1
00:00:00,120 --> 00:00:02,960
Speaker 1: Time now for today's Strawberry Letter and listen. If you

2
00:00:03,120 --> 00:00:07,080
Speaker 1: need advice on relationships, work, sex, parenting, are more. Please

3
00:00:07,080 --> 00:00:10,280
Speaker 1: submit your Strawberry Letter to Steve HARVEYFM dot com.

4
00:00:10,560 --> 00:00:11,200
Speaker 2: All you have to.

5
00:00:11,160 --> 00:00:14,400
Speaker 1: Do is click submit Strawberry Letter. We could be reading

6
00:00:14,480 --> 00:00:16,920
Speaker 1: your letter live on the air, just like we're going

7
00:00:16,960 --> 00:00:19,200
Speaker 1: to read this one right here, right now. Never know,

8
00:00:19,239 --> 00:00:20,280
Speaker 1: it could be yours.

9
00:00:20,480 --> 00:00:22,479
Speaker 2: It could be Buckle up and hold on tight. We

10
00:00:22,520 --> 00:00:24,919
Speaker 2: got it for you. Here it is Strawberry Letter.

11
00:00:25,480 --> 00:00:29,440
Speaker 1: Thank you nephew. Subject he needs some friends. Dear Stephen Shirley,

12
00:00:29,560 --> 00:00:31,840
Speaker 1: My husband and I are in our late forties and

13
00:00:31,880 --> 00:00:35,400
Speaker 1: we've been married for twenty years. We have one son

14
00:00:35,520 --> 00:00:37,800
Speaker 1: that was active in sports and he worked with my

15
00:00:37,920 --> 00:00:41,680
Speaker 1: husband helping to build his trucking business. Our son is

16
00:00:41,760 --> 00:00:44,400
Speaker 1: nineteen years old and he recently left the nest and

17
00:00:44,479 --> 00:00:49,000
Speaker 1: moved out two hours. Moved about two hours from us

18
00:00:49,040 --> 00:00:51,880
Speaker 1: to be closer to school. He decided to change his

19
00:00:52,040 --> 00:00:55,520
Speaker 1: major and transferred to a better school for his degree program,

20
00:00:55,560 --> 00:00:58,600
Speaker 1: and I was ecstatic. My husband tried to make him

21
00:00:58,640 --> 00:01:01,240
Speaker 1: stay closer home, and I had to talk some sense

22
00:01:01,320 --> 00:01:04,520
Speaker 1: in to him so our son could pursue his dreams

23
00:01:04,920 --> 00:01:07,400
Speaker 1: as soon as my son moved into his new place

24
00:01:07,480 --> 00:01:10,840
Speaker 1: in his new city, my husband went into a depressed mood,

25
00:01:11,240 --> 00:01:13,520
Speaker 1: and I did my best to keep him company and

26
00:01:13,680 --> 00:01:16,680
Speaker 1: entertain him as much as I could. I realized that

27
00:01:16,800 --> 00:01:20,440
Speaker 1: my husband does not have real friends. He has guys

28
00:01:20,480 --> 00:01:23,959
Speaker 1: that work with him and my son. He stopped talking

29
00:01:23,959 --> 00:01:26,560
Speaker 1: to his buddies while he was getting his business going,

30
00:01:26,640 --> 00:01:30,160
Speaker 1: so they eventually stopped coming around. All he did was

31
00:01:30,200 --> 00:01:32,920
Speaker 1: go to our son's games, go out to eat with

32
00:01:33,000 --> 00:01:35,959
Speaker 1: our son, work with our son, and watch movies with

33
00:01:36,040 --> 00:01:38,920
Speaker 1: our son. It's hard for my husband to sit home

34
00:01:38,959 --> 00:01:42,720
Speaker 1: and relax without trying to FaceTime our son. My son

35
00:01:42,800 --> 00:01:44,960
Speaker 1: sent me a text telling me that he was moving

36
00:01:45,000 --> 00:01:47,680
Speaker 1: in with his girlfriend and he's hoping his dad will

37
00:01:47,720 --> 00:01:51,280
Speaker 1: reconnect with his friends so he won't call him so much.

