Elizabeth Laura Nelson

This is your brain on love. And it’s scary.

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.

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

My whole life, people have been telling me I’m “too much." It's BS.

Does chronic anxiety ever make you feel like a flake?

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…

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

If your partner is still connected to his horrible ex in a way neither of you can do anything about, here are six ways to cope.

Go ahead. Give in to the misery.

Attracted to the wrong people? Believe it or not, this is actually a good thing.