Elizabeth Laura Nelson

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

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

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

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

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

Researchers say that the average relationship hits the ‘comfort zone’ phase after 11 months and 24 days.

Clutter is a distraction, causing you to lose focus and get sidetracked, and it also signals your brain to feel that your work is never done.

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.

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…