Visits: 20 Julia Botero, Christina Djossa, Reva Goldberg, Emily Lang and Dan Powell, Marion Lozano, Diane Wong, Rowan Niemisto and Listen and follow Modern LoveApple Podcasts | Spotify ‘If this person is not even willing to step slightly out of their comfort zone, how can you …
Tiny Love Stories: ‘My Family Owned Your House’
Visits: 16 Modern Love in miniature, featuring reader-submitted stories of no more than 100 words. ‘Good Yezha’ Yezha, my dad’s old dog, was missing one leg and all her teeth. Weeks before my son and I visited them in Warsaw, …
Making a Meal for a Date: When Is the Right Time?
Visits: 29 Cooking for someone you’re seeing in the early stages of dating can be a great way to make a good impression. Or a clear sign that you’re hooked. In a scene from the 1997 romantic comedy “Love Jones,” …
Why Samin Nosrat Is Now ‘Fully YOLO’
Visits: 27 Julia Botero, Reva Goldberg, Emily Lang and Dan Powell, Rowan Niemisto and Listen and follow Modern LoveApple Podcasts | Spotify “I want to look back and see a life that was full of friendship and joy and laughter and beauty and …
Tiny Love Stories: ‘Finding Forgiveness in Her Smile’
Visits: 24 Modern Love in miniature, featuring reader-submitted stories of no more than 100 words. ‘Another Attempt to Make Life Better’ I lifted tiers of tulle off the dressing room carpet and sighed heavily. “Every layer must be hemmed,” I …
Tiny Love Stories: ‘Why Did I Choose Her?’
Visits: 20 Modern Love in miniature, featuring reader-submitted stories of no more than 100 words. A Crush Since Day 1 In 1997 I wanted a new tax guy. I was referred to Mike. He had a great smile, and I …
Can New Love Survive Mismatched Texting Styles?
Visits: 25 He’s quick on the reply, she’s slow to respond: Are they doomed? With little else to go on in the early stages of dating, minor matters of text etiquette can take on outsize importance. Imagine someone messages you …
Three Powerful Lessons About Love
Visits: 8 Julia Botero, Christina Djossa, Reva Goldberg and Paula Szuchman and Listen and follow Modern LoveApple Podcasts | Spotify ‘Working on the column for all these years has given me touchstones and tools to be able to navigate difficult times in …
How New York Spent Its Valentine’s Day
Visits: 24 Love it or hate it, Valentine’s Day is hard to escape. It’s the one day of the year when all of Instagram is deluged with proud displays of affection and shops are filled with people buying last-minute gifts. …
Tiny Love Stories: ‘His Wife Invited Me Over’
Visits: 21 Modern Love in miniature, featuring reader-submitted stories of no more than 100 words. Our First Day as a Family At the Hanoi orphanage, 4-month-old Leo would not meet my eye. Good! Leo’s withdrawal suggested he was attached to …