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 [...]
Case 490
I have three sons and a daughter. The oldest is nineteen, and he has turned out to be rebellious, having already graduated from high school. He didn’t want to study anymore, so he went away to work for six months. But they fired him because he was irresponsible, and now he doesn’t want to work at all. My second child is fifteen. He’s still in school, but he’s not a good student. My daughter is [...]
Case 489
I have been married for eight years, and we have four small children.... I have a serious problem, which is that I have not loved my husband for a long time. When we were dating I loved him a lot and dreamed of being married, but after getting married and having to deal with problems every day, the glamour was gone. I considered ending it when I still had only two children, but now that [...]
Case 488
More than thirty years ago I left my country of origin, promising my girlfriend that I would return. But as time passed I stopped calling her.... Not long after living abroad, I married a woman eleven years older than I who has four children. But I never forgot that love of my life.... A little more than a year ago I had contact with my ex-girlfriend again on a trip back to my home country. [...]
Case 487
My girlfriend and I have been having sexual relations. We are young, and our parents doubt that we will ever get married. Right now I am afraid of what could happen. If my girlfriend is pregnant, both of us want to go ahead and get married, but we don’t have the financial resources to do that. Our parents obviously will take the news badly. I don’t know what I am doing with my life. I [...]
Case 486
My husband and I have had a lot of problems.... He has been out of control. [For a long time he has been lying to me and has been] unfaithful to me, and he only wants to be out with his friends and doing God knows what else. Now, after more than eight years of marriage, he says that our relationship has never worked... and that if I want to stay with him I have [...]
Case 485
When I got married four years ago, I already had two daughters. Now I am pregnant with my husband’s child. Two months ago something happened that has caused me mental anguish. My husband... came home drunk one night.... I pretended to be asleep to avoid an argument. He came into our room and then went out to check on the girls as he always did. My ten-year-old daughter was sleeping in short shorts, and I [...]
Case 484
My wife and I are about to separate because I have been unfaithful to her and have abused her physically. I am this way because my life has been very difficult. I have suffered many blows and am a hard person. Many times I have thought that God has abandoned me and I have no purpose here. I have two children that I love with my life, but I don’t know what to do in [...]