Love (Emotion)

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 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 […]
September 6, 2022

Tiny Love Stories: ‘My Mother Fell for Her Too’

Modern Love in miniature, featuring reader-submitted stories of no more than 100 words. Glorious Gloria Pregnant with number four, I moved from a trailer to an […]
September 2, 2022

I Broke My Knee, Which Fractured My Marriage

A stray flier for roof repairs sent me crashing into concrete — and my husband into an almost affair. I think I have a condition where […]
August 30, 2022

Tiny Love Stories: ‘I Was the World’s Best Kisser’

Modern Love in miniature, featuring reader-submitted stories of no more than 100 words. The Cardinal’s Song He left the bar of soap upside down in its […]
August 27, 2022

How Love Languages Became a Cultural Phenomenon

Love Languages These days, it seems as if everything is a love language. For some, it’s iced coffee. For others, it’s sarcasm. Or a mechanized mattress. […]
August 26, 2022

Lockdown Was Our Romantic Bubble, but Bubbles Burst

Our connection began behind masks, with eyes only, and grew so deep so fast that I began to dread a return to normal here in Shanghai. […]
August 23, 2022

Tiny Love Stories: ‘I Rewrote My Identity’

Modern Love in miniature, featuring reader-submitted stories of no more than 100 words. Send the Old Stuffie I moved about 1,600 miles with four suitcases filled […]
August 19, 2022

‘A Last Act of Intimate Kindness’

I had barely seen my brother in decades, but when time was short, he let me in. The message I had dreaded for years appeared on […]