Strawberry Letter

Dear Steve and Shirley, My wife and I have been together since 2009 and married since 2015. We have three sons and I love them all dearly. I'm not trying to sugarcoat this at all but I have to tell you about my wife. Now we've both cheated on each other from the beginning of our relationship even though she refuses to admit all that she's done. I forgive her for everything because of my wrongdoing, but I have a problem with her dishonesty. I am willing to walk work on all of our issues because it's Till Death Do Us Part. She admitted to cheating with six different guys. Then we've been married......... Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Dear Steve and Shirley, I'm stuck. I've read your book Steve and I've been with my boyfriend for four years. In the four years we've bought a home and had lots of beautiful vacations together. We're under 30 years old and we have a solid relationship. He provides protects and professes his love for me. So why after four years I still don't have an engagement ring? I haven't given him my all yet because there are certain benefits that only a wife can give to her husband. He's not my husband. I never feel bad for reminding him when he complains about me holding back......... Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Dear Shirley and Uncle Steve, I am having a hard time dealing with a situation with my family. I traveled around the world, got a couple of degrees, moved away from my hometown and married the love of my life. In the last few years, my dad’s health declined and he had to retire, money got tight, and now he and my mom fight all of the time. I call my parents daily before I go to work and each day it’s a struggle to talk to my dad. He manages to twist every conversation into something negative........ Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Dear Steve and Shirley, I am a 49 year old female married to a 49 year old man. I have five children and five grandchildren. Here is the problem. My current husband is not the father of my children. I married this man when my children were young. So he's been in their lives for a very long time. My youngest son just graduated from high school and will be going away for college. So now my husband thinks that we're done raising children and from now on it will be just the two of us. He has said that we don't have to worry about the kids anymore because they are all grown and have their own lives......... Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Dear Steve and Shirley I've lost my best friend. We've been best friends for over 15 years. Thee best of friends. We were thick as thieves and nothing could keep us apart. Whenever she got in relationships she introduced me as her brother and I got along with all her boyfriends. She started dating her current boyfriend and I didn't approve of him at first because he had a reputation of being a liar and a cheater. I played it cool and supported her through all of the drama and the breakups with him. He knows I don't really like him. So one night he invited me to go to a strip club with him. I met him at the club and ended up having a great time........ 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 11 years. My husband has three grown children from his previous marriage, two sons and a daughter. His sons are happily married but his daughter is not. My husband's ex wife constantly intrudes in our marriage and in her daughter's marriage. The daughter will not keep her mom out of her business and it upsets her husband. The ex-wife has also made my husband's life miserable but I can deal with that. It's my stepdaughter that is the problem...... Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Dear Steve and Shirley, I am a young single female. I recently had a conversation with a close male friend about relationships and sex. He told me that from a man's point of view a man can never fully love a woman and give his all to a relationship until they have sex. This blew my mind because my girlfriends and I are withholding sex now and we really think that we're doing the right thing by making men wait. I look back at how many men I have turned away knowing that they just wanted to have sex with me. If what my male friend says is true then I may have missed out on a few good men....... Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Dear Steve and Shirley, I have a testimony and I need some solid advice. In the past, my husband was a scam artist and I am an ex stripper and call girl. We both got caught up and ended up doing time and our family took care of our children. I got I got released from prison first and I started to rebuild our lives. When he got out I put him through school. After that I continued my education and now we make decent money and have a stable home life. My husband used to be a natural hustler but now he does not share my desire to work hard and earn more money. Besides that, he has gained 100 pounds and has turned into a couch potato. I am stuck being the dreamer, the planner, the motivator and the brain, but my problem gets deeper. The worst part is our sex life......... Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Dear Steve and Shirley, My girlfriend and I have been together for about a year. When I met her she had just ended a relationship with a wealthy man that was 19 years older than her. This man spoiled her with expensive gifts and he was her first sexually so she was caught up for a long time. He offered to buy her a condo if she stayed with him, but she realized that he was trying to buy her love and she wasn’t really into him so they broke up. We've been dating since then. The old boyfriend still calls and texts her and she tells me whenever she hears from him I'm no fool......... Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Dear Steve and Shirley, I am a recently divorced man with joint custody of my children. On the day that our divorce was final my ex-wife and I we went out for drinks and then back to her place to play a little game of hide and seek if you know what I mean. We only did that once and for the past six months we have not had sex or anything close to it. Not too long ago she told me that she had started dating again. So here's the problem. She wants her new guy to meet our son and daughter after dating him for only two months........... Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Dear Steve and Shirley, I'm writing you for advice on a family matter. When my daughter had her first child, she and her husband asked me to move in with them to help out with the baby. I was thrilled to be there to help with my grandchild. After living with them for about five months my daughter came to me and said that her husband had been watching me move around the house. I thought she meant that he was watching me to see how I handled the baby. I didn't think anything about it. Once again my daughter came to me and said that her husband was watching me and that she felt some type of way about it. Now she had my full attention. This was no joking matter....... Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Dear Steve and Shirley, When I met my wife five years ago she was all that I wanted and more. She was beautiful, sweet, driven, short and thick. Just how I like them. Now two kids in three years of marriage later I hardly recognize her. She has gained far too much weight. I told her I would work out with her and I went and bought exercise mats and dumbbells so we could get started. She hurt herself during our first workout and now she uses that as an excuse to stop exercising........ 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 are now 50 years old. We have five grown sons and four grandchildren. Ten years ago my husband had a fling at work and the female was barely 20 years old. At the time, I was devastated but he swore nothing physical happened the whole situation didn't sit well with me. So one day last week I checked my husband's old phone for any proof I could find. I found messages between my husband and the girl that he had been playing with and she was thanking him for all he was doing for her financially and praising him for his sexual prowess......... Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Dear Uncle Steve and Aunt Shirley, I am a young female that graduated from high school two years ago. Yeah and I am in a sticky situation. You see after graduation I met a guy on an online app and we texted back and forth and decided to spend some time together. We ended up going on dates and messing around a lot. He is a really great person but he was not the one for me so we ended our fling. We stayed in touch for a while through text messages but that was about it. Last November I met a new guy and he and I are in a committed relationship. So things were great until we went to a New Year's Eve party and the guy from my past was at the party....... Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Dear Steve and Shirley, My wife and I met when we were 12 years old and we got married when we were 20 years old. We've been married for 15 years and we were very happy until recently. Now I need help to save my marriage. Three years ago I cheated on my wife and got another woman pregnant. I told my wife about the affair and the baby. My wife was going to divorce me but we went to marriage counseling and she had a change of heart. My wife welcomed the baby into our family and she has grown to love the child....... Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Dear Steve and Shirley, My fiancé and I have been together for six years. We like to have fun in the bedroom, which often includes a third person joining us. And yes it is always another woman. Before my fiancé met me, he had never had a threesome but I had. Now he can't get enough of them and I enjoy them even more than he does from day one. I have set all the rules for the threesomes my main and most important rule is that I am the one and the only one that can call or text the females and invite them over. The females or not to ever have my fiancé cell number. So here's where the problem started......... 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 husband for 19 years. Recently my younger sister spent the night at my house when she was in town. I usually only invite my sister to stay over when my husband is away on military duty. She always sleeps in my 15 year old daughter's room when she's visiting. So this was the first night that my husband was home when my sister was visiting. We were having a typical Friday night watching movies eating and talking........ 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 to a wonderful man for almost 30 years. He's an excellent father and provider. But over the years I've spent a lot of time alone in my marriage. At one point I was very lonely. There was a lot of love and kindness but no passion. A neighbor and I would talk occasionally and he picked up on my extreme loneliness and saw that I was vulnerable. He used it to his advantage and we ended up having sex. I'm not placing all of the blame on my neighbor because I am a grown woman and I knew better. Loneliness was no excuse to step out on my marriage........ Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Dear Steve and Shirley, My fiance and I met in college and we've been together for three years. She is perfect in every way. She has the looks a great job and when it comes to the bedroom she is on fire. But anyway here is the problem. Last weekend I took her to our usual breakfast spot and we started talking about the wedding and our guest list. I have met her mom dad siblings and grandparents and she's met my immediate family as well as we talked more in depth about our relatives. I told her about the small city where my family was from and she said that her family was from there too........ Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.