Dating and Relationships

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 […]
October 16, 2020

Modern Love: He Married a Sociopath. Me.

My husband was trying to tell me I was “the only one” for him. “Don’t lie to a liar,” I said. It wasn’t a very romantic […]
October 2, 2020

Love Letter: Is It Time to Break Up?

As that old song goes, “breaking up is hard to do,” especially during a global pandemic. While ending things with a partner might be tougher right […]
October 2, 2020

‘Ridicule’: The French Reaction to ‘Emily in Paris’

PARIS — The old story of the American ingénue who moves to Paris, succumbs to the city’s sensual pleasures (usually by way of a French lover) […]
October 2, 2020

Love and the Lockdown

In late February, Jordan Tyler saw a TV commercial for the dating app Match, and while “not big on an online thing,” decided, nonetheless to give […]
September 30, 2020

How the Show ‘Alone’ Sparked a Solo Trip and a Tough Realization

This article is part of a series on resilience in troubled times — what we can learn about it from history and personal experiences. When I […]
September 25, 2020

Modern Love: Please, Lord, Let Him Be 27

He had been in Los Angeles for a month, but he said he hadn’t seen much. The ocean, a couple of record stores and the stretch […]
September 22, 2020

Tiny Love Stories: ‘I Didn’t Want to Like Him’

‘Don’t Ever Lose This Rock’ Six years ago, on a humid evening at an open-air bar in Vietnam, a tipsy acquaintance gave me a rock. She […]