Advice Needed

Should I Mary Him?

I have been with my fiancé for almost four years. We are going to get married next year but there are a couple of concerns I have: one is the fact that he never talks about his feelings; he keeps everything inside of him. He sometimes has trouble with expressing his excitement about things also. He never buys me flowers or takes me out to dinner. He says that he doesn’t know why, but he never thinks of things like that.

I don’t know if this is a side effect of depression or, maybe, he is sick of me. He says that he loves me and that he wants to marry me. If this is true, what is his problem?

Female, 19

Hates School

I don’t like school very much. Actually, I must admit that I cannot stand my school at all so I skip it almost every day. Luckily, I am a smart person and I’m in all of the advanced classes and don’t have reputation as a rebel. Only the people who really know me know about my strange feelings. My parents don’t care – they don’t even mention it if I don’t go to school. What I end up doing is sleeping all day and then staying up all night talking to my girlfriend. I get behind in my work and when I try to go back to school I hear a lot of advice and reminders from my teachers and friends. I just get so depressed when I think about it. I have given up on trying to go back and now am considering dropping out altogether, but I really don’t want to do that because I realize it would ruin my life. I don’t want to go back at all but I also don’t want it to ruin my life. I am so confused and I have really tried to go back and just can’t take it. What should I do? Please help.

Male, 16