1 00:00:00,480 --> 00:00:02,960 Speaker 1: It is time now for today's Strawberry Letter, and if 2 00:00:02,960 --> 00:00:06,720 Speaker 1: you need advice on relationships, dating, work, sex, parenting, and more, 3 00:00:07,120 --> 00:00:10,680 Speaker 1: please submit your Strawberry Letter to Steve FARFM dot com 4 00:00:10,680 --> 00:00:13,920 Speaker 1: and click submit Strawberry Letter. We could be reading your 5 00:00:14,000 --> 00:00:18,400 Speaker 1: letter live pop pop like we're gonna read this right here, 6 00:00:18,600 --> 00:00:21,239 Speaker 1: right now. It could be yours. You never know, okay, 7 00:00:21,320 --> 00:00:25,280 Speaker 1: you never knew. Robert like asht buggle up, hold on tight, 8 00:00:25,320 --> 00:00:27,720 Speaker 1: We got it before you. Here it is straw very letter. 9 00:00:28,280 --> 00:00:31,440 Speaker 1: Thank enough you subject taking it to the street. Dear 10 00:00:31,480 --> 00:00:33,960 Speaker 1: Stephen Shirley, I've been married to my best friend for 11 00:00:34,000 --> 00:00:37,320 Speaker 1: a very long time. He and I do everything together 12 00:00:37,400 --> 00:00:40,599 Speaker 1: since we retired this year. We have two daughters and 13 00:00:40,640 --> 00:00:43,319 Speaker 1: we visit them often because our oldest daughter just had 14 00:00:43,320 --> 00:00:46,000 Speaker 1: her first baby with her husband, and her youngest is 15 00:00:46,040 --> 00:00:49,400 Speaker 1: getting ready for her wedding next year. We cannot stand 16 00:00:49,440 --> 00:00:54,400 Speaker 1: this guy she's marrying, but we'd never tell her. We've 17 00:00:54,480 --> 00:00:57,760 Speaker 1: laughed at our funny looking water head grandson, and we 18 00:00:57,920 --> 00:01:01,040 Speaker 1: make jokes about the knockkneed man our other daughter is 19 00:01:01,040 --> 00:01:04,720 Speaker 1: engaged to. It's what we do. We we like to 20 00:01:04,800 --> 00:01:07,840 Speaker 1: people watch and laugh for hours of silly stuff, no 21 00:01:07,920 --> 00:01:10,760 Speaker 1: matter where we are. It's never anything so bad that 22 00:01:10,760 --> 00:01:13,440 Speaker 1: it would offend anyone. And that's why when my daughter 23 00:01:13,480 --> 00:01:15,640 Speaker 1: said we offended her and she doesn't want us at 24 00:01:15,640 --> 00:01:18,000 Speaker 1: her wedding, I was shocked. My husband made a joke 25 00:01:18,040 --> 00:01:20,240 Speaker 1: about her husband and she didn't think it was funny. 26 00:01:20,360 --> 00:01:23,200 Speaker 1: Then he made a joke about her sister's big head baby. 27 00:01:23,319 --> 00:01:25,440 Speaker 1: My husband sat back on the sofa with his hot 28 00:01:25,440 --> 00:01:27,560 Speaker 1: tea and crossed his legs like he was happy with 29 00:01:27,640 --> 00:01:30,840 Speaker 1: himself for letting our child in on our jokes. My 30 00:01:30,920 --> 00:01:34,039 Speaker 1: daughter called her sister and told her everything are soon 31 00:01:34,080 --> 00:01:35,839 Speaker 1: to be. Son in law didn't like what was said 32 00:01:35,840 --> 00:01:38,920 Speaker 1: about him, so he challenged my husband to a race. 33 00:01:39,240 --> 00:01:40,880 Speaker 1: He told him that they could take it to the 34 00:01:40,920 --> 00:01:43,880 Speaker 1: streets so he could show him what his knock kneeds 35 00:01:44,000 --> 00:01:47,240 Speaker 1: can do. My husband will not back down from a challenge, 36 00:01:47,280 --> 00:01:49,880 Speaker 1: and I am afraid he's going to injure himself if 37 00:01:49,920 --> 00:01:54,600 Speaker 1: he races this crooked