I had planned to write a swashbuckling adventure of demigods defeating villains against-all-odds, but I have never defeated a villain. I have only loved and been loved and lost love. The simple version of why I wrote this story is in the attempt to get over a boy.
Read MoreI want to believe that love finds us in the middle as well. Love finds us in the mess, in the muddy spring days, rainy nights, 3am departures as my bedroom door swings shut with the heartbreaking sound of finality.
Read MoreI needed to know that falling in love takes no prerequisites—that it can be fleeting, nurturing, anchored in a lake at sunset or a glance across the table over hot pot—no less valid or life-changing, regardless of the form it takes.
Read MoreThese love stories should have been endgame, and we're still not over it.
Read More"How about you try to think of it as love day instead?”
Read MoreThere will be times when you look at your partner and go “eh.”
Read MoreI quickly realized how superficial my old checklist had been, not only because humans can't be reduced to a few traits and interests but also because those are far from the most important factors in making a relationship work.
Read More“There is no right person. There is simply someone you love, someone you have chosen, whom you will have to choose again.”
Read MoreWhat role, if any, does pornography play in sex education?
Read MoreThe majority of her songs, even her old ones, show a lot of perspective, and they taught me a great deal about navigating the confusion that is love.
Read MoreBecause every story ends right when the couple gets together, we almost never get to see what a good relationship looks like.
Read MoreLast month, Mandy Len Catron wrote a Modern Love essay about how she found love by replicating a 20-year-old experiment that involved two strangers asking each other 36 increasingly personal questions.
Read MoreAnyone who's been online in the past few weeks has surely heard about the famous 36 questions that will supposedly make strangers fall in love in less than two hours.
Read MoreThere is so much to be learned and admired in the dynamics of functional couples who are idealized and immortalized on paper or on the big screen -- regardless of whether or not they actually exist.
Read MoreWhether it's inbetween classes or on the commute home, U of T students find different ways to make romantic connections across campus.
Read MorePassion, while important throughout, is overrated.
Read More11) Covers and Cocoa.
Read More4. Don’t ditch everything else in your life.
Read MoreInterestingly, all of their time onscreen together in the film combined wouldn't even add up to 15 minutes. But, that is precisely what makes them so great.
Read More“The thing about growing up with Fred and George,” said Ginny thoughtfully, “is that you sort of start thinking aything’s possible if you’ve got enough nerve.”
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