Case 141
Fifteen years ago I had a girlfriend during a seven-year period. My relationship with her having ended, I am now married and have two children, but I continue to think about her. I dream about her at night, sometimes continually, and that leaves me a little dismayed and reflective the following day. I wonder if I am being unfaithful to my wife in my thoughts even though I love her with all my heart. Dear [...]
Case 140
I am twenty-eight years old. I fell in love with a forty-seven-year-old single woman. Our relationship has been very strong. We have been very happy, and we have gotten married. But I have a problem: My family doesn’t know about my marriage, because I think that it would be detrimental to our relationship. Every time I talk to my family, I lie to them and tell them that I am still alone. But my conscience [...]
Case 139
I had a boyfriend when I was fifteen, with whom I had sexual relations. I got pregnant several times, but I aborted all of them at his insistence. He hurt me a great deal and made fun of me a lot.... I got married, and have forgiven this man who hurt me so much. But he now calls me on the phone and says that he wants to be my friend. He also says that [...]
Case 138
I have a relative who has unfortunately not known how to manage his finances. He has two children in private schools, and he can’t manage the payments.... He needs money for his business, and he has asked my husband and me to take out a bank loan for him, since we would be approved. Our fear is what we will do if he can’t pay us back. He has no collateral for a guarantee. In [...]
Case 137
I am twenty years old and have almost graduated from the university. I am engaged to a marvelous man who is twenty-three years old.... We have been going together for two years and four months. We want to get married, but everyone says that we are too young, that we should do graduate studies (a doctorate), and enjoy our youth.... I am really worried about all of this. We have almost done what we should [...]
Case 136
I grew up with... parents who were divorced because of infidelity, and with terrible eating disorders.... A schoolmate sexually abused me, but... I believe that it was my fault because while very young I got to know things that weren’t appropriate for my age.... I met a man that I gave myself to in every way. My mistake was that I slept with him from the day I met him, but I did all of [...]
Case 135
I had a high-level position in a significant company, but I took advantage of the situation because, without realizing it, little by little I began taking money without returning it. I was on vacation when they discovered the embezzlement, and I was afraid to go back to my country. More than a year has passed, which has been very difficult for me.… I feel dirty and ashamed. How can I repair the damage that I [...]
Case 134
I have had the desire to kill myself for the past three years, because my life has been very difficult ever since I was a child. I started working away from home when I was seven, where they treated me like an animal. At age ten, I went somewhere else. They tried to abuse me there. So I ran away from my city. I had to travel by truck for thirty-six hours, hungry and cold.... [...]
Case 133
My mother got pregnant with me thirty-seven years ago. My father is married and has four children. He tricked my mother, telling her that he was divorced. I have never been able to depend on him. He tends to see me only when his conscience bothers him. He thinks that I should just accept the situation as is, and that it's not wrong for him to keep me as a secret from the rest of [...]