legged boy. All he talks about 38 00:01:54,720 --> 00:01:56,360 Speaker 1: is taking it to the street like it will be 39 00:01:56,680 --> 00:01:59,440 Speaker 1: the race of the year. He knows he cannot beat 40 00:01:59,480 --> 00:02:01,880 Speaker 1: our future son in law, so why is he letting 41 00:02:01,920 --> 00:02:04,680 Speaker 1: his ego take over? Is there any way for me 42 00:02:04,720 --> 00:02:08,400 Speaker 1: to keep my husband from racing this boy. Well, you 43 00:02:08,520 --> 00:02:11,519 Speaker 1: kind of already answered your question, your own question. The 44 00:02:11,680 --> 00:02:15,400 Speaker 1: husband and the fiance both have egos. That's not news though, 45 00:02:15,400 --> 00:02:18,840 Speaker 1: because most men have fragile egos, and when their egos 46 00:02:18,880 --> 00:02:22,839 Speaker 1: take over, it's like they stop thinking rationally and get 47 00:02:22,840 --> 00:02:26,160 Speaker 1: into some sort of beast mode or something. But you know, 48 00:02:26,320 --> 00:02:28,519 Speaker 1: and and they gotta do it, you know, they got 49 00:02:28,520 --> 00:02:31,519 Speaker 1: to prove themselves, all right. But but the worst part 50 00:02:31,520 --> 00:02:34,080 Speaker 1: about all this is that your husband knows he can't 51 00:02:34,440 --> 00:02:38,560 Speaker 1: talk about anyone's baby, even his grand baby. Uh No, 52 00:02:38,560 --> 00:02:40,600 Speaker 1: no matter how harmless you might think it is, you 53 00:02:40,639 --> 00:02:43,480 Speaker 1: gotta keep those jokes to yourselves. I mean, your your 54 00:02:43,560 --> 00:02:46,639 Speaker 1: daughters are really really sensitive right now. So keep those 55 00:02:46,720 --> 00:02:49,880 Speaker 1: jokes to yourselves like you've been doing. You keep those 56 00:02:49,919 --> 00:02:54,520 Speaker 1: within the coupledom that you guys have, the marriage all right, Um, 57 00:02:55,160 --> 00:02:57,000 Speaker 1: someone is bound to get hurt, and it seems like 58 00:02:57,000 --> 00:03:00,639 Speaker 1: your daughters have. Now your husband is in this. If 59 00:03:00,680 --> 00:03:03,520 Speaker 1: he's retired, I'm thinking he's pretty up there in age, 60 00:03:03,520 --> 00:03:06,400 Speaker 1: and your future son in law it's pretty in pretty 61 00:03:06,400 --> 00:03:08,880 Speaker 1: good shape, or else he wouldn't have challenged him. The 62 00:03:08,960 --> 00:03:11,640 Speaker 1: race is going to be a disaster. You know, this already. 63 00:03:12,280 --> 00:03:14,919 Speaker 1: This is a lose lose situation for both of them. 64 00:03:15,200 --> 00:03:17,919 Speaker 1: Your husband has nothing to prove, and kicking you out 65 00:03:17,960 --> 00:03:20,680 Speaker 1: of the wedding. It's very extreme for your daughter to do, 66 00:03:20,760 --> 00:03:23,680 Speaker 1: I think, especially since the father of the bride usually 67 00:03:23,720 --> 00:03:25,640 Speaker 1: paid for the wedding. Now, you didn't mention that in 68 00:03:25,680 --> 00:03:28,600 Speaker 1: the letter, so maybe that's not the case here, But 69 00:03:28,680 --> 00:03:31,520 Speaker 1: she did uninvite you. So I suggest you guys call 70 00:03:31,639 --> 00:03:35,040 Speaker 1: some sort of emergency family meeting with all parties, make 71 00:03:35,120 --> 00:03:38,360 Speaker 1: some sincere apologies to your daughters and their spouses. Tell 72 00:03:38,400 --> 00:03:41,280 Speaker 1: them you were just joking. Hopefully they'll accept and you 73 00:03:41,320 --> 00:03:43,800 Speaker 1: guys can clear the air and start over. Everyone is 74 00:03:43,840 --> 00:03:47,880 Speaker 1: just so sensitive these days, so sensitive, Tommy. This is 75 00:03:47,880 --> 00:03:52,520 Speaker 1: about to be one ragged ass race of all times. 