Case 653
I am a teenager. I like video games, but my parents won’t let me have any. I would like to play these games in secret, but first I would like to ask your opinion.... Does God think video games are a sin? What can I do? Dear Friend, We are honored that you would consider our opinion, and we are impressed that you care so much about doing the right thing. You did not mention [...]
Case 652
I am twenty-two years old.... Four years ago, I left home to live with my boyfriend.... I had a daughter who is now two years old.... My daughter’s father left the country before she was born, and now wants me to join him because he doesn’t know our daughter and because he says that he loves me. During the time that we lived together, we had a hard time understanding each other. I love him, [...]
Case 651
A few days ago, my wife found some improper messages on my phone between me and a young woman that my wife knows in passing. The messages were very inappropriate, including provocative talk involving adultery, but it was just a game because the woman has that kind of relationship with several friends, including me. I understand that it was bad, though I’ve never been unfaithful; but my wife won’t forgive me for what I wrote [...]
Case 650
Six months ago, I started going out with a guy. I am a young woman that was studying medicine, but because of the pandemic I had to take a year off, with plans to go back next year. Now my boyfriend, whom I love, has asked me to marry him.... That implies having to give up my intended career, because he doesn’t want me to go back to the city where I had been studying.... [...]
Case 649
I am thirty and have three daughters. Five years ago, I got together with my current boyfriend, and we had my youngest daughter. My first two daughters are not his biologically, and I have noticed that he doesn’t love them. He fights with them all the time. They stay in their room because he treats them so badly. He has never wanted to get married and, even worse, we fight all the time because he [...]
Case 648
I am twenty-eight, and I have a son who is two and a half. I live with my son’s mother.... At first, she seemed like a good person, but within two months I didn’t like her anymore. However, I wasn’t brave enough to break up with her, so we continued in the relationship. By the fifth month, when I was about to break up with her, she told me that she was pregnant. In order [...]
Case 647
Six months ago, I began a relationship with a man who is an undocumented immigrant in another country. Our relationship has been and continues to be by telephone. He loves me and has asked me to be his wife. A month ago, he asked that we make video calls to get to know each other intimately. I gave in because I love him, but I don’t feel that this is right before God. We would [...]
Case 646
I am depressed.... My parents died when I was a child, and it has taken a great deal of effort to succeed. I got a degree in my chosen field, but I haven’t gotten a job in spite of the fact that I have applied in many places.... I feel like God has abandoned me. I would like to have a family of my own, but I don’t believe that a good man exists. God [...]
Case 645
My mother-in-law hates me. She manipulates my girlfriend, who is her only child. I respect my girlfriend’s mother, but she has offended me many times. I believe that my girlfriend’s mother is worried that her daughter won’t support her anymore. She wants my girlfriend to give her everything because she doesn’t like to work. Because of this, I don’t see myself as happy by the side of my future wife. I want us to live [...]