Dating and Relationships

May 19, 2017

Modern Love: Not Friends? Then No Benefits

Modern Love By EMILY DEMAIONEWTON My friend Nathan and I were walking to a picnic when we passed a woman named Xenia. I stopped to say […]
May 17, 2017

When You Know It’s Love: Making You Feel Calm

How do you know when you are in love? No 1-800-line psychic will tell you. No notice sent by registered mail. Not even a ping from […]
May 5, 2017

Noted: Younger Men, Older Women: A Pairing Becomes More Common

AThe lead-up to the French presidential election has been rife with debates over immigration, terrorism and the European Union, but one nonpolitical factor has fascinated the […]
May 5, 2017

Modern Love: My So-Called (Instagram) Life

Modern Love By CLARA DOLLAR “You’re like a cartoon character,” he said. “Always wearing the same thing every day.” He meant it as an intimate observation, […]
May 4, 2017

Social Q’s: Was a Missed Promotion a Matter of Race?

Social Q’s By PHILIP GALANES I am a 30-year-old white guy. For three years, I have worked for a clothing company. My credentials are great: I […]
April 28, 2017

Modern Love: The Physics of Forbidden Love

Modern Love By MALCOLM CONNER You can blame it all on Percocet. I was three days post-hysterectomy and a little loopy on painkillers. After five years […]
April 21, 2017

Vows: Still in Love With Comic Books, and Now With Her, Too

Vows By ALIX STRAUSS It started as many relationships do: Someone thought they were in one. In this case it was Ayanna Ross, who was 11 […]
April 14, 2017

Vows: Weddings at the Pizza Parlor? That’s Amore

Vows By KATIE ROGERS On a recent chilly evening in Washington’s Chinatown district, two young brides, one in baby pink and the other in white sequins, […]
April 7, 2017

Modern Love: From Best Man to Puzzled Woman

Modern Love By JENNIFER FINNEY BOYLAN We took a break after the first set. My friend Laura, the lead singer, and I approached the bar. I […]
December 30, 2016

Modern Love: In the New Year, More Cuddling

Modern Love By KRISTINE LLOYD Attending a cuddle party was one of my fear-conquering New Year’s resolutions for 2016. My other resolutions — I had a […]