38
00:01:51,640 --> 00:01:54,160
Speaker 1: I didn't tell my husband about the text because I

39
00:01:54,200 --> 00:01:56,920
Speaker 1: didn't want to crush him. Yesterday, he said that we

40
00:01:57,080 --> 00:01:59,680
Speaker 1: should go visit my son for Easter, and I made

41
00:01:59,760 --> 00:02:02,840
Speaker 1: up a lot of excuses why we shouldn't. The only

42
00:02:02,920 --> 00:02:06,080
Speaker 1: thing that keeps him occupied is sex, but I'm not

43
00:02:06,120 --> 00:02:08,760
Speaker 1: going to keep doing that all the time, so he

44
00:02:08,880 --> 00:02:11,880
Speaker 1: needs his friends. Should I plan a playdate for him?

45
00:02:12,240 --> 00:02:14,760
Speaker 1: How do I get him out of this house more.

46
00:02:15,880 --> 00:02:18,720
Speaker 1: You're certainly right about one thing, and that's the subject

47
00:02:18,760 --> 00:02:21,480
Speaker 1: of your letter. The subject is he needs some friends,

48
00:02:21,520 --> 00:02:25,239
Speaker 1: and your husband really really does need some friends. I mean,

49
00:02:26,720 --> 00:02:29,480
Speaker 1: I'm happy that your husband and son are really, really close,

50
00:02:29,600 --> 00:02:31,920
Speaker 1: but this is way too much. I mean, your son

51
00:02:32,040 --> 00:02:36,320
Speaker 1: moved away to you know, live his life and follow

52
00:02:36,360 --> 00:02:40,240
Speaker 1: his dreams. And you've been an excellent wife who's tried

53
00:02:40,280 --> 00:02:42,600
Speaker 1: to fill in the blanks of the void in your

54
00:02:42,680 --> 00:02:45,960
Speaker 1: husband's you know, feeling. But no matter what you do,

55
00:02:46,160 --> 00:02:48,440
Speaker 1: that isn't enough. And you, guys, you and your son

56
00:02:48,560 --> 00:02:51,720
Speaker 1: obviously can't go on like this because your son has

57
00:02:51,760 --> 00:02:54,600
Speaker 1: a real girlfriend now and he won't be coming back

58
00:02:54,960 --> 00:02:58,920
Speaker 1: or having you guys over anytime soon. I mean, notice

59
00:02:59,080 --> 00:03:03,280
Speaker 1: your son didn't you guys over for Easter. Your husband

60
00:03:03,760 --> 00:03:07,360
Speaker 1: that you're going, I say, instead of planning a date,

61
00:03:07,400 --> 00:03:10,400
Speaker 1: because you asked about planning a playdate for your husband,

62
00:03:10,480 --> 00:03:13,080
Speaker 1: Plan a party, plan a dinner. Invite some of his

63
00:03:13,200 --> 00:03:15,760
Speaker 1: old friends that he used to work with and some

64
00:03:15,840 --> 00:03:18,919
Speaker 1: of you know, some of his old buddies. I mean,

65
00:03:18,960 --> 00:03:21,839
Speaker 1: he has some from the past. Maybe invite them over

66
00:03:21,919 --> 00:03:24,160
Speaker 1: see if they'll come. You got to find out what

67
00:03:24,200 --> 00:03:28,280
Speaker 1: they're doing and bite some other couples over. Try to connect,

68
00:03:28,520 --> 00:03:32,440
Speaker 1: try to you know, get some parties, going a dinner,

69
00:03:32,520 --> 00:03:37,120
Speaker 1: going something, you know, so it can distract him from

70
00:03:37,160 --> 00:03:40,720
Speaker 1: from being so needy where your son is. I've really

71
00:03:40,760 --> 00:03:44,200
Speaker 1: never heard of this before, a father being so attached

72
00:03:44,240 --> 00:03:46,120
Speaker 1: to a son that he won't let go like this.

73
00:03:46,240 --> 00:03:49,680
Speaker 1: I mean, all kids leave the nest eventually, but if

74
00:03:49,720 --> 00:03:53,200
Speaker 1: you have a dinner party or a house party or something,

75
00:03:53,480 --> 00:03:55,320
Speaker 1: you know, maybe that way you can slowly get your

76
00:03:55,400 --> 00:03:58,760
Speaker 1: husband to start hanging out with his guy friends or

77
00:03:58,840 --> 00:04:02,520
Speaker 1: some people his aide at least. And that's all I have.

