Elizabeth Laura Nelson

Yes, a lot of parents are assholes. But you know what? A lot of people are assholes; some of them happen to have kids, some don’t. I can’t speak for all parents, and I wouldn’t want to try. But speaking as one particular person with kids, here’s what I wish my childfree friends would understand…

Never ask a Libra where they want to go for dinner.

This isn’t Sleeping Beauty. There’s no prince coming to rescue you. What relationship beliefs are standing in your way?

Although research is clear we should not come to work sick, there’s still a stigma associated with admitting you’re too ill to go to work.

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.

Are you drowning in negativity?

My anxiety doesn’t mean I can’t be a good parent. In fact, it makes me a better one.

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A low libido doesn’t have to be a clinically diagnosable condition in order for it to be a problem.

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