I got divorced. I marked my children for life. I threw away eleven years of marriage, and all because of being selfish.... Now my ex-wife says that I abandoned them and ruined her life (even though technically the divorce was by mutual consent), and that I marked and ruined the lives of my children. I [...]
When I was six years old, my parents argued a lot. My mother tried to kill herself many times right in front of my little sister and me. She wanted to die because my father had another woman and another daughter that was hers. We have gotten past those bad times, but we haven’t totally [...]
We have now been married for seven years and have a six-year-old daughter.... For years... my husband and I were in an abusive relationship and our daughter was witness to all of it. When she was just three years old, she would sometimes beg us to stop fighting, but we just yelled at her and [...]
I am struggling with my vices, which are the Internet, pornography, and sexual desires.... It’s a struggle in which I always fail. So I’m sending this message in order to receive a response from you... Dear Friend, You have taken the first step, which is admitting that you have a problem, and the second step, [...]
I have been working in a fast food restaurant for eight months. Every day I observed my coworkers taking money from the cash register and stealing it without a second thought. For more than five months I avoided that dreadful misconduct, but the temptation was always there. Two months ago I fell into the destructive [...]
I am a seventeen-year-old girl who is in love with an older teacher. He likes me a lot and is very attentive to me. He has bought my lunch, but at the same time I feel badly because he could be my father. I don’t know what to do. I’m very attracted to him. Help [...]
My older brother died at forty-two years of age, and the loss I felt was so great that... I stopped praying and going to church. Just writing these lines has been very difficult, but since I subscribed to receive your messages by email two weeks ago, I decided to take the risk. I don’t want [...]
Three years ago my husband left home for another woman. We have two school-age children. My husband... doesn’t give me anything for them... even though he told me that he was going to help with the daily expenses.... Now I’m thinking of seeking child support. I had not wanted to resort to this, but it’s [...]
I have said “I do” plan to marry a wonderful woman (in many ways) but who does not completely fulfill my expectations physically (primarily because she is overweight), and my family won’t accept her because she is seven years older than I am.... I don’t know how to keep from marrying her (and I’m confused [...]
I live with a man [who] is thirteen years older than I am.... We have three children together that show signs of abuse, because he is a very aggressive person.... He has hit me [too].... He doesn’t want to marry me... and I know that I shouldn’t stay with him; but it hurts to think [...]
