Strawberry Letter

Dear Steve and Shirley, my husband and I have been married for a year now, and since then, we have both gained a considerable amount of weight. I've gained at least 40 pounds, which is totally unacceptable for me. This extra weight has caused me to have extreme self-esteem issues, so I have changed my eating habits, I go to the gym more and I started taking an herbal supplement that my trainer recommended to increase my stamina and burn fat. The supplement gives me so much energy and I'm able to do way more reps at the gym than ever before! I can also see a few pounds dropping, so I need to keep using them............

Dear Steve and Shirley, I am a hardworking, educated, financially secure, good looking mature woman with a lot to offer, but since my divorce, I had been having trouble with dating because the men I meet say that I have too many prerequisites and they lose interest. My goal was to meet a man age 55 to 65, but instead, I finally met a man that is 75 years old. He is retired and he’s everything that I looked for in a man. He’s a sharp dresser, good looking, financially stable and he has good morals..........

Dear Steve and Shirley, do you think that dating rules for seniors are different than those for younger people? I need to know cause I am trying to find love again and I’m over age 60. I'd like to think that a man aged 65 to 70 would think and act differently than he did when he was 25 to 30 years old, but that's not the case. When I meet men my age, they are still interested in the cookie and I need to know if I should still be using the 90 Day Rule at my age. Then there are the other men that I meet and they voluntarily tell me that the cookie is a non-issue for them now............

Dear Steve and Shirley, I am a 42 year old single mother and I have two teenage children that live with me. At my age, I wanted to become a homeowner and stop renting, so I started looking for an affordable place to buy. My mom recently received a financial blessing, so she offered to buy me a house. Hesitantly, I agreed. I found a small, affordable home and my mother bought it. I pay the mortgage, but the house is in my mom’s name, which is why I was hesitant to go through with the deal...........

Dear Steve and Shirley, I have been married to my childhood sweetheart for 8 years and we have two wonderful children. Early on, we had problems in our marriage and we were separated for a short period, but we worked things out and I thought we were back on track. My wife admitted that during our separation, she had flings with two other guys. She compared me to the guys she had the flings with and bragged about the money and nice things they had. I am an educated guy and I have a great full-time job and a part time job for extra money, but it’s not enough for my wife.............

Dear Steve and Shirley, I want your honest opinions. I'm young and I have a great job, my own place and I'm happily single for now. Here's my issue. I don't think a strong independent woman should stand by a broke man or wait for him to reach his full potential. People always say I should not overlook a man that falls short financially but I prefer to remain strong because I am not afraid of being alone. So many women go through the emotional struggles of being with a man just to say they have a man. So is it selfish for me to live my own life and continue to pray for the man that God will send to me?

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. I am not welcome at any of the grandchildren's birthday parties or family get togethers because of her. I have tried for many years to have a relationship with my stepdaughter but she's not interested.............

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............

Dear Steve and Shirley, You're not going to believe this. I'm a married man and my wife and I just purchased our first home in a new community. To celebrate home ownership, my boys took me out for drinks. We ended up going to a strip club and I got very drunk which are two things I had not done since I got married. The strippers were some of the sexiest women I had ever seen and we paid for our own private VIP area in the club. So we each had a dancer that catered to us all night. My dancer did all kinds of freaky stuff to me. We did everything except go all the way. Right afterwards when I sobered up, I was disappointed with myself and I swore to my boys that I would never go to another strip club..........

Dear Steve and Shirley, I met a very nice man three months ago and we hit it off pretty quick. He's been taking me on a lot of nice dates and we have really good time together. I thought I had finally met the man of my dreams until two weeks ago. We ended up back at his house after a great dinner date. We both were ready to be intimate and we knew it was about to go down. So we started taking off our clothes. He took his shirt off first then his pants and Steve and Shirley a funk I had never smelled before hit me in the face. I realized that the smell was indeed coming from him......

Dear Steve and Shirley, I'm still best friends with my high school sweetheart. He's happily married now and his wife and I are good friends too. Here's my problem. For the past couple of weeks he's been making a lot of inappropriate comments of a sexual nature to me. I always politely tell him that he needs to say those things to his wife. I don't need any issues in my life. So I told his wife that he was making me uncomfortable. This heffa said well you know you're his first love so you should take those comments as compliments..........

Dear Steve and Shirley, I have a male best friend that I want to be more than friends with. I was taught that the man is supposed to pursue the woman so I've never attempted to tell him how I feel about him. We have been friends for ten years and although we have a strictly platonic relationship, our friends and family make jokes about us already being a couple. My mom even refers to him as her son in law. He lives 400 miles away, but we see each other several times a month. He always pays for my flight, hotel rooms, meals whenever I go to visit him. When he comes to see me, he spends time with my mom and he makes plans for us to see movies concerts plays etc...........

Dear Steve and Shirley, This past Valentine's Day started out as the most amazing day with the man of my dreams. We planned to go out to dinner. So after work I went to his condo and waited for him to get home. The moment he walked through the door we got busy quick and Wild Style. Afterwards we pulled ourselves together and went out to dinner. He gave me the bottle of perfume that I've always wanted. So the night was going great. After dinner we went back to his condo and had some drinks, listened to some music and ended up getting intimate again.............

Dear Steve and Shirley, I used to be a working girl, but I've been out of the game for five years. Since I made this big lifestyle change, I have only dated one man and he knew about my past and was willing and able to take care of me. Now that I'm back on the dating scene, it's been hard for me to transition to another good man. Dating is so different now. In the past I sold my body because I needed the money to pay a couple of bills, go out for nice dinners and get whatever else my heart desires..........

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.........