Dear Andrea, I’m writing to seek words of advice to give to my son who said to me today that he is thinking of separating from his wife. He is a young minister and I know this decision has not come lightly. He has been working very hard at keeping his marriage together, however, his wife, does not seem to want to be married. They recently returned to the U.S. and have no church home or minister he can seek advice from. He always seeks advice from me and his dad. I tried to talk to her and share some of my wisdom which IRead More →

marriage counselors deal with your issue all the time and most marriages CAN survive. Despite what that little voice in your ear is whispering, your marriage is more likely to survive if you tell the counselor–and, when you’re ready, your husband–the truth. Certainly, sweeping the problem under the rug is much easier than facing the truth, but, practically, that carries the same risk, if not greater, of divorce than if you confess and ask forgiveness.

Andrea, I was married three years ago to a christian man. He had built a new house five years prior with his mother. She didn’t live up to her end of the deal so he had her name removed from the house but still let her live there for free. She owned a house that she was renting. Well we met and deceided to get married thats when she started hating me. He told her she needed to move out and she could live in my house until her renters lease came up. She came to my house and jumped on me for taking herRead More →

One of my best friends of 12 years has been behaving in a way I feel is inapproprite towards my husband. Before my husband “Jim” and I were married, I introduced my friend “Sandy” to him. She immediately began calling him on his private phone line, sending him emails at his private email address, and visiting him when I wasn’t around. She bought him dinners & drinks and gave him expensive gifts. Once she even spent the night with him and left her underwear on the floor….At first, Jim insisted that he didn’t see anything wrong with spending time with, and accepting gifts from, someoneRead More →