Dating and Relationships

November 13, 2020

How I Got Caught Up in a Global Romance Scam

This past spring, my inboxes began filling with messages from heartbroken women. The first came through Instagram: “Hey, I am Lina. I live in Germany. Someone […]
November 11, 2020

Modern Love Podcast: No More Secrets

Listen and subscribe to Modern LoveApple Podcasts | Spotify | Stitcher ‘But I knew: If I drank, I would cheat, and she would leave. She had […]
November 11, 2020

How to Give Guests an Active Role in Your Virtual Wedding

As couples continue to look for ways to move forward with their wedding plans during the coronavirus pandemic, guests are also looking for ways to feel […]
November 10, 2020

Tiny Love Stories: ‘I Had a Lot of Feelings and Nowhere to Put Them’

Just Me and My Sea Monkeys I was in love and in lockdown in a small flat in Leith, Scotland. I had a lot of feelings […]
October 29, 2020

You’re Not Voting? Swipe Left

Rebecca Cibbarelli, 23, was texting with a man on Hinge while Senator Kamala Harris and Vice President Mike Pence debated on her TV screen in early […]
October 27, 2020

Tiny Love Stories: ‘Do I Always Tilt My Head Like That?’

Embracing a New Life and Love When I lifted the baby girl to my chest, it was love, overwhelming and instant. Then came the Spider-Man light-up […]
October 26, 2020

How the Trump Era Has Strained, and Strengthened, Politically Mixed Marriages

There are few remaining areas of American life in which people aren’t sorting themselves by political allegiances — including romantic relationships. Politically mixed marriages are rare, […]
October 23, 2020

I Was Done Dating. Then I Joined a Hookup App.

Last summer, as I neared 25 years in Vancouver, I concluded that I had exhausted the local dating pool. I had overfished Plenty of Fish and […]
October 21, 2020

Modern Love Podcast: After the Breakup

Listen and subscribe to Modern LoveApple Podcasts | Spotify | Stitcher ‘Even though we hadn’t lasted, the way we had bridged the political and cultural divide […]
October 20, 2020

Tiny Love Stories: ‘Our Refuge From Reality’

With a Touch of Love My father, Seung-ho, has always had an eye for little details. About two months into sheltering-in-place, I asked him to grab […]