Elizabeth Laura Nelson

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.

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

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

How far should love go?

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

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

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.

Are you drowning in negativity?

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

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.