Love (Emotion)

November 9, 2021

Tiny Love Stories: ‘His Skin Against Mine’

Modern Love in miniature, featuring reader-submitted stories of no more than 100 words. It’s Kind of a Funny Story … So, I’m visiting my friend Donnie […]
November 5, 2021

The Curious Tale of Mr. Kale

He was everything I expected and wanted. So why hasn’t he returned to Whole Foods? I met Mr. Kale on the checkout line at Whole Foods […]
November 2, 2021

Tiny Love Stories: ‘With You, I Can Be a New Person’

Modern Love in miniature, featuring reader-submitted stories of no more than 100 words. Constancy in Candy My grandmother kept a candy bowl on a table by […]
October 29, 2021

A Stranger Looked Like My Twin. That Was Just the Beginning.

How a family secret was unraveled by 23andMe. I was asleep when my identity exploded. One Friday morning in 2019, I awoke in Brooklyn to an […]
October 26, 2021

Tiny Love Stories: ‘At the Halloween Party, Anxious to Go Home’

Modern Love in miniature, featuring reader-submitted stories of no more than 100 words. ‘A Very Happy Devil’ A shy, uncomfortable Devil fidgeted at the Halloween party, […]
October 22, 2021

Two Wrongs Don’t Make Mr. Right

He wanted to get really serious really fast, which felt good until it didn’t. When my Hinge match said on our first date that he wanted […]
October 22, 2021

Two Wrongs Don’t Make Mr. Right

He wanted to get really serious really fast, which felt good until it didn’t. When my Hinge match said on our first date that he wanted […]
October 19, 2021

Tiny Love Stories: ‘Who Has Time to Feel All Day?’

Modern Love in miniature, featuring reader-submitted stories of no more than 100 words. Our Fragile Bonds Having nearly lost my marriage, I appreciate its comforts now: […]
July 9, 2021

He Couldn’t Remember That We Broke Up

When my ex injured his brain in a fall and thought we were still together, I had to fill in the gaps. I used to receive […]
July 7, 2021

Modern Love Podcast: When His Shorts Are Just Too Tight

Listen and follow Modern LoveApple Podcasts | Spotify | Stitcher “Alex’s ability to simply be unaware of the judgment of others has always been intoxicating. Except […]