Love (Emotion)

May 13, 2020

Alone.

Claire Manship belted songs out the window. Ketaki Chowkhani began barking at a stray puppy. Blake Mitchell performed in drag. As millions of people grapple with […]
May 1, 2020

Making Space in Marriage, Even as the Walls Close In

It was a week before our 25th anniversary, and I wanted out. John and I were sitting in a tent pavilion as women in tiny thongs, […]
April 24, 2020

Live Alone? We Want to Hear From You

ImageCredit…Illustration by Jon Han MODERN LOVE Live Alone? We Want to Hear From You Now that millions of people are isolated at home, Modern Love is […]
April 24, 2020

When It’s Either Your Ex, or Nobody, for Months

My boyfriend broke up with me the week before they found my neighbor. The breakup happened in the evening; I had spent the day grocery shopping […]
April 17, 2020

The End of the Long-Distance Marriage

For the past 13 years, a few days each week, I practiced social distancing by living 200 miles from my husband, Michael — not because I […]
April 8, 2020

Modern Love Podcast: Daniel Radcliffe Reads ‘Somewhere Inside, a Path to Empathy’

Listen and subscribe to our podcast from your mobile device: Via Apple Podcasts | Via RadioPublic | Via Stitcher After three years of marriage, David Finch […]
April 3, 2020

Relationships Move Fast on a Slow Cargo Ship

Liz and I were on a cargo ship in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean with the sun setting and a light wind. The scene resembled […]
March 27, 2020

On the Front Lines of a Pandemic, ‘I Love You’ Can Mean ‘Goodbye’

“I love you,” I said to my wife. Then, quietly: “Goodbye.” It was 6 a.m. and I was getting up for work. If I had said […]
March 18, 2020

Love Is Blind in Quarantine

For singles practicing social distancing in their houses and apartments, dating presents some obvious challenges. But also: opportunities. “If you really think about it, being in […]
March 13, 2020

Love Letter: Life After ‘Love Is Blind’

[Sign up here to receive Love Letter, a weekly newsletter about relationship highs, lows and woes, in your inbox every Friday.] Netflix’s reality romance show “Love […]