I have been married for six years and have a five‑year‑old daughter and a two‑year‑old son. Ever since our first year of marriage, my husband has hit me for any reason at all, even once when I was pregnant. We have talked about it many times. He always tells me that he will change, but [...]
I am twenty‑eight years old and in love with a forty‑five‑year‑old man. My love for him is pure and clean. I know that he loves me too, but I am sure he will never have the nerve to tell me so. He doesn’t know I love him.... He is very respectful... but he is an [...]
Two years ago I began a relationship with a guy from my school. My parents did not approve of him, but I continued seeing him secretly. In this last year, he has been angry a lot and he takes his anger out on me.... Two and a half months ago, I found out that I [...]
About four years ago, I finished school and began to work.... Ever since then, I have not been able to control myself with regard to the money I have... because of wanting to have now what I could have obtained with patience (now I realize this when it is too late). I decided to start [...]
A very good friend of mine died a few days ago.... It was a hard blow for all of her friends because she was very young and seemed so healthy. After her death, I constantly thought about her soul.... I was curious to know where her soul was, and I admit that I wanted to [...]
I am the daughter of a single mom. When I was three, my mother married a man who is not my father. Now I am married and pregnant. There are problems in my marriage, and my mother says that I will pay tears of blood with my child, the same as she had to do [...]
One day my wife of six years told me privately that she wanted us to separate. She said she wanted her part of what belonged to us. I gave her everything just as she asked. It didn’t matter to her that taking half of our business would ruin me. I gave it to her anyway. [...]
I am twenty‑seven years old. I got married when I was sixteen. I have three children, and feel desperate because after eleven years in a happy marriage, I now feel frustrated. My plans were to go to college and get a doctorate. I think I still have time to reach my goal and, even though [...]
This week we answer two different cases, one written by a woman and the other by a man, both dealing with the same problem. The woman wrote: “How can I be free of lies... or half‑truths? Every time I resolve to tell the truth, I fall back and lie or I have the tendency to [...]
I am a young man who got his girlfriend pregnant, and the two of us decided not to have the baby. She took some pills to abort it. Now we feel condemned, and I don’t have any desire to keep on living. I feel that my life has fallen apart. I don’t have any strength [...]
