Elizabeth Laura Nelson

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

True Scorpio nature: We like it when people are afraid of us. They should be afraid. Here 19 other ways you know you're a Scorpio!

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…

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.

In a marriage, should you really feel lonely that much of the time? And if so, then how lonely is too lonely?

The only thing worse than being in a bad mood, is dealing with someone else’s bad mood.

Go ahead. Give in to the misery.

We’ve probably all heard it a million times: relationships are hard work.

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