78
00:04:02,760 --> 00:04:07,440
Speaker 3: Steve, Well, he needs some friends. See this letter right here.

79
00:04:07,480 --> 00:04:09,880
Speaker 3: I don't have to like write a lot of notes

80
00:04:09,920 --> 00:04:13,480
Speaker 3: on this. I know all of this right here. You know,

81
00:04:13,760 --> 00:04:16,479
Speaker 3: y'all in your late forty's been married twenty years. You

82
00:04:16,560 --> 00:04:20,400
Speaker 3: only got one son active in sports, and he worked

83
00:04:20,400 --> 00:04:22,560
Speaker 3: with your husband. See I'm setting this up because I

84
00:04:22,600 --> 00:04:25,400
Speaker 3: want you to understand what's happening, helping to build his

85
00:04:25,600 --> 00:04:29,760
Speaker 3: trucking business. Okay, our son is nineteen years old, and

86
00:04:29,800 --> 00:04:32,920
Speaker 3: he recently left the nest and moved about.

87
00:04:32,600 --> 00:04:36,880
Speaker 2: Two hours from us to be closer to school.

88
00:04:37,760 --> 00:04:40,479
Speaker 3: He decided to change his major and transfer to a

89
00:04:40,520 --> 00:04:44,360
Speaker 3: better school for his degree program, and I was ecstatic. Well,

90
00:04:44,440 --> 00:04:49,200
Speaker 3: let me help you understand. So your son escaped. See

91
00:04:49,440 --> 00:04:52,679
Speaker 3: your son escaped. That's really what happens is boy nineteen

92
00:04:52,760 --> 00:04:54,760
Speaker 3: decided he wouldn't be no truck driver.

93
00:04:55,200 --> 00:04:57,080
Speaker 2: I don't want to drive no trucks. I don't want

94
00:04:57,120 --> 00:04:58,039
Speaker 2: to pick up no load.

95
00:04:58,160 --> 00:05:00,400
Speaker 3: I don't want to be sitting there at the dispatch desk,

96
00:05:00,800 --> 00:05:04,760
Speaker 3: monitor load's and all this here. This ain't what I want, daddy.

97
00:05:05,839 --> 00:05:09,680
Speaker 3: So now I'm going two hours away. I'm gonna move closer,

98
00:05:10,120 --> 00:05:12,280
Speaker 3: and I'm gonna change major. I'm gonna go to a

99
00:05:12,320 --> 00:05:16,840
Speaker 3: whole nother school. I'm trying to escape. My husband tried

100
00:05:16,839 --> 00:05:18,720
Speaker 3: to make him stay closer to home, and I had

101
00:05:18,720 --> 00:05:21,040
Speaker 3: to talk some sensing to him so our son could

102
00:05:21,080 --> 00:05:24,919
Speaker 3: pursue his dreams. Okay, I understand that too, But you

103
00:05:25,000 --> 00:05:28,159
Speaker 3: gotta let this boy go. He don't want to be

104
00:05:28,800 --> 00:05:33,560
Speaker 3: in the truck and business want to drive no truck.

105
00:05:35,800 --> 00:05:39,440
Speaker 2: Send him here, haul and stuff, so over it. This

106
00:05:39,520 --> 00:05:41,040
Speaker 2: is your dream, daddy.

107
00:05:41,560 --> 00:05:43,719
Speaker 3: As soon as my son moved into his new place

108
00:05:43,760 --> 00:05:46,200
Speaker 3: in the new city, my husband went into a depressed mood.

109
00:05:46,560 --> 00:05:48,440
Speaker 3: And I did my best to keep him company and

110
00:05:48,560 --> 00:05:49,800
Speaker 3: entertainment as much as I could.

111
00:05:49,800 --> 00:05:53,039
Speaker 2: I realized that my husband does not have any real friends.

112
00:05:53,360 --> 00:05:55,720
Speaker 3: Well, your husband's whose life was tied to his son,

113
00:05:56,320 --> 00:05:59,719
Speaker 3: sporting events, active and all like that. He gave him purpose.

114
00:06:00,080 --> 00:06:02,720
Speaker 3: It's like when you leave a mama. But the problem

115
00:06:02,760 --> 00:06:05,039
Speaker 3: we have, and sureley you never heard of is you've

116
00:06:05,080 --> 00:06:08,839
Speaker 3: all heard of mama's boy, But this is a daddy's boy.

