I am twenty-six years old, and for two years I have been in a secret romantic relationship with a man who is eleven years older than I am. My mother... in her effort to protect me, won’t allow me to make my own decisions.... She doesn’t accept that I want to be independent and have [...]
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 [...]
I am the friend of a young woman who is twenty-seven years old. She has two daughters. We agreed to be housemates, living together only as friends, but I soon regretted that decision because we are not a couple. It troubles me to see her hang out with her male friends because I like her [...]
For the past two years I have been in love with a man who is thirty-six years old, and I am only eighteen. The first time that I saw him, I felt something very special.... Recently I saw him again. We looked at each other, and this time I felt something even stronger. Now I [...]
I have been living with my girlfriend for a long time and we have several children together. We have decided to get married, but she is Catholic, and I am Protestant. She suggests that we get married twice to avoid conflicts, once in each church, but I’m not so sure about that. What do you [...]
I am twenty-five, and am in a relationship with a twenty-three-year-old man.... We love each other and have plans to get married; but I feel like it’s not yet time to do so, because we have always had problems in our relationship. He gets upset about things that I think are insignificant. For example, he [...]
I met a girl two years ago, and we started to date.... Now that we have plans to get married, she says that each of us should go to the church of our own religion and practice what we learn, respecting the beliefs of the other.... She feels like I don’t respect her beliefs and [...]
I am a forty-eight-year-old single man with no children. Two years ago I met a woman who is now fifty years old.... We love each other and want to get married, and she is willing to come and live in my country. The only problem is that I’m afraid she can’t have children at her [...]
I have had a boyfriend for nine years, and I love him very much, which is why I think I put up with so much. I have had problems with his mother over insignificant issues. She meddles in his business all the time. He yelled at me in front of her, and disrespected me by [...]
I am twenty-five years old, a medical doctor, and from a Christian home. I met my current boyfriend three years ago. The problem is that he is a Muslim from Senegal. He is a wonderful guy, respectful, affectionate, and I know that he loves me. A month ago he asked me to marry him. When [...]
