Elizabeth Laura Nelson

Parents — we’re the worst.

Can’t calm down, won’t calm down.

Reading in bed together, while it might not be a major milestone — like marriage or having children — truly is a significant event in a relationship.

The "comfort relationship": Sometimes we get comfortable being uncomfortable.

Sexless marriage? Couples therapists estimate that around 20 percent of marriages are sexless. Don’t give up without giving these ideas a try.

As a person who writes about relationships for a living, I might be one of the people least in need of all this well-meaning advice, which usually amounts to clichés and can even veer into the territory of outright insults. What I need – what most of us need – is for people to hear me, and to trust me.

Sometimes you have to let go of your dreams. As the years go by, you come to the realization that who you are now is pretty much who you’ll be forever.