117
00:06:09,080 --> 00:06:12,880
Speaker 3: But it's the reverse of mama's boy. Mama boys is

118
00:06:12,920 --> 00:06:16,200
Speaker 3: a boy that's attached today mama and attached by the

119
00:06:16,240 --> 00:06:19,479
Speaker 3: apron strings and a biblical cord and can't get him loose,

120
00:06:19,520 --> 00:06:21,520
Speaker 3: and he can't have a relationship with a woman because

121
00:06:21,600 --> 00:06:23,440
Speaker 3: his relationship with him Mamma tude clothes.

122
00:06:23,600 --> 00:06:25,920
Speaker 2: Well, a daddy's boy is the direct opposite.

123
00:06:26,120 --> 00:06:29,000
Speaker 3: It's a father tied to his son and he can't

124
00:06:29,000 --> 00:06:32,919
Speaker 3: function without the son, the son that decided I'm not

125
00:06:33,120 --> 00:06:34,080
Speaker 3: driving no truck.

126
00:06:35,080 --> 00:06:38,000
Speaker 1: Hold on, Steve, hold on, I'm moving out.

127
00:06:38,040 --> 00:06:38,479
Speaker 2: Part two.

128
00:06:39,120 --> 00:06:41,840
Speaker 1: We'll have part two of your response coming up at

129
00:06:41,880 --> 00:06:44,760
Speaker 1: twenty three minutes after the hour. The subject of today's

130
00:06:44,800 --> 00:06:48,400
Speaker 1: Strawberry letter he needs some friends. We'll get back into

131
00:06:48,520 --> 00:06:52,760
Speaker 1: it right after this. You're listening Steve Hardy Morning Show.

132
00:06:57,279 --> 00:07:00,440
Speaker 1: There's a recent zip recruiter survey that says seven six

133
00:07:00,480 --> 00:07:04,160
Speaker 1: percent of all employers plan to hire for twenty twenty

134
00:07:04,200 --> 00:07:07,680
Speaker 1: five this year. And if you're hiring, at zip Recruiter's

135
00:07:07,800 --> 00:07:12,160
Speaker 1: latest feature, zip Intro to your plan. It's easy. You

136
00:07:12,360 --> 00:07:15,560
Speaker 1: just pick a time and zip intro finds and schedules

137
00:07:15,640 --> 00:07:20,120
Speaker 1: qualified candidates for you. Try it for free at ZipRecruiter

138
00:07:20,160 --> 00:07:24,640
Speaker 1: dot com. Slash Strawberry at ZipRecruiter dot com slash strawberry.

139
00:07:25,680 --> 00:07:28,440
Speaker 1: All right, come on, Steve, let's recap today's Strawberry letter.

140
00:07:29,040 --> 00:07:31,840
Speaker 1: The subject is he needs some friends.

141
00:07:32,200 --> 00:07:33,440
Speaker 2: Well, let's look at this.

142
00:07:33,440 --> 00:07:35,840
Speaker 3: This is this woman and husband to been married for

143
00:07:35,880 --> 00:07:39,160
Speaker 3: twenty years, only got one boy. A demand's whole life

144
00:07:39,200 --> 00:07:42,960
Speaker 3: was wrapped around his son, sport and events, everything and

145
00:07:43,000 --> 00:07:45,440
Speaker 3: his dreaming vision was have his son involved in the

146
00:07:45,480 --> 00:07:46,480
Speaker 3: trucking business.

147
00:07:47,000 --> 00:07:48,720
Speaker 2: They were building the business together.

148
00:07:48,760 --> 00:07:52,480
Speaker 3: As soon as this boy got nineteen and was able

149
00:07:52,560 --> 00:07:55,480
Speaker 3: to make a decision, vote and go to war, he

150
00:07:55,640 --> 00:07:58,640
Speaker 3: decided that he gonna move bout two miles away from

151
00:07:58,720 --> 00:08:00,800
Speaker 3: y'all because he tied it his. Because they don't want

152
00:08:00,840 --> 00:08:02,640
Speaker 3: to be any trucking business. Your boy don't want to

153
00:08:02,720 --> 00:08:05,600
Speaker 3: drive trucks. He got a new dream and a new vision,

154
00:08:06,760 --> 00:08:08,320
Speaker 3: got another degree programmed.

