The following questions are related to ‘Marriage’ at Ask the Psychologist: Online Licensed Psychologist.
Q: I have been married for just over one year. I absolutely love my wife, but I am developing strong feelings for my mother-in-law. For some reason, I can’t stop thinking about her and fantasizing about being with her. I don’t know what to do about these feelings and am wondering if it’s normal? I […]
Q: I got married when I was 17. I am Spanish, but my parents are Moroccan. I decided to get married because of ambition, since my husband was rich and powerful in Morocco. He is ugly, he doesn’t care about me, and we never have conversations; but he buys me whatever I want. As a […]
Q: I am getting very worried that I may be married to a sociopath. He constantly states that he doesn’t care about anyone, and that he only sizes up people in order to use them. He also says this about his family and that he only uses them for money. I keep asking him why […]
Q: I am 23 years old, my husband is 27, and we have some serious communication issues. We are now aware of them and are constantly working to improve our communication with one another. My husband has had a major problem with being faithful, honest, and truthful. Just some examples are, cheating on me while […]
Q: I have trust issues with my wife of 26 years. It came to a head this summer when I found out she did not have an important discussion with her sister about the cost of moving their aging mother into a care facility. The mother isn’t wealthy and I wanted to be sure that […]
Q: I got married following a whirlwind long-distance romance. It was working perfectly and we were over the moon. So we got married and soon after, I started to erect a barrier between me and my hubby. I later saw that this was because my dad had been emotionally abusive most of my life and […]
Q: Three times recently I’ve caught my husband watching porn. We’ve been together ten years and just had our fourth child, and I know he loves me. I eventually gave him the green light to watch because I thought it probably keeps husbands from being unfaithful; keeps them from getting bored with the same sexual […]
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