Q: I’m Indian and my girlfriend is Filipino. She’s 21 and I’m 27. We met online two and a half years ago, and I fell in love, but we haven’t met in real life. Up until October of last year, my girlfriend would spend her up to five hours a day chatting with me online. [...]

Q: My boyfriend and I have been together for a little over a year. We seem to have a great relationship, and for the most part I am very happy with him and who he is and he is clearly very happy with me. The only problem we have is his ex-wife, who is also [...]

Q: The father of my baby and I broke up back a couple of months ago. Our relationship had always been rocky. There was a lot of emotional abuse, infidelity, humiliation and lying. Even though I really know he’s not for me, I can’t help but think of my ex ALL the time. And every [...]

Q: My ex was very abusive to me both physically and emotionally. I have two kids with him, and even though I left him, the games he plays are still going on. My daughter is 14 and my son is 11. My daughter makes it clear she wants to live with him. He also wants [...]

Q: I love my husband, but I need to know how can I solve several issues regarding his behavior. My husband gropes me all the time. He bothers me about my past boyfriends. We sleep on an infested (full of animal urine and feces) mattress that is 20 years old. I have severe back pain, [...]

Q: I recently became a step-parent to two fantastic boys and have a couple questions about some of their behaviors. They live primarily with their biological mother, and we are concerned about their emotional health. When the 10-year-old boy thinks he is going to be in big trouble for something, he will curl into a [...]

Q: My relationship with my mother has been very difficult these past few years, ever since my boyfriend and I became serious and bought a flat together. She has refused to visit us but expects me to visit her often. I call her every day, sometimes two or three times. When she calls, she can [...]