Elizabeth Laura Nelson

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

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!

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

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.

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

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…

Parents — we’re the worst.

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

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.