Love (Emotion)

March 22, 2022

Tiny Love Stories: ‘The Empty City Was Our Playground’

Modern Love in miniature, featuring reader-submitted stories of no more than 100 words. “The Best Kind of Smile” Our schedules were opposite: office and restaurant. But […]
March 18, 2022

On (Not) Wasting My Time With a Younger Man

We had no future together, so why not fall completely in love? We were almost to the bridge over the I-5 freeway in Eugene, Ore., when […]
March 15, 2022

Tiny Love Stories: ‘It’s Hard to Tell Family About Sex, Love or Money’

Modern Love in miniature, featuring reader-submitted stories of no more than 100 words. A Mother’s Power My 3-year-old bellows from his crib: “I want to hug […]
March 11, 2022

When My Heart Broke, My Father Used Google to Save Me

And soon after, I told both of my parents who I really am. After I came home from the hospital, my mother and father took turns […]
March 8, 2022

Tiny Love Stories: ‘I Really Didn’t Want to Hurt Her’

Modern Love in miniature, featuring reader-submitted stories of no more than 100 words. To Honor Our Own Tastes Durian. It’s love or hate with this fruit. […]
March 4, 2022

Becoming a Woman Without Her

In my mother’s absence, I’m learning how to construct a sense of self — and femininity — from fragments, friends, music and memories. My mother told […]
March 1, 2022

Tiny Love Stories: ‘So Fragile I Had to Look Away’

Modern Love in miniature, featuring reader-submitted stories of no more than 100 words. What I Sign Up For When I expressed sadness about American troops being […]
February 25, 2022

Seeking a Father for My Child (Relationship Optional)

Nearing 40, I decided to separate dating from mating. Two days before I left South Dakota, Rex and I sat talking beneath the open hatchback of […]
February 22, 2022

Tiny Love Stories: ‘He Was My Mother’s Type, Not Mine’

Modern Love in miniature, featuring reader-submitted stories of no more than 100 words. “My” Type “I want to set you up with someone,” my mother said. […]
February 18, 2022

‘How Much of My Story Am I Supposed to Share?’

When a former stripper marries a future minister, she goes silent about her past — for a while. My husband and I married in a Presbyterian […]