76 00:03:53,040 --> 00:03:55,480 Speaker 1: So get readyful all right, Shirley's say, y'all need to 77 00:03:55,520 --> 00:03:57,160 Speaker 1: have an emergency meet No, you need to have an 78 00:03:57,200 --> 00:04:01,600 Speaker 1: emergency vehicle because it's about to be one raggedy race. 79 00:04:01,760 --> 00:04:05,080 Speaker 1: Get ready to happen. Okay, and the waterhead board don't 80 00:04:05,120 --> 00:04:07,160 Speaker 1: need to be seeing this. I'm just trying to tell 81 00:04:07,200 --> 00:04:09,280 Speaker 1: you it's about to be. Let me tell you something. 82 00:04:09,440 --> 00:04:11,680 Speaker 1: It's about to be one raggedy race, right, here, the 83 00:04:11,800 --> 00:04:15,560 Speaker 1: knock need man racing the old man. This is not good. 84 00:04:15,840 --> 00:04:18,600 Speaker 1: And I promise you neither one of my in shape 85 00:04:18,720 --> 00:04:22,080 Speaker 1: to run forty fifty or sixty yard. I promise you 86 00:04:22,360 --> 00:04:24,400 Speaker 1: this is gonna be a bus and a fallout in 87 00:04:24,440 --> 00:04:27,839 Speaker 1: the wedding. Probably not gonna happen if this race happened. 88 00:04:28,000 --> 00:04:29,760 Speaker 1: But what you need to do is shut this down 89 00:04:29,920 --> 00:04:31,640 Speaker 1: if you want your wed in the half, because if 90 00:04:31,640 --> 00:04:34,080 Speaker 1: this race happen, the wed not gonna happen, the knock 91 00:04:34,120 --> 00:04:35,800 Speaker 1: need man gonna be laying up in the hospital, and 92 00:04:35,880 --> 00:04:37,920 Speaker 1: the old man that's running gonna land up in the hospital. 93 00:04:38,040 --> 00:04:40,479 Speaker 1: Y'all gonna help an issue if this race takes place. 94 00:04:40,640 --> 00:04:43,120 Speaker 1: That's just from timmy because I hadn't seen it before. 95 00:04:43,520 --> 00:04:46,760 Speaker 1: Trust me, get your old answer down and talk about it. 96 00:04:47,200 --> 00:04:54,880 Speaker 1: You on them, you race coach Prime? Oh god, oh god, hey, 97 00:04:54,920 --> 00:04:56,320 Speaker 1: let me, let me, let me, let me gonna put 98 00:04:56,320 --> 00:04:58,320 Speaker 1: this out there. I bet you I can be prop 99 00:04:58,440 --> 00:05:00,600 Speaker 1: n I bet you I can be p right now? 100 00:05:02,000 --> 00:05:06,960 Speaker 1: What what? Okay? What? What's wrong? Called? I can't raise prime? 101 00:05:07,360 --> 00:05:14,400 Speaker 1: Both of y'all deficit. I just gotta through with cancel. 102 00:05:14,480 --> 00:05:18,800 Speaker 1: I can I can still raise prime? Did I did 103 00:05:18,920 --> 00:05:22,800 Speaker 1: beat that might of fact. Might of fact? I raised 104 00:05:22,839 --> 00:05:28,800 Speaker 1: Prime and Junior at the same dayntime. Okay, what's wrong? 105 00:05:29,000 --> 00:05:31,039 Speaker 1: I raised Prime in Junior right there in Jackson State. 106 00:05:31,040 --> 00:05:35,560 Speaker 1: I swear to Carthy you gonna lose right there. Prime 107 00:05:35,680 --> 00:05:39,080 Speaker 1: can beat you with eight toes. Yes, yes, oh you, 108 00:05:39,279 --> 00:05:42,680 Speaker 1: oh oh, you going with less toes than me. That's 109 00:05:42,720 --> 00:05:47,719 Speaker 1: what you do. I got I got all ten toes. 110 00:05:48,080 --> 00:05:50,240 Speaker 1: I got all ten toes. And you still going with Prame. 