Love (Emotion)

March 14, 2023

Tiny Love Stories: ‘The Deceptively Sunny Day’

Modern Love in miniature, featuring reader-submitted stories of no more than 100 words. Opposites and All That My best friend Maya is messy and stomps around […]
March 10, 2023

‘No Love Is Ever Wasted’

Even when it leads to heartbreak. Twenty stuffed animals lay ominously shoulder-to-shoulder on their bellies in a perfect circle on the floor. My 11-year-old daughter, Mary, […]
March 8, 2023

I Imagine Him Here

Julia Botero, Christina Djossa, Elyssa Dudley and Sara Sarasohn and Diane Wong and Listen and follow Modern LoveApple Podcasts | Spotify | Stitcher | Amazon Music “By Day […]
March 7, 2023

Tiny Love Stories: ‘We Could Have Been Friends’

Modern Love in miniature, featuring reader-submitted stories of no more than 100 words. ‘Is Love Weird?’ Every month, my mother, father, sister and I would drive […]
March 3, 2023

I Gave Her My Only Olive

And it was just our second date. She had the most beautiful profile. I don’t mean her dating profile, which is how we connected. I mean […]
March 1, 2023

Dominate Me, but Not Like That

Julia Botero, Christina Djossa, Elyssa Dudley and Sara Sarasohn and Listen and follow Modern LoveApple Podcasts | Spotify | Stitcher | Amazon Music “I would cry when his […]
February 28, 2023

Tiny Love Stories: ‘A Healthy Skepticism About Men’

Modern Love in miniature, featuring reader-submitted stories of no more than 100 words. A Daily Embrace My father worked 12 hours a day, five days a […]
February 24, 2023

How Could I Deny Him Fatherhood?

He wanted children. I didn’t. What happened next was completely unexpected. When we found out the pregnancy was ectopic and life-threatening, my husband vowed to never […]
February 21, 2023

Tiny Love Stories: ‘This Man Who Shattered My Life’

Modern Love in miniature, featuring reader-submitted stories of no more than 100 words. A Note From a Stranger I sat crying in a Nashville emergency room, […]
February 17, 2023

Must We Feel Shame Over Divorce?

In my South Asian community, where ending a marriage is relatively uncommon, the answer seemed to be yes. My husband, in-laws and parents had all gathered […]