Dating and Relationships

August 8, 2023

Tiny Love Stories: ‘Take a Bath With Me’

Modern Love in miniature, featuring reader-submitted stories of no more than 100 words. A Face Like Her Mother’s In the supermarket yesterday, a young woman with […]
August 4, 2023

Would Marrying Her Be a Giant Mistake?

I was warned not to marry outside my faith, but when Jillian was asleep in my bed, I would cry, unable to imagine a world without […]
August 4, 2023

Would Marrying Her Be a Giant Mistake?

I was warned not to marry outside my faith, but when Jillian was asleep in my bed, I would cry, unable to imagine a world without […]
July 28, 2023

Wanting More Than ‘Thank You, Next!’

Auditioning for romance, friendship and acting roles has a lot in common — especially when it comes to hearing ‘No.’ Our first date started at a […]
July 25, 2023

Tiny Love Stories: ‘Gay, Dominant, Single, White, Female’

Modern Love in miniature, featuring reader-submitted stories of no more than 100 words. God’s Wife We called Dad “The Answerman.” He seemed to know the answer […]
July 24, 2023

What It’s Like at the Chaotic Singles Parties

The monthly event asks guests to bring someone they’ve matched with on Tinder, but whom they don’t yet know. What could go wrong? “Are any of […]
July 21, 2023

Love Letter: A Father’s New Sight

“It’s as if he’s been studying me each time with fresh eyes.” Rachel Noah Matlow, who uses they/them pronouns, was devastated to watch their father decline […]
July 21, 2023

Why My Father Called Me Son, Daughter, He, She and It

As my father lost his memory, he began to regard my gender as increasingly fluid. My father and I were in Starbucks about a year after […]
July 19, 2023

My Invisible Husband

Julia Botero, Christina Djossa and Jen Poyant and Dan Powell and Listen and follow “Modern Love”Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Amazon Music ‘Our engagement was not only […]
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 […]