Coffey Talk

03/27/2008

Choosing between two guys

The question I have for you is see I am married but have been living separated for almost 3 years. I have found this real sweet guy who is um...very caring, listens and my husband wants to get back together????

03/20/2008

When is enough, enough?

If you really love a man and know he loves you too do you wait for him if he says he needs to go find himself? We have been off and on for 2.5 yrs and it's starting to wear me down, but I know I love him and can't imagine being with anyone else.

11/20/2007

A disconnected marriage

How is it that my husband is so emotionally void to me, but is there for anyone else?

11/12/2007

How can I tell for sure if he's cheating?
I am too destroyed to even try to understand how my husband expects me to allow him to do whatever. He states he stays faithful. But he doesn't call for 5 days in a row, and spends time at hotels with new people — "just to get out of the heat."

11/01/2007

I don't want him back I'm just trying to figure out his ping pong behavior

My boyfriend of 3 months proposed after 6 weeks of dating. I said, "let's wait for a year before we start talking of marriage." After this, we did not see each other as often. He starting playing sports, and no longer wanted to do the things we used to do together. He said he did not like the food I liked, he only ate pizza, and he was not interested in travel, or anything other than watching TV.

10/22/2007

He doesn't get that being a mom is a full-time job

I have become very frustrated with my husband. After a long struggle to get pregnant for the third time, we now have a 9 month old, a 9 year old, and 7 year old. I quit my job in March and now am a full-time mom.

10/17/2007

A relationship based on sex and a relationship with no sex

Can a relationship just be based on sex?

10/02/2007

Filed for Divorce

I kicked my husband out because he didn't want to get a stable job and also had been doing drugs. We were constantly arguing in front of our four children about everything. I was the only one working. As soon as he left I filed for divorce. Some say I was too quick to file and should have filed for legal separation and gone to counseling. Was I too quick to give up on our marriage of two years? We've been together a total of 9 years.

09/25/2007

Dealing with Drug Addiction

Well after 21 years of marriage I find myself single again, my husband was using drugs for about the past ten years on and off. While he was using my life was destroyed time and time and again. I begged him to get real help but he said he could quit any time, which he did for a while. I believe he was definitely my soul mate and he always said I was his. I had unconditional love for him but he got worse and worse.

09/20/2007

Marriage for two, not three

What advice do you have for a wife that is in a loving relationship of 19 years? A year ago, my husband and I drifted apart due to him working long hours and we both weren't very nice to each other. As we drifted apart, he had an emotional relationship with a co-worker. First emotional then, yes, physical. The relationship ended soon after the physical actions started. He claims it really did not feel right. It crushed me to have him confess to me what he was feeling and why he did it! My best friend was not there anymore, he ripped out my heart. But I listened and forgave! I love this man!

09/14/2007

His infidelity changed her view

I've been with this guy for 3 years. Before us, he was married and had a girlfriend (#2) and I was #3. After 5 months of seeing each other, he separated with his wife and left #2. Four months after that, I found out that he was cheating on me with the separated wife. He asked for forgiveness and I gave it. 10 months after, I found out he was cheating with his friend's live-in girlfriend. Then again I forgave, but now it seems like I can't forget. I always have this feeling that he's going to do it again.

09/13/2007

Forced into Marriage

Hi-I have a huge problem! I am 22 (almost 23) and got married a year and a half ago. The thing is, I felt like I was forced into getting married because it was what everyone in his family thought was the right things to do.

09/05/2007

Your son may be 19 years old but he is still acting like a child

Recently, my husband and I moved our 19 year old son from another state to Arizona to help him make a better life for himself. My husband is on disability and I work less than 20 hours a week at $5.75 per hour due to my own disability. We brought him down here, got him a job at the dealership where my husband used to work, bought almost $300 dollars in tools as a gift for his birthday to help him get started and got an extra line of service on our Alltel account just so he could keep in touch with his girlfriend. He told us that he would pay for the trip if we would drive out to get him. The trip cost over $500.

08/30/2007

Stop the mixed signals madness!

”My boyfriend of two years told me that he will always be here for me but I deserve someone who will make me happy. He does make me happy. My daughter's father likes to create drama for me and my honey can't handle that. He doesn't want to break up with me, he told me that and that I'm his everything, but I’m so confused. He's almost 30 and he's not sure if he wants the whole married with kids thing. He's always worked on the road (he's a traveler) until he met me. HELP PLEASE.”

08/29/2007

She's jealous of his secret lady-texter

My husband and I have been married for four years. In these four years, we have had two children. We have had our share of squabbles, but I never thought it was anything serious. This past year I decided to return to school. Since my husband works odd hours it was increasingly difficult for us to spend any time together. We would get maybe one night a week alone. The more the school year wore on, the less and less he helped around the house. I also noticed he became more withdrawn. I would beg him to help me, but he never would! I was completely overwhelmed. Then one night, during finals, he got drunk and told me he wanted a divorce. I totally panicked and left the house (the kids were overnight at their grandma’s). Two days later, he had changed his mind and said he wanted to work things out. We went to counseling, but he just sat there and said very little.