111 00:05:50,320 --> 00:05:55,960 Speaker 1: That's what you do. You there, We were there, y'all 112 00:05:56,000 --> 00:05:59,159 Speaker 1: going with Prime with eight toes instead of going with me. 113 00:05:59,320 --> 00:06:02,960 Speaker 1: That's what you do. It's hold on, yes, hold on, 114 00:06:03,160 --> 00:06:07,360 Speaker 1: we're gonna go Craig right here. Uh, I ain't knocking me. 115 00:06:07,400 --> 00:06:09,240 Speaker 1: I'm bullied. I ain't knocking me. So what are we 116 00:06:09,240 --> 00:06:12,720 Speaker 1: talking about? We're gonna get in Junior's response. Coming up 117 00:06:12,720 --> 00:06:15,240 Speaker 1: at twenty three minutes after the hour, Today's Strawberry Letter 118 00:06:15,279 --> 00:06:17,840 Speaker 1: subject taking it to the street. We'll be back right 119 00:06:17,880 --> 00:06:22,560 Speaker 1: after this. You're listening to the Steve Morning Show. Come on, 120 00:06:22,920 --> 00:06:26,320 Speaker 1: we got to recap this Strawberry letter. Tommy threw us 121 00:06:26,320 --> 00:06:29,760 Speaker 1: for a loop with that one. I'm sorry talking about 122 00:06:29,800 --> 00:06:34,320 Speaker 1: hill Raith's Prime and beat him and junior together and 123 00:06:34,400 --> 00:06:41,160 Speaker 1: beat told me. Today's Strawberry letter subject taking It to 124 00:06:41,279 --> 00:06:44,400 Speaker 1: the Street, a woman wrote in She's married to her 125 00:06:44,440 --> 00:06:46,719 Speaker 1: best friend, her husband. They've been married a long time. 126 00:06:46,960 --> 00:06:50,479 Speaker 1: They do everything together. They're retired. They have two daughters. 127 00:06:51,080 --> 00:06:54,599 Speaker 1: Their oldest daughter just had her first baby, and her 128 00:06:54,640 --> 00:06:58,520 Speaker 1: youngest daughter is getting ready for her wedding next year. Now, 129 00:06:58,520 --> 00:07:01,320 Speaker 1: the oldest daughter and her husband have a baby that 130 00:07:01,520 --> 00:07:05,359 Speaker 1: seemingly has a big head, and they make jokes about it. 131 00:07:05,440 --> 00:07:10,600 Speaker 1: The dad does, and the other, the fiance, the daughter's Beyonce, 132 00:07:10,920 --> 00:07:16,520 Speaker 1: has knock knees. So um, so anyway, what this what 133 00:07:16,640 --> 00:07:20,040 Speaker 1: this couple does, That's what they do. They you know, 134 00:07:20,160 --> 00:07:23,400 Speaker 1: go out talk about people and make jokes and you know, 135 00:07:23,600 --> 00:07:25,560 Speaker 1: just have fun. It's what they do. But they keep 136 00:07:25,560 --> 00:07:29,239 Speaker 1: it closely knit. They don't tell anyone. But the husband 137 00:07:29,280 --> 00:07:32,200 Speaker 1: made a mistake. The grandfather slash husband made a mistake 138 00:07:32,440 --> 00:07:36,240 Speaker 1: and told his daughter that her fiance had knock knees 139 00:07:36,400 --> 00:07:39,720 Speaker 1: and that the other the sister's baby had a big 140 00:07:39,760 --> 00:07:43,840 Speaker 1: water head. So the daughter got yeah, daughter got on 141 00:07:43,880 --> 00:07:46,680 Speaker 1: the phone, called her sister. They're mad, um, kick the 142 00:07:46,720 --> 00:07:49,480 Speaker 1: parents out of the wedding. And then the knock Kneed. 