internal-sub-only

April 14, 2023

How to Fall Out of Love With Yourself

My girlfriend thought I might be a narcissist. Maybe it was time to dial back the self-love? This is the story of the love of my […]
April 7, 2023

Seduced by a Charming AI Chatbot

David was passionate, courteous and (artificially) intelligent. I was at Nubar, an elegant cafe near Harvard Square, to meet David, with whom I had been corresponding […]
March 31, 2023

When Climate Change Melts Your Relationship

Everything was going great until I told him to dump his kerosene lamp for an LED. My boyfriend and I had been dating for six months […]
March 31, 2023

When Climate Change Melts Your Relationship

Everything was going great until I told him to dump his kerosene lamp for an LED. My boyfriend and I had been dating for six months […]
March 24, 2023

Our Second Date Was Statistically Abnormal

And the ensuing beauty, tragedy and pain has been exquisite. Years later, I still told the undergraduate students in my research methods class the story of […]
March 24, 2023

Our Second Date Was Statistically Abnormal

And the ensuing beauty, tragedy and pain has been exquisite. Years later, I still told the undergraduate students in my research methods class the story of […]
March 22, 2023

Not Your Daddy’s Freud

In the fall of 2020, Ilan Zechory stepped down as president of Genius, the annotation site he founded with two friends from Yale. After more than […]
March 17, 2023

Here Lie the Bickersons, Side-by-Side for All Eternity

When I bought a burial plot for my almost-ex-husband’s girlfriend, I never guessed who might end up there instead. Recently I came across the deed to […]
March 10, 2023

‘No Love Is Ever Wasted’

Even when it leads to heartbreak. Twenty stuffed animals lay ominously shoulder-to-shoulder on their bellies in a perfect circle on the floor. My 11-year-old daughter, Mary, […]
March 3, 2023

I Gave Her My Only Olive

And it was just our second date. She had the most beautiful profile. I don’t mean her dating profile, which is how we connected. I mean […]