Archive for the ‘Relationships’ Category

Aug
31
Filed Under (Adultery, Ask a Counselor) by tdomf_f503f on 25-04-2007

I have been married now for 12 years and have been with my husband for 15. I have been battling with his addiction to porn the whole time. He also continues to seek out attention from other females. About 6 years ago after we had our son, one day he just up and left me and as I started to find out things. He was seeing another woman. He still to this day claims that it was only a friend. After that we reconciled.

About 6 months later while he was working out of town he started acting strange every time I go near or tried to look at his phone, and then I found out he as talking with some girl that was a receptionist at the hotel he was staying at when he was out of town. I did get to speak with her and she was very sorry claiming that she had no idea he was married and had kids. His excuse for the situation was that he was trying to set her up with a friend of his at work but the girl claimed that there was no friend.

Another incident was when I got a phone call from a girl, who would not give me her name, telling me that she was having sex with him. She knew a lot about him, even down to the fact that he had a particular pair of underwear. His excuse this time was he had no clue who it was and that nothing was going on.

For the last year, he has been on a particular social networking Read the rest of this entry »



Aug
25
Filed Under (Ask a Counselor, Friendship) by tdomf_f503f on 25-04-2007

I have this friends who copies me and my other best friend ALL the time. I wear a black headband, then she buys the same exact one. I take out my phone because I am texting someone and then she takes out her phone and just clicks “contacts” and then clicks “end” just to look like she’s texting too.

When someone tells a joke or says something funny, she looks at me to see if I am laughing and then if I am, she starts laughing too. I know it might be because she admires me, but it is really getting to me. I need an answer on how to stop this. Should I tell her to stop copying me? I don’t know how to resolve this.

Thanks,

Libby

Dear Libby,

Thanks for sharing your situation and this can be common Read the rest of this entry »



Aug
22
Filed Under (Adultery, Ask a Counselor) by tdomf_f503f on 25-04-2007

Hi, 16 years ago I met a girl at the church and we started to date. As a was a new christian I was still battling a sexual addiction which led to pre-marital sex with her. We were only dating about 6 months when she became pregnant. I was so confused and her parents thought we should get married.

When her Father and one of her brothers asked me if I loved her, I said yes. I was trying to convince myself that I did. We went to marriage counseling and the Pastor did a compatibility test and we were so far off, thinking in different directions he said that we would have a challenge, but reassured us that through God all things are possible.

We got married but it never felt right and I was not happy. We are attracted to each other, but we can’t stand each other’s personalities. After having our son, my sexual addiction came to surface again and I was unfaithful to her. 3 years into the marriage we separated for 3 years and I found out that we were going to have our second child. Not great timing. 3 years later I wanted to give it another try because I loved my kids that much and knew what it was like to grow up without a Father. Read the rest of this entry »



Aug
17
Filed Under (Abuse, Ask a Counselor) by tdomf_f503f on 25-04-2007

I’m almost 15 years old and I live with my mom and step dad in his house (he pays the bills, etc.) I generally believe I’m a good kid, I don’t drink or do drugs, I go to an advanced (gifted) learning school, and I don’t have a boyfriend or have sex. I try to keep the house clean (doing the laundry, dishes, etc.) and occasionally I even do extra nice things for my mom.

Since I was little, ( I do admit I get a little attitude when I’m angry) my mom yells at me for the littlest things, I have ADHD, but I’m unmediated so I don’t always hear/listen to/remember all of the things she asks me to do and when this happens (often) she gets angry and calls me lazy, fat, or ungrateful. Sometimes we get in arguments and she’ll be yelling at me, so I tell her I don’t appreciate how she speaks to me, or I’ll ask her to please calm down a bit, and she’ll chase me through the house and when I can’t run anywhere else, she’ll hit me until I’ll fall to the ground, at which point (depending on the severity of her anger) she might kick me.

She has even left bruises on my head to the point where it hurts Read the rest of this entry »



Aug
13
Filed Under (Ask a Counselor, Marriage, Sexual Issues) by tdomf_f503f on 25-04-2007

I have never been interested in the area of sex as a young girl. I always just thought I was too shy and prude and never thought it would come into my marriage. When I got married my first experience of sex was not pleasant, being a virgin, it was painful and felt disgusting.

We tried lots of times to help us both enjoy it but for some reason I never could. We ended up talking to some older friends and we thought this would help, but still on trying I have never had any enjoyment out of it, as much as I tried to get into it and let go. I still see it as dirty, or unpleasant and I am not sure if its a mind thing or something wrong physically or both.

I am at my wits end as to what to do as I want to please my husband in this way, but if I were to make the decision on this I would happily never have sex again. Read the rest of this entry »