1 00:00:00,120 --> 00:00:03,800 Speaker 1: It is time to ask the CLO our chief Love Officer, 2 00:00:04,120 --> 00:00:08,639 Speaker 1: Steve Harvey. This is from Melanie in Philly. Melanie writes, 3 00:00:08,680 --> 00:00:11,799 Speaker 1: my ex got caught cheating and I broke up with him. 4 00:00:12,240 --> 00:00:15,640 Speaker 1: This morning. He brought my personal belongings to my job 5 00:00:15,840 --> 00:00:20,480 Speaker 1: in six Walmart bags. Everybody is in everybody is in 6 00:00:20,560 --> 00:00:21,160 Speaker 1: my business? 7 00:00:21,200 --> 00:00:21,480 Speaker 2: Now? 8 00:00:21,840 --> 00:00:24,599 Speaker 1: How could he turn this situation around on me and 9 00:00:24,640 --> 00:00:27,960 Speaker 1: act like he's the victim? 10 00:00:28,000 --> 00:00:30,880 Speaker 2: You know, my brother taught me something when I was 11 00:00:30,920 --> 00:00:35,720 Speaker 2: about eighteen, I got busted by these two girls. My 12 00:00:35,840 --> 00:00:39,400 Speaker 2: brother had an interesting theory that I can see has 13 00:00:39,479 --> 00:00:43,080 Speaker 2: carried over even in today. In people's lives, the best 14 00:00:43,120 --> 00:00:47,280 Speaker 2: defense is a good office. Oh you break up with 15 00:00:47,360 --> 00:00:51,440 Speaker 2: me because I was cheating? Well, don't nobody down at 16 00:00:51,479 --> 00:00:53,680 Speaker 2: your job know that I'm gonna pack all your stuff 17 00:00:53,720 --> 00:00:56,319 Speaker 2: up in these six Walmart bags and drop them off 18 00:00:56,360 --> 00:01:00,480 Speaker 2: down at your job. Now you explain that? And why 19 00:01:00,600 --> 00:01:06,120 Speaker 2: are they in walmall day? Why? Why is he at house? 20 00:01:06,200 --> 00:01:06,400 Speaker 3: Yeah? 21 00:01:06,480 --> 00:01:09,200 Speaker 1: Why he didn't have to go to her. 22 00:01:09,280 --> 00:01:11,240 Speaker 2: Now, I see if she went to his job and 23 00:01:11,400 --> 00:01:14,040 Speaker 2: packed up his stuff, Oh would have been harbor. Well, 24 00:01:14,120 --> 00:01:14,959 Speaker 2: she ain't think of it. 25 00:01:15,040 --> 00:01:28,480 Speaker 3: First offence, take the hot so he flipped it on 26 00:01:28,560 --> 00:01:29,199 Speaker 3: her all right. 27 00:01:29,400 --> 00:01:33,000 Speaker 1: Moving on to Harrison in upstate New York, Harrison says, 28 00:01:33,120 --> 00:01:35,880 Speaker 1: I had overnight company. I woke up at two am 29 00:01:35,959 --> 00:01:38,399 Speaker 1: and she was using the bathroom down the hall and 30 00:01:38,440 --> 00:01:40,919 Speaker 1: the door was locked. I asked her not to roam 31 00:01:40,959 --> 00:01:44,280 Speaker 1: all over my house while I'm asleep. She apologized and 32 00:01:44,319 --> 00:01:47,039 Speaker 1: said she should have asked first. We've had sex, so 33 00:01:47,040 --> 00:01:50,080 Speaker 1: why is she scared to use the bathroom around me? What? 34 00:01:50,360 --> 00:01:56,040 Speaker 2: Oh well, maybe she No. I got to get this 35 00:01:56,240 --> 00:02:00,800 Speaker 2: down the hall somewhere. I gotta get some distance. Ain't 36 00:02:00,800 --> 00:02:02,760 Speaker 2: no need to be going to the one right here, 37 00:02:04,080 --> 00:02:07,080 Speaker 2: not the one that's in the bed norm. I need 38 00:02:07,120 --> 00:02:10,840 Speaker 2: to go down the hallway now, she apologized. Yeah, you 39 00:02:10,919 --> 00:02:14,920 Speaker 2: asked her not to roam around your house, but some 40 00:02:15,040 --> 00:02:20,080 Speaker 2: fellas y'all can't. Y'all got to understand now, first of all, 41 00:02:20,200 --> 00:02:23,280 Speaker 2: if you're not comfortable with a chick, why y'all spending 42 00:02:23,360 --> 00:02:28,799 Speaker 2: the night exactly go over to her house, get your 43 00:02:28,880 --> 00:02:31,600 Speaker 2: boy to give you that phone call at the right 44 00:02:31,720 --> 00:02:33,920 Speaker 2: up amount of time where it to be over with. 45 00:02:34,400 --> 