Case 552
I have been married for nine years. We have four small children. About a month ago, my husband’s debts began to come to light: rent payments, payments on a small loan that he has, and a mortgage payment. I was notified of these debts in my home. In spite of this, when I talked to him and said that we should find a way to pay (without confronting or judging him), he denied everything.... and [...]
Case 551
When I was a teenager, I met a girl. She became my first girlfriend, and I was her first boyfriend.... After going together for five years, she wanted to get married. I wasn’t really sure about it, but I think that because of pressure from our families and from her I decided to go ahead with it, hoping that my feelings for her would change. We have now been married for almost two years, but [...]
Case 550
I have a son, and my husband has a ten-year-old daughter. She only visits us on weekends and holidays, but when she is here, my husband practically ignores me and my son. He even walks next to her when we go out. I have told him how I feel, but he doesn’t agree with my point of view. Sadly, all of our weekends are filled with disagreements because the girl manipulates him in many ways [...]
Case 549
I was married for fourteen years.... After five years of marriage, my husband was unfaithful to me, and became an alcoholic and addicted to drugs. Even so, I stayed with him until the day that he touched my older daughter inappropriately. That day I left him for good. I didn’t want to know anything about him. It was a very difficult time for me... Ten years have passed, and we saw him again. My older [...]
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 [...]