November 27, 2024

Tiny Love Stories: ‘I Couldn’t Stop Looking at Her’

Modern Love in miniature, featuring reader-submitted stories of no more than 100 words. Brian Rea Laughing Through the Pain My brother and I are sitting on […]
October 4, 2023

Have You Ever Kept a Secret From Your Wife?

Julia Botero, Hans Buetow, Christina Djossa and Jen Poyant and Carole Sabouraud, Marion Lozano and Listen and follow Modern LoveApple Podcasts | Spotify ‘Once you’re accustomed to hiding your […]
July 29, 2022

The Polygraph Test That Saved My Marriage

What a terrifying relief it was to have to tell the truth about everything. “Have you ever kept a secret from your wife?” asked the polygraph […]
October 28, 2021

Do I Have Plans This Saturday? I’ve, Uh, Been Exposed to Covid.

Feeling overwhelmed at the prospect of socializing, some are going with a lie very few will argue with: Covid exposure. Last winter Trysta Barwig was burned […]
October 16, 2020

Modern Love: He Married a Sociopath. Me.

My husband was trying to tell me I was “the only one” for him. “Don’t lie to a liar,” I said. It wasn’t a very romantic […]