00:02:37,720 Speaker 2: Whereas emergency where you answer the phone and go, huh 46 00:02:38,760 --> 00:02:45,799 Speaker 2: what dog? Pun hold of dog? Where you at? No, man, 47 00:02:45,840 --> 00:02:49,440 Speaker 2: I mean where you at right now? Are you cool? 48 00:02:51,040 --> 00:02:56,480 Speaker 2: How many y'll is it now? The whole time? Dog? 49 00:02:56,520 --> 00:03:00,880 Speaker 2: You putting socks on, You're getting dressed, but they in 50 00:03:01,000 --> 00:03:06,280 Speaker 2: a concerned, frantic mold dog. I'm on the way, man. 51 00:03:06,520 --> 00:03:12,400 Speaker 2: Why you call me earlier? Man? What you let her 52 00:03:12,480 --> 00:03:15,320 Speaker 2: hear this? Baby? I got to get out of here. 53 00:03:15,360 --> 00:03:18,079 Speaker 2: My homeboy called me here to jam They got him 54 00:03:18,160 --> 00:03:23,440 Speaker 2: jammed up, and I got to go. I'll go with you, babe. No, no, 55 00:03:23,639 --> 00:03:29,120 Speaker 2: you don't need to be in this. I'm not gonna 56 00:03:29,200 --> 00:03:32,640 Speaker 2: let you get hurt. Just let me handle this. This 57 00:03:32,720 --> 00:03:35,520 Speaker 2: is my boy here in trouble. He always been there 58 00:03:35,560 --> 00:03:39,440 Speaker 2: for me. I'll explain it to you. Let me go. 59 00:03:39,160 --> 00:03:42,520 Speaker 2: Oh god, that's it. Stop having people over your house 60 00:03:42,760 --> 00:03:45,880 Speaker 2: that you are not comfortable with. How many times? And 61 00:03:45,960 --> 00:03:47,920 Speaker 2: you know how I know that phone call because I've 62 00:03:48,000 --> 00:03:53,880 Speaker 2: had it made to me. Yes, Tom, Now what you 63 00:03:53,880 --> 00:03:56,880 Speaker 2: say to your boy when you get to him? Hey, man, listen, 64 00:03:57,920 --> 00:03:59,720 Speaker 2: I was with this babe. I know you don't know it, 65 00:03:59,760 --> 00:04:03,320 Speaker 2: but you anything happened, man, you had any emergency, You 66 00:04:03,440 --> 00:04:05,920 Speaker 2: was on the side of the road and they put 67 00:04:05,920 --> 00:04:09,360 Speaker 2: you in a van. That's all you got to say. 68 00:04:09,600 --> 00:04:14,080 Speaker 2: There you go. See, that's why, I asked how many 69 00:04:14,120 --> 00:04:17,880 Speaker 2: of them? Was it all right? 70 00:04:18,360 --> 00:04:21,400 Speaker 1: Moving on to Cheryl and Raleigh, Cheryl says, my husband 71 00:04:21,440 --> 00:04:23,920 Speaker 1: and I were fusing, so I asked his best friend 72 00:04:24,040 --> 00:04:27,120 Speaker 1: for advice. My husband saw the text messages and he 73 00:04:27,240 --> 00:04:30,680 Speaker 1: broke my phone. He said, his best friend isn't a 74 00:04:30,680 --> 00:04:33,919 Speaker 1: therapist and he's off limits. Why can't I talk to 75 00:04:33,960 --> 00:04:35,480 Speaker 1: the person that knows him best? 76 00:04:35,760 --> 00:04:39,440 Speaker 2: What's up? Lady? Lady? You can't go call You can't 77 00:04:39,480 --> 00:04:42,479 Speaker 2: have an argument with your boyfriend then call his friend? 78 00:04:42,720 --> 00:04:45,440 Speaker 2: Do you know how? And look? First of all, we 79 00:04:45,560 --> 00:04:49,240 Speaker 2: as me and we don't do that. All we use 80 00:04:49,320 --> 00:04:52,560 Speaker 2: our friends for is to cover a lot. That's it. 81 00:04:53,160 --> 00:04:55,320 Speaker 2: We ain not. Yeah, we don't go to here. 82 00:04:55,200 --> 00:04:57,160 Speaker 1: For counseling, advice, none of that. 83 00:04:57,279 --> 00:04:59,880 Speaker 2: No, dog, what would you do? 84 00:05:00,160 --> 00:05:01,200 Speaker 1: This happened? 85 00:05:01,520 --> 00:05:04,400 Speaker 2: Well, you know that can happen occasionally, but that's very rare. 86 00:05:04,600 --> 00:05:09,600 Speaker 2: But we we not. We are not therapists. Do not 87 00:05:09,800 --> 00:05:13,000 Speaker 2: call my friend. You're the reason we go to therapist. 