I have difficulty communicating with the man that I love. Every time I try to tell him something important, he blows up at me.... I feel bad because I believe that I don’t express myself well. I ask God to put the right words in my mouth. My boyfriend thinks that I am immature.... I [...]
My mother is elderly and needs special care. My sisters and I have tried to shoulder this responsibility together, but I would like to have her with me all the time. I am married and have two children.... One of my sisters has told me that we should admit her to a home for the [...]
I have a girlfriend who attends the same church that I do. I feel like I love her a lot.... We have been going out and, on one of our dates, we went too far. Actually, we didn’t have sexual relations, but we have touched each other inappropriately. I’m very embarrassed to have to admit [...]
I met a woman who is separated from her husband, but whose marriage has not yet been annulled in spite of adultery on his part. Would it be possible to have a stable romantic relationship with her? Dear Friend, You are very wise to ask this question before allowing yourself to get involved with this [...]
More tan a year ago I met a woman, and after a month she told me that she did not want a relationship with me, but rather only dreamed about getting pregnant and having a child whom she would rear alone. I gave in, and... she got pregnant. After that, she kept her distance from [...]
I got married eleven years ago. My husband already had a daughter from his previous relationship... and together we now have three small children as well.... A month ago my stepdaughter confessed to me that when she first came to the country we live in, her father sexually abused her, so I confronted him. He [...]
Five months ago I started living with my new boyfriend, and we can’t seem to agree on how to rear his daughter and my son who are four and five years old. Sometimes, when my boyfriend plays with my son, he treats him very roughly... to the point of making him cry. He’s not like [...]
I have two sons who are eighteen and twenty years old.... Their father died nine months ago from a brain tumor.... [During that time,] I had to leave home to work in order to make ends meet, and I lost control of them.... Both refuse to help with any housework, and my health is not [...]
A few years ago, I beat my son, harshly punishing him. He was six years old, and when his mom saw the bruises, she reported me for child abuse. I was sentenced to six years in jail. This month, not having any information about my son, I went to his mom’s workplace to find out [...]
I am a university student. I apply myself, but I’m addicted to video games and because of that I failed an important exam. I need some emotional support or advice to help me get over my addiction. I want to be successful, but this bad habit won’t let me. What pricks my conscience is that [...]
