Case 472

Romantic Relationships/Courtship (Uncertainty/Doubt)|

I am a nineteen-year-old guy... and I don’t know how to get a girlfriend. When I have a girl in mind and intend to talk to her and win her heart, I feel uncertain, like something telling me not to do it, that she wouldn’t be the best for me. Less than a month ago I fell in love with a sixteen-year-old girl, but I keep thinking over and over how to tell her! I [...]

Case 471

Small children (Discipline/Instruction/Care)|

I got divorced from my children’s mother five years ago. I have the children because she claimed that the money I provided wasn’t enough to care for them. For the past three years she has been, as I see it, a very bad influence on the children. They have become money lovers. And she speaks badly of my girlfriend to them. My ex-wife is married again, and I feel like her communication with my children [...]

Case 470

Marriage (Indifference/Expression of Affection)|

I married my husband after we had been dating about ten years, but my life became a living hell. He would go out, and come home drunk the next day. Then I found out about his infidelities, and I confronted him.... He moved out, but started calling me every day.... He asked for my forgiveness and said he wanted to come back because he realized that he loved our son and me.... So we’ve been [...]

Case 469

Anger, Marriage (Spousal Abuse)|

I am married to a wonderful man, flawed as any human being is, but with a very noble heart. We have been married for eight years, though separated for one month because of major problems in our relationship stemming from the fact that I am very aggressive. We got back together, and I changed for the better because of faithfully spending time in prayer, but I have a lot of relapses. I can last up [...]

Case 468

Jealousy / Envy|

I have been married for six years, and we have two children. My husband is very jealous. I try to not let it bother me, but sometimes I just get tired of it and cry from anger. He wants me to tell him everything that I have done during the day, including who has called me and what they said, and when I don’t tell him he gets mad. Dear Friend, Most jealousy comes from [...]

Case 467

Marriage (Spousal Abuse)|

My wife accused me of infidelity and she hit me.... I swore on the life of our son that it wasn’t true, but she didn’t believe me and had me forcibly removed from her house by the police because I wouldn’t let her hit me again.... I told my wife that I would do everything possible for my son, and now I have filed for divorce.... I want to be a model father even though [...]

Case 466

Marriage (Conflicts/Insults)|

I am thirty-two years old. I’ve been married for five years, and we have a five-year-old daughter. Recently my wife and I have been having arguments. Every time we have a disagreement over the slightest thing, she hides the car key and the house key, and tells me to get out of the house. I’m tired of this situation. It makes me want to leave, but then I think about my daughter and just put [...]

Case 465

Cohabitation, Parental Responsibility|

I separated from my girlfriend two years ago. We had two children together. I still love her, but she lies to me all the time and her mother backs her up.... All they care about is what I have to contribute financially. She knows that I love her, and that’s why she taunts me. But when she is sick, she calls me and I go. I risk losing my job to help her. But once [...]

Case 464

Singleness / Solitude, Suicide/Suicide Attempt|

I am a sixteen-year-old girl. I am very timid and I don’t have any friends. This started four years ago.... All my friends distanced themselves from me, and now I am alone. Sometimes I cut myself. I hurt myself, but I don’t want to continue doing that.... I wasn’t like that before. I was very friendly, but everything changed. I want to be happy again, but it’s really difficult for me. My parents don’t understand [...]