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My Husband is a Hoarder and It’s Burying Me
My husband had a bad accident, DUI, he was drunk, about ten years ago. I was not with him. A semi and police car was hit and an officer received a knee injury. We got sued for a LOT. My husband spent 4 months in jail. He was never in trouble before, and we had [...]
My Husband Goes Out Too Much
My husband & I are high school sweethearts. We got married at age 18 because I got pregnant with our son. Despite the odds, we have stayed together and have 2 wonderful children. This year, we will be celebrating our 20 year anniversary. My husband is a wonderful person and I love him deeply and [...]
Sexually Abused at 8 and Confused
I am a 21year old male and for the past 13 years I have been hiding the fact that I was sexually abused as a child. When I was 8 my cousin’s friend (I’ll just refer to him as “Andy”) used to baby-sit me and for the few times he did, he abused me. I [...]
Stole From My Company Now Trying to Start Fresh
Two years ago, out of desperation I stole from my Company that was going bankrupt. I was not the only employee, but the only one identified. I was a full time employee, after they started cutting hours and firing people I couldn’t make enough for; rent, gas and food. So I stole some equipment to [...]
Christian Conservatives and We Had Premarital Sex
My conservative Christian parents hate my boyfriend because we went behind their backs over this past summer and had intercourse. We’re both 20 years old and love each other deeply, even though we’ve only been dating for about 10 months. If it wasn’t for the fact we are both in college, we would be getting [...]
Emotional Abuse, Financial Dependent, and Afraid to Let Go
My boyfriend has always been emotionally abusive, but lately it is getting out of control. He won’t admit he has a problem since everything is my fault. Because of this I have decided to get out. I’m having trouble for 2 reasons. 1. He has been fully financially supporting me and my kids for 2 [...]
Asking Myself: Am I Really Happy?
I have been living with my boyfriend for 15 months and we have been dating for 28 months. Lately, there has been a random thought that pops into my head, it doesn’t pop up very often, but I still ponder on it. Sometimes I think that it would be more fun if I were to [...]
My Wife Doesn’t Trust Me For No Reason
I have been married for 5 months now, but dated my wife for 6 years. We both kept ourselves completely pure before marriage, and though I struggled with pornography in middle school and early high school before I met her, I never had any problems through college or in Grad school. Now that we’re married, [...]
Girlfriend Dumped Me Now She Wants Me Back.
Me and my ex-girlfriend dated for about 5 months. She ended up dumping me for somebody else. As you can imagine that is never easy on anyone, but I digress. The other night she called me and said she made a big mistake and that she didn’t want to be with him and she wanted [...]
A Master and Servant Marriage
I believe that I am with my husband for better or worse. We have definitely had out better and our worse. We seem to be going through a particularly rough time right now. He broke a bone and has been home from work for about a month now with probably about a month to go. [...]
