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Tiny Love Stories: ‘The Cooler, Funnier Version of Myself’ — Static01.nyt.com

Tiny Love Stories: ‘The Cooler, Funnier Version of Myself’

The New York Times Modern Love column published Tiny Love Stories, a set of reader-submitted pieces of 100 words or fewer, on Jan. 28, 2026. In “Free from Purgatory,” Ann Weissman writes that she knew her father’s life was ending when he welcomed soldiers only he could see, spoke

Jordan Carlos says being the ‘fun dad’ almost destroyed his marriage — Static01.nyt.com

Jordan Carlos says being the ‘fun dad’ almost destroyed his marriage

Comedian Jordan Carlos told the New York Times Modern Love podcast that, looking back, playing the “fun dad” nearly wrecked his marriage in an episode published Jan. 28, 2026. Carlos says he was bringing home a good salary but was doing only the bare minimum as a husband and a

Modern Love publishes reader-submitted micro-stories on family and friendship — Static01.nyt.com

Modern Love publishes reader-submitted micro-stories on family and friendship

The New York Times Modern Love column published a set of reader-submitted “tiny” stories on Jan. 21, 2026, presenting memories of no more than 100 words that touch on parenting, friendship and family. In Alexander Lau’s piece, a toddler named Leon knocks bacon and potatoes from his high chair;

Modern Love asks readers to share their rules for dating — Static01.nyt.com

Modern Love asks readers to share their rules for dating

The New York Times's Modern Love column on Jan. 21, 2026, asked readers to submit their personal rules for navigating early romance to help create a new crowdsourced list. The piece recalled the 1995 best-seller The Rules, which offered 35 directives for heterosexual women based on the assumption

Father’s Badlands Road Trip Recasts What Toughness Means — Static01.nyt.com

Father’s Badlands Road Trip Recasts What Toughness Means

Sam Graham-Felsen took his young son on a cross-country road trip to Badlands National Park, a journey recounted on the Jan. 21, 2026, episode of The New York Times’s Modern Love podcast (56:14). Graham-Felsen says he had been a fearful child who struggled with bullying and low confidence.

Modern Love publishes reader-submitted 'Tiny Love Stories' in miniature — Static01.nyt.com

Modern Love publishes reader-submitted 'Tiny Love Stories' in miniature

The New York Times' Modern Love column published a set of reader-submitted micro essays under the heading "Tiny Love Stories" on Jan. 14, 2026 (updated Jan. 20). Each piece in the series runs no more than 100 words. In "One Good Cookie," a woman recounts

Modern Love publishes reader-submitted microstories including 'I’m 23. He’s 40.' — Static01.nyt.com

Modern Love publishes reader-submitted microstories including 'I’m 23. He’s 40.'

The New York Times’s Modern Love column on Jan. 14, 2026, published a set of reader-submitted microstories under the banner Modern Love in miniature, featuring pieces of no more than 100 words. The installment includes four short vignettes: Deborah Carter’s “One Good Cookie,” in which the narrator finds

Belle Burden says husband abruptly left their 20-year marriage during 2020 quarantine — Static01.nyt.com

Belle Burden says husband abruptly left their 20-year marriage during 2020 quarantine

Belle Burden says her picture‑perfect, 20‑year marriage collapsed when her husband abruptly left their Martha’s Vineyard home during the March 2020 Covid quarantine, a story she expands on in a new memoir, Strangers: A Memoir of Marriage, and in a Modern Love podcast transcript. Burden told the

Modern Love presents four miniature reader-submitted stories — Static01.nyt.com

Modern Love presents four miniature reader-submitted stories

The New York Times' Modern Love column published four reader-submitted miniature stories on Jan. 7, 2026, presenting snapshots of friendship, marriage, professional rupture and adolescent ritual. The series is billed as Modern Love in miniature, featuring pieces of no more than 100 words. In “Our Swan Song,” Earl Langit

UW professor shares science-backed takeaways for having better sex — Static01.nyt.com

UW professor shares science-backed takeaways for having better sex

Dr. Nicole McNichols, who teaches the most popular human sexuality course at the University of Washington, outlined her key takeaways on improving sex in a conversation for The New York Times Modern Love podcast and in her new book, You Could Be Having Better Sex. Drawing on years of research

Modern Love miniatures: readers on new beginnings and care — Static01.nyt.com

Modern Love miniatures: readers on new beginnings and care

"Modern Love in miniature, featuring reader-submitted stories of no more than 100 words," published Jan. 1, 2026, collects four brief first-person vignettes about midlife change, family and tenderness. In "Finding Lightness," Vanessa Gordon writes from Tuscany on her first trip post-divorce, asking, "Am I too