Modern Love (Times Column)

February 14, 2020

Love Letter: From Worst to Best Date Ever

[Sign up here to receive Love Letter, a weekly newsletter about relationship highs, lows and woes, in your inbox every Friday.] While dating sites and apps […]
February 14, 2020

Modern Love Podcast: Tiny Love Stories Read by the People Who Wrote Them

Listen and subscribe to our podcast from your mobile device: Via Apple Podcasts | Via RadioPublic | Via Stitcher Whether you celebrate Valentine’s Day or view […]
February 14, 2020

Modern Love Podcast: Tiny Love Stories Read by the People Who Wrote Them

Listen and subscribe to our podcast from your mobile device: Via Apple Podcasts | Via RadioPublic | Via Stitcher Whether you celebrate Valentine’s Day or view […]
January 28, 2020

Tiny Love Stories: ‘His Shirtless Picture Caught My Eye’

A Shaft of Light We were 7-year-olds without siblings, living in adjacent Montreal apartments that shared a bathroom light shaft. Margaret had curly, ruddy-brown hair and […]
December 31, 2019

Tiny Love Stories: A New Year’s Instagram Flirtation

The Flamingo Connection Peyton posted a picture with his flamingo, Lisa, wearing a Santa hat. Lisa had an Instagram account, so I followed it. He texted: […]
December 3, 2019

Tiny Love Stories: ‘We Were So Fit, So Young, So Beautiful’

Clubbing With My Mother I was at the club with my mother. Earlier that day, I had moved back in with her. Single, 31, living with […]
November 6, 2019

Zawe Ashton Reads ‘The Triangle’s Sharpest Point’

Listen and subscribe to our podcast from your mobile device: Via Apple Podcasts | Via RadioPublic | Via Stitcher More than 30 years ago, Ingrid Maitland […]
November 1, 2019

Love Letter: Are You a Good Friend?

Love Letter is a weekly email about relationship highs, lows and woes. Sign up here to receive it in your inbox every Friday. Let’s face it, […]
October 22, 2019

Tiny Love Stories: ‘That Poor Pumpkin Needs Someone to Love It’

When Shame Leads to Kindness My mother and I were driving through Detroit when we stopped at a light and noticed a blind man attempting to […]
October 21, 2019

Meet the Man Who Draws Love Notes for The Times

Times Insider explains who we are and what we do, and delivers behind-the-scenes insights into how our journalism comes together. For nearly a decade, Brian Rea, […]