Love (Emotion)

November 20, 2020

Modern Love: She Stood in for My Mother. Could I Do the Same for Her?

I used to hate going clothes shopping with my grandmother. We would go to a store, pick out an array of jean skirts and sports bras, […]
November 18, 2020

Modern Love Podcast: Confronting Asian-American Race on the First Date

Listen and subscribe to Modern LoveApple Podcasts | Spotify | Stitcher “She said, ‘You’re the first Asian guy I’ve ever gone on a date with. I’m […]
November 17, 2020

Tiny Love Stories: ‘It Soothes Me to Know Someone So Gentle’

Magic in Manila At 5, I believed that my father could perform magic. In Manila’s moist heat, he drove in stop-and-go traffic with five screaming children […]
November 13, 2020

How I Got Caught Up in a Global Romance Scam

This past spring, my inboxes began filling with messages from heartbroken women. The first came through Instagram: “Hey, I am Lina. I live in Germany. Someone […]
November 11, 2020

Modern Love Podcast: No More Secrets

Listen and subscribe to Modern LoveApple Podcasts | Spotify | Stitcher ‘But I knew: If I drank, I would cheat, and she would leave. She had […]
November 10, 2020

Tiny Love Stories: ‘I Had a Lot of Feelings and Nowhere to Put Them’

Just Me and My Sea Monkeys I was in love and in lockdown in a small flat in Leith, Scotland. I had a lot of feelings […]
October 27, 2020

Tiny Love Stories: ‘Do I Always Tilt My Head Like That?’

Embracing a New Life and Love When I lifted the baby girl to my chest, it was love, overwhelming and instant. Then came the Spider-Man light-up […]
October 23, 2020

I Was Done Dating. Then I Joined a Hookup App.

Last summer, as I neared 25 years in Vancouver, I concluded that I had exhausted the local dating pool. I had overfished Plenty of Fish and […]
October 21, 2020

Modern Love Podcast: After the Breakup

Listen and subscribe to Modern LoveApple Podcasts | Spotify | Stitcher ‘Even though we hadn’t lasted, the way we had bridged the political and cultural divide […]
October 20, 2020

Tiny Love Stories: ‘Our Refuge From Reality’

With a Touch of Love My father, Seung-ho, has always had an eye for little details. About two months into sheltering-in-place, I asked him to grab […]