Love (Emotion)

February 18, 2022

‘How Much of My Story Am I Supposed to Share?’

When a former stripper marries a future minister, she goes silent about her past — for a while. My husband and I married in a Presbyterian […]
February 18, 2022

Modern Love College Essay Contest: What Is Love Like For You?

In these turbulent times, are the kids … all right? If you’re in college, tell us what love is like for you today. (Maybe it’s good?) […]
February 15, 2022

Tiny Love Stories: ‘Never Good Enough, Never Skinny Enough’

Modern Love in miniature, featuring reader-submitted stories of no more than 100 words. Rest, Then a Little Tenderness My husband wears an expensive anti-snoring device. “Guh-nigh,” […]
February 14, 2022

Can You Manifest Love

Videos on social media claim that positive thinking can lead to love, but studies suggest otherwise. Just over a month before Jocelyn Woods and Mia Garcia […]
February 11, 2022

The Lesbian Writer and Her Flamboyant Gay Husband

Peter taught me to laugh at fate as we lived our dream. At least for a while. Peter and I hitched our wagons young. Early 20s. […]
February 11, 2022

Love Isn’t a Zero-Sum Game

I thought the open relationship was the problem. But it was me. I’ve always been wary of sports, competition and falling in love. So growing up, […]
February 11, 2022

Accepting Applications for a Black Boyfriend

After a lifetime of dating white men, I hoped a new romance could offer a chance at love, and at embracing my own Blackness. “I am […]
February 11, 2022

Beyond Cool, She Was Fly. Her Confidence Gave Me Wings.

I had no example of love, not for girls that looked like me. Until my cousin Tiffany. I’ve spent my whole life looking for similarities between […]
February 11, 2022

What Is Black Love Today?

In a special collaboration between Modern Love and Black History, Continued, we gathered stories that illuminate how Black people live, and love, in this moment. When […]
February 11, 2022

Our Bond Was Thicker Than Blood

No matter how hard I prayed, my father never appeared. But my godfather always did. I was trying to think about the first time I met […]