Dating and Relationships

October 16, 2020

Modern Love: He Married a Sociopath. Me.

My husband was trying to tell me I was “the only one” for him. “Don’t lie to a liar,” I said. It wasn’t a very romantic […]
October 2, 2020

Love Letter: Is It Time to Break Up?

As that old song goes, “breaking up is hard to do,” especially during a global pandemic. While ending things with a partner might be tougher right […]
October 2, 2020

‘Ridicule’: The French Reaction to ‘Emily in Paris’

PARIS — The old story of the American ingénue who moves to Paris, succumbs to the city’s sensual pleasures (usually by way of a French lover) […]
October 2, 2020

Love and the Lockdown

In late February, Jordan Tyler saw a TV commercial for the dating app Match, and while “not big on an online thing,” decided, nonetheless to give […]
September 30, 2020

How the Show ‘Alone’ Sparked a Solo Trip and a Tough Realization

This article is part of a series on resilience in troubled times — what we can learn about it from history and personal experiences. When I […]
September 25, 2020

Modern Love: Please, Lord, Let Him Be 27

He had been in Los Angeles for a month, but he said he hadn’t seen much. The ocean, a couple of record stores and the stretch […]
September 22, 2020

Tiny Love Stories: ‘I Didn’t Want to Like Him’

‘Don’t Ever Lose This Rock’ Six years ago, on a humid evening at an open-air bar in Vietnam, a tipsy acquaintance gave me a rock. She […]
September 12, 2020

Spice Up Your Pandemic Love Life

For many people, the monotony of the last 160-plus days has depleted just about everything. You aren’t alone if you barely recognize yourself, let alone your […]
September 3, 2020

‘Black Love’ Keeps It Simple: Honesty, not Antics

In an episode from 2018, the actor Glynn Turman sat on a sofa with his arm draped affectionately around his wife, Jo-An, as the two recounted […]
September 1, 2020

How to Submit a Modern Love Essay

ImageCredit…Brian Rea Although Modern Love has evolved into a podcast, a book, a TV show and Tiny Love Stories in its 16 years, the column’s central […]