Case 579
A month after my partner and I started living together, she got pregnant, but I thought that she had been unfaithful to me. So I ordered a DNA test, and the child is mine. The question I have is: Was it a sin for me to ask for a DNA test? Dear Friend, You ask if it was a sin for you to have requested a DNA test to prove that your son was [...]
Case 578
My daughter is almost twenty-two years old, but I don’t want her to go out with her friends nor her boyfriend, nor to stay out all night. I have gone to the extreme of threatening her and asking her to move out of my house, though I then wished I hadn’t. I don’t want to hurt her, but I don’t know why I feel such hatred when she says she’s going to a party and [...]
Case 577
A girl from my past, who I have always been in love with, showed up again. She told me that she was married and had a daughter, but that the marriage was solely for the purpose of getting her a visa to another country, and that when she had it in hand, she would get a divorce and marry me. The problem is that I have caught her in a lot of lies.... She says [...]
Case 576
Until a few days ago, I was in a relationship with a guy that I’ve known for years. He was living in another country, but came to live in my country so that he could be with me. After a few months, he decided to leave because he didn’t like living here. I supported his decision, but when he left I discovered that he was going with another woman, and now they are living together. [...]
Case 575
I am a twenty-nine-year-old man. Two years ago, I met a single mother (with one daughter) who was twenty-five. We were in a romantic relationship for nine months, but since my family was against it, I broke it up after nine months. She was devastated, and I had no contact with her for the next year and a half. I couldn’t stop thinking about her, however, so I contacted her again and she happily agreed [...]
Case 574
My husband was unfaithful to me.... I confronted him, and he asked for forgiveness, but he also implied that it was partly my fault. Almost two years have passed. He continued the relationship with the woman, but says that he is no longer with her because she went to another country.... He won’t guarantee me that he won’t do the same thing again. He says he loves her, but has feelings for me too. When [...]
Case 573
I am a man with a painful past. It all happened thirty years ago, but I remember it as if it had been yesterday.... Even though I am very ashamed to talk about it, I need a word of counsel. A man much older than I sexually abused me, and I remember every detail, his face, his voice, everything. What’s more, I’ve seen the man recently and have had the urge to get even for [...]
Case 572
I’ve been married for four years, and we have a three-year-old daughter. Two years ago, I met a girl who I consider to be a friend. She knows that I am married. We constantly send text messages back and forth, but the conversations are very innocent. At the beginning of my marriage I made a lot of mistakes that caused my wife to mistrust me. She has access to my phone, so she read the [...]
Case 571
When I was barely fourteen years old, my stepfather would get my mother drunk and then come into my room to touch me inappropriately and convince me to do indecent things. As a result, I got married before turning fifteen. I am now twenty-five years old, and I still hate my stepfather the same as the first day he did that to me. What can I do? Dear Friend, We are so very sorry to [...]