Case 276

Finances, Romantic Relationships/Courtship (Incompatibility)|

My girlfriend and I intend to get married, but she asks me where we are going to live, and tells me that my salary isn’t enough, because she would like to have an apartment and a car. I tell her that we can have all we want if we both fight for it. And she says that I am the one who must be responsible for everything, and that she can help me with part [...]

Case 275

Jealousy / Envy, Marriage (Spousal Abuse)|

A while back I discovered that my wife was talking to another man and that she wanted to go out with him. When I found out... it hurt me so much that I just wanted to ask her why. At that time, I went to where she was so that we could talk, but I was overcome with rage and I hit her. I couldn’t help it. I regretted it deeply because I had promised [...]

Case 274

Finances, Responsibilities of children|

My mom has been a widow for the past twenty-five years. She has three daughters, including me. I helped her economically even before she was widowed, although I can no longer work because of a chronic disease.... A few days ago my husband lost his job... and now I can’t offer my mother any monetary help. My sisters are also dealing with difficult economic circumstances, and can’t help her much either. My mom has a [...]

Case 273

Depression / Anxiety / Panic|

I am eighteen years old, and what I love to do the most in the world is to help others. That is what I want to do in the future. In spite of everything, I always smile when I am around people. I make the effort to encourage them so that they will feel good.... But there are times when I feel down, empty, at the end of the day, with tears and fears.... How [...]

Case 272

Social Media/Internet|

Eight months ago I met a wonderful girl.... But it gets me down that we argue and fight repeatedly over one thing: social networking sites. I share absolutely everything with her, from my money to my car, and she shares with me as well; but she insists that she will not share her social networking sites with me. I have told her many times to cut off any people that she had a relationship with [...]

Case 271

Illness, Small children (Discipline/Instruction/Care)|

I am a happily-married thirty-one-year-old woman. I have a teenage daughter who is fourteen years old and a five-month-old son. We wanted him very much! When we found out that we were going to have a boy, we jumped for joy. But the day he was born, we were in for a big surprise: he was born with a cleft lip and palate. Because I cannot understand why God would send him that way, I [...]

Case 270

Romantic Relationships / Courtship (Pre-marital)|

I had a boyfriend for four years.... We had problems, and he decided to break up with me. A year ago he came back to me, sorry for having left, and I was weak and took him back. Once again we had problems, and he left me for another woman. Two months ago he came back, and I believed him again. I feel rotten and frustrated because, when we get back together, we start having [...]

Case 269

Sexual Immorality, Work|

I work for a company as the secretary of the manager. For some time my boss has been saying things to me that I don’t believe are right. One day he hugged me and forcibly touched me. I felt so bad! I thought about my husband, but I don’t want to tell him yet.... It was not just that day. My boss calls for me constantly. I can’t stand it any more! I have kept [...]

Case 268

Abortion, Adoption of Children, Guilt|

Before we were married, I forced my wife to have an abortion. For a long time we have been sorry for that evil decision, and now, after nine years, we would like to have a child; but she can’t get pregnant. All of the medical exams have come out fine and there is no physical abnormality in either of us. We ask ourselves every day if she is not getting pregnant because of the abortion.... [...]