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.

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.

Go ahead. Give in to the misery.

Being a parent isn’t everything.

Although research is clear we should not come to work sick, there’s still a stigma associated with admitting you’re too ill to go to work.

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

Is it hard for you to accept help when you need it?

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

We’ve probably all heard it a million times: relationships are hard work.

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…