The New York Times' Modern Love column is like a box of chocolates, if half of the chocolates were replaced by cringeworthy middle school journals crumpled up and dipped in hardened, bitter regret. I'm happy to report, however, that this week's Modern Love was actually pretty sweet.
Axl Rose's ex is auctioning off some of the Guns N' Roses singer's love letters. Take me down to the paradise city where the grass is green and the girls are petty.
Love feels like the greatest thing in the world... until it ends. When it does, we stop functioning at our full capacity. We lose motivation, find challenges insurmountable, and sometimes feel like we won’t love again. Fortunately, several studies have uncovered the root of why breakups just plain suck—and what you can …
Today, a study from the Ministry of Underestimation has found that one in ten women prefer their pet to their partner. (Other forthcoming studies: Cheese Is Pretty Ok; Some People Like Soccer a Little).
Not to brag, but I've spent years of my life with various Unemployed Boyfriends. None of them were lazy (well one of them was lazy); they'd just been dealt a shitty hand or were trying to make it in an industry that just wasn't that into them. The good news is that, as far as I'm (intermittent Facebook stalk) aware,…
When it comes to summarizing the nuanced ups and downs of relationships, this single-shot five minute video gets it. From slightly awkward first impression to the apparently inevitable threesome proposal (do those actually happen THAT often?), save yourself the love-struck headache of actually being in a relationship …
Last week we asked you to pour your heart
No relationship is entirely devoid of secrets; I once went out with a guy for 6 months without him knowing where I lived (I forget why I did this; I was 24 and now that I think of it, the whole thing may have been an experiment? I don't know). But whoever said all's fair in love and war has obviously never attempted…
A man in Norfolk, Nebraska, helped his friend plan a burglary at Speedway Auto Parts, and even accompanied his buddy to the location. But at the last minute, the man hesitated and did not climb the fence to unlawfully enter the business. A judge considered this as the man was being sentenced earlier this week.
I know these survey results about how 50% of U.S. adults say they hide from their friends and family members who vent about their relationship problems don't relate to me and my BFFs because I just asked them if it's annoying when I make them close-read and analyze my love life-related Gchats. They all said, "No,…
In "this will never work in a hundred million years or in any other dimension or astral plane" news, the UK's Education Secretary Michael Gove is suggesting kids ditch the dick pics in favor of tender sonnets about budding love and mutual respect. Good luck with that!
I'm a huge fan of when two things occur at the same time in the news that illustrate glorious contradictions about how we live our lives. Like, on the one hand, it only takes 224 tweets to fall in love, says this study by UK electronics retailer Pