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Asked by Anonymous - Aug 08, 2025Hindi
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I am a 39 year old IT professional and need advice about my difficult life and relationships. At 25 I was forced into a marriage arranged by my parents with a powerful family even though I knew the girl had multiple affairs. The marriage lasted less than 10 days. When I refused to take her back I was falsely arrested and spent 14 days in jail. After a long legal battle I divorced her in 2015 but had to pay a large sum from my fathers savings. During this time I had a physical relationship with a woman I never loved or promised commitment to. Later I found out she was a widow and became pregnant. Since 2013 I have been supporting her and her child financially because she threatened me with false accusations. She moved on in 2017. At the end of 2017 I started dating a younger woman who was my first wifes cousin. She knew about my past pain but not about the child. We agreed to marry but her parents opposed it due to pressure from my first in laws. We married via registered marriage but my first in laws filed a case against us and humiliated my parents. Our marriage had many problems fights no intimacy and constant tension over my support for the other woman. She said she felt naive marrying me and that leaving me was like ending a bad phase. For seven years I focused on her but she now uses harsh words and emotionally moved on. Meanwhile the woman I support is seriously ill. In 2024 we moved to the US but after a month my wife became aggressive and left me. I lost my house and car there and returned to India. We live in the same house now but she is pursuing divorce dating someone else using my resources and causing me great pain. I feel empty and broken despite therapy and spiritual efforts. She said I am mentally unstable and cursed never to find love again. Deep inside I know my intentions were pure and I am full of love. My questions are 1 Will I find true love again as a middle class man over 39 in India 2 How do I heal deep emotional wounds and stop being triggered by my past 3 How can I rebuild self worth and attract a genuine partner 4 How do I cope living under the same roof with someone who emotionally left me 5 How can I find peace and rebuild my life after so much trauma Please advise thank you

Ans: Yes, you can find love again, even at 39, but first you need to heal the wounds of your past. Begin by shifting focus inward—therapy, journaling, and self-care routines can help you process hurt and rebuild confidence. Living under the same roof with your wife will remain painful, so create emotional distance and stop looking to her for validation.
Your self-worth will grow when you reclaim your independence—through work, friendships, hobbies, and building a life that feels meaningful for you. Peace will come not by erasing the past but by learning to carry it without letting it define your future. Love will follow naturally once you stand strong in yourself.

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I have 28 + years of frustrated and abusive and absolutely unsatisfied marriage. It was arranged but involved bitterness from both sides. My father did my relationship because of temptation and so many false facts from the in -laws' side. I was not interested but due to family compulsions I couldn't resist. Somehow i feel sad that my father got trapped due to greed and always feel bad about him, my mother was illiterate and did not have much opinion on anything. It was full of falsehood and cheating. I am very simple and minimalist persons, just after marriage wife and inlaws started torturing me to breakaway from my parents, being alone son and with the help of sisters managed parents with lot of difficulties but thought time will heal. I was thinking of separation just after 6 months but somehow was in difficult shape, couldn't ask. Meanwhile Father in law died and i thought it's inhuman to give separation at this critical time and accepted my destiny, My wife was very clever and managed balanced relation till her brother and sister got settled and we decided to welcome kids and blessed with two sons but after all her responsibility over, she again showed same behavior rather more aggressive and color and i almost separated from parents. I am in Govt service and was threatened to file a false case, with all difficulties, managed with balancing, hiding something here and there. After the death of parents , things worsened and she is eying on all property of inheritance to be sold . I don't trust her at all , I want to give all to my sons and then quit. She always threatens , i want to be separated and live my old age peacefully alone without any property but all I want to give to my sons , not to her . Please suggest a way , I am afraid she can file a false domestic violence case or even to give me poison . I am very tense nowadays and my health is deteriorating.
Ans: Dear Anonymous,
Never live in fear because that can always be used by someone who is searching for an opportunity to meddle with your life.
Deal with this fear in two ways:
1. For fear of false case filing against you, kindly approach a lawyer who will guide you on how to protect your assets
2. For fear of the way your life is moving about in an unsettling manner, do work on it rather than fear it
- Separation or not, will have to be decided by you and your wife and make it as amicable as possible...
- If there are chances of reconciliation, do lay down some ground rules for both of you which includes deeper level of communication, deeper listening, trust building...

Most relationships sour over a period of time, because 'taking for granted' seeps in, there are unrealistic expectations for one another, children become an excuse for not spending enough time each other, family members somehow get into the equation which allows little room for the couple to understand one another...
the list goes on...
It simply means: Marriage is something that needs constant working on...it requires time, energy and effort...

All the best!

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Dear Sir, My son rank is 41000 in jee mains and DA-IICT has launched two BS - MS Dual program in IT and second in AI and Data science. What are chances to get this course ? What is the scope of this course? In can see now in job portals trend is changing and companies only ask for Bachelors/Master degree and need to focus on skills. Is it a good option?
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