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Another Baby?
Another Baby?
My husband and I are happily married and have two beautiful children. The problem is that I really would like to have a third, and he is very happy with two. I know I should be grateful for what I have but I really want another child...
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Husband Doesn't Want Children
Husband Doesn't Want Children
My husband and I have a wonderful relationship and love each other dearly, but there is one issue that we cannot solve. I desperately want children and he doesn't...
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Attracted to Co-Worker
Attracted to Co-Worker
I thought I was happily married but find myself incredibly attracted to a co-worker. I always thought if you love someone you will not think about other people, and yet I find myself constantly thinking about this guy...
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Quality Time
Quality Time
My husband also loves the kids, but he feels that since we had them, we no longer do anything as a couple, only as a family. I agree but have no problem with this. He wants to go away for a few nights without the kids but I feel like I just couldn't leave them.
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Husband Not Talking
Husband Not Talking
My husband's parents are involved in a high conflict divorce. My husband has unfortunately been exposed to some very unpleasant realities about his parents, and I see how his stress is taking a toll on him. It's been a few months now, and I can't seem to get him to share his feelings...
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Kosher Kitchen
Kosher Kitchen
...We have been happy together for the last two decades. Over the past few years I have taken an interest in a more traditional Jewish lifestyle. My husband, on the other hand, couldn’t be less interested...
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Presentless
Presentless
My husband had asked me a few weeks before my birthday what I wanted. Not really needing anything in particular, I smiled and said "nothing" telling him that being married to him was all I wanted. I was trying to be sweet...
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Husband's Ex-Girlfriend
Husband's Ex-Girlfriend
An old girlfriend of my husband calls him on the phone and keep on calling him "sweetheart" and I find it offensive. Am I wrong? Am I over reacting and should I just be quiet?
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Critical of Husband
Critical of Husband
I'm in my first year of marriage and I’m having difficulties coping with my husband. I find that I am always criticizing him and I really don’t want to be but it is as if I can’t stop...
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Unwanted Anniversary Gift
Unwanted Anniversary Gift
My husband bought me a necklace for our 1st anniversary, and while I appreciate the gift very much, I don’t really like the necklace...
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Husband Won't Say I Love You
Husband Won't Say "I Love You"
While I know that my husband loves me, I still feel the need to hear it and it hurts me that he can’t say it, even when it is so important to me. Am I making a big deal out of nothing?
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No Respect Left
No Respect Left
I feel very little love left for my husband, if at all, and not too much respect. He is so terrified to fail that he cannot bring himself to try most things that people attempt to do in life. I only stay because of my children...
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Straying Thoughts
Straying Thoughts
I am happily married to a wonderful man, but for some reason I find myself sometimes thinking about other men, and people I dated before meeting my husband. I know I will never act out any of these thoughts, but I still feel terribly guilty...
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Ex-Husband and Our Son
Ex-Husband and Our Son
I am presently divorced from my son's father and our son will be getting married very soon. According to my son, my ex-husband will not come to the wedding if I come...
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Fallen Out of Love
Fallen Out of Love
I am married to a good and kind man, though I simply no longer feel the kind of love I should feel toward him. Is there anything you can do when you have fallen out of love?
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Moving to Israel
Moving to Israel
I met a wonderful man and we are engaged to be married. We very much want to live in Israel, but my mother is totally against the idea. I want to respect her, but I also want to start a new life with my husband...
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Husband Wants a Divorce
Husband Wants a Divorce
My husband has decided he wants a divorce. Should I try and persuade him to stay? Or do I let him go because it is obviously what he wants? The other thing is that I am pregnant...
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Public Displays of Affection?
Public Displays of Affection?
I was just at a friend’s wedding who I haven’t seen since college and who has become Orthodox. At the wedding, they never held hands and didn’t even kiss at the end of the ceremony. Is this how a couple that is supposedly in love acts?
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Single Woman
Single Woman
I am a single woman, never married, and don't have any children. Is there a place in Judaism for the single woman?
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Men Not Interested in Me
Men Not Interested in Me
I am really starting to get concerned with the fact that I haven't found a nice Jewish man to spend the rest of my life with. I think that I am a good catch... I'm healthy, smart, in shape, well educated and traveled. What can I do about my single situation?
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