Some struggling marriages can be salvaged with hard work and counseling; others should be dismantled and stripped for parts.

I think that it's a great idea to have honest conversations about children before getting married. I also think it's impossible to promise someone, "What I want right now will never change, and as long as I promise you I do - or don't - want a child - or a specific number of children - before we get married, we will never have to experience fear, anxiety, uncertainty, or the pain of not getting what we want, when we want it.

A woman who repeatedly asks a man she knows to be gay when he's going to get married and have children is not trying to let sleeping dogs lie.

There has to be some kind of personal hygiene bar that a person needs to clear in order for a relationship to be successful.

The hardest part about being ghosted is the fact that you can't deal with the ghoster directly. You just never hear from them again, and everything feels odd and incomplete.

LGBT youth face a much higher risk of violence and homelessness after being rejected by their family of origin.

Someone who responds to "Please don't grope me" with whining and pouting isn't a friend. He's an asshole and a predator.