Case 588
I feel enormous pressure in my chest. With no father and a mother that wanted to leave me with other people, I had a confusing and painful adolescence. A single mother at eighteen having suffered infidelity and lack of stability, I now live with a man who left his wife but doesn’t want to marry me. I have one son who is a drug addict, another one who has other problems, and a daughter whose [...]
Case 587
For the past week my wife has not wanted anything to do with me. We have been married for twelve years and have two children.... She says that it is because she married me without loving me.... I admit that I have contributed to the problem by my lack of understanding. Neither of us has been unfaithful, but she wants to be free and is about to begin divorce proceedings. I am sleeping on the [...]
Case 586
My husband and I have been married for eleven years and have two children.... He is a technician; I am a professional. The economic and educational burden for the children is mine. I also pay the mortgage and for our housekeeper. Since my husband earns less than I do, there are less things that he is responsible for. At times I feel frustrated because nothing is left for me personally and I don’t know how [...]
Case 585
Eleven years ago, I started living with a woman with whom I now have a four-year-old daughter, but recently the woman confessed that she had been unfaithful to me on two different occasions.... After breaking my heart with that, she left the house with my daughter. I have always been responsible and have never been unfaithful. After she left, I fell into a depression, but then I sought help from God and got spiritually stronger. [...]
Case 584
I love my romantic companion. I want to marry him, but my mother and my children don’t like him.... Besides, he wants me to do everything that he tells me to do, as if he were my father, and I don’t want a father, but just a companion. My children love me, but I live in two different houses: with my mother and my children in one house, and with him in another house. I [...]
Case 583
My girlfriend is the single mother of a six-month-old daughter. The pregnancy was not planned, and she doesn’t love the baby’s father. It was a bad relationship. She decided to break up with him before she knew that she was pregnant.... The baby girl’s father now wants to be with the two of them, but my girlfriend, with her family’s blessing, decided they couldn’t be together because it would be insufferable to live with him. [...]
Case 582
I have been in a relationship for ten years. I have three children. The relationship has not been good because there has been physical and verbal abuse, even in front of my children. I don’t want to continue in this relationship. I need a lot of help. Dear Friend, We are very sorry to hear what you have been going through. We certainly can understand why you don’t want to continue the relationship. What is [...]
Case 581
I am a twenty-seven-year-old married man.... Some months ago, I lost my wife because of my bad attitudes and decisions.... We have a three-year-old son, and... I’ve always wanted to make a home for him. But at this moment I have no contact with the boy’s mother. I ask God, first, that he will forgive me for all my mistakes, and also that he will restore our home. There are days when my faith falters, [...]
Case 580
My husband separated from me without giving me a reason and without leaving the house. He just moved into another bedroom. I have asked him why, but he won�t give me any answers.... I have accepted the separation, and I don�t even love him anymore, but I am fond of him because he is the father of my children. Since the time that he separated from me five years ago, I have not [participated fully [...]