“I have been dating a guy for a year. My kids and I have been to every baseball game and basketball game to support his son. I have been to everything to support my friend. They have only been to one thing in support of my daughter. She has a pageant and my friend committed […]
I hear all the time that people want easy relationships. I get this, but I’ve never met a relationship that didn’t have conflict. We all hate relationship conflict (except for the release of yelling and the exciting make-up sex afterwards), but conflict in relationship has an important function. That being said, it’s often a tendency […]
“I’m a 37 year-old single mom. A year ago, I decided to leave my boyfriend of 7 years. I have a 9 year-old son he raised and he and I have a 3 year-old daughter. After having my daughter, I was a stay-at-home mom. My boyfriend kept me home with no car. For the past […]
“I’m writing to you because I’ve decided to separate from my husband of 19 years. We have one daughter together who will be going to college this fall and my other daughter (not his) is married with 2 children. My husband was addicted to pain killers, Zanex, Oxycotin, crack and heroin. He had colon cancer […]
“I’m 28 years old and my husband is 48 years old. We met 4 years ago and have a 2 year-old daughter together. I’m so confused with our marriage. I love him, but I’m not sure how much more I can take. He has 3 kids from a previous marriage. Their ages are 26, 21 […]
“My divorced step-daughter and our grandson, who have been living with my wife and myself for six years, has recently become romantically involved with someong. She insists that she be allowed to have him sleep over in her bed. My wife and I are at odds over this. I am completely opposed to this. My […]
“My husband and I have been married for 16 years and have three children together. We have been through a lot of problems in our marriage. My husband is a very quiet man. We hardly talk to each other or go out alone together. If he goes anywhere, it’s always around his family, but not […]
“I just feel that my marriage is a big mistake and a failure after 22 years of marriage and having 5 children. I need your help on how to make corrective decisions to plan my life forward. My wife and I are Muslim, living in Saudi Arabia. I am 45 years old and have a […]
“I am divorced with two children. My ex-husband and father of my children was very abusive (sexually, emotionally, verbally). He forced himself of me many times, called me horrific names, refused to support me in any way, would not work and would not celebrate holidays. When I had a baby die, he told me to […]
“My mother and I have been fighting more and more lately. We used to get along really well, but after my brother got married a couple of years ago, things went downhill. My mom went over the deep end with her mother (who she does not get along with) coming into town, and my father […]