Case 499
I work in the maintenance of vehicles for a non-profit organization. I’ve been doing this for seven years, but recently I’ve felt powerless when the vehicles are authorized for use by people who damage them. When I don’t give authorization, these people go to my superior to get permission to use them. I have thought many times about quitting this job, but I haven’t found another position that offers a salary like the one I [...]
Case 498
A year ago, my father passed away. He was a good father, though with many weaknesses.... My older brother invited me to go to the cemetery to take flowers to his gravesite, but my mother and younger sister do not think that we should do that. They interpret it as revering the dead. Would it be all right to take flowers ever so often, or would God disapprove of doing that? Dear Friend, One of [...]
Case 497
I am twenty-five, and am in a relationship with a twenty-three-year-old man.... We love each other and have plans to get married; but I feel like it’s not yet time to do so, because we have always had problems in our relationship. He gets upset about things that I think are insignificant. For example, he gets angry when I don’t answer his calls or texts immediately.... This happens all the time, and is the reason [...]
Case 496
I met a girl two years ago, and we started to date.... Now that we have plans to get married, she says that each of us should go to the church of our own religion and practice what we learn, respecting the beliefs of the other.... She feels like I don’t respect her beliefs and [beliefs, but rather] that I attack them, and she doesn’t want to hear or have more discussions about religion. She [...]
Case 495
From our childhood on, my sister and I shared everything. She was a little older than I am, and was like a mother to me. Nevertheless, as a brainless traitor, I misspent her hard-earned money on a lost property.... Then, when she needed to get over an illness, I couldn’t help her. I caused her to lose her resources when she needed them most, so I had to take her to a public hospital where [...]
Case 494
I am a thirty-seven-year-old woman. I have been living with my boyfriend for three months. At first, everything was working out; but since then I have faced reality, and it seems like he has two personalities. When he’s angry, he yells at me, insults me, and humiliates me. It feels like he doesn’t love me, though he says that he does. I think that I should leave him, but it really terrifies me to think [...]
Case 493
I have not been able to have a stable relationship. It always ends badly and I end up discouraged. I give it all I’ve got, and then I have a hard time getting back up and starting over again. If it weren’t for God, I would not still be alive, because I know that He is against taking your own life.... I only want to be happy, to have a wife who is my friend [...]
Case 492
My father, because of bad behavior, is a prisoner at sixty years of age.... I visit him every couple of weeks with my children. We take him money and food, and some aunts also visit him and take him food. One of those aunts just told me that my dad has revealed embarrassing secrets about our family, specifically about my life with my husband and children. I feel betrayed and angry, and have no desire [...]
Case 491
I am a thirty-four year-old woman.... I had a difficult time with my studies because I had to work at the same time, so I finally dropped out of the university. I was afraid to tell my father that I had quit school, so I lied and told him that I had finished my degree. He passed away recently, and I have a horrible load of guilt on my conscience. I don’t know if my [...]