Love (Emotion)

February 4, 2022

Loving Him More When He Walks Out the Door

A daily reminder of mortality can be more gift than burden. Six weeks after we married, my husband got a phone call from his mother, and […]
February 1, 2022

Tiny Love Stories: ‘I Cried Without Knowing Why’

Modern Love in miniature, featuring reader-submitted stories of no more than 100 words. The Mystery of His Words “I love you, sweetheart. I’ll never forget you.” […]
January 28, 2022

What He Hadn’t Told Me

We met on a dating app, where his profile lacked a few crucial details. At first, he was a fairy tale. Later, an addiction. We met […]
January 25, 2022

Tiny Love Stories: ‘An Invitation to His Bed’

Modern Love in miniature, featuring reader-submitted stories of no more than 100 words. Walking Beside Me His freshman year of high school, my brother, Fred, walked […]
January 21, 2022

I’m Getting Married, Mom. Please Cry.

Entering marriage as your mother leaves it can create an emotional disconnect. Over lunch at a French restaurant in Washington’s Glover Park neighborhood, I told my […]
January 18, 2022

Tiny Love Stories: ‘Be Grateful We Have Different Last Names’

Modern Love in miniature, featuring reader-submitted stories of no more than 100 words. What’s in a Name? When I was a newlywed nearly 30 years ago, […]
January 14, 2022

Our Kinder, Gentler, Nobody-Moves-Out Divorce

When the end of a marriage means living on separate floors of the same house. When my ex-husband’s girlfriend stepped out of the bathroom wrapped in […]
January 11, 2022

Tiny Love Stories: ‘Long After My Ex Had Stopped Caring’

Modern Love in miniature, featuring reader-submitted stories of no more than 100 words. A Solution in Painter’s Tape My Argentine American father always says: “If there’s […]
January 7, 2022

The Benefits of Bickering in Marriage

A relationship is a shared story, even if it’s hard to agree on the details. No one likes to hang out with couples, like us, who […]
January 7, 2022

The Benefits of Bickering in Marriage

A relationship is a shared story, even if it’s hard to agree on the details. No one likes to hang out with couples, like us, who […]