0:00

It is time now for today's Strawberry

0:03

Letter.

0:03

And if you need advice on relationships,

0:06

on dating, on work, sex, parenting, and

0:08

more, please submit your Strawberry

0:10

Letter to Steve Harvey FM dot com.

0:12

Click submit Strawberry Letter, and

0:15

you never know, we could be reading your letter live on

0:17

the air, just like we're going to do with this one

0:19

right here, right now, we.

0:21

Could be wonder what the hell this one about? Yesterday?

0:25

I damn there, tune in my damn I

0:28

got to hear this damn letter?

0:33

What is about? Thanks?

0:35

So it's about here weezing?

0:40

What whatever? Flatters

0:42

down?

0:43

And time of just whatever it is? Just wait on my

0:45

fat wheezing ass response. I

0:47

see if I can get through it this ardy

0:50

though.

0:50

I don't know what the big deal is about all this.

0:53

Don't say nothing behind here's back. I've been talking

0:55

behind here, damn man, I don't know what

0:57

what the what the issue is? If

0:59

it's turn around now, I'm gonna say somebody that.

1:02

You sup that wheezing? That is not

1:04

funny. Stop that weezing

1:07

on the air. Yes, let me tell you to stop

1:10

stop.

1:11

I'm sorry.

1:16

Oh man,

1:21

good, we're finish.

1:23

Start the BlackBerry Letter.

1:24

Is it's strawberry.

1:28

Fruit.

1:29

You've got to you got your

1:32

strawberries? Is bananas?

1:37

All right? Buckle up and hold on tight. Here

1:39

comes I don't know what it is, but here it is strawberry.

1:42

It's not about you, okay or you

1:45

subject. He goes from swave

1:47

to smelly real quick. All

1:50

right, dear Stephen, surely, I am dating

1:52

a forty seven year old man and I just

1:54

turned forty. I am an esthetician

1:57

and I do full body treatments, and that

1:59

is how I met this guy. I did

2:01

an exfoliation and wax treatment on

2:03

his back one time, and he booked

2:05

several more sessions on the spot. We

2:08

talked and got closer each time he came

2:10

in for his service. I had come across

2:12

a lot of smells in my line of work, so

2:15

when I did his body treatments, I could smell

2:17

the toxins leaving his body.

2:19

I comforted him by telling him it

2:22

was totally normal, although in my

2:24

mind, his body odor was a

2:26

lot stronger than any of my

2:28

other clients. After a few weeks

2:30

of hanging out with him, I stayed over

2:32

at his place. Nothing happened that night,

2:35

but I did fall asleep in his arms

2:37

on the couch. I woke up to the smell

2:40

of mint and cabbage. I

2:42

realized that he had started to sweat a little

2:44

bit and the smell was coming from his body.

2:47

We had a lot to drink the night before, so

2:49

I thought maybe the smell was coming from the

2:52

liquor in his pores. I woke

2:54

him and made up an excuse about going

2:56

to church so that I could leave. Since

2:58

that day, the cab smell has continually

3:01

crept up when we are together.

3:04

Because of my training, I've made it my mission

3:07

to find out what the smell could be

3:09

before I confront him with it. He

3:11

takes bats all the time, and

3:13

I think it's to control the smell,

3:15

But three or four hours later, the smell

3:18

creeps up and out of his clothes.

3:21

When he takes his clothes off, they don't

3:23

stink. It's

3:25

just around his neck that smells so bad.

3:28

He's ready to start having sex, but I

3:30

get nauseous sometimes when we kiss.

3:32

I want to suggest he changed his

3:34

diet and take some supplements. But

3:37

how do I do that without offending

3:39

him? Do I help him or let him stink

3:42

by himself? Well, only

3:44

you can answer that question, And it sounds

3:46

like you like him and want him to be a

3:48

part of your life.

3:49

So you got to tell him. It's that simple.

3:52

He obviously knows something is wrong because

3:54

you say he takes a lot of bats.

3:56

I know what mint smells like,

3:59

and I know cabbage stinks, especially

4:01

old cabbage, but I've never smelled them together.

4:04

But body odor is very

4:06

serious. It's usually a deal breaker

4:09

in relationships. But I mean,

4:11

again, you sound like you like this guy and you

4:13

want to help him, and he clearly needs

4:16

help with himself. You said

4:18

you made it your mission to find out about what

4:20

the smell could be before you confront him

4:22

with it. But you're connected and

4:25

you're concerned about offending

4:27

him. I get that, But

4:29

his body odor is offensive and kissing

4:32

him makes you nauseous. So you

4:34

really don't have a choice in this matter. You got

4:36

to tell him, tell him you could do it nice.