143 00:07:49,800 --> 00:07:53,120 Speaker 1: Beyonce heard about it, so he challenged the husband to 144 00:07:53,440 --> 00:07:56,920 Speaker 1: a race. The wife who wrote the letter is upset 145 00:07:57,200 --> 00:07:59,440 Speaker 1: because she doesn't want her husband to race. She thinks 146 00:07:59,480 --> 00:08:01,800 Speaker 1: he's going to injure himself, he's gonna get hurt. And 147 00:08:01,840 --> 00:08:04,400 Speaker 1: she says, why is he letting his ego take over? 148 00:08:04,440 --> 00:08:06,880 Speaker 1: And it's there anyway for her to keep her husband 149 00:08:06,920 --> 00:08:10,720 Speaker 1: from racing the knock Neeed boy. So there we are, Junior, Hey, Junior, 150 00:08:10,760 --> 00:08:13,760 Speaker 1: before you start, n is he Kenny Smith? Knockkneed? How 151 00:08:13,840 --> 00:08:18,000 Speaker 1: knock need? Is he? Is? He? Is he Spike? Is 152 00:08:18,000 --> 00:08:22,800 Speaker 1: he Spike Lee Knockkneed? You know? I want to know? Yeah, 153 00:08:22,840 --> 00:08:28,400 Speaker 1: But like you, let me ask you something? Did my 154 00:08:28,440 --> 00:08:33,480 Speaker 1: mama right? Didn't let him? What? Right? Now? This sounds 155 00:08:33,520 --> 00:08:36,720 Speaker 1: like something my mom would do. I listen. I love 156 00:08:36,760 --> 00:08:39,480 Speaker 1: the MoMA and the daddy. I love fact they honest 157 00:08:39,559 --> 00:08:42,240 Speaker 1: they opened because they over there killing themselves about this 158 00:08:42,320 --> 00:08:45,680 Speaker 1: dude he knocked need for them to talk. I don't 159 00:08:45,960 --> 00:08:50,559 Speaker 1: suggest he raced the daddy because did fiance already losing 160 00:08:50,600 --> 00:08:53,720 Speaker 1: the trash talking game? He losing over there? What we're 161 00:08:53,760 --> 00:08:56,000 Speaker 1: gonna race for? We just keep talking about these knock kneeds? 162 00:08:56,280 --> 00:09:00,440 Speaker 1: And then they turned in on the grand baby. Yeah, boy, 163 00:09:01,080 --> 00:09:05,440 Speaker 1: can you god? This is my favorite family. I'm so glad. 164 00:09:06,200 --> 00:09:08,000 Speaker 1: This is a great wedding to be kicked out of. 165 00:09:08,320 --> 00:09:13,680 Speaker 1: They have trash talk their way out of a wedding. Perfect. Perfect. 166 00:09:14,320 --> 00:09:16,559 Speaker 1: They're sitting up there. I mean, if you think it's 167 00:09:16,559 --> 00:09:19,800 Speaker 1: at the grand baby, They're talking about everybody. They at 168 00:09:19,840 --> 00:09:23,640 Speaker 1: everybody's throat, don't care saying what they saying on their mind. 169 00:09:23,800 --> 00:09:27,320 Speaker 1: They said he drinking tea, crossed his leg and he's 170 00:09:27,360 --> 00:09:31,400 Speaker 1: talking trash at the same time. Yeah, yeah, yeah, looking 171 00:09:31,400 --> 00:09:34,160 Speaker 1: about grand baby. The head on this boy right here, 172 00:09:34,440 --> 00:09:37,280 Speaker 1: this boy here, this boy here, gon go into boxing. 173 00:09:37,480 --> 00:09:41,600 Speaker 1: He gonna win too, because the headstrong. Yeah. They throwing 174 00:09:41,800 --> 00:09:46,120 Speaker 1: jokes at everybody. My daughter marrying this knock kneed man. 175 00:09:46,600 --> 00:09:50,240 Speaker 1: She bow legged, he knocked neeeds. It looked like oh X. 176 00:09:54,640 --> 00:09:58,640 Speaker 1: They walking by each other side side, they owe X. 177 00:10:02,840 --> 00:10:05,920 Speaker 1: How can you be mad? At least they're telling the truth. 178 00:10:05,920 --> 00:10:09,480 Speaker 1: They ain't hide none. They're talking about everybody like his 179 00:10:09,640 --> 00:10:15,000 Speaker 1: own problem ninety three. They call her spiritual, spiritual because 180 00:10:15,000 --> 00:10:20,160 Speaker 1: she's about to go spiritual. Look at his ain't it overhead? 