Modern Love (Times Column)

February 14, 2023

Tiny Love Stories: ‘Where Is Your Valentine Tonight?’

Modern Love in miniature, featuring reader-submitted stories of no more than 100 words. My Van Halen Valentine Van Halen’s “Hot for Teacher” played in my mind […]
February 7, 2023

Tiny Love Stories: ‘My Parents Fought a Lot’

Modern Love in miniature, featuring reader-submitted stories of no more than 100 words. The Pastor and Librarian No church wants a pastor without a wife. Not […]
January 31, 2023

Tiny Love Stories: ‘Want to Come Over?’

Modern Love in miniature, featuring reader-submitted stories of no more than 100 words. How Could I Be Upset? I called on a whim. “It’s Diane. Do […]
January 24, 2023

Tiny Love Stories: ‘The Cause of My Misery’

Modern Love in miniature, featuring reader-submitted stories of no more than 100 words. There All Along When she was pregnant with me, my mother bought yellow […]
January 17, 2023

Tiny Love Stories: ‘Destined for Singlehood’

Modern Love in miniature, featuring reader-submitted stories of no more than 100 words. A Fitting Name When my friend Nancy brought four aspiring writers together, she […]
January 10, 2023

Tiny Love Stories: ‘The Luxury of Her Attention’

Modern Love in miniature, featuring reader-submitted stories of no more than 100 words. Postcard from the Future Months into dating, my girlfriend and I sat across […]
January 3, 2023

Tiny Love Stories: ‘A Wife Who Left’

Modern Love in miniature, featuring reader-submitted stories of no more than 100 words. A Perfect Fit I’m 5-foot-4. The tallest man I’ve dated seriously was 5-foot-8; […]
December 27, 2022

Tiny Love Stories: ‘He Knows Better by Now’

Modern Love in miniature, featuring reader-submitted stories of no more than 100 words. A Memory Mea Culpa “Your favorite New Year’s Eve ever?” I asked my […]
December 20, 2022

Tiny Love Stories: ‘Meet Me Under the Bridge at 5 a.m.’

Modern Love in miniature, featuring reader-submitted stories of no more than 100 words. My Unwritten Chapter Before she died at 42, my wife suggested I marry […]
December 13, 2022

Tiny Love Stories: ‘I Decided to Be Brutally Honest’

Modern Love in miniature, featuring reader-submitted stories of no more than 100 words. What Money Can’t Buy I had just returned from six months of rehab. […]