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October 4, 2022

Tiny Love Stories: ‘You Are Unmatchable’

Modern Love in miniature, featuring reader-submitted stories of no more than 100 words. Synchronized Swimming “I want to spend the next 50 years with you,” Barry […]
September 30, 2022

This Is Not About Sexy Secretary Role-Play

What my therapist called a manipulative bid for control, I called ‘efficiency activism.’ My boyfriend, Jamie, was trying to return an uncomfortably soft mattress he had […]
September 27, 2022

Tiny Love Stories: ‘I Blamed My Anxiety’

Modern Love in miniature, featuring reader-submitted stories of no more than 100 words. News After the Jewish New Year I mailed my former therapist a Rosh […]
September 21, 2022

TikTok’s Corn Kid Is Doing Just Fine

He went viral this summer for his love of corn. Now it’s back to business as usual: elementary school. “It’s corn!” With just two words about […]
September 20, 2022

Tiny Love Stories: ‘When I Hate My Husband’

Modern Love in miniature, featuring reader-submitted stories of no more than 100 words. Remember the Skunk Sometimes, when I hate my husband, I think about our […]
September 16, 2022

Please Let Me Do More Laundry and Vacuuming!

For decades, I avoided domestic tasks. My failing vision has made me cherish them. I found my wife, Anna, at her desk, working at her computer. […]
September 14, 2022

Why Won’t My Husband Change His Will to Protect Our Baby and Me?

A reader wonders how to negotiate the sensitive subject of her husband’s outdated will, which she worries could leave her and her child without a place […]
September 14, 2022

Why Won’t My Husband Change His Will to Protect Our Baby and Me?

A reader wonders how to negotiate the sensitive subject of her husband’s outdated will, which she worries could leave her and her child without a place […]
September 13, 2022

Tiny Love Stories: ‘Irritated by the Drama of Her Effort’

Modern Love in miniature, featuring reader-submitted stories of no more than 100 words. Best Husband Ever My husband and I are both teachers. On our 10th […]
September 9, 2022

No Longer Running From My Emotions

At 19, I rejected his romantic gestures because they were too intense. At 27, I relished intensity. When I bumped into him on the street in […]