Case 222
I have a serious problem handling cash. Since I was a young child, I have always worked. As a result, I have had several economic problems and, on one occasion, at one of my jobs they discovered that I had taken some money. By the grace of God, I didn’t end up in jail; but because I haven’t been able to pay back that debt, my name appears on a list of people who are [...]
Case 221
I am writing this message because I am very sad. My husband won’t speak to me because, without consulting with him, I co-signed a loan for my brother-in-law. I know that I should have consulted with my husband, but my sister asked me the favor because they need the money. I know that I did wrong and I have asked his forgiveness, but he won’t let it go. It hurts me and saddens me to [...]
Case 220
Two months have gone by, and I can’t find work. I have a one-year-old daughter and my wife. I feel frustrated, worried, and my wife has even said that I am a failure. I have been offered the opportunity to go illegally in search of the American Dream and leave my family. I feel so desperate that I am considering going, though I don’t know what to do. I don’t want to leave my wife [...]
Case 219
After twenty years of marriage, I got divorced as a result of the physical and psychological abuse. Consequently... I moved away with my fifteen-year-old son.... Then I fell in love with another man, but my son and my new partner have not gotten along and that has caused countless problems. My son decided to go back to live with his father. From that time on my life has been a living hell. The pain I [...]
Case 218
I left my country to study, but because I was so lonely, I had sex with a girl from the country I’m living in and she became pregnant. For fear of her family and of not knowing the laws of this country, I agreed, “without feeling it,” to marry her because I felt her pressuring me to do so. She wants to go to my country after the baby is born. But what hurts [...]
Case 217
My daughter is fourteen and very intelligent. She does well in school, but has told me that she thinks she is in love with a young man. It scares me to let her have a boyfriend when she is still so young. It could cut short her studies. Besides, for me dating is a step toward marriage. I don’t know what to do. Dear Friend, Being responsible for guiding children through the teenage years and [...]
Case 216
I have a problem and I don’t know what to do. I am a woman who will soon be thirty-six years old, married, and with one seven-year-old son. My husband and son beg me for another child, but really I don’t know what to do. On the one hand I would like to be able to travel... and to practice my professional career.... I feel that if I have another child, it will keep me [...]
Case 215
I have a friend who asked me to tell you her case so that you can help her. She is a woman with four children. The oldest is a thirteen-year-old daughter who has a different father from the man she is living with now (they are not married). The problem is that she found her partner and her thirteen-year-old daughter kissing. As a result, she discovered that there was a romance going on between them [...]
Case 214
My mother gave birth to me when she was an unmarried teenager. I grew up in a household with a grandfather and uncles who are alcoholics.... In spite of the fact that my mother never hit me, she caused a gaping wound that is difficult to heal. She is also an alcoholic and, even though she no longer drinks every day, she can hardly wait until five o’clock on Fridays so that she can start. [...]