181 00:10:20,240 --> 00:10:26,360 Speaker 1: Just spiritual? They talked about his uncle. Oh just looking 182 00:10:26,360 --> 00:10:28,959 Speaker 1: at each other. He crossed out. They talk about him. So, 183 00:10:29,280 --> 00:10:31,559 Speaker 1: how you see the weather looking today? They talk about that. 184 00:10:34,280 --> 00:10:37,120 Speaker 1: They're going in on everybody. How you mad as somebody 185 00:10:37,160 --> 00:10:40,640 Speaker 1: who honest? But Junior, they said, they don't. They talk 186 00:10:40,679 --> 00:10:43,520 Speaker 1: about people, but they don't do it as to offend anyone. 187 00:10:43,559 --> 00:10:45,959 Speaker 1: It's not so bad, girl, just everybody in my fan. 188 00:10:46,040 --> 00:10:48,600 Speaker 1: What did he talking about? I've seen it happening men live. 189 00:10:49,640 --> 00:10:52,319 Speaker 1: I know. I know. It's like you grew up, Junior. Yeah, 190 00:10:52,360 --> 00:10:54,400 Speaker 1: because how I grew up that I can't respect them? 191 00:10:54,440 --> 00:10:57,559 Speaker 1: I have no problem. This is This is called leadership 192 00:10:57,600 --> 00:11:02,760 Speaker 1: in a fan. This is called leadership. Is the leadership 193 00:11:02,800 --> 00:11:05,760 Speaker 1: in a family. I got an uncle. I got a 194 00:11:05,840 --> 00:11:07,800 Speaker 1: uncle who ain't worked the thirty five years. They keep 195 00:11:07,800 --> 00:11:10,400 Speaker 1: putting job reports. O. My grandmother said, this boy that 196 00:11:10,480 --> 00:11:12,880 Speaker 1: missed every job. They didn't put out five hundred thousand 197 00:11:12,920 --> 00:11:17,240 Speaker 1: jobs after the kind he missed all five hundred. How 198 00:11:17,280 --> 00:11:19,839 Speaker 1: do you mean five thousand job? You're both job missing it? 199 00:11:23,320 --> 00:11:27,920 Speaker 1: How can you be mad? Yeah, that's your family, that's honesty. 200 00:11:28,280 --> 00:11:32,679 Speaker 1: How can you be mad? They're talking about everybody, they're 201 00:11:32,720 --> 00:11:35,319 Speaker 1: not If you talk about the grand baby and his 202 00:11:35,480 --> 00:11:38,960 Speaker 1: head big, how can you be made. Yeah, well, is 203 00:11:38,960 --> 00:11:46,240 Speaker 1: there a line with the family. The grand baby head big. 204 00:11:46,320 --> 00:11:48,959 Speaker 1: We're using him as a tool. He breaking down sheet rock. 205 00:11:49,080 --> 00:11:52,000 Speaker 1: We used the baby. The baby gonna break down sheet 206 00:11:52,040 --> 00:11:54,800 Speaker 1: rock for us. We got a demolition baby. Yeah, yeah, 207 00:11:55,000 --> 00:11:58,800 Speaker 1: put the back. We ain't got that baby and put 208 00:11:58,800 --> 00:12:02,320 Speaker 1: that head up against that sheet. It's they got kicked 209 00:12:02,320 --> 00:12:06,400 Speaker 1: out of the wedding, Junior. They went. They saved money. 210 00:12:09,160 --> 00:12:13,480 Speaker 1: I think they mad. They didn't say they were mad. 211 00:12:13,559 --> 00:12:16,120 Speaker 1: They didn't. I'm so glad people say it is because 212 00:12:16,120 --> 00:12:19,600 Speaker 1: they meant it. All right, Listen, we gotta get out 213 00:12:19,600 --> 00:12:21,920 Speaker 1: of here. Post your comments on Today Strawberry Letter and 214 00:12:22,000 --> 00:12:25,760 Speaker 1: Steve Harvey, fem and Instagram and Faithbook, and check out 215 00:12:25,760 --> 00:12:29,520 Speaker 1: the Strawberry Letter podcast on demand. Tripping over there now 216 00:12:29,640 --> 00:12:31,880 Speaker 1: coming up in forty six minutes after the hour, we 217 00:12:31,960 --> 00:12:35,280 Speaker 1: got Junior with Sports Talk. 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