Love (Emotion)

May 31, 2023

We Dated for Three Years. He Forgot It All.

Julia Botero, Christina Djossa, Elyssa Dudley and Jen Poyant and Dan Powell and Listen and follow Modern LoveApple Podcasts | Spotify | Stitcher | Amazon Music ‘To break […]
May 30, 2023

Tiny Love Stories: ‘Everyone Knew but Him’

Modern Love in miniature, featuring reader-submitted stories of no more than 100 words. Lucky There Isn’t Another Place I owned a small laundromat called “The Laundromat” […]
May 26, 2023

‘That’s Why I Picked a Younger Man’

My mother’s second husband wasn’t supposed to die before she did. And neither was I. The day after Thanksgiving, my mother called, worried I was going […]
May 23, 2023

Tiny Love Stories: ‘I Never Saw My Parents Kiss’

Modern Love in miniature, featuring reader-submitted stories of no more than 100 words. Blinking With Love Growing up in the ’50s, I never saw my parents […]
May 19, 2023

My Spectacular Betrayal

We had compromised in our marriages, denied parts of ourselves, often felt lonely, but who didn’t? Weren’t we happy enough? I was sitting at DK Donuts […]
May 17, 2023

Tiny Love Stories: ‘Deeply in Love With a Polyamorous Woman’

Modern Love in miniature, featuring reader-submitted stories of no more than 100 words. More than 30 Minutes Together Windows down, music blasting as we drive over […]
May 16, 2023

Tiny Love Stories: ‘The Night Before She Moves Away’

Modern Love in miniature, featuring reader-submitted stories of no more than 100 words. More than 30 Minutes Together Windows down, music blasting as we drive over […]
May 12, 2023

My Mother, the Stranger

After cutting off all contact with my mother, I tried to let go. Now I’m trying to hold on. I found Soph on an app. I […]
May 9, 2023

Tiny Love Stories: ‘I Missed My Children, but I Needed My Mom’

Modern Love in miniature, featuring reader-submitted stories of no more than 100 words. Carrying Me Through In the winter of my 40th year, I received a […]
May 5, 2023

Seeking a Lover, Not a Nurse

Disability shouldn’t make someone undesirable or impractical as a romantic partner. My therapist asked if I was pessimistic in love, and I said, “No, I’m realistic.” […]