October 18, 2019

25 Modern Love Essays to Read if You Want to Laugh, Cringe and Cry

New to Modern Love? These 25 essays should provide a good introduction. You’ll find some of our most read and most shared of all time, and […]
October 11, 2019

What Shamu Taught Me About a Happy Marriage

To celebrate Modern Love’s 15th anniversary this month, we’re publishing a series of special features — three “classic” essays from the column’s early years and four […]
February 2, 2018

Modern Love: When Your Body Tells You What Your Brain Won’t

Advertisement He told me he wanted to marry me in an old city by the sea. All day we had bicycled the cobbled streets of St. […]
January 31, 2018

IT’S NO SECRET: It’s the Little Things, Like Coffee, Cocktails and Listening

Advertisement Because marriage is an ever-evolving experience, we constantly shift, change, love harder, love less and, in some cases, start over. In It’s No Secret, The […]
December 27, 2017

Modern Love: 10 Ways to Love Better

Remarkable images from 2017, from Donald Trump Jr. to Nicki Minaj to Idris Elba to this one chihuahua. The 62nd International Debutante Ball held at the […]
November 28, 2017

IT’S NO SECRET: Saving the Drama for the Courtroom

Because marriage is an ever-evolving experience, we constantly shift, change, love harder, love less and, in some cases, start over. In It’s No Secret, a new […]
November 24, 2017

Modern Love: An Optimist’s Guide to Divorce

Advertisement Beka told me about her self-care plans for the day of her final divorce hearing as we were getting pedicures. Her two daughters sat between […]
November 15, 2017

It’s No Secret: Tom Kirdahy and Terrence McNally: An Immediate, and Lasting, Need

Advertisement Because marriage is an ever-evolving experience, we constantly shift, change, love harder, love less and, in some cases, start over. In It’s No Secret, a […]
November 14, 2017

The Sweet Spot: We Lost Our Newborn Baby. Can This Marriage Survive?

Advertisement The “Dear Sugars” podcast is an advice program hosted by Steve Almond and Cheryl Strayed. The audio contains more letters; submissions are welcome at dearsugars@nytimes.com. […]
November 2, 2017

Social Q’s: My Brother Is Adopted (He Didn’t Want Me to Tell You That)

Social Q’s By PHILIP GALANES For four years, my family’s Sunday breakfast routine has been quizzing each other about Social Q’s, so we’ve agreed to follow […]