Case 474

Depression / Anxiety / Panic, Illness|

I am sixty years old, and my wife is forty-four. Fourteen months ago she was diagnosed with cancer.... It has metastasized and is now in her brain. One month ago, when we were getting ready for bed, while in a state of panic, thinking of death, she confessed that she was unfaithful to me three years ago with an ex-boyfriend from her youth. I feel troubled and don’t know what to do. I never thought [...]

Case 473

Cohabitation, Illness|

I am a thirty-three-year-old single woman. I made an agreement with my partner that we would get married at the beginning of next year. However, just a month ago he was in an accident and the doctor said that it is possible he is now sterile, as well as other complications.... Now that he is back at home, I don’t know what to do. I don’t want him to feel badly, because I love him.... [...]

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 [...]