Dating and Relationships

September 18, 2023

A Summer of Singles Events, in Pictures

At a speed-dating event in August, $25 bought attendees about 25 dates with strangers, each roughly five minutes long. When the first blind dates began, it […]
September 15, 2023

Pinned Under the Bodies of Men

I thought being sexually bold was a game I was allowed to play. I had no idea of the punishment that awaited me — or the […]
September 12, 2023

Tiny Love Stories: ‘I Know Something She Doesn’t’

Modern Love in miniature, featuring reader-submitted stories of no more than 100 words. Cupid Launches a Cannonball While the other Ph.D. students chatted — dryly — […]
September 11, 2023

“Good Morning America” Host Robin Roberts Marries Amber Laign

The couple were wed Sept. 8 in an intimate ceremony at their home in Farmington, Conn. The newlyweds spoke to The New York Times in an […]
September 8, 2023

The Tabi Swiper vs. TikTok’s Vigilantes

A new addition to the list of bad date villains. This week, I found myself breathlessly refreshing TikTok and Twitter — still not ready to call […]
September 5, 2023

Tiny Love Stories: ‘All Women Are Psychic’

Modern Love in miniature, featuring reader-submitted stories of no more than 100 words. Cashier Connection I pull up to the neon-lit drive-through past midnight. The young […]
September 1, 2023

Why I Dress (and Act) Like a Man

Tired of being deferential to men in my relationships, I decided to create my own drag king persona. Slow moving, slow talking, with a melancholy sense […]
August 29, 2023

Tiny Love Stories: ‘Now That We’re Married, What’s Your Name?’

Modern Love in miniature, featuring reader-submitted stories of no more than 100 words. Solitary Sunset Solitary on my postage stamp porch, I wear Chanel No. 5 […]
August 25, 2023

Putting All My Eggs in the Boyfriend Basket

As my friends left college for exciting jobs and law school, I went to Mexico for a guy. Ten months out of college, I was sitting […]
August 22, 2023

Tiny Love Stories: Oh, August!

To celebrate this bittersweet eighth month, we present eight of our favorite summer-themed Tiny Love Stories. Between the Sunflower Stalks August in a West Virginia sunflower […]