and on his birthday, he asked me for a divorce and served me papers. I was shocked that he already had the papers drawn up......... Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Dear Steve and Shirley, I've been married a little over a year and the consistent issue my husband and I have is, he thinks that I talk to my mom and hang out with her too much. My mom is my best friend and I am her only daughter, but I don’t ever let our relationship trump the relationship with my husband. I hang with my mom while my husband is at work and I make sure that I'm home by the time he gets off and I ensure that dinner is ready for him and the house is clean. However, he still has issues with me and my mom....... Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Dear Steve and Shirley, I’ve been in a relationship for a little over 3 years. This man treated me like a queen and I just knew that he was the one. Right when I was ready to get married again, my man’s skeletons came out of the closet. He admitted that there is this woman that has been in his life for many years, but there’s nothing to worry about because he’s not sleeping with her. I believed him because he spends quality time with me every day...... Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Dear Steve and Shirley, I’m a 32 year old female and I am a part time professor at a local university. Teaching is my first love and I’m hoping to get a full-time job as a professor. But there’s one little issue that I need your advice on. I have a very handsome student athlete in one of my classes. He is a golden tan color, has hazel eyes and the best smile. He is a beautiful young man and he is making me think about risking it all to spend some time with him. I’m 10 years older than him, so he’s and adult, but I could lose my job for dealing with a student..... Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Dear Steve and Shirley, I have just wasted 3 months of my life with a guy. When we met, he was my supervisor at work. Shortly after we met, I got a new job, so we decided to hook up and see if we could be more than friends. The first time we went out, we had sex in his car. After that night, he called and texted me daily and he wanted to see me as much as he could. I was really falling for him and he told me that I was not his type, but he just couldn’t help how he felt about me. I liked him so much, that when he asked me to change my appearance for him, I did it! Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Dear Steve and Shirley, in March of this year, my husband and I separated and he moved out of the house. During our separation, I started talking to a guy I met at work. We started hanging out as friends and we ended up having sex eventually. My new friend was aware of the problems my husband and I were having and he was supportive. I recently told the friend that my husband and I were trying to work things out in our marriage and he understood. We remained as friends with benefits until my husband moved back in with me......... Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Hello Steve and Shirley… and I might need to include Tommy too. I am a happily married 40 year old woman with grown children. I’m completely in love with my husband and we have an incredible sex life, but I have one issue. When we first started dating years ago, my husband could not get enough of me sexually. As you can imagine, that cooled down after a few years, so I wanted to spice things back up. I asked him to take me to a strip club since I had never been to one. And he did. We got a table in the back of the club and I got tipsy and started putting on a better show than the strippers........ Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Dear Steve and Shirley, I'm 23 years old and I just got married. I am a little worried that I got married too soon because I realized I can’t do all the things I had planned to do with my life right now. We moved to Illinois after we got married, but I want to finish college in North Carolina this fall. I’m sure now that we can't afford for me to go back and finish school and keep up with our rent and bills. My best friend and I planned to get our bachelor degrees and then go to grad school and we were going to live like the girls on “Living Single” for a few years...... Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Dear Steve and Shirley, I have been with my man for 3 years and we started living together 7 months ago. I’m a nurse and he does construction work. I love his work ethic and his commitment to his job and the long hours he puts in. When he comes home from work, he washes his clothes, takes a shower, we eat and then we go to bed. But here’s the problem… throughout the night, while he is sleeping, he sweats really bad! His pillow is drenched and the mattress on his side is wet, too and I have to let the bed dry out daily and change our bed linens more often than I should. I can’t stand it, so I mentioned to him that he should see doctor........ Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Dear Steve and Shirley, I am a 43 year old single mom of two. For the past year, I have been seeing a nice 43 year old gentleman that I've met on the Plenty Of Fish dating site. When we met, I told him that I was ready for a relationship not just to hook up for sex. He said let's see where it goes. Two weeks later after talking on the phone we finally met up and we ended up having sex that first night. Darn it Steve, it was so good that I could not stop. We continued to have sex at least once a week and he started staying overnight at my house....... Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Dear Steve and Shirley, I need some help with one of my closest friends. He and I have known each other since middle school and he’s always been a bit lazy. He comes from a fairly privileged background and I believe that made him feel entitled to certain things in life, without actually working for them. We are in our early 30s now and he still lives with mother, works part time, and never finished college. The majority of his time and money is spent doing photo shoots for Instagram, because he seems to be trying to brand himself as a socialite or local celebrity...... Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Dear Steve and Shirley, I need help! When I was a teenager, my parents went through a horrible divorce and my mom moved to a new city to start over. I love my both my parents equally, but I chose to stay with my dad so I would not miss my senior year of high school with my friends. My dad has always been a pastor and now I am the minister of music at our church. A few years after the divorce, my dad got remarried to a beautiful woman that is a bit younger than him. We got along great and spent holidays and special occasions together as a family. Well, about a year ago, my father was away on a ministry mission and my stepmom invited me over for dinner........ Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Dear Steve and Shirley, I've been with my man for two years and we have lived together for the past year. We have a really good relationship but there's one problem. He will not have any kind of sexual relations with me and this has been going on since we started living together. He says he wants to wait until we are married but he has not even proposed. We're not at that point in our relationship yet. He told me that when God puts it in his heart, he will ask me to marry him. When we first started dating we had sex all of the time. I am 56 years old and he is 60 years old and I think it's a little late in life for him to be practicing celibacy.......... Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Dear Steve and Shirley, I'm 49 years old, but I look 30, praise the Lord! I'm an entertainer by nature. I love life and I celebrate it every day. I'm high energy, and always the life of the party wherever I go. Recently, I started an Instagram account to showcase my talent and I have a few hundred followers that like my work. I learned from you, Steve, that it’s never too late to pursue your dreams. So here’s my issue. My so-called friends told me that I’m not as good as I think I am and when they come to my shows, it’s just for a good laugh. They told me that they have been laughing at me and not with me for the longest time, but they didn’t have the heart to tell me......... Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Dear Steve and Shirley, I need some serious advice. Steve, I’ve read all of your books and I follow many of your rules, especially the “No sex before 90 days” rule. I am dating a compassionate and caring man and he’s such a gentleman. He is affectionate, but understood when I told him we should wait to be intimate. It was no problem. So, we have passed our 90 day trial period and we’ve started having sex. I felt like the time was right and so did he. Well, the first three times we had sex, it was great and he was just as pleased as I was........ Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.