88 00:05:14,960 --> 00:05:19,360 Speaker 2: Well you know, surely I don't really like the way 89 00:05:19,400 --> 00:05:25,840 Speaker 2: you said. 90 00:05:19,960 --> 00:05:27,360 Speaker 1: That, But but the truth sometimes Yet, because. 91 00:05:27,000 --> 00:05:31,800 Speaker 2: The secret is called ask the e c l O. 92 00:05:32,400 --> 00:05:35,320 Speaker 2: Ain't nobody asked? Surely not you in the Strawberry Left. 93 00:05:35,400 --> 00:05:41,680 Speaker 1: I was talking to you, you in the Strawberry letter anyway. 94 00:05:40,880 --> 00:05:46,720 Speaker 2: S get your segments together, okay, poems. You know. 95 00:05:49,000 --> 00:05:51,960 Speaker 1: I don't do pranks, man, because I said us go 96 00:05:52,040 --> 00:05:52,840 Speaker 1: to the therapist. 97 00:05:53,600 --> 00:05:55,800 Speaker 2: Well, surely have y'all need that? 98 00:05:57,240 --> 00:05:59,479 Speaker 1: We all do? We all do? 99 00:05:59,680 --> 00:06:03,240 Speaker 2: No? No, yeah, all y'all do you right? I'm sorry, 100 00:06:03,240 --> 00:06:06,080 Speaker 2: I'm trying to I tried to be say half y'all, 101 00:06:06,080 --> 00:06:10,279 Speaker 2: but all y'all do need therapyst I agree men and women. 102 00:06:10,640 --> 00:06:12,720 Speaker 2: Nay man, I ain't never need it therap but I 103 00:06:12,760 --> 00:06:14,479 Speaker 2: ain't never been down there. It don't do nothing for me. 104 00:06:15,800 --> 00:06:16,480 Speaker 1: Last one. 105 00:06:16,640 --> 00:06:20,799 Speaker 2: We're moving on way. I know I got good seness. 106 00:06:20,839 --> 00:06:22,599 Speaker 2: I'm not gonna sit up here at you because you 107 00:06:22,640 --> 00:06:24,279 Speaker 2: got a legal pad, you went to school. 108 00:06:24,320 --> 00:06:26,680 Speaker 1: You don't even know me anyway. 109 00:06:27,279 --> 00:06:29,920 Speaker 2: And it's hard to be my therapist because I'm gonna 110 00:06:29,960 --> 00:06:35,560 Speaker 2: lie to you, so you can't. That's why you can't 111 00:06:35,800 --> 00:06:38,520 Speaker 2: possibly get to what it is with me. You have 112 00:06:38,680 --> 00:06:41,680 Speaker 2: to tell your therapist the truth. Do you know what 113 00:06:41,760 --> 00:06:46,160 Speaker 2: a therapists job is? No therapist is there to cure you. 114 00:06:46,800 --> 00:06:50,360 Speaker 2: A therapist is there to listen to you. Every Thursday 115 00:06:50,560 --> 00:06:53,880 Speaker 2: ten thirty sit in town. They're not trying to fix you, 116 00:06:54,440 --> 00:06:57,680 Speaker 2: bro I know a person who told me they've been 117 00:06:57,760 --> 00:07:02,280 Speaker 2: going to the same therapist for twenty five Oh, it's broke. 118 00:07:04,200 --> 00:07:06,560 Speaker 2: You just down there telling this lady what you did 119 00:07:06,680 --> 00:07:10,560 Speaker 2: this week. You can't possibly, okay, be still going down 120 00:07:10,600 --> 00:07:13,120 Speaker 2: there for he mus be wrong. Oh you need to 121 00:07:13,200 --> 00:07:18,160 Speaker 2: go all right. You got a paid friendship, that's all 122 00:07:18,240 --> 00:07:23,600 Speaker 2: you do. So going down here. Gil My girl is 123 00:07:23,680 --> 00:07:26,280 Speaker 2: two fifty, and tell her what happened this week? All right? 124 00:07:26,400 --> 00:07:29,400 Speaker 1: Last one, Jerome and Montgomery says, my girlfriend lives with 125 00:07:29,480 --> 00:07:32,360 Speaker 1: her baby daddy's family. She's been there since she's had 126 00:07:32,400 --> 00:07:35,240 Speaker 1: her son four years ago. I hate going over there. 127 00:07:35,360 --> 00:07:39,320 Speaker 1: As her man, am I obligated to provide housing for her. 128 00:07:39,680 --> 00:07:41,600 Speaker 2: I'm not in that at all. This is a breakup 129 00:07:41,680 --> 00:07:42,000 Speaker 2: right here. 130 00:07:43,040 --> 00:07:44,280 Speaker 1: Should he get her an apartment? 131 00:07:46,120 --> 00:07:48,160 Speaker 2: No? I don't see them money. 132 00:07:49,440 --> 00:07:52,160 Speaker 1: You're listening Hardy Morning Show