Love (Emotion)

April 30, 2024

Tiny Love Stories: ‘The Schoolhouse Taught Me What Marriage Didn’t’

Modern Love in miniature, featuring reader-submitted stories of no more than 100 words. Fortunes Told My wife died in 1991. Her best friend and I grew […]
April 26, 2024

When Love Means Being Selfish

I knew I had to hold onto what I needed — even if that meant using a lawyer to get custody (of a dog). “You cannot […]
April 24, 2024

‘Modern Love Podcast’: Laufey, Gen Z’s Pop Jazz Icon, Sings for the Anxious Generation

Julia Botero, Christina Djossa, Reva Goldberg, Emily Lang and Dan Powell and Listen and follow Modern LoveApple Podcasts | Spotify | Amazon Music ‘The songs we listen to growing […]
April 23, 2024

Tiny Love Stories: ‘The Problem Was He Smelled Really Good’

Modern Love in miniature, featuring reader-submitted stories of no more than 100 words. Group Chat My high school friends restart a group text. Basic holiday wishes […]
April 19, 2024

After the Affair, the Reckoning

While I was with our new baby, my husband was with another woman. One day before our seventh wedding anniversary, and six weeks after our first […]
April 17, 2024

‘Modern Love Podcast’: Why John Magaro of ‘Past Lives’ Could Never Love a Picky Eater

Julia Botero, Christina Djossa, Reva Goldberg, Emily Lang and Dan Powell, Marion Lozano, Diane Wong, Rowan Niemisto and Listen and follow Modern LoveApple Podcasts | Spotify ‘If this person is not even […]
April 10, 2024

‘Modern Love Podcast’: Esther Perel on What the Other Woman Knows

Julia Botero, Christina Djossa, Reva Goldberg and Jen Poyant and Pat McCusker, Marion Lozano, Carole Sabouraud, Rowan Niemisto, Diane Wong and Listen and follow Modern LoveApple Podcasts | Spotify ‘At the heart […]
April 9, 2024

Tiny Love Stories: ‘That Was a Fake Question’

Modern Love in miniature, featuring reader-submitted stories of no more than 100 words. An Orderly Fresh Start In the yellow house on San Marco Drive, my […]
April 3, 2024

‘Modern Love Podcast’: The Second Best Way to Get Divorced, According to Maya Hawke

Julia Botero, Christina Djossa, Reva Goldberg and Pat McCusker, Rowan Niemisto, Dan Powell and Listen and follow Modern LoveApple Podcasts | Spotify ‘My parents got divorced when I was a […]
March 27, 2024

‘Modern Love Podcast’: How to Be Real With Your Kids

Julia Botero, Christina Djossa, Reva Goldberg and Listen and follow Modern LoveApple Podcasts | Spotify ‘I really would want to interrogate anybody’s experience of so-called unconditional love because […]