155
00:08:08,320 --> 00:08:09,480
Speaker 2: The mother was ecstatic.

156
00:08:09,560 --> 00:08:12,080
Speaker 3: Your husband tried to make him stay and talk some

157
00:08:12,200 --> 00:08:15,640
Speaker 3: sense and to him so his son could pursue his dream. Well,

158
00:08:15,680 --> 00:08:17,560
Speaker 3: when the son moved into his new place in the

159
00:08:17,600 --> 00:08:20,280
Speaker 3: new city, your husband went into a depression. And I

160
00:08:20,360 --> 00:08:23,119
Speaker 3: kept trying to keep him company and entertaining best you could.

161
00:08:23,360 --> 00:08:25,960
Speaker 3: And then you realize that your husband don't have real friends.

162
00:08:25,960 --> 00:08:30,440
Speaker 3: What should have realized? That your husband is a daddy's boy, see,

163
00:08:30,480 --> 00:08:32,560
Speaker 3: a daddy's boy. See you got a mama's boy, but

164
00:08:32,600 --> 00:08:34,760
Speaker 3: you got daddy's boy too. That's when the father is

165
00:08:34,800 --> 00:08:37,559
Speaker 3: attached to the son. He had his whole life wrapped

166
00:08:37,600 --> 00:08:40,120
Speaker 3: around the boy. He was living vicariously through the son.

167
00:08:41,280 --> 00:08:43,280
Speaker 1: That's really a thing, Steve, No.

168
00:08:43,400 --> 00:08:48,040
Speaker 2: I just made that up. Just now, okay, okay, Like

169
00:08:48,240 --> 00:08:49,800
Speaker 2: is that really a thing?

170
00:08:49,880 --> 00:08:53,840
Speaker 3: I mean, you know, well, it's very very rare, it's

171
00:08:53,920 --> 00:08:56,200
Speaker 3: very rare, but it is the direct opposite of a

172
00:08:56,240 --> 00:08:59,679
Speaker 3: mama's boy, but a daddy's boy. There are men who

173
00:08:59,720 --> 00:09:02,720
Speaker 3: are live vicariously through their sons, go to all sporting

174
00:09:02,760 --> 00:09:03,560
Speaker 3: events and all like this.

175
00:09:03,600 --> 00:09:04,400
Speaker 2: And their whole life.

176
00:09:04,480 --> 00:09:06,199
Speaker 3: And then a lot of sons move out and get

177
00:09:06,240 --> 00:09:08,720
Speaker 3: on their own and their dad become depressed. That's really

178
00:09:08,760 --> 00:09:10,760
Speaker 3: really I don't know if it's called the Daddy's Boy,

179
00:09:10,800 --> 00:09:12,880
Speaker 3: but that's what we're calling it for this letter. But

180
00:09:12,960 --> 00:09:14,760
Speaker 3: I know some guys know a couple of friends of

181
00:09:14,760 --> 00:09:17,280
Speaker 3: mine that lived their life like that. Sons really involved

182
00:09:17,280 --> 00:09:20,319
Speaker 3: in athletics, went on to college and everything and everything,

183
00:09:20,360 --> 00:09:22,480
Speaker 3: and he didn't he didn't go pro and that not

184
00:09:22,640 --> 00:09:24,760
Speaker 3: that out because that's all he was had his whole

185
00:09:24,920 --> 00:09:26,360
Speaker 3: that was his retirement playing.

186
00:09:28,679 --> 00:09:31,680
Speaker 2: So anyway, and so.

187
00:09:31,720 --> 00:09:35,720
Speaker 3: Now while he was building a business with his son,

188
00:09:35,960 --> 00:09:38,360
Speaker 3: he was he was getting his business going there. All

189
00:09:38,400 --> 00:09:41,120
Speaker 3: his friends stopped coming around because he was busy. All

190
00:09:41,120 --> 00:09:43,040
Speaker 3: he did was go to your son's games, go to

191
00:09:43,080 --> 00:09:45,640
Speaker 3: eat with your son, work out with your son, watch

192
00:09:45,720 --> 00:09:48,079
Speaker 3: movies with our son's half, and my husband sit home

193
00:09:48,160 --> 00:09:52,559
Speaker 3: relaxed without trying to face time our son who lives away.

194
00:09:52,640 --> 00:09:54,320
Speaker 2: Now here's a dangerous part watch this.

