Love (Emotion)

January 17, 2023

Tiny Love Stories: ‘Destined for Singlehood’

Modern Love in miniature, featuring reader-submitted stories of no more than 100 words. A Fitting Name When my friend Nancy brought four aspiring writers together, she […]
January 13, 2023

Date Like a Monk

‘We’re not here to impress each other. We’re here to connect.’ Ten years ago, when I was 25, I hadn’t been on a date — or […]
January 10, 2023

Tiny Love Stories: ‘The Luxury of Her Attention’

Modern Love in miniature, featuring reader-submitted stories of no more than 100 words. Postcard from the Future Months into dating, my girlfriend and I sat across […]
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 […]