4:39

Oh man, he should be able to take this kind

4:41

of harsh truth. But you need

4:43

to do it nicely, okay,

4:46

Steve.

4:47

Here, well, crush the guy.

4:49

No, that's real, nice, Sally.

4:52

But you know it's crushing

4:54

time. We all get crushed. I mean, let's look at

4:56

this subject.

4:57

It's crushing time. From

5:00

suave to smell it real quick. Look

5:02

at this.

5:03

What this letter could have been was he goes

5:05

from breathing to wheezing real quick.

5:07

See how that can go. You

5:09

know, we all got to take shots. So

5:12

now if I could take a shot, then he can take a shot.

5:14

It ain't time to be killings. Here's

5:17

this woman dating this forty seven year old man

5:20

and she turned forty. She's an esthetician.

5:23

She do full body treatment. And

5:25

that's how you met the guy. You was exfoliating

5:27

him and doing a wax treatment on

5:30

his back.

5:30

What the hell he have on his back?

5:32

And then and he

5:35

booked several more, and we

5:37

got closer each time he came in.

5:39

And but then you.

5:40

Said, I done come across a lot of smells

5:42

in my line of work, So when I did his body

5:45

treatment, I could smell the toxins

5:47

leaving his body. I confronted

5:49

him by telling him it was totally normal,

5:51

although in my mind the body odor

5:54

was a lot stronger than any of

5:56

my other clients.

5:58

You gotta find the morning minute more, Steve,

6:01

go ahead.

6:01

Well, you got a man that's

6:04

stank worse than anybody

6:06

you've ever had in your chair before.

6:10

That's really what you see. You

6:13

said, I could smell the toxins leaving

6:15

his body. I could cormfort

6:17

in him by tellingim it was totally norm.

6:20

That's a lie.

6:21

See, that's a lie. See

6:23

I told him it was totally norm. That ain't no.

6:25

Although in my mind, his body odor

6:27

was a lot stronger than any of

6:30

my other clients.

6:32

Your mass stink.

6:36

All right, Steve, catch your breast.

6:38

We're all We're gonna

6:39

happens.

6:43

Twenty three minutes after the hour.

6:45

Today's Strawberry letter subject as

6:47

he goes from swave to smelly

6:49

real quick.

6:50

We'll get into that right after that. You're

6:52

listening morning

6:55

show.

6:56

All right, Come on, Steve, let's recap today's Strawberry

6:58

letter. The subject is he goes from suave

7:00

to smelly real quick.

7:03

Yeah.

7:03

This woman is an aesthetician. She's dating

7:05

this forty seven year old man.

7:06

She forty. He came here for a back treatment.

7:09

He she exfoliated him and

7:11

waxed his back, and she's

7:13

he's come through a few more times because he like

7:15

us. But she noticed that smell

7:18

was coming out of his body and it was stronger

7:20

than anybody else's smell she had ever

7:23

done before. Now, this is a very

7:25

noteworthy comment. In this matter because now

7:27

you you you're dating a man

7:30

that stank more than anybody you ever

7:32

smelled before, And I'm not fit to do

7:34

that. I'm not finn I'm not been to date nobody

7:36

to sink more than anybody I've ever

7:38

smelled. You know, you can have a

7:41

little older some physical things,

7:43

but we're not dating them. Moost sank

7:45

in this person i've ever met before. We

7:47

just we're not We're not taking I'm not dragging

7:50

this tighten around with me. I'm not introducing

7:52

you to people. Tell everybody this is my

7:54

new friend, herman, and you just want

7:56

you to be aware. He stanks more than anybody

7:58

he's ever smelled in my whole damn life.

8:01

So as we're sitting here having a good ass time,

8:03

if he get excited, he started cheering at the

8:05

football game at the sports bar, it's

8:07

him, it's him. I'm not finish.

8:10

Yeah see, I'm not finna take this title around

8:12

with me. But she decided to go ahead

8:14

and do it, and she could

8:17

smell the toxins leaving his body while she was

8:19

working on him, and she comforted him by

8:21

telling him it was.

8:22

Normal, that's a lot. It wasn't normal, and.

8:24

His body odor was a lot stronger than

8:26

any my other clients. A few weeks

8:28

of hanging out with it, I stayed over

8:31

at his plate. Nothing happened at night,

8:33

but I fell asleep in.

