internal-sub-only

November 17, 2022

Cancer, My Husband’s Doctor, and Catherine Deneuve

Watching his oncologist onscreen, I finally saw our lives more fully. It was not until shortly after my husband, Josh, died in the summer of 2021 […]
November 16, 2022

How Can I Stop My Usually Sensible Parents From Splurging on a Milestone?

When her parents receive a windfall after a lifetime of economical living, a reader tries to steer them toward financial restraint — and away from a […]
November 15, 2022

Tiny Love Stories: ‘Why Aren’t You Married?’

Modern Love in miniature, featuring reader-submitted stories of no more than 100 words. Forever Intertwined My first friends were my cousins and siblings. After eating early […]
November 11, 2022

Failing in Marriage Does Not Mean Failing at Marriage

My wife has kicked me out five times. Another time I left on my own. Why are we still together? Alone one evening in early spring, […]
November 9, 2022

Is My Online Fling Holding Me Back From Dating in Real Life?

A reader wonders if his online-only relationship with a woman who lives abroad is complicating his search for a partner in morning-breath range. I met a […]
November 8, 2022

Tiny Love Stories: ‘The Men I’ve Begged to Stay’

Modern Love in miniature, featuring reader-submitted stories of no more than 100 words. Across the Aisle Laura and I spent the fall of 1960 bantering about […]
November 4, 2022

My Post-Divorce Choice: OkCupid or Petfinder?

When loving a dog feels much more fraught than loving another man. I lost my dog and my marriage pretty much at the same time. My […]
November 2, 2022

Who Is Jennifer Lawrence Now?

Visitors to the Greenwich Village gay bar Pieces can look forward to strong drinks and loud drag shows, but what they might not expect — what […]
November 1, 2022

Tiny Love Stories: ‘I Love Drama’

Modern Love in miniature, featuring reader-submitted stories of no more than 100 words. No Need to Be Anyone Else After I fell down the stairs as […]
October 28, 2022

A Throuple’s Tricky Geometry

In a couple, a straight line connects two points. With three people in a relationship, many more configurations emerge. A queen-size bed can sleep two adult […]