Dating and Relationships

December 11, 2023

Melissa Febos on a Financially Controlling Boyfriend — and Girlfriend

This essay is part of a Modern Love project on the intersection of money and relationships. In my mid-20s, I was close to broke. Not struggling-to-keep-the-lights-on-broke, […]
December 11, 2023

Chloé Cooper Jones on Love and the ‘Cost’ of Care

This essay is part of a Modern Love project on the intersection of money and relationships. We were standing outside a party in Texas when the […]
December 8, 2023

Never Rely on a Man’s Money

This essay is a preview of a Modern Love project on the intersection of money and relationships. More stories in this project will appear next week. […]
December 7, 2023

Kink Goes Dark After Troubled Relaunch of Feeld Dating App

Missed connections, privacy lapses and a thwarted threesome: Feeld, the sex-positive dating app, is still dealing with issues days after a splashy reintroduction. What happens when […]
December 5, 2023

Tiny Love Stories: ‘The Unspoken Question Between Us’

Modern Love in miniature, featuring reader-submitted stories of no more than 100 words. Shelves for Memories The shelves we bought in August, meant to hold memories […]
December 5, 2023

Tiny Love Stories: ‘The Unspoken Question Between Us’

Modern Love in miniature, featuring reader-submitted stories of no more than 100 words. Shelves for Memories The shelves we bought in August, meant to hold memories […]
December 1, 2023

‘The Golden Bachelor’ Finale: Theresa Nist on Her Engagement to Gerry Turner

After receiving the final rose in the “Golden Bachelor,” Ms. Nist, 70, spoke about getting to know her new fiancé. First order of business: teaching him […]
December 1, 2023

Were We the ‘Fat Couple’?

If that’s how our friends saw us, I couldn’t bear it. Dating Jason was such a relief. At 43, I had been in love only once […]
November 29, 2023

‘Modern Love Podcast’: Our 34-Year Age Gap Didn’t Matter, Until It Did

Julia Botero, Christina Djossa and Corey Schreppel and Marion Lozano, Carole Sabouraud and Listen and follow Modern LoveApple Podcasts | Spotify ‘We were absolutely clear there’s no way […]
November 28, 2023

Tiny Love Stories: ‘We’d Lost the American Dream’

Modern Love in miniature, featuring reader-submitted stories of no more than 100 words. A New Dream When we lost our apartment, my job and your nest […]