Before ‘Polyamory’ Was in Vogue Veronica’s prom date wanted to marry her, but I was her preference. Our honeymoon was nice but not exciting. After joining...
My Only Advice Recently, my 28-year-old daughter called me seeking counsel on the state of her love life: How do I know if the person I’m...
Tenderness and Grit A close friend died in 1999. After her funeral, grief’s full weight incapacitated me. My boyfriend led me into our cramped apartment bathroom...
Finding the Fun Mom, a former physicist, had a hard day with her dementia. She opened Zoom two hours early, asking repeatedly when her prayer meeting...
Strange Delight for a Stranger We matched on Tinder in April 2020. Both quarantined alone, 2,500 miles and 25 years apart. She texts, “Do you want...
The Words I’d Been Waiting For The word “love” was not in his vocabulary. Hugs made him tense. He was critical of his children, but bragged...
