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Archive of posts filed under the Abuse category.

Boyfriend Puts in No Effort

Dear Jasmine,
I love my boyfriend of two years. We have been best friends since we were children. He is a terrible boyfriend. When I say terrible, he doesn’t beat me, abuse me, or anything like that, but he is just extremely inconsiderate as a boyfriend.
Mainly, it is a ton of little things, he forgets [...]

Mother Taking Advantage of Daughter

Dear Jasmine,
A year ago I worked at a stable job and moved my Mom and sisters in with me because my mom was unhappy in her marriage and I was concerned for the psychological, emotional and spiritual effects that environment was having on my two younger sisters. About a month living together, I was laid [...]

Friend Dates Married Men

Dear Jasmine,
My friend is dating this guy that is married. She seems to always get herself in these types of troubled relationships and always ends up in heart break. I don’t agree with her choice of being with this man but I love her just the same. I don’t know how to help her break [...]

Engaged But Interested In Someone Else

Dear Jasmine,
I got engaged today by a man that I dated for 3 years right after I broke up with him for being controlling. I like someone else but I feel stuck. I don’t want to be with him but I feel like were too serious to turn back now.
Shannon
Indiana, USA
Dear Shannon,
How serious can you [...]

Dating Patterns

Dear Jasmine,
Can you please tell me why I attract or am attracted to women with mental problems? Some examples of women I dated were a kleptomaniac, a girl who self harms, a girl with eating disorders, a suicidal girl, a girl who had a condition where she didn’t have any feelings. I don’t really understand, [...]