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 [...]
Case 539
A girl that I know is pregnant, and my boyfriend is the father of the child.... I have blocked him from further contact with me, giving no explanation.... I don’t want to get back with him, whether or not he is the father of the child. I’m not interested. He deceived me and the girl. I hate that I was so naive and didn’t realize the kind of man I was with. It’s the second [...]
Case 538
Two years ago, I became the divorced father of two.... I have shared custody for weekends, but the children’s mother has made sure that I can’t take them with me, so it has been almost a year since I have seen them much. I have become very resentful toward them because I see how they look down on me. I don’t pick them up anymore on weekends, but I love them a lot and want [...]
Case 537
I am sorry that I was unfaithful to my ex-husband. We got divorced, and now I am with a man who is twenty-four years older than I. We have a five-year-old daughter.... He is a good father. He always provides everything for our home. He even meets all the needs of my children from my former marriage. He has proposed to me, but every time we plan to get married, something happens and we don’t [...]
Case 536
I am a businessman, and a client of mine told me about a “business opportunity.” I was carried away by greed, and I accepted the proposition. I was to safeguard the money of some people whose reputation is questionable. In exchange, they would give me some money; but I would have to give them some cash, that is, money of my own in order for them to supposedly give me the money for safekeeping. Now [...]
Case 535
There is turmoil in my country.... I see the injustice and, even though I call out to God, I mourn because evil people get away with what they do and good people are arrested, deprived of their rights, and flee from the country. My heart breaks, and I weep over what is happening: for those who have died, and for those who have been kidnapped. I want God to intervene in my nation, but I [...]