Case 402
I am thirty-four and my girlfriend is twenty-two. We have been in a romantic relationship for two years. About a year ago, a “friend” of hers invited her to go out, and since that time it is as if she has had a secret relationship with him.... I know that she lies to me and is cheating on me because I have caught them exchanging photos and messages.... I have forgiven her and continued to [...]
Case 401
I met a man on the Internet who is three years older than I am. All of the time that we communicated he let me know that he loved me and that he was a levelheaded guy. So I left everything and went to be with him. After arriving at his house, I found out that nothing was the way he had led me to believe. He is addicted to pornography and to both virtual [...]
Case 400
I am twenty-nine years old and have a nine-year-old daughter.... Eight years ago my mother died of cancer, and I was left responsible for my eleven-year-old sister and my sixteen-year-old brother.... We were not doing well financially, and I decided to start a business, but I made the mistake of mortgaging the house that my mother had left to all three of us. My business failed. I fought hard to pay off the mortgage, but [...]
Case 399
I live with my fifty-five-year-old widowed mother. I am thirty, and I have supported the household for the past five years because my mother has been ill... so she can’t work. Four months ago I met my girlfriend... and we want to live together, but my girlfriend doesn’t want to have anything to do with my mother because my mother has cats and she would interfere in our lives. I want my mother to have [...]
Case 398
I am very worried. Two girls that were preaching... convinced me that I should be baptized that same day.... I let them baptize me in a bathtub, so later I wanted to find out more about their congregation. It turns out that I made a serious mistake, because they had not told me the whole story, since I later found out that they serve a mother god. I felt so let down for that misstep [...]
Case 397
My husband and I have been married for three years, and he is the one who manages our household finances. I work, and have to give him the money that I earn, and if I need something, I have to ask him for it and tell him why I need it.... I’d like to sometimes keep some of the money that I earn, but he gets angry and makes me give all of it to [...]
Case 396
I’m twenty-six years old, and I met a girl who lives in another city. We started going out, and she ended up pregnant. Now she demands that I come and live with her... threatening me that if I don’t, I’ll never see her again. I would guess that she doesn’t love me and that her desperation has more to do with her own family conflicts and her loneliness. I am right in my last year [...]
Case 395
I am thirty years old and single.... For the past year I have been in a romantic relationship with a woman... who has a positive attitude. She is compassionate, helpful, and a single mother, but I have come to realize that I don’t love her. In order to be completely honest with her, I have told her how I feel, but she has gotten so attached to me that she cries when I remind her, [...]
Case 394
A year ago I had an affair with a married woman. I ended it because I knew it was wrong, but we kept in touch through conversations and meals together with our group of friends. My wife found out about the affair about six months later, and we were on the verge of divorce; but she forgave me, and I abruptly cut off my relationships with the woman and with the group of friends we had.... [...]