Modern Love (Times Column)

December 5, 2023

Tiny Love Stories: ‘The Unspoken Question Between Us’

Modern Love in miniature, featuring reader-submitted stories of no more than 100 words. Shelves for Memories The shelves we bought in August, meant to hold memories […]
November 28, 2023

Tiny Love Stories: ‘We’d Lost the American Dream’

Modern Love in miniature, featuring reader-submitted stories of no more than 100 words. A New Dream When we lost our apartment, my job and your nest […]
November 21, 2023

Tiny Love Stories: ‘It’s a Rom-Com Opening, Baby!’

Modern Love in miniature, featuring reader-submitted stories of no more than 100 words. The One Where Our Groceries Cost the Same Trader Joe’s, West Hollywood. “Your […]
November 14, 2023

Tiny Love Stories: ‘Don’t Marry Your Boyfriend’

Modern Love in miniature, featuring reader-submitted stories of no more than 100 words. The Psychic’s Stare Octobers ago, I crossed a psychic’s door. She examined me, […]
November 7, 2023

Tiny Love Stories: ‘I Got Married to Avoid Myself’

Modern Love in miniature, featuring reader-submitted stories of no more than 100 words. Duct Tape Love Hell is texting two guys whose names start with “B” […]
October 31, 2023

Tiny Love Stories: ‘I Shied Away From Telling Him’

Modern Love in miniature, featuring reader-submitted stories of no more than 100 words. Loud Love My husband is a bit of an introvert. Me? Not so […]
October 24, 2023

Tiny Love Stories: ‘You Have Me Now’

Modern Love in miniature, featuring reader-submitted stories of no more than 100 words. Through His Eyes I watched the car on the ride-hailing app circle my […]
October 17, 2023

Tiny Love Stories: ‘Not Especially Beautiful, Intelligent, Affectionate’

Modern Love in miniature, featuring reader-submitted stories of no more than 100 words. Caboodle the Extraordinary Cat Caboodle was a sweet but average cat. Not especially […]
October 10, 2023

Tiny Love Stories: ‘Were They Just Using Me?’

Modern Love in miniature, featuring reader-submitted stories of no more than 100 words. Sam with the Answer My girlfriends made a habit of crushing on my […]
September 26, 2023

Tiny Love Stories: ‘Skin to Skin, We Are Drinking Beers at 3 p.m.’

Modern Love in miniature, featuring reader-submitted stories of no more than 100 words. Disdain to Delight The American woman sitting with us at a cafe in […]