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Modern Love

For 18 years, the Modern Love column has given New York Times readers a glimpse into the complicated love lives of real people. Since its start, the column has evolved into a TV show, three books and a podcast.Each week, host Anna Martin brings you stories and conversations about love in all its glorious permutations, dumb pitfalls and life-changing moments. New episodes every Wednesday.

Two Boys on Bicycles, Falling in Love

23 mins; November 22, 2023

Author Read: He Cared About Me, So I Broke Up With Him

12 mins; November 17, 2023

He Cared About Me, So I Broke Up With Him

29 mins; November 15, 2023

Did I Fail as a Parent?

29 mins; November 08, 2023

Author Read: My Sweaty Revenge

11 mins; November 03, 2023

My Sweaty Revenge

18 mins; November 01, 2023

I Wrote This Essay, but Then Changed My Mind

26 mins; October 25, 2023

Author Read: What Does It Mean to Be a Kept Woman?

13 mins; October 20, 2023

What Does It Mean to Be a Kept Woman?

27 mins; October 18, 2023

Author Read: Don’t Hide in the Bathroom Stall

13 mins; October 13, 2023

Don’t Hide in the Bathroom Stall

26 mins; October 11, 2023

Author Read: Have You Ever Kept a Secret From Your Wife?

12 mins; October 06, 2023

Have You Ever Kept a Secret From Your Wife?

30 mins; October 04, 2023

I Needed David Schwimmer’s Help

25 mins; August 02, 2023

Essay Read: I Had To Stop Asking Why

12 mins; August 02, 2023

Essay Read: How I Lost the Fiancé But Won the Honeymoon

12 mins; July 27, 2023

How I Lost the Fiancé But Won the Honeymoon

23 mins; July 26, 2023

My Invisible Husband

14 mins; July 19, 2023

The Day My Family Changed Forever

23 mins; July 12, 2023

The Gift of Holiday Men

10 mins; July 05, 2023

Sex on the Run? No, We Parked.

18 mins; June 28, 2023

What I Got Wrong About My Parents’ Marriage

25 mins; June 21, 2023

For a 30-Year-Old Virgin, It’s Now or Never

18 mins; June 14, 2023

The Marriage Proposal That Wasn’t

29 mins; June 07, 2023

We Dated for Three Years. He Forgot It All.

27 mins; May 31, 2023

He Ghosted. I'm Grateful.

21 mins; April 12, 2023

Dating Advice From Jay Shetty

21 mins; April 05, 2023

The Healing Power of Love (Island)

21 mins; March 29, 2023

How a $100 Bet Saved Our Relationship

22 mins; March 22, 2023

Stop Looking for the Perfect Partner

22 mins; March 15, 2023

I Imagine Him Here

22 mins; March 08, 2023

Dominate Me, but Not Like That

22 mins; March 01, 2023

Questions I Can’t Ask My Father

20 mins; February 22, 2023

The Tricky Geometry of a Throuple

23 mins; February 15, 2023

I Promised God It Was the Last Time

25 mins; February 08, 2023

Your Weirdest Dates

22 mins; December 14, 2022

A Bond Thicker Than Blood

19 mins; December 07, 2022

No More Hiding

20 mins; November 30, 2022

Encore: When Two Open Marriages Collide

20 mins; November 23, 2022

Falling for Your Sperm Donor

17 mins; November 16, 2022

What to Do With the Time We Get

19 mins; November 09, 2022

The Internet Still Thinks I'm Pregnant

17 mins; November 02, 2022

Not the Daughter She Wanted

20 mins; October 26, 2022

Encore: A Lifetime of Good Loving

23 mins; October 19, 2022

When the Music Stopped

18 mins; October 12, 2022

How to Learn My Love Language

18 mins; October 05, 2022

One Last Haircut

18 mins; September 28, 2022

How to Feel Yourself

19 mins; September 21, 2022

Could I Forgive Him One Last Time?

20 mins; August 03, 2022

How to Find the One

18 mins; July 27, 2022

The Shame Game

21 mins; July 20, 2022

A Mother's Secret

17 mins; July 13, 2022

‘Do It, I Dare You.’

17 mins; July 06, 2022

Left to Be Found

18 mins; June 29, 2022

Only With Distance

20 mins; June 22, 2022

A Younger Man

20 mins; June 15, 2022

Marriage Classes at Guantánamo

18 mins; June 08, 2022

Season Premiere: One Man's Trash

22 mins; June 01, 2022

A New Season for the Summer

6 mins; May 25, 2022

First Love Mixtape, Side B

22 mins; April 13, 2022

A Couple Walks Into City Hall

17 mins; April 06, 2022

Right Swipes, Big City

19 mins; March 30, 2022

A Mother’s Wild, Extravagant Love

21 mins; March 16, 2022

The ‘Ham Sandwich’ Effect

20 mins; February 16, 2022

Loving Across Borders

21 mins; July 21, 2021

The Upside of Our Parents' Divorce

21 mins; July 14, 2021

The Right to Fail at Marriage

20 mins; June 23, 2021

Trapped in a Romance Scam

22 mins; June 02, 2021

She Left Me There

24 mins; May 19, 2021

Why Do People Get Married?

25 mins; May 12, 2021

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