My wife has really bad depression she gets upset easily at everything or nothing. She can't sleep it's after 1 in the morning. I gave her a hug I tried tickling her but she got mad and hit me. She's really upset right now and tired. How can I comfort her ? What should I say to her ?

Im doing a project and I want to know peoples experience with divorce. Please leave your stories below. What was it like? What did you feel/think? Do you still get upset by it? How did it affect you? (etc.)

I am doing a research project on divorce, and I want to know how people define divorce in their own words. Specifically coming from children of divorce.

I've been with my sons dad for 3 years we broke up on really bad terms . We still have to socialize because of our child but I don't want to be with him . He used to abuse me emotionally mentally &I physically even while I was carrying our child . I gave up all my dreams and even stabbed family in the back because I loved this man so much . He never cheated on me that I know if he only abused me & he's stolen from me once. Since I've had our son and became a single mom things are hard because I'm always seeing families and other people doing much better than me . I pay my bills go & buy stuff for my son and after that I have no money . I know It's my fault that I'm a single mom because I continued to be with someone who has 0 respect for me. But it gets hard because I'm starting to become depressed &I feel alone with no one to talk to & everyone I open up to don't really understand my pain. I realize I'm starting to distance myself from my friends and family &I I hate being this ! How can I learn to love myself again & become strong again .

excessive drinking, drugs and they take an aggressive stand on young sons when they change boys diapers.

We call each other husband and wife, ive meet his family, and vice versa. Tonight we was talking and he asked me what kind of ring I wanted, I told him thats on him I don t care. He then asked what size my ring finger was. Although we have talked about what we want in the future, and we don t care where we live at. He is a muslim, im a christian, I love him, I m getting ready to go see him and his family in January. Can he possibly be ready to buy our rings? In past when we talked about our future, but never about rings, so could he be getting ready to put a ring on it? Yes we video chat every night

I am 81 and still have not forgiven my Mom. She died 19 years ago and I was glad. She banned me from my Dad and he tried to find us and she did not tell us. I grew up mad at him but learned when he died (I was 22 then) that he had been mailing us gifts and she hid them or threw them away. She had no remorse and told me he deserved it and that I was disrespectful to want to know him. I never forgave her. How do I forgive her. I am still so mad 75 years later. There were no parental alienation laws back then.

I feel like they do.

She gave me an ultimatum and I have to decide by the end of the weekend when she gets back to town. It really hurts and I even have thoughts of suicide (not that I will actually hurt myself). I can't bear to lose my Mom but I can't bear to lose my wife. I have to choose one by Sunday. Who do I pick?

Is child marriage taboo? How is it Taboo?

I've been in an emotionally abusive relationship for some time. I've had enough. Can a person change? I have children who are been dragged into it. My partner is horrible to live with. I can't leave due to money issues. No one to talk to. Advice please ☆ Sent from iOS Dr. Know! 1.0.03

My husband is a local truck driver who works many hours a week. I am in school for my 3rd degree in real estate. I have exams to take and have asked him to watch the kids after work so that I can finish my class (final exam is this Friday). He told me "those kids are not my responsibility, I told you woman, that you are to NEVER ask me to watch those kids or help around the house when I work. I get to watch tv and you are a selfish ***** if you ask me to help. They are your moms responsibility to watch, not mine!" What is right? My mom said they are not her kids, she had nothing to do with having them. Is he actually right?

We've been married for almost 3 years now and I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong. I'll be blatant, I don't feel like having sex at all, in fact the idea of sex just doesn't appeal to me, I feel as though I'm ASexual and he just doesn't respect this or understand it. He pushes for sex and gets angry at me when I don't give in, he blames me for not wanting to have sex and says it's because I'm not attracted to him but that isn't the case. I am struggling with depression and self image issues as well, when I try to improve my appearance to feel more comfortable with myself (new makeup, cutting my hair) he gets angry and says that he likes me better without any makeup and that I shouldn't change my hair. I feel like I just can't win, I love him more than anything but I just don't know what to do. How can I fix this?

My husband and I have been legally separated for 8 months living in different apartments and living different lives. I started dating this cute guy I knew from college who I met when I was doing fundraising in Nashville. My ex would push me and after the second time he touched me like that I moved out. I was in Nashville visiting some friends when we ran into each other, flirted and he asked me to dinner. Soon we were planning trips to be together since we live several states apart. My boyfriend and I have only been seeing eachother for 2 1/2 months my ex flipped out and started accusing me of cheating. My ex and I live an hour away from eachother and I blocked him from all social media but slipped up and made a post about how excited I was that my boyfriend was in town to meet my family. Long story short someone told my ex and my ex found my boyfriend and attacked him in the parking lot, my boyfriend has a broken rib, bruised ribs, broken elbow and broken leg as well as needing stiches and has a black eye, my boyfriend will stay with me for a few days but I'm worried this might've ruined our future together, his family is already skeptical of me. My ex has been arrested but the damage is already done .How can I make my boyfriend comfortable at my condo and also smooth things over with his mother.

Few months I've been hooking up with an old friend . Lately, I've been staying the night over at his place a few times now and we spend the whole night cuddling and holding hands. He's been very affectionate with me and we have conversations that last for hours. Recently , he asked me to come over to watch a game . He ordered pizza and just cuddled on the couch. We did have sex before bed and we fell asleep holding each other. He hasn't called or text me in a few days . One thing I want to mention , we use to be friends with each other's exes . He's been single for 4 years now and I'm currently going through a divorce. Is this reason why he hasn't asked me out or take the next step? He's a great guy and I've always had feelings for him and he knows about this as well. Any advice ?

I saw a lady post about this last night so I thought I should also. A few days ago at university. I was texting a guy friend who was my lab partner and they asked me for a picture of my husband and I. So, I was like oh okay he is interested in my relationship. So, I sent a photo. Next thing I know he sent me a picture with no pants on just underwear and a shirt. I was utterly disgusted and first hit with shock. I blocked him right away with the message "**** off" because I did not ask or want anything like this. What do I do now? Do I let it go or tell my husband? I am not in an abusive relationship or anything but we have had our ups and down and this is something that I believe would cause more turmoil. I felt anxiety because I felt guilty? I am not sure why I felt guilty because I did not ask for this at al.

I just re read the texts back and forth between me and this man online I liked who was racist and disrespectful to me and wouldnt stop aakng for nudes and making sex comments. And now I realized that I first started talking to him with sexual jokes as well. It seems like I need to check my own motives. Sure he sucks but I also need to be more self aware and realize that based on the texts it looks like I was only talking to him in the beginning for flirting and sexual jokes ... I mean I didn't express distaste at first and even joined in... Only later on did I say I don't want this vulgar chatting anymore and he didn't want to comply, I guess partly because he doesn't like me or respect me. I'm just some sexual object - a woman - that he can flirt or talk dirty to. He cannot see me beyond that. Even though I changed my mind in the middle of it and said lets be friends...its actually an awkward request considering how we started off chatting in the first place. And the fact that I had a hard time letting go of a man who only kept disrespecting me or talking sexually shows that maybe I wasn't with him for his heart but for the push and pull and the sexy comments or the edgy jokes... He never displayed his humane qualities or who he is deep down or anything so the fact that I thought I liked him for his soul makes no sense...I never really saw his soul.