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, [...]
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. [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Less than a year ago I got married. I love my wife... but we have had problems, for when something upsets us and causes us to fight, I try to settle it so we won’t have to deal with it but rather will be able to have harmony in our home and sleep peacefully. My [...]
Five years ago I was going with a married man and we had a son. Four years later I met the man who is now my husband, and I love him with all my heart. He wants to adopt my son.... He says he wants us to be a family, and he wants to be [...]
Urgent My boyfriend has decided to marry me after several years of courtship.... He says that, now that we are engaged, he needs some time on his own to go a little crazy and do what he won’t be able to do once we are married. In other words, he wants to get drunk and [...]
I saw a television commercial in which they offered a gold charm that was supposed to protect me from all bad things.... So I went to see a spiritual guide and told him that a fortuneteller had told me that I was born with bad luck.... The guide listened to me and suggested that I [...]
I am a twenty‑one year old married woman. You could say that my marriage is perfect, but what happens is that every time my husband and I go out, I feel jealous of him seeing other young women my age. I am afraid that he will leave me. I have always been very jealous, even [...]
I have been a prostitute for twenty years, thanks to my “mother.” She was a drug addict and my father was a drunk, and they sent me out to prostitute myself to support their habits.... My life is ruined, and the only thing I know is that I’m not worth anything.... I think the best [...]
