I'm setting up a very straightforward FAQ page with jQuery. Like so: <h2>What happens when you click on this question?</h2> <p>This answer will appear!</p>   This is all inside a very specific div, so I'll be selecting the header with $('#faq h2')  . Simple, right? Click on the H2, and use this.next()  to make the next paragraph show up.   (The caveat with this page is that a non-programmer will be maintaining it, which is why I'm not using classes: there's no guarantee that any new entries would have the right classes in them.)   So! The problem: <h2>What happens when you click on the next question?</h2> <p>That is an interesting conundrum.</p> <p>Because the maintainer is kind of long-winded</p> <p>and many answers will span a few paragraphs.</p>   So how, without adding in div  s and classes and whatnot, can I have my this.next()  routine select everything between the question-that-was-...