Elizabeth Laura Nelson

Is it better to be alone than to be in a miserable relationship?

If you constantly find that you’re rubbing people the wrong way, take a look at this list and consider if you’re doing any of the following seven things.

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…

Can’t calm down, won’t calm down.

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

“Parenting” has become a competitive sport. But it’s kids who are losing. Let your kids screw up.

How do you deal with feeling lonely; are you okay with having alone time?

The elephant in the room is my mental illness. Do my anxiety and depression make me unworthy of love?

No regrets about having kids? Maybe it’s time we all came clean.

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.