195
00:09:54,720 --> 00:09:56,600
Speaker 3: My son sent me a text telling me that he

196
00:09:56,720 --> 00:09:59,600
Speaker 3: was moving in with his girlfriend and he's hoping his

197
00:09:59,720 --> 00:10:02,480
Speaker 3: dad will reconnect with his friends so he won't call

198
00:10:02,600 --> 00:10:03,280
Speaker 3: him so much.

199
00:10:03,800 --> 00:10:06,200
Speaker 2: Okay, let me take what's happening here? That boy the

200
00:10:06,200 --> 00:10:08,560
Speaker 2: movie in with this girl, and boy the mood in

201
00:10:08,640 --> 00:10:11,520
Speaker 2: with this girl. That daddy always facetiming.

202
00:10:11,600 --> 00:10:16,320
Speaker 3: Daddy gonna FaceTime as some inappropriate moments because it's born

203
00:10:16,480 --> 00:10:20,760
Speaker 3: nineteen day in that house like rabbits, most of the

204
00:10:20,880 --> 00:10:24,320
Speaker 3: time they're gonna be doing something and your daddy gonna

205
00:10:24,360 --> 00:10:29,760
Speaker 3: be facetiming. Then boy can't pick the phone, daddy. Huh No,

206
00:10:30,720 --> 00:10:32,240
Speaker 3: that hold on that.

207
00:10:35,360 --> 00:10:36,520
Speaker 2: Set, you see.

208
00:10:37,320 --> 00:10:40,120
Speaker 3: Now, he'd have told his mama, you got to talk

209
00:10:40,160 --> 00:10:42,280
Speaker 3: to daddy getting reconnected, so he ain't got to call

210
00:10:42,360 --> 00:10:44,520
Speaker 3: me the month. Now, you didn't want to tell your

211
00:10:44,600 --> 00:10:46,800
Speaker 3: husband about to text because you didn't want to crush

212
00:10:46,840 --> 00:10:47,960
Speaker 3: you crush him.

213
00:10:48,040 --> 00:10:50,120
Speaker 2: Yeah, but we hear girl's man.

214
00:10:51,200 --> 00:10:54,320
Speaker 3: He hey, look you're calling him too much. He want

215
00:10:54,320 --> 00:10:56,840
Speaker 3: to live his life. He'd have moved his girl in now.

216
00:10:58,080 --> 00:10:59,320
Speaker 3: He in love with this girl.

217
00:11:00,160 --> 00:11:02,520
Speaker 2: Now. Yesterday he said he wanna go visit his son

218
00:11:02,600 --> 00:11:05,720
Speaker 2: for Easter. What kill someone?

219
00:11:05,720 --> 00:11:07,600
Speaker 3: I ain't got no babies. You ain't going to see

220
00:11:07,640 --> 00:11:11,600
Speaker 3: your grandkids. Your son nineteen, he ain't even gonna come

221
00:11:11,640 --> 00:11:12,520
Speaker 3: home for Easter.

222
00:11:13,320 --> 00:11:14,160
Speaker 2: Him and that girl.

223
00:11:14,240 --> 00:11:16,000
Speaker 3: Let me tell you what they finish do on Easter,

224
00:11:17,200 --> 00:11:21,320
Speaker 3: she finna dress up like a bunnet rabbit, and he's

225
00:11:21,360 --> 00:11:24,000
Speaker 3: fim to hide eggs all over the house and they

226
00:11:24,080 --> 00:11:26,480
Speaker 3: gonna have an Easter egg Honey. Every time she pick

227
00:11:26,600 --> 00:11:30,480
Speaker 3: up an egg, he gonna reward her with this special

228
00:11:30,520 --> 00:11:31,600
Speaker 3: made bunnet suit.

229
00:11:31,880 --> 00:11:34,760
Speaker 2: See that what they finisha do on Easter. They ain't

230
00:11:34,800 --> 00:11:37,600
Speaker 2: even gonna eat on Easter they had egg.

231
00:11:38,320 --> 00:11:40,480
Speaker 3: They just gonna have a basket with candy in it.

