I have two sons, ages eighteen and sixteen, from my first marriage.... Both their father and their stepfather see only their shortcomings.... As a result, I have wanted to give them all the things that I never had—love, friendship, respect, and material possessions—, but I believe that I made a mistake with my oldest son. [...]
Lately my life has been a disaster.... I’ve had problems with my wife, and we are in the beginning stages of a divorce.... I have gotten in the habit of drinking almost every day, and one of those times when I was drunk... I stole some electronic equipment from a friend. I ended up returning [...]
After twenty-five years of marriage, I found out that ten years ago my husband had an affair from which a little girl was born. I was furious and wanted to leave him. But as time has passed, we have managed to accept what happened. One day he confessed to me that ever since the time [...]
I’ve been married for eighteen years. I thought everything was going well, until my thirty-six-year-old wife met a twenty-four-year-old guy on the Internet, who worked in another country. They began to talk on the phone and my wife says that they fell in love. She says that she has never loved me and will never [...]
I am a single woman.... I met a guy about a year ago... and one day I accepted a date with him.... We had been going out only about a week when he asked me to have sexual relations with him, but I wouldn’t do it. He got mad and said that I was [...]
About four years ago I had a relationship with a man who is twelve years older than I am.... After being with him about five months, I discovered... alarming details about him, among others that he had been in jail for three years, that he likes marijuana, that he hates his mother, that he is [...]
Thirty-one years ago, my mother abandoned us because she was abused by my jealous father.... Our home was a living hell, because we older three children were also abused. Six months ago, I found my mother after all these years.... I haven’t wanted to tell my father, since he always forbade us to even mention [...]
Hi! I am fifteen years old, and I need some advice. It seems like my father prefers to work instead of spending time with his family. This problem has gone on forever, according to my grandmother. I know that he has to work, but he is too dedicated to his job. Sometimes he has worked [...]
Fifteen years ago I had a girlfriend during a seven-year period. My relationship with her having ended, I am now married and have two children, but I continue to think about her. I dream about her at night, sometimes continually, and that leaves me a little dismayed and reflective the following day. I wonder if [...]
I am twenty-eight years old. I fell in love with a forty-seven-year-old single woman. Our relationship has been very strong. We have been very happy, and we have gotten married. But I have a problem: My family doesn’t know about my marriage, because I think that it would be detrimental to our relationship. Every time [...]
