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My Boyfriend Didn’t Tell Me About His Criminal Record

My Boyfriend Didn't Tell Me About His Criminal Record

I’m 33 and I’ve been dating my 41 year old boyfriend for 5 yrs. We have a 3 year old daughter together. I broke up with him about 3 months ago after being exhausted with the constant strife, driving him around for 4 yrs, and no progress in our relationship. A few months before our [...]

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Extreme Phobia of Alcohol

Extreme Phobia of Alcohol

My boyfriend has a huge phobia of alcohol. He can’t be around it at all or he has a panic attack. My family is a huge drinking family. I don’t drink, but my family is a huge part of my life. How do get my boyfriend to be able to at least be around alcohol [...]

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No One Wants to Be My Friend

No One Wants to Be My Friend

I can’t figure out why people don’t like me as in wanting to be friends. We’re active Christians & apart from 2 couples in church in 3 years no one invited us to their homes, we’re unable to reciprocate as I would’ve opened my house ages ago (which I mentioned when we joined). They don’t [...]

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Depressed and Sad When My Fiancee is Away

Depressed and Sad When My Fiancee is Away

I moved to TX for my fiancee over a year ago. I have a better life and am attending college now. He is an overseas contractor and was home for a while but had to go back to the middle east because there are not many jobs available here. I live with his mom now. [...]

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I Lied About Being Pregnant.

I Lied About Being Pregnant.

I have been with my boyfriend on and of for 3 years now, and we broke up in July for a “break” and I slept with someone else and there could of been a chance I was pregnant with his child. I told my ex and he decided we should get back together, I told [...]

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Has My Boyfriend Really Changed?

Has My Boyfriend Really Changed?

I am just recenltly back together with and living with my 15 year old daughters father. I have lost all my friends because they hate him. He has burned a lot of bridges wth everyone, treated me horribly in the past, is bipolar and drinks. But within the last year he has miraculously made a [...]

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I Loved Her But Now Not Feeling the Same

I Loved Her But Now Not Feeling the Same

So I met my girlfriend about a year ago, we started dating and both really like each other. I soon noticed that I was having feelings for her, this was the first time I’d ever had those feelings. After about 4 months she started being very distant and would ignore me. I asked her a [...]

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Was Kidnapped, My Dad Died, and I’m Struggling

Was Kidnapped, My Dad Died, and I'm Struggling

I’m 14 years old and was kidnapped about a year ago. My dad died due to injuries he got from saving me. Six months after my dad’s funeral, my mom remarried. She had us pack up our bags and then we moved across the state to live with my new stepfather and his daughter. I [...]

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Have I Forgiven My Abusive Mom?

Have I Forgiven My Abusive Mom?

I have been suffering with unforgiveness toward my mom, all of my life. How do I know if I have truly forgiven her? As children, me and my siblings were verbally, emotionally, and physically abused by her. As an adult, it has taken many years to get past the hurt, but she is a Christian [...]

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I Caught my Husband Having Online Affairs

I Caught my Husband Having Online Affairs

What do you do when your husband lies so much I don’t know when he is telling the truth? We have been married a year, when I ask him a question, he seems to give an answer that makes him look the best, secondly, he is being unfaithful to me, with online affairs, computer cam, [...]

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