Divorce, Separations and Annulments

February 28, 2024

‘Modern Love Podcast’: Three Powerful Lessons About Love

Julia Botero, Christina Djossa, Reva Goldberg and Paula Szuchman and Listen and follow Modern LoveApple Podcasts | Spotify ‘Working on the column for all these years has given […]
December 26, 2023

Tiny Love Stories: ‘My First Post-Divorce Christmas’

Modern Love in miniature, featuring reader-submitted stories of no more than 100 words. He’ll Be Home for Christmas! “I’ll drive; it’s 20 hours and I’ll be […]
December 8, 2023

Never Rely on a Man’s Money

This essay is a preview of a Modern Love project on the intersection of money and relationships. More stories in this project will appear next week. […]
December 5, 2023

Tiny Love Stories: ‘The Unspoken Question Between Us’

Modern Love in miniature, featuring reader-submitted stories of no more than 100 words. Shelves for Memories The shelves we bought in August, meant to hold memories […]
December 5, 2023

Tiny Love Stories: ‘The Unspoken Question Between Us’

Modern Love in miniature, featuring reader-submitted stories of no more than 100 words. Shelves for Memories The shelves we bought in August, meant to hold memories […]
November 28, 2023

Tiny Love Stories: ‘We’d Lost the American Dream’

Modern Love in miniature, featuring reader-submitted stories of no more than 100 words. A New Dream When we lost our apartment, my job and your nest […]
November 24, 2023

First My Husband Left, Then My Stuff

Lessons in letting go and embracing a lighter life. Three years after my divorce, I gave my youngest daughter my wedding shoes. They fit perfectly, their […]
November 1, 2023

‘Modern Love Podcast’: My Sweaty Revenge

Julia Botero, Christina Djossa, Hans Buetow, Emily Lang and Jen Poyant and Dan Powell, Pat McCusker and Listen and follow Modern LoveApple Podcasts | Spotify ‘It was more than a […]
October 27, 2023

When a Breakup Is an Act of Love

Single again in midlife, I am learning how to embrace reality over fantasy in a new relationship. A prompt on the Hinge dating app asks for […]
September 29, 2023

My 11-Year Relationship That Never Happened

At 50, divorced and suffering from delusions, I experienced the greatest love I had ever known. If only it were real. It is unusual, doctors tell […]