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Query: My husband slapped me once in front of our 5-year-old daughter. I was shocked at the moment when it happened as we were fighting one moment and the next, he slapped me without any hesitation. I want to slap him back now, but should I…

Query: My husband comes home late from work and then he spends his time in the bathroom until I call him for dinner. He takes his earphones and tablet inside and that is all he does whenever he is at home. I am also a working woman. I come…

Query: My husband is a workaholic and I feel very lonely in this marriage. I am a homemaker with a 3-year-old and all my day goes into handling my child. I wait all evening to meet my husband but as soon as he comes back from work, he…

Query: Whenever my wife and I get into a terrible fight, she gets violent. She physically pushes me and even sometimes, hits me! Now if I were to turn back and do the same thing, then it means I would be physically violating my wife. I am…

Query: Ours was an arranged marriage and we eventually fell deeply in love with each other and I have nothing much to complain about except for one issue. My husband likes to sleep nakedand it feels weird. Not only that, it gets…

Query: I am a young girl in my 20s and I am about to get married in sometime. Everything is all good but my fiance wants to have premarital sex. I am not sure about it and I want to know, if it's the right way to go about it. Response by…

Query: We belong to a middle-class family and all was known to my wife and her parents before we got married. My wife belongs to the upper middle class but never imposed anything on me nor acted differently post-marriage. However, my…

Query: I caught my mother-in-law breastfeeding my newborn while I away taking a bath. I was truly shocked but she said my baby was crying so to soothe him she made him take her breasts. It sounds so abnormal. I told my husband and he says I…

Query: My husband moved to Australia without us to build a career there but things didn’t work out and now he’s back. But the person who has come back is someone I don’t know! He’s gone in a shell and I don’t know how to help him. He…

Query: My husband keeps calling me fat and casually calls me names like pig, elephant. He makes fun of my body even in the presence of our friends and extended family. We got married three years ago and last year we turned parents. I am 5’5…