232
00:11:40,520 --> 00:11:43,439
Speaker 3: They're gonna be feeding each other. Boyd he finish had

233
00:11:43,440 --> 00:11:51,600
Speaker 3: the best Easter he ever had without showing daddy Daddy's boy. Yeah,

234
00:11:51,640 --> 00:11:53,440
Speaker 3: and then she gonna talk about so you made up

235
00:11:53,480 --> 00:11:55,280
Speaker 3: a lot of excuses why we shouldn't go, and the

236
00:11:55,320 --> 00:11:57,800
Speaker 3: only thing that keeps them occupied a sick But I'm

237
00:11:57,840 --> 00:11:59,439
Speaker 3: not gonna keep doing that all the time.

238
00:11:59,760 --> 00:12:02,480
Speaker 2: So he needs his friends. Should I play a playdate

239
00:12:02,559 --> 00:12:04,280
Speaker 2: for him? How do him? How do I get him

240
00:12:04,280 --> 00:12:06,800
Speaker 2: out of the house more? You have to play a playdate?

241
00:12:07,120 --> 00:12:11,840
Speaker 3: Yeah, you got to contact his friends and go, hey, look, Herbert,

242
00:12:12,160 --> 00:12:14,360
Speaker 3: he ain't been paying y'all no attention because he be

243
00:12:14,840 --> 00:12:17,280
Speaker 3: He really misses y'all and want to get out the house.

244
00:12:17,840 --> 00:12:18,080
Speaker 2: Now.

245
00:12:19,000 --> 00:12:23,120
Speaker 3: We need a barbecue, We need a card night poker.

246
00:12:23,480 --> 00:12:27,000
Speaker 2: We need a boy's night out. When do y'all go

247
00:12:27,040 --> 00:12:27,880
Speaker 2: to the strip club.

248
00:12:27,920 --> 00:12:31,240
Speaker 3: But you got to get Herbert out of this house

249
00:12:31,440 --> 00:12:33,239
Speaker 3: and get his mind occupied.

250
00:12:33,960 --> 00:12:37,720
Speaker 2: That's right, he needs some friends. You got to call

251
00:12:37,840 --> 00:12:39,560
Speaker 2: his friends and get in touch with him.

252
00:12:40,320 --> 00:12:43,000
Speaker 3: Tell them that he's depressed and he need to get

253
00:12:43,000 --> 00:12:45,360
Speaker 3: out the house and let him go ahead.

254
00:12:45,360 --> 00:12:47,360
Speaker 2: The god is you got to go bowling. So go

255
00:12:47,480 --> 00:12:48,480
Speaker 2: bowling night man.

256
00:12:48,559 --> 00:12:51,600
Speaker 3: Go get you in a go go to the gym

257
00:12:51,720 --> 00:12:52,880
Speaker 3: and work out with your friend.

258
00:12:53,040 --> 00:12:54,960
Speaker 2: Go what go to a game?

259
00:12:55,000 --> 00:12:55,960
Speaker 1: A basketball game?

260
00:12:56,080 --> 00:12:58,400
Speaker 3: N Then he gonna start crying Sheerley because he used

261
00:12:58,400 --> 00:13:01,200
Speaker 3: to go with all his games with his me. Do this,

262
00:13:01,280 --> 00:13:09,720
Speaker 3: sure they stop. They don't live in the NBA city.

263
00:13:09,760 --> 00:13:12,680
Speaker 3: This ain't from no NBA city town. It did not

264
00:13:12,840 --> 00:13:16,040
Speaker 3: say they live in willow Wine, Virginia, somewhere like that.

265
00:13:16,120 --> 00:13:21,040
Speaker 3: This is nobody. Nobody writing in from Atlanta, New York

266
00:13:21,040 --> 00:13:23,120
Speaker 3: and nothing like this. This ain't no New York problem.

267
00:13:23,400 --> 00:13:26,520
Speaker 3: This is a small town problem where a man got

268
00:13:26,559 --> 00:13:27,520
Speaker 3: his life wrapped.

269
00:13:27,240 --> 00:13:30,520
Speaker 2: Around his son. This is a small town problem.

270
00:13:30,280 --> 00:13:33,840
Speaker 1: All right. Hit us up on Instagram at Steve Harvey

271
00:13:34,160 --> 00:13:36,920
Speaker 1: f M to comment on today's Strawberry Letter. You can

272
00:13:36,920 --> 00:13:39,800
Speaker 1: also check out the Strawberry Letter podcast on demand. You're

273
00:13:39,840 --> 00:13:42,079
Speaker 1: listening to the Steve Harvey Morning Show