Dating and Relationships

July 2, 2021

Some People Flip Real Estate. I Flip Men.

Give me a fixer-upper and I’ll turn him into someone desirable — for someone else. I am a man flipper. I meet a man, fix him […]
June 30, 2021

Modern Love Podcast: When Two Open Marriages Collide

Listen and follow Modern LoveApple Podcasts | Spotify | Stitcher “This situation — entering the hospital room of my wife’s lover — risked exposing our oddness […]
June 29, 2021

Tiny Love Stories: ‘She Adored Having a Gay Son’

Modern Love in miniature, featuring reader-submitted stories of no more than 100 words. Within Reach Over time, my husband taught himself how to repair every part […]
June 25, 2021

Why Won’t Anyone Help Me in This Sex Shop?

At 83, and legally blind, I could use some assistance. I didn’t see what the problem was. I’m a perfectly respectable woman who knows what she […]
June 23, 2021

Modern Love Podcast: The Right to Fail at Marriage

Listen and follow Modern LoveApple Podcasts | Spotify | Stitcher “I fought for our space and our rights alongside so many others, and in the end, […]
June 22, 2021

Tiny Love Stories: ‘Brave Enough to Unearth What’s Buried’

Modern Love in miniature, featuring reader-submitted stories of no more than 100 words. Only Looking at You We met in the South at a Starbucks, where […]
June 19, 2021

My 70-Year-Old Father Joined Tinder

What seemed like a nightmare scenario turned out to be a new way to bond. Until recently, if you had asked me about the prospect of […]
June 15, 2021

Tiny Love Stories: ‘Never Forget Me’

Modern Love in miniature, featuring reader-submitted stories of no more than 100 words. Marching in Solidarity Black ink streaked Renny’s soggy poster, blurring the letters in […]
June 11, 2021

He Made Affection Feel Simple

Dating as a transgender woman, in my experience, meant low expectations and casual sex. Then I met Jack. My bio on Grindr read: “Be trans friendly. […]
June 8, 2021

Tiny Love Stories: ‘Two Days Later, He Moved Into My Loft’

Modern Love in miniature, featuring reader-submitted stories of no more than 100 words. Ready to Hug Me Orphaned at 13, I thought about how I would […]