Dating and Relationships

June 20, 2023

Tiny Love Stories: ‘I Wore an Orange Wig’

Modern Love in miniature, featuring reader-submitted stories of no more than 100 words. A Rare Chance My oldest child and I drove from Massachusetts to New […]
June 14, 2023

For a 30-Year-Old Virgin, It’s Now or Never

Julia Botero, Christina Djossa and Jen Poyant and Dan Powell, Elisheba Ittoop, Rowan Niemisto, Pat McCusker and Listen and follow Modern LoveApple Podcasts | Spotify | Stitcher | Amazon Music […]
June 13, 2023

Tiny Love Stories: ‘Between Black and White Boys’

Modern Love in miniature, featuring reader-submitted stories of no more than 100 words. Boyhood Memory, 64 Years Later Indiana, summer 1959: It was my first season […]
June 7, 2023

The Marriage Proposal That Wasn’t

Julia Botero, Christina Djossa, Elyssa Dudley and Jen Poyant and Dan Powell and Listen and follow Modern LoveApple Podcasts | Spotify | Stitcher | Amazon Music ‘Old age […]
June 7, 2023

What Is a Beige Flag? TikTok’s New Term for Weird Dating Habits.

On TikTok, the term is being used to describe romantic partners’ weird habits that are less than a deal breaker, but not exactly a plus, either. […]
June 6, 2023

Tiny Love Stories: ‘I Watched Him Kiss Someone New’

Modern Love in miniature, featuring reader-submitted stories of no more than 100 words. Half Full or Half Empty? I called him “Cup Guy” because in every […]
June 5, 2023

PDA Boundaries: Where Do You Draw the Line on Public Affection?

Wherever your boundaries are, they might not be as fixed as you think. On a Wednesday afternoon in Manhattan, a man and a woman nestled closely […]
May 31, 2023

We Dated for Three Years. He Forgot It All.

Julia Botero, Christina Djossa, Elyssa Dudley and Jen Poyant and Dan Powell and Listen and follow Modern LoveApple Podcasts | Spotify | Stitcher | Amazon Music ‘To break […]
May 30, 2023

Tiny Love Stories: ‘Everyone Knew but Him’

Modern Love in miniature, featuring reader-submitted stories of no more than 100 words. Lucky There Isn’t Another Place I owned a small laundromat called “The Laundromat” […]
May 23, 2023

Tiny Love Stories: ‘I Never Saw My Parents Kiss’

Modern Love in miniature, featuring reader-submitted stories of no more than 100 words. Blinking With Love Growing up in the ’50s, I never saw my parents […]