Friendship

November 6, 2024

‘Modern Love Podcast’: Bridget Everett Says a Best Friend Can Be Your Greatest Love

Reva GoldbergEmily LangDavis LandChristina Djossa and Jen Poyant and Dan PowellRowan NiemistoDan PowellAman Sahota and Listen and follow Modern LoveApple Podcasts | Spotify | Amazon Music […]
April 27, 2024

How to Keep Your Friendships in Tact While Wedding Planning

The soon-to-be-married couple and their closest friends might experience stress and even tension leading up to their nuptials. Here’s how to avoid a friendship breakup. Weddings […]
February 28, 2024

‘Modern Love Podcast’: Three Powerful Lessons About Love

Julia Botero, Christina Djossa, Reva Goldberg and Paula Szuchman and Listen and follow Modern LoveApple Podcasts | Spotify ‘Working on the column for all these years has given […]
September 24, 2023

How to Make Friends and Influence People: Join a Watch Club

Enthusiasts say their shared interest has widened their social circle as they bond over all things horological. Two years ago, Johnathan Chan, Helbert Tsang and Carlos […]
June 22, 2023

On a Caribbean Island, Young People Find Freedom in ‘Bike Life’

On a warm evening in October 2021, Enzo Crispin mounted his cobalt motorcycle and set off into the night. Hundreds of others joined his caravan, the […]
June 15, 2023

For Black Debutantes in Detroit, Cotillion Is More Than a Ball

In a heady swirl of bright white silk and lace, the young ladies of the Cotillion Society of Detroit Educational Foundation are presented as debutantes. The […]
June 7, 2023

Traveling the World With Your Best Friend at Any Age

“It’s Never Too Late” is a series that tells the stories of people who decide to pursue their dreams on their own terms. When Eleanor Hamby […]
March 7, 2023

Tiny Love Stories: ‘We Could Have Been Friends’

Modern Love in miniature, featuring reader-submitted stories of no more than 100 words. ‘Is Love Weird?’ Every month, my mother, father, sister and I would drive […]
January 6, 2023

A Web Between Her Body and Mine

For decades we connected nearly every day. One terrible moment changed all that. The nurse had to unwrap the bandages that were holding the skin grafts […]
December 30, 2022

December Birthdays: A Curse, or an Unexpected Blessing?

Those who were born in late December are often met with well-meaning pity when they tell people their birth date. Isn’t it hard, they’re asked, to […]