Tiny Love Stories: ‘That Was My First Inkling’
Modern Love in miniature, featuring reader-submitted stories of no more than 100 words.
Modern Love
Modern Love is a weekly column, a book, a podcast and a television show about relationships, feelings, betrayals and revelations.
Modern Love is a weekly column, a book, a podcast and a television show about relationships, feelings, betrayals and revelations.
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CreditBrian Rea I Was Content With Monogamy. I Shouldn’t Have Been.
Can exploring polyamory both break you and make you?
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CreditBrian Rea Tiny Love Stories: ‘To Die with Perfect Abs’
Modern Love in miniature, featuring reader-submitted stories of no more than 100 words.
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He Couldn’t Admit That He Was Hurt
Serving in Vietnam had turned my father into an angry man. So we went back together.
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CreditBrian Rea Tiny Love Stories: ‘I Hated Myself Because of the Way I Looked’
Modern Love in miniature, featuring reader-submitted stories of no more than 100 words.
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CreditBrian Rea Tiny Love Stories: ‘We Met at a Gay Bar Called Woody’s’
Modern Love in miniature, featuring reader-submitted stories of no more than 100 words.
CreditBrian Rea An Engagement Ring, but No Fiancé
The origin of the word betrothed is “truth,” but my ring was a lie.
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Tiny Love Stories: ‘A Handsome Man Seeking a Larger Home’
Modern Love in miniature, featuring reader-submitted stories of no more than 100 words.
Marriage Made an Actor Out of Me
I deserved an Oscar for my performances as best supporting wife and mother. After my divorce, I could no longer pretend to be someone I’m not.
By Laura Cathcart Robbins
Tiny Love Stories: ‘He Said We Were Missing “The Magic”’
Modern Love in miniature, featuring reader-submitted stories of no more than 100 words.
Tiny Love Stories: ‘God, You Can Kiss’
Modern Love in miniature, featuring reader-submitted stories of no more than 100 words.
A Shattering Secret on the Path to Motherhood
My doctor asked a routine question that led to a marital crisis.
By Arielle Giusto
Tiny Love Stories: ‘A Rarity in Paris’
Modern Love in miniature, featuring reader-submitted stories of no more than 100 words.
We Didn’t Know It Was the Last Time
My daughter and I looked at a book together, posed for a picture, and then she left. Forever.
By Tina Hedin
Tiny Love Stories: ‘The Schoolhouse Taught Me What Marriage Didn’t’
Modern Love in miniature, featuring reader-submitted stories of no more than 100 words.
When Love Means Being Selfish
I knew I had to hold onto what I needed — even if that meant using a lawyer to get custody (of a dog).
By Frederick Reimers
Tiny Love Stories: ‘The Problem Was He Smelled Really Good’
Modern Love in miniature, featuring reader-submitted stories of no more than 100 words.
After the Affair, the Reckoning
While I was with our new baby, my husband was with another woman.
By Shelley Akers
Tiny Love Stories: ‘The One-Liners Kept Coming’
Modern Love in miniature, featuring reader-submitted stories of no more than 100 words.
The Phone That Tore Us Apart
Our long-distance marriage was hard to sustain — and hard to end.
By Patti Niemi
Tiny Love Stories: ‘Are You Your Father’s Daughter?’
Modern Love in miniature, featuring reader-submitted stories of no more than 100 words.
Putting the Real Me in My Dating Profile
Among the staged photos and silly prompts of online dating, I get one sentence where I get to be my true self.
By Sara Thomas
Tiny Love Stories: ‘My Family Owned Your House’
Modern Love in miniature, featuring reader-submitted stories of no more than 100 words.
How I Learned to Trust (Some) Men
When an Italian stranger approached me, I listened to my intuition, and it changed my life forever.
By Lavinia Spalding
Tiny Love Stories: ‘She Was Scared He Would Forget Her’
Modern Love in miniature, featuring reader-submitted stories of no more than 100 words.
Our Last, Impossible Conversation
When technology offered me the chance to celebrate my dead husband’s 27th birthday, I took it.
By Madeline de Figueiredo
Tiny Love Stories: ‘Another Attempt to Make Life Better’
Modern Love in miniature, featuring reader-submitted stories of no more than 100 words.
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