Modern Love (Times Column)

May 28, 2025

Tiny Love Stories: ‘He Left Me for a Much Younger Woman’

Modern Love in miniature, featuring reader-submitted stories of no more than 100 words. Brian Rea Out of Despair After 21 years of marriage, he left me […]
May 21, 2025

Tiny Love Stories: ‘No One’s Choosing to Walk Out’

Modern Love in miniature, featuring reader-submitted stories of no more than 100 words. Brian Rea An Earnest Endearment “So now that we’re dating, what should I […]
May 14, 2025

Tiny Love Stories: ‘Why Don’t You Have a Girlfriend?’

Modern Love in miniature, featuring reader-submitted stories of no more than 100 words. Brian Rea A Fateful Crosswalk “Why don’t you have a girlfriend?” my younger […]
May 7, 2025

Tiny Love Stories: ‘Sex Is Just Sex’

Modern Love in miniature, featuring reader-submitted stories of no more than 100 words. Brian Rea Before ‘Polyamory’ Was in Vogue Veronica’s prom date wanted to marry […]
April 23, 2025

Tiny Love Stories: ‘The Secret About People’

Modern Love in miniature, featuring reader-submitted stories of no more than 100 words. Brian Rea Anxious Affection My mother’s love language was worry. An anxious woman, […]
April 16, 2025

Tiny Love Stories: ‘Young, Headstrong and Wrong’

Modern Love in miniature, featuring reader-submitted stories of no more than 100 words. Brian Rea Lucky Lost Luggage We were dating long-distance because of me. I […]
April 2, 2025

Tiny Love Stories: ‘Breathing Felt Like Betrayal’

Modern Love in miniature, featuring reader-submitted stories of no more than 100 words. Brian Rea Sinew and Silence After my son died, I forgot how to […]
March 26, 2025

Tiny Love Stories: ‘I Asked Him Back to My Place’

Modern Love in miniature, featuring reader-submitted stories of no more than 100 words. Brian Rea Tenderness and Grit A close friend died in 1999. After her […]
March 12, 2025

Tiny Love Stories: ‘My First Post-Divorce Girlfriend’

Modern Love in miniature, featuring reader-submitted stories of no more than 100 words. Brian Rea Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow One of the first things Jay told […]
March 5, 2025

Tiny Love Stories: ‘Serendipity Still Exists’

Modern Love in miniature, featuring reader-submitted stories of no more than 100 words. Brian Rea Ride-Share Roulette Another rider joins the Lyft pool. Now I might […]