Dating and Relationships

July 18, 2023

Tiny Modern Love Stories: ‘Her Smooth Leg Brushing Mine’

Modern Love in miniature, featuring reader-submitted stories of no more than 100 words. An Admittedly American Girl 1969. Me, an American girl wanting a Girl Scouts […]
July 14, 2023

What’s in a Screenshot?

Leaked text messages list the “boundaries for romantic partnership.” Evan Agostini/Invision, via Associated Press Last weekend, Sarah Brady, a semiprofessional surfer, posted a number of screenshots […]
July 11, 2023

Tiny Love Stories: ‘Who I Was Without a Wedding Ring’

Modern Love in miniature, featuring reader-submitted stories of no more than 100 words. A Portrait of Father and Son Growing up in the 1950s, I was […]
July 7, 2023

Kissing a Fellow Janitor Amid the Trash

After two assaults, I sought healing on the coldest, driest and windiest continent on earth. On my first day of work in Antarctica, I found a […]
July 5, 2023

The Gift of Holiday Men

Julia Botero, Christina Djossa, Elyssa Dudley and Jen Poyant and Dan Powell and Listen and follow Modern LoveApple Podcasts | Spotify | Stitcher | Amazon Music ‘That was […]
July 4, 2023

Tiny Love Stories: ‘My Entire Body Shook With Passionate Interest’

Modern Love in miniature, featuring reader-submitted stories of no more than 100 words. The Third ‘Fourth’ Is the Charm While I was dancing, another grad student […]
July 3, 2023

Ignoring the Red Flags for the Thrill

“The Idol” was bad, but it did get one thing right: Sometimes we pick people we know we shouldn’t. This article contains spoilers for the first […]
June 28, 2023

Sex on the Run? No, We Parked.

Julia Botero, Christina Djossa, Elyssa Dudley and Jen Poyant and Dan Powell, Rowan Niemisto and Listen and follow Modern LoveApple Podcasts | Spotify | Stitcher | Amazon Music ‘For […]
June 27, 2023

Tiny Love Stories: ‘I Left Any Room She Entered’

Modern Love in miniature, featuring reader-submitted stories of no more than 100 words. Silent Empathy You were a businessman seated next to me on a flight. […]
June 21, 2023

What I Got Wrong About My Parents’ Marriage

Julia Botero, Christina Djossa, Elyssa Dudley and Jen Poyant and Dan Powell and Listen and follow Modern LoveApple Podcasts | Spotify | Stitcher | Amazon Music ‘The space […]