Modern Love (Times Column)

September 27, 2022

Tiny Love Stories: ‘I Blamed My Anxiety’

Modern Love in miniature, featuring reader-submitted stories of no more than 100 words. News After the Jewish New Year I mailed my former therapist a Rosh […]
September 20, 2022

Tiny Love Stories: ‘When I Hate My Husband’

Modern Love in miniature, featuring reader-submitted stories of no more than 100 words. Remember the Skunk Sometimes, when I hate my husband, I think about our […]
September 13, 2022

Tiny Love Stories: ‘Irritated by the Drama of Her Effort’

Modern Love in miniature, featuring reader-submitted stories of no more than 100 words. Best Husband Ever My husband and I are both teachers. On our 10th […]
September 6, 2022

Tiny Love Stories: ‘My Mother Fell for Her Too’

Modern Love in miniature, featuring reader-submitted stories of no more than 100 words. Glorious Gloria Pregnant with number four, I moved from a trailer to an […]
August 30, 2022

Tiny Love Stories: ‘I Was the World’s Best Kisser’

Modern Love in miniature, featuring reader-submitted stories of no more than 100 words. The Cardinal’s Song He left the bar of soap upside down in its […]
August 23, 2022

Tiny Love Stories: ‘I Rewrote My Identity’

Modern Love in miniature, featuring reader-submitted stories of no more than 100 words. Send the Old Stuffie I moved about 1,600 miles with four suitcases filled […]
August 16, 2022

Tiny Love Stories: ‘I Want a Divorce’

Modern Love in miniature, featuring reader-submitted stories of no more than 100 words. ‘Pluck, Bandage, Smile’ My childhood summers were measured in splinters. Gnarled docks and […]
August 9, 2022

Tiny Love Stories: ‘A Couple With Nothing to Talk About’

Modern Love in miniature, featuring reader-submitted stories of no more than 100 words. Our Silent Fire One recent summer evening, my husband and I were sitting […]
August 2, 2022

Tiny Love Stories: ‘Fond of the Little Fellow’

Modern Love in miniature, featuring reader-submitted stories of no more than 100 words. Paved Paradise I didn’t want our first kiss to be in a parking […]
July 26, 2022

Tiny Love Stories: Summer Loving

To celebrate this sticky seventh month, we present seven of our favorite summer-themed Tiny Love Stories. When Lies Turn Into Prophecies A very drunk man won’t […]