Elizabeth Laura Nelson

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.

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.

Go ahead. Give in to the misery.

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

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…

If you have these four types of friends in your life, they could literally be making you sick. Consider yourself warned and remove these toxic friends!

Would you really rather not get older?

We anxiety sufferers are good at covering up how we’re really feeling. You are not alone.

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

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.