Case 303

Marriage (Conflicts/Insults)|

I have a problem that affects my wife. She is a good wife, but sometimes I talk back and sometimes I don’t want to talk at all. Last week I disrespected her in front of her parents, and she got very angry. I have asked for forgiveness, but she says that she can’t take any more. I want to change, but it’s difficult for me in this area. I’m afraid I’ll lose her and mess [...]

Case 302

Parental Responsibility, Romantic Relationships/Courtship (Uncertainty/Doubt)|

Three months ago, I began a romantic relationship with a guy that I have known for four years.... A month later, I found out that he is going to have a baby with his ex-girlfriend. They weren’t getting along (because of a lack of understanding), so he decided to end it without knowing that she was pregnant. I have decided to keep a distance from him, but we have been talking by phone every day. [...]

Case 301

Infatuation/Falling in Love, Marriage (Adultery/Infidelity)|

I have been married for sixteen years, and my wife and I have two beautiful daughters. About ten months ago, when my wife and I were about to separate... I met a twenty-six-year-old woman and fell madly in love with her. I told her that I was going to leave my wife in order to marry her.... A few months later, I found out that she had begun a relationship with a twenty-two-year-old employee of [...]

Case 300

Infatuation/Falling in Love, Romantic Relationships/Courtship (Uncertainty/Doubt)|

After a two-and-a-half-year courtship, I have been engaged for four months to a very good man. But our relationship has been on-again, off-again. We have ended it each time because I have felt that I don’t love him as much as he loves me…. A year ago I met another man at work... and we have developed feelings for each other. Now that I am getting married in almost six months, I have serious doubts [...]

Case 299

Absentee Parents, Small children (Discipline/Instruction/Care)|

I am going through a very difficult and sad period of my life. I have a seven-month-old daughter, and my boyfriend left me when she was born. He sees my daughter, but he doesn’t want to be with me anymore. The truth is that it is a very difficult and painful situation. I often repeat prayers that I have memorized asking that this would all be resolved quickly, but there are days when I feel [...]

Case 298

Jealousy / Envy, Romantic Relationships/Courtship (Deceipt/Distrust)|

I am eighteen years old, and the problem is that I am extremely jealous, so much so that I don’t want my girlfriend to leave the house for fear that others will see her. I know that it could be insecurity or mistrust, but knowing that she might be socializing with people much better than I am, physically speaking, I feel a lot of fear and anger that I take out on her. Is this [...]

Case 297

Abortion, Self-condemnation|

I don’t know if God can forgive me. It’s my second abortion, and what’s more, for over a year I have been cheating on my husband with a married man. I know that my behavior is not pleasing to God. That’s why I’m asking if God can forgive me, since I knew it was wrong and did it anyway. I want to leave this kind of life behind because I can’t stand my situation. [...]

Case 296

Romantic Relationships/Courtship (Uncertainty/Doubt), Work|

I have been dating my boyfriend for eleven years and we have plans to get married next year. But in the last few months since we took our relationship to the next level we have had a problem, which is that my boyfriend is very dedicated to his work and doesn’t spend enough time with me even though we have a day set aside to be together. It bothers me a lot because what I [...]

Case 295

Anger, Work|

I work in a supermarket packing groceries. It is a temporary job while I am studying toward my university degree. Yesterday an obnoxious man started arguing with me about the way that I packed his groceries. I answered him back respectfully, but apart from who was right, the guy insulted me. My reaction was to confront him, showing my anger without insulting him, but I didn’t dare let it progress to the next level, which [...]