Dating and Relationships

September 9, 2022

No Longer Running From My Emotions

At 19, I rejected his romantic gestures because they were too intense. At 27, I relished intensity. When I bumped into him on the street in […]
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 […]
September 2, 2022

I Broke My Knee, Which Fractured My Marriage

A stray flier for roof repairs sent me crashing into concrete — and my husband into an almost affair. I think I have a condition where […]
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 27, 2022

How Love Languages Became a Cultural Phenomenon

Love Languages These days, it seems as if everything is a love language. For some, it’s iced coffee. For others, it’s sarcasm. Or a mechanized mattress. […]
August 26, 2022

Lockdown Was Our Romantic Bubble, but Bubbles Burst

Our connection began behind masks, with eyes only, and grew so deep so fast that I began to dread a return to normal here in Shanghai. […]
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 12, 2022

Was This a Meet-Cute or Meet Creep?

While I was living in the basement of my university’s library, he watched me sleep. Then he left a note in my shoe. The summer after […]
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 […]