Case 508

Sexual Abuse / Rape|

Three years ago, I met my girlfriend and her two daughters. I don’t know what came over me and caused me to commit the worst mistake of my life. Without thinking, I let myself be caught up in the antics of one of the girls, and I took the liberty to touch her inappropriately. That ended up getting me in serious trouble... I was at the point of going to prison, accused of raping her. [...]

Case 507

Parental Responsibility, Repentance|

Three years ago, I was involved in an adulterous affair. My wife forgave me, and... I cut off all communication with the other woman. I have two children who are ten and four years old. I don’t know if I should tell my children about that period of my life, nor when would be the best time to tell them, nor how to do it. Can you give me some advice? Dear Friend, We are [...]

Case 506

Family|

I am a fifteen-year-old girl.... My mother left me when I was two years old. She moved to another country, supposedly to give me a better life. However, a few months ago in a conversation with her she confessed that I was an accident, not wanted by my mother nor my father. They say that they don’t love me and, even though I live with my father, I feel insecure. I would like to have [...]

Case 505

In-laws, Parental Responsibility|

I am the father of a beautiful two-year-old girl. I lived with my wife in her mother’s house. I was willing to live there because my mother-in-law is alone. Her husband left her, and her other child died.... My wife is now an only child, and her mother was very excited about my daughter’s birth. However, my mother-in-law became obsessed with controlling my daughter, and ended up throwing me out of her house.... I feel [...]

Case 504

Marriage (Adultery/Infidelity)|

Two years ago, my husband was unfaithful. I forgave him and thought that would be the end of it, but there is a seven-month-old baby as a result.... I believe he’s continuing to communicate with her using the excuse of the baby. I feel let down by my husband. And I feel hate, bitterness and spite toward that woman for all the harm that she has done to me.... She lives to cause hurt and [...]

Case 503

Anger, Small children (Discipline/Instruction/Care)|

I have a son whose father left me for a younger woman at the time the child was born. Since then, even though I have a strong temperament and personality, I haven’t been the same again. I have struggled to be happy, not with another man but with my son and those around me, but it has been very difficult. I am full of bitterness. I have mistreated my son and my father. I continue [...]

Case 502

Abuse|

My partner hits me all the time for no reason. Yesterday he slapped me because I was at my friend’s house. He is embarrassed of me in front of other people, and he even had a relationship with another woman for a while. I don’t have any relative to confide in, and my mother died. Since her death, I have felt very emotionally dependent on him in spite of the fact that I am a [...]

Case 501

Work|

I fear what life has to offer. I see my parents get up each morning at five and return home each night at eight.... I see them worn out almost always and with no time for anything. That’s what I’m afraid of: having to live that kind of life. Every day when I wake up to go to the university and I see them, I am disillusioned to think, “Is that what I have to [...]

Case 500

Lying|

I am a twenty-five-year-old woman. Ever since I was a little girl, my parents brought me up in an atmosphere of lies.... Five and a half years ago I began a relationship with a guy... but he eventually broke it off because I lied to him... and I am very sorry for my attitude. Will he ever be able to forgive me? I think that, more than anything, this brings me condemnation for the sin [...]