My father is addicted to drugs and alcohol, and is very aggressive and violent. We have put up with his abuse and violence toward our mother for many years. Every time she has put him out of the house, it has only lasted a few months. Every spiritual leader that my mother has consulted has [...]
I am a single woman in my thirties.... I have had some romantic relationships, but none leading to marriage. I would love to have a home and children, but I have not yet gotten the opportunity. I have been in love many times, but I always suffer because there is not a happy ending. I [...]
I am a high school teacher. I’m in love with one of my students, and she’s in love with me. The issue is that her parents don’t approve of our relationship, which is in its beginning stages. For the past week my girlfriend’s mother has not allowed her to communicate with me, and I haven’t [...]
I know that our decisions should be made according to the will of God, but how can I be sure if I’m doing the right thing? Sometimes I feel uncertain, and it seems like I’m going crazy. I live surrounded by neighbors who hate me because I don’t allow them to control me. I follow [...]
I am thirty-four and my girlfriend is twenty-two. We have been in a romantic relationship for two years. About a year ago, a “friend” of hers invited her to go out, and since that time it is as if she has had a secret relationship with him.... I know that she lies to me and [...]
I met a man on the Internet who is three years older than I am. All of the time that we communicated he let me know that he loved me and that he was a levelheaded guy. So I left everything and went to be with him. After arriving at his house, I found out [...]
I am twenty-nine years old and have a nine-year-old daughter.... Eight years ago my mother died of cancer, and I was left responsible for my eleven-year-old sister and my sixteen-year-old brother.... We were not doing well financially, and I decided to start a business, but I made the mistake of mortgaging the house that my [...]
I live with my fifty-five-year-old widowed mother. I am thirty, and I have supported the household for the past five years because my mother has been ill... so she can’t work. Four months ago I met my girlfriend... and we want to live together, but my girlfriend doesn’t want to have anything to do with [...]
I am very worried. Two girls that were preaching... convinced me that I should be baptized that same day.... I let them baptize me in a bathtub, so later I wanted to find out more about their congregation. It turns out that I made a serious mistake, because they had not told me the whole [...]
My husband and I have been married for three years, and he is the one who manages our household finances. I work, and have to give him the money that I earn, and if I need something, I have to ask him for it and tell him why I need it.... I’d like to sometimes [...]
