I haven’t told this to anyone. My husband... hits me all the time. My entire body is bruised, but not my face, so no one can tell. Only my neighbors know, and they are discreet and don’t say anything. Not long ago I realized that he is taking drugs and drinks alcohol.... His friends don’t [...]
I have a friend that lost her father a year ago. A friend of hers, who supposedly sees spirits, puts her in contact with her father every day, and she speaks with him like she would speak to any other person. I’d like to know what you think about this. Dear Friend, In the past [...]
I am six months pregnant, and my husband and I live with my mother in the house that I built for her.... We have a lot of problems because she constantly gives us orders and reminds us day after day that the house is hers and that everything must be done to suit her. She [...]
I just found out that my fifteen-year-old daughter had sexual relations with a twenty-year-old guy. I feel guilty. When it happened, I was having a lot of problems with my husband... and the two of us neglected our daughter. She felt very badly about everything that was going on in our home, and she went [...]
Not long ago I became the father of a beautiful baby, even though I am not married to her mother. She is the best woman that I have ever met, but I am the problem, having had a lover from a nightclub at the same time. I feel very dirty and weighted down. I fear [...]
I have been going out with a twenty-four-year-old girl for the last ten months and I am very much in love with her. She fell in love with me as well, and knows that I am married and that I have two children; in fact, she has met them. I don’t want to destroy my [...]
A few years ago I was fortunate enough to make a lot of money in an honest manner, but I invested it very badly. I thought the money would never run out, but I was very surprised when suddenly, after being involved in gambling, bad habits and worldly pleasures for only one year, I lost [...]
I lost interest in my wife and became a compulsive spender. Instead of depositing to our joint account, I was the one who spent the most money. Time after time she begged me to light the fire in our relationship, but instead of listening to what she wanted, I continued spending more and more money [...]
I have two sons, ages eighteen and sixteen, from my first marriage.... Both their father and their stepfather see only their shortcomings.... As a result, I have wanted to give them all the things that I never had—love, friendship, respect, and material possessions—, but I believe that I made a mistake with my oldest son. [...]
Lately my life has been a disaster.... I’ve had problems with my wife, and we are in the beginning stages of a divorce.... I have gotten in the habit of drinking almost every day, and one of those times when I was drunk... I stole some electronic equipment from a friend. I ended up returning [...]
