Case 548
I’m thirty-nine years old. Six months ago, I separated from my wife, and I am being unfaithful to her. Before that happened, she made life impossible for me with her children. She was a widow with four teenage kids who never accepted me, but rather treated me with contempt.... We had a daughter together... but my wife treated me very badly. She used to hit me... and I became clinically depressed as a result of [...]
Case 547
I am twenty-nine years old and have fought to make my marriage work in spite of various difficulties. About fourteen months ago, my husband and I accepted Christ as our personal Savior, and that has been a big blessing in my home. My husband has changed a lot for the good, but there are still times when he loses control and says offensive words, even though we are going to church together and he speaks [...]
Case 546
I am a forty-one-year-old father, married for twelve years.... I’ve had to live with a huge weight on my conscience all of these years.... Several times I have had the desire to get close to God, but the guilt has been stronger. My pastor has told me that it is because I married my half-sister, a daughter of my father, and that I should leave her.... I fell head over heels in love with my [...]
Case 545
I am quick-tempered, and I know it. I get upset over anything that I feel offends me or I see is not right or fair. I raise my voice a lot when I am irritated. I do it because I think people will understand me that way. But the only thing I accomplish is to push people away because they are intimidated by the way I express myself. That makes me feel badly, because I [...]
Case 544
Four years ago, I started living with my girlfriend after we had been together for ten years. We have a beautiful daughter whom I love with all my heart. Through the years our relationship deteriorated because of her immaturity. We live in her parents’ house. They overprotect her and don’t allow her to grow up.... At times I feel like she doesn’t love me anymore, and I don’t know if I should just leave her [...]
Case 543
I am the mother of an eleven-year-old son, who is adorable. I work, I study in the university, and I have a husband I must care for. I feel very divided and don’t get to concentrate on what I really want. I am obligated to work because of economic need, but I don’t like my job. I do my best in my studies, but I haven’t been able to graduate yet because of the lack [...]
Case 542
I met my wife three years ago, and we have a two-year-old daughter. The problem is that I have never loved her, not even when we were dating. I only got together with her because of physical desire. I thought that I would come to love her in time, but that has not happened. I don’t feel anything for her, but she does love me. I feel like a prisoner, with no way out, but [...]
Case 541
I was abused by my husband of fifteen years. About eight months after our separation, I began a relationship with a married man. One time my oldest son, who is thirteen, found us kissing. That eventuated in my son going to live with his father, and he hasn’t wanted to see me since then. He is rebellious and says he hates me. When I try to talk to him, he ignores me.... I ended the [...]
Case 540
I was very young when I got married. I love my wife enormously, but I have been unfaithful in a whole lot of ways and with an awful lot of women. I resolved not to do it anymore.... I feel that I degraded my wife and, because I love her so very much, I felt it best to leave her and leave home.... I believe she doesn’t deserve what I did to her.... I want [...]