08/27/2007

Why is he afraid to commit?

I have been in a 9 year on and off relationship with someone I truly love and care about. Why is he afraid to commit? The time when we were not together I did not see other people, but he did. He told me the other day that he loves me and is ready for marriage and a family. So I say, "ok prove it. Lets go look at engagement rings." And he says that we need to get to know each other first, then that will come.

08/17/2007

Is he dating me, or his best friend?

”I have been with my boyfriend for almost five years. Lately he has been spending a lot of time with his one friend who I can't stand. I know all it is, is jealousy just because I like him to give me the attention he is giving his friend. I just don't know what to do because they are more of a couple then we are. I let him know how I feel but he doesn't understand why I am so mad.”

08/13/2007

She says she's not in love with him

After a pretty good 9 day holiday over the 4th, my fiance of one year, best friend and soulmate, partner for the past 6+ years tells me she loves me, but is not in love with me. She wants to start again build up the friendship and see where it goes from there.

08/08/2007

Dealing with nosey neighbors

Well here is another neighbor problem. What do you do with a neighbor who is just too much into your business? I mean they insist you get to know each other. Invites you to lunch, phone calls everyday, showing up at your front door unannounced. Peeking in your windows if you don't answer the door or phone. Asking personal questions about you during lunch like, "do you have piercings or tattoos?;" Just general stuff that makes you dodge this type of person when you see them. It is too much.

08/06/2007

Recently divorced and looking

“Hi, I am 48 years young and recently divorced after 18 years. I have no idea where to find nice fellows. I go to the gym and there are lots of pretty shaped girls there. Men do not talk to me. I am shy and a little over weight. They can't get past that. I am also trying the web too. I have been dumped because of no photo. I am always looking in places such as grocery stores. I am also looking for a job. I have only worked part-time and am a Mom. But my teenager went with my Ex. I am the weekend parent. I am a very nice person.”

08/03/2007

A picture that speaks a thousand words

"This might seem silly but it’s just something I should vent about. I've been married for three years now to a wonderful guy. This was a second marriage for both of us. My problem is with my in-laws. When we moved to Arizona from Virginia, they instantly started disliking me.

08/01/2007

Should I drop these friends?

I need someone else's insight on a little problem I have. My problem involves a girl and two guys. I recently graduated from a community college and while I was there I became friendly with the girl and one of the guys through a student club we were involved in.

07/30/2007

Stop punishing yourself and move forward

Just asking this question makes me very emotional and also very fearful of being judged. As I am about to turn 50 I have been looking back a lot on my life up to this point. When I was very young (16) I had a child out of wedlock. This humiliated my own mother to the point that she made my life almost unbearable until I reluctantly agreed to let her adopt my child.

07/26/2007

What can I do to make him happy?

We just moved out here three months ago, away from all my family none the less. We have been together for three years and just got married four months ago. We are doing better here financially, but he's gotten more controlling since we got here and seems to have more of temper as well. He doesn't really seem happy with anything I do anymore.

07/24/2007

He won't let me get a tattoo

I am 39 and have been married for 24 years (I was married at 15). My husband and I keep having a disagreement because I would like to get a tattoo, he does not want me to. I say I am 39 and should do what I want to at this age. He says he married me without one and does not want me to get one. Who's right?

07/23/2007

Do you think he will ever commit?

I have been in a 9 year on and off relationship with someone I truly love and care about......why is he afraid to commit? The time when we were not together I did not see other people, but he did.

07/19/2007

All about Lissa Coffey

Meet our relationship expert Lissa Coffey, an author and lifestyle designer.

Emotional connection or just sex?

I believe he just wants to have some uncommitted fun with me and not the serious relationship we had before. My problem, it's hard not to accept his calls or not to call him because the single life is not all I thought it would be.

Left him to fend for himself

I have been with my husband for five years now and have a wonderful two year old son. My husband "occasionally" uses meth and what I mean by occasionally is one time a week.

What's good for both of you

I've been with my boyfriend for four and a half years. We have never been through a break up. I had messed up a few times on him and he knows about it, but we worked them out. He's a very responsible, non-social, serious person, and I'm more of an outgoing fun person.

Confronting a controlling husband

I have been married to my husband for 29 years. It has been wonderful. I love him very much, however he has a huge problem when I get my hair cut short. He hates my hair short, and he expresses it by being very angry, telling me I look 40 pounds heavier with my hair short. I think if I was 120 pounds I would still look fat to him. When my friends, my daughters and co- workers see me, they like my hair short because it makes me look younger.