Elizabeth Laura Nelson

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.

Pretending you don’t have feelings doesn’t pay off.

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.

Go ahead. Give in to the misery.

Marriage isn’t a game. But playing one can actually help strengthen it. So, game on!

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

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.

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…

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