
Ken asks…
Just saw that my husband has a yahoo account?
Ok, so my husband has a history of being flirtatous – it affected our marriage as he would go and flirt when we had problems, which led him to think less of me and convince himself there was something better out there. Eventually he had an affair.
I have forgiven him. We are in counseling. He is doing all the right things, saying all the right things, no longer criticizes me or lashes out at me. He speaks his mind calmly and respectfully – not doing so was always a telltale sign he was playing his games.
So, last night we realized he is going on a business trip and I would be able to accompany him. He got out his computer and said he was going to look up airfares. I was finishing the dishes and when I was done suddenly walked over and sat with him. He had been on the computer about 5 min, but when I sat down he was just opening the airline page. I did not think anything of it.
We researched the airlines and as he was switching from website to website, I noticed he was logged into a yahoo acct. He has always said he only had one email addy – his work email. He is not tech savy and hates the computer. He knows I have checked his work email, so I figure this is how he gets around things.
How should I confront him? He has never once confessed to anything – even when I had the evidence in front of him.
Thanks.

MarriageCounseling answers:
I hope you have no kids. If you just confronted him about the Yahoo thing after the counseling, then I think he is up to his old tricks. He needs to learn and the way to learning if you love him, is leaving him. He will ok, but he just won’t have you anymore.
Enjoy your life. Maybe stay away from marriage and just enjoy your life.
Now if you have to get married again, look for signs before you get married. Make sure there are a lot of good signs that are true.
Peace and Love

Paul asks…
Why do Americans shun global societal tradition and sluff off marriage and family?
“Married couples in less than half of US households”
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110528/ap_on_re_us/us_census_cold_feet_on_marriage
I don’t suppose it’s related to this…
Why is US richclass legal industry allowed to destroy US families for working class cash?
Your US richclass legal industrial complex will have any US wife on the block both sucked and suckered right into their “free” legal aid office — and have her husband “hiring” a kidnapping, thieving US lawyer in five minutes (“opposing” lawyer – ha!). From then on, it’ll be all the family assets, including the hostaged children, signed over to legal industry — right over the pulpit of any kidnapping, thieving US “family” court judge.
Forget about any suggestion of family counseling, religious attendance, community support, extended family bridge-support, or any other well-known and proven family-healing remedy… The assets simply MUST go to US richclass legal industry. What does “slave” mean, anyway?
@No such thing as a wife in the US. Try “liberal feminist fascist contractor.”
Never had one in the US.
How’s yours?

MarriageCounseling answers:
Well yes your right no one wants responsibility or hard work these days. Pretty soon sex will be overrated.

Richard asks…
How do I leave my wife without hurting her?
My wife and I have been separated for 2 years. I left her during the first year of our marriage. My wife was rude, disrespectful, and I couldn’t deal with it. The disrespect got so bad until I wanted to hit her…so I left. She filed for divorce (even though I wanted to work it out), but after the custody was settled (50/50) she didn’t want to divorce anymore & wanted to work it out.
Over the past 2 years she has tried to make the marriage work in varying degrees; however, she will not go to counseling AND she has poor communications skill, on top of that she can be extremely selfish at times.
I’m at a point now where I no longer have any emotions towards her. Last year she crapped on almost every holiday that was important to me. We did not celebrate Valentines Day, my Birthday, our anniversary, Christmas or New Years. And I didn’t get gifts on those days either.
Not getting anything for Christmas was the final straw. She didn’t even give me a card.
Sex is boring and monotonous. I’ve told her how I felt about it, and that I would like her to bring new things to the bedroom. I even went as far as to give her websites to get tips from (even Yahoo Answers). We only have sex once or twice a month & I have to go to her house to get it. The last few times I’ve had difficulty getting turned on and completing, because I’m just bored with the same thing over and over.
In her own way I can see that she is trying. She gets extremely upset when I express my displeasure. HOwever, I’m at a point where I’m expecting to be disappointed whenever I”m with her. I know she loves me, but I’m miserable. I know she’s going to feel that I left her to be with another woman…but I honestly want to be free from her so that I can get a decent lay…maybe a Father’s Day gift…a kiss when I walk in someone’s door.
I just want this over with without drama or hurting her…but she hurts me everyday through inaction on our problems.

MarriageCounseling answers:
As other people have stated on here, there is no real way around hurting her. You are in what some might call a Catch 22. If you stay, the feelings (or lack thereof) will fester and find their way into the relationship, if they haven’t already begun to find there way in. She will also sense that something is going on and this may deepen her anxiety/depression/or whatever she is going through at the moment. On the other hand, if you divorce her she will also go through tough times of dealing with the process and the aftermath of the divorce. Either way, there is no easy answer and no right answer. Ultimately, it will boil down to love, and respecting the love that might have existed when you first were married.
In a nutshell, don’t be disrespectful to her or yourself. Acknowledge what is happening and deal with the emotions and the reality. That being said, you were wise to remove yourself from a situation where you thought you might retaliate. But you should also be aware that your moving out of the house may become an issue during a pending divorce.
The first link I have posted is to a book review about some of the most common mistakes men make when facing a divorce. You might be wise to read up on this, as well as consult with a divorce attorney in your state to ensure that your rights and interests are protected before you begin the actual divorce proceedings. The second link is to the forum page on DadsDivorce.com where you can chat with other guys who have gone through similar situations to see what they might have to suggest to you as well.

Michael asks…
Help me my college algebra class is killing me!!!?
Last year I attended my first year of college at Our Lady of the Lake University. I heard it had an excellent psychology program and recognized master and doctoral programs in family therapy and marriage counseling, both of the kind of specializations I want to work in. However, I had a hard time making friends and only made one friend.
This year I tranfered to Incarnate Word, the university my best friends attend. Yes, I basically did transfer over because of my best friends. I really like it at the university because I have a social life, lol and the campus is very lively and active. The only problem is this college algebra class I have to take.
I am very bad at math, and in order to get into my stats class (at Incarnate Word) for psychology I need to take college algebra. I am currently taking this class and am about to drop it because I am failing.
At my other school i just needed to take math for liberal arts( which I took and got an A) to get into the stats class.
I don’t know if i should transfer back or try taking the algebra class at community college and hope I pass. Oh, and not to mention if i don’t get this stats class out of the way I’ll get behind because it is pretty important to my degree and I’m already behind anyways. What should I do? I know this was long but i need some advice. Of course I’m not going to make my life decision based on yahoo answers but I need to see my situtaiton from every possible perspective.

MarriageCounseling answers:
I would STAY where you are at… Running never works. Get a good tutor and get back up to speed. Don’t do anything for the next few weeks but school (seems friends are a high priority, but they’ve have to go on the back burner).
Good luck! You’ll look back and appreciate your hard work and dedication.
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