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January 6, 2023

A Web Between Her Body and Mine

For decades we connected nearly every day. One terrible moment changed all that. The nurse had to unwrap the bandages that were holding the skin grafts […]
January 5, 2023

Tell Us About Your Strangest Terms of Endearment

Do you have a surprising pet name for your loved ones? When you were young, were you called something bizarre? Tell us about it. Pet names […]
January 3, 2023

Tiny Love Stories: ‘A Wife Who Left’

Modern Love in miniature, featuring reader-submitted stories of no more than 100 words. A Perfect Fit I’m 5-foot-4. The tallest man I’ve dated seriously was 5-foot-8; […]
December 30, 2022

Is Something This Good Even Possible?

I kept saying to my friends: “I have no idea why he likes me.” Two summers ago, in June, I rang in my 27th birthday by […]
December 27, 2022

Tiny Love Stories: ‘He Knows Better by Now’

Modern Love in miniature, featuring reader-submitted stories of no more than 100 words. A Memory Mea Culpa “Your favorite New Year’s Eve ever?” I asked my […]
December 23, 2022

When a Doorbell’s Ring Means Hope

It was as if someone was saying to us, “You are seen. You are loved.” The doorbell rang one mid-December evening. I frequently had unexpected visitors […]
December 20, 2022

Tiny Love Stories: ‘Meet Me Under the Bridge at 5 a.m.’

Modern Love in miniature, featuring reader-submitted stories of no more than 100 words. My Unwritten Chapter Before she died at 42, my wife suggested I marry […]
December 17, 2022

Seven Stories of Rage and Regret

Readers share recent moments when an outburst led to embarrassment. Last month we asked readers to share stories of a recent instance when they or a […]
December 16, 2022

My Stint as the Adulterous Flavor-of-the-Month

I was trying to have an experience and ended up having a life. Enrique was married, so I shouldn’t have been surprised when he dumped me. […]
December 15, 2022

‘Luddite’ Teens Don’t Want Your Likes

On a brisk recent Sunday, a band of teenagers met on the steps of Central Library on Grand Army Plaza in Brooklyn to start the weekly […]