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Strawberry Letter

My Success Is Intimidating - 11.20.25

Strawberry Letter

iHeartPodcasts

Relationships, Society & Culture

4.41.6K Ratings

🗓️ 20 November 2025

⏱️ 14 minutes

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The Strawberry Letter heard on The Steve Harvey Morning Show Thursday, November 20th, 2025. Subject: "My Success Is Intimidating"

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This is an IHeart podcast.

0:03.9

It is time now for today's Strawberry Letter.

0:07.0

And if you need advice on relationships, dating, work, sex, parenting, and more,

0:11.1

please submit your strawberry letter to Steve HarveyFM.com and click Submit Strawberry Letter.

0:16.5

We could be reading your letter live on the air, just like we're going to read this one right here, right now. And you never know. It could be reading your letter live on the air just like we're going to read this one right

0:21.5

here right now and you never know it could be yours it could be yours buckle up and hold

0:27.2

on tight we got it for you here it is strawberry and letter thank you nephew subject my success

0:33.7

is intimidating dear stephen shirley i'm 37 and never been married. I was in a four-year

0:40.2

relationship and when I got promoted, my boyfriend left the relationship. We met on an online

0:46.5

dating site for professionals and we were compatible on so many levels. He is an administrator

0:52.3

at his job and I was a team leader when we started dating.

0:56.3

I wanted love, and he provided that, but he also added a lot of competition to our relationship.

1:02.8

When I get dressed in the morning to head out to work, he'd say, I looked powerful instead of beautiful,

1:08.4

and he would tell me to boss up if I complained about stress at work.

1:12.3

He treated me like he was my mentor and I was beneath him professionally, but I actually made more money than him.

1:19.8

Then I got a promotion and a company car and he overheard me telling my mom what I'd be making annually.

1:26.9

He insinuated that I was too close to my

1:29.3

boss and that's why I got a promotion. We argued for days and then he moved out. Since we broke

1:36.6

up, I've had a few dates but I haven't found a man that matches me intellectually or financially.

1:42.7

One guy told me that my success is very intimidating.

1:47.2

I wish men could see my sweet and nurturing side, but as soon as I tell them what I do for a living,

1:53.5

they decide that I don't have time for a relationship. I have thought about telling guys that I have an

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