Elizabeth Laura Nelson

Attracted to the wrong people? Believe it or not, this is actually a good thing.

Being a parent isn’t everything.

Researchers say that the average relationship hits the ‘comfort zone’ phase after 11 months and 24 days.

Go ahead. Give in to the misery.

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.

The problem with people pleasing: You’re trying so hard to be good. So how come you feel so bad?

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.

Honesty is supposed to be the cornerstone of a healthy relationship, and lying, an automatic dealbreaker. But should it be?

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!

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