8:35

His arms on the couch. I

8:38

don't know.

8:38

How to hell you

8:40

let this strong arm ass man

8:43

get you damn near in a headlock

8:46

where you done?

8:46

Fell asleep in his arms

8:49

on the couch.

8:50

Nothing happened that night, but I

8:52

woke up to the smell

8:54

of mint and cabbage.

8:57

Now that is no such thing. There's

9:01

no such thing as mint and cabbage.

9:03

We've all smelled cabbage before.

9:07

That ain't a damn thing minty in

9:10

the cabbage pocket.

9:12

A bit cabbage.

9:15

Minty is when you have basil

9:18

or a reagano in spaghetti.

9:21

Cabbage is a damn dish by

9:23

itself.

9:25

Once the cabbage is in there, you don't smell

9:27

nothing but cabbage.

9:29

So there you go, lying you're trying to be nice.

9:31

I realized that he has started to sweat

9:34

a little bit, and

9:36

the smell was coming from his body.

9:38

Now that's normal.

9:40

We had a lot to drink that night before,

9:43

so I thought maybe the smell was coming

9:45

from the liquor in his poet. Let's

9:47

stop this way. We

9:49

all know somebody that drinks. When

9:52

the last time you've been sitting with somebody

9:54

that drink and you smell cabbage?

9:57

What is he drinking? Vodka is made out

9:59

of tape?

10:00

That's everything else is

10:04

Come on now, corn mash,

10:07

let me tell you moonshine is

10:09

con Voka

10:12

is for tape now, Jack

10:15

Daniels and all that stuff right that that's

10:17

just gas.

10:18

That's just straight damn unlited.

10:21

That ain't no, that ain't that ain't a callum,

10:23

That ain't covosiate.

10:25

That's just so lady.

10:27

Come on now, I woke, I

10:29

woke him, and I made up an excuse

10:31

about going to church. When you stink

10:34

so bad that they push you to the Lord,

10:36

that's a clear sign that you probably need to be through

10:38

with him. You woke, you woke up,

10:41

and this thanks so bad you felt like you

10:43

needed prah, So you told him

10:45

your ass had to go to church so you could need

10:48

Since that day, the cabbage

10:51

smell has continually crept up

10:53

when we are together, not because

10:55

of my training. I've made it my mission

10:57

to find out what that smell could be

10:59

before or I confront him with it. Well,

11:02

let's talk about and let me

11:04

give you a suggestion. This is

11:06

called funk. That's what that smells.

11:10

Funk is f u k.

11:13

We had songs out play that funky

11:16

music quite for it. Funk

11:19

has been disused to describe

11:22

a mald odorous smell that

11:24

causes your face to contort

11:27

and your nose.

11:30

To stiff.

11:31

It it crips your nose.

11:35

He takes vaths all the time. I

11:37

think it's to control the smell. Well,

11:40

first of all, he's taking these vaths

11:42

at the wrong time. His timing

11:45

is off, and he not taking

11:47

enough bath.

11:49

What time.

11:50

Probably just need to have a bath with him.

11:55

Set up something in the trunk of his car, you

11:58

know where when he get out.

12:00

Befoh, he come in. Bathe come over your house.

12:02

Bathe Now when he takes

12:04

this, and then the

12:06

smell creeps up and out of

12:08

his clothes when he takes his clothes off,

12:10

they don't stink when it's stuck to his body.

12:13

You don't give a damn by his clothes. You ain't sleeping with

12:15

his clothes, y'all. Sleeping neck. It's

12:18

just around his neck that smells so

12:20

bad. He's ready to

12:22

start having sex. But I get noxious

12:24

when we kiss. I want to suggest he changes

12:26

die and take some supplements. How do I do that

12:28

without offendative? Or do I

12:31

help him think by myself? Yeah, I

12:33

think you're gonna have to leave him, But I just

12:35

want you to know something is caught in his throat.

12:39

Something is caught in his throat,

12:43

is something in his damn doat.

12:45

He's gonna have to get it cut out because

12:48

something is lodged.

12:49

In his boat.

12:51

Boaster your comments on today's Strawberry Letter

12:53

and Steve Harvey FM on

12:55

Instagram and Facebook, and check out the Strawberry

12:58

Letter podcast on the free radio

13:00

app Free Never Sounded So Good.

13:02

You can download it today now.

13:04

Coming up at forty six minutes after the hour,

13:06

it's Junior and Sports Talk. Right

13:09

after this, you're listening

13:11

to Harvey Morning Show