Love (Emotion)

October 18, 2022

Tiny Love Stories: ‘A Truth I Had Tried to Ignore’

Modern Love in miniature, featuring reader-submitted stories of no more than 100 words. My Sisters, Alongside Me When my O.C.D. emerged in third grade, my two […]
October 14, 2022

The Art of Dividing Up a Marriage

It’s impossible to know how you will feel in the aftermath of divorce until you’re experiencing it. Every week my daughter divides the artwork she brings […]
October 12, 2022

When the Music Stopped

Listen and follow Modern LoveApple Podcasts | Spotify | Stitcher | Amazon Music ‘Humility and dreams would float through the air while my sisters and I […]
October 11, 2022

Tiny Love Stories: ‘The Most Beautiful Woman I Ever Saw’

Modern Love in miniature, featuring reader-submitted stories of no more than 100 words. As the Doors Began to Close The most beautiful woman I ever saw […]
October 7, 2022

To Find Love, Rub the (Bronze) Bulge

Groping a statue seemed a little odd, but entire tour groups were doing it, so I did too. And voilà! Micah spent 60 hours per week […]
October 6, 2022

Is a ‘Soft Launch’ Right for Your Relationship?

A term used by businesses to slowly roll out products has been adopted by couples who want to avoid putting their relationship under the microscope of […]
October 5, 2022

How to Learn My Love Language

Listen and subscribe to Modern LoveApple Podcasts | Spotify | Stitcher | Amazon Music “Since I turned 18, hearing men have flirted with me and taken […]
October 4, 2022

Tiny Love Stories: ‘You Are Unmatchable’

Modern Love in miniature, featuring reader-submitted stories of no more than 100 words. Synchronized Swimming “I want to spend the next 50 years with you,” Barry […]
September 30, 2022

This Is Not About Sexy Secretary Role-Play

What my therapist called a manipulative bid for control, I called ‘efficiency activism.’ My boyfriend, Jamie, was trying to return an uncomfortably soft mattress he had […]
September 28, 2022

Modern Love Gay Dad

Listen and subscribe to Modern LoveApple Podcasts | Spotify | Stitcher “Telling the truth, as devastating and painful as it was, also meant we could heal.” […]