Case 132
Fifteen years ago I got a woman pregnant who loved me. I was married but separated from my wife at that time. Someone told me some gossip about the woman, and it seemed convenient for me at the time to leave her and get back with my wife. I never tried to contact the woman or my daughter, but that caused a pain in my heart.... I never offered to help at least with the [...]
Case 131
I am fifteen years old and I like to chat online. It was there that I chatted with a guy who asked me to be his girlfriend, and I said yes. That same day I met him in person. He asked me to have intimate relations with him, and I gave in. I did it because I felt lonely. After that I felt badly. I had failed God and my family. I believe God [...]
Case 130
My husband really likes to look at pornography, and this bothers me and hurts me. I tell him that it is not good for our home and that it makes me feel miserable [and] think... that I am not enough for him. I ask him why he does it, and he says that all men are like that. Is that the truth? Is it possible that men cannot control this bad habit? Dear Friend, Your [...]
Case 129
My wife and I have three daughters, ages fourteen, twelve, and nine, who complain that their mother physically and verbally abuses them when I’m not home. But they beg me not to say anything to her because she will take it out on them when I’m not home.... I don’t know what to do. I’ve thought of leaving my wife and taking the girls with me, but I don’t know if that’s the best solution.... [...]
Case 128
I brought my mother, my brother, and a nephew to live with me on the condition that my brother and nephew would get a job. They were not to pay rent for awhile, but they were to be productive. My nephew goes to school..., but we discovered that... he had friends who were a bad influence on him, and most recently we saw him taking drugs. I made the decision to get him out of [...]
Case 127
The pain cuts through my heart like a knife. I was married in 1987, and very soon afterward found myself pregnant and made the horrible decision to abort. I grew up in a violent family in which my parents had fights and hit each other all the time. My mother would always tell me that, from the time that I was born, her relationship with my father went sour, and that children ruin a marriage.... [...]
Case 126
My husband left me for another woman, but then left her because she deceived him. I have worked hard to restore our marriage because I love him and because our son needs us to stay together, but my husband keeps rejecting me. My son needs him, but I can’t make my husband come back home. They need each other, and I... want to die. Since I’m the one that’s keeping them apart, if I disappeared, [...]
Case 125
I am a young man who married a woman with two daughters. One of the biggest problems I have is that I am bad‑tempered: I get angry easily. But I have never hit her. When we go out, the youngest daughter always comes back crying, and this bothers me more than it should. I want you to give me advice on how I can change my disposition. Dear Friend, It is interesting that you have [...]
Case 124
Two years ago I received the worst news of my life. My son had a disease that is practically incurable for science: bone cancer. He was in treatment for two years, but finally my beloved son died. When I got the news, it hurt me very much. I blamed God, and then had to ask Him to forgive me. When I talk about my son, I still feel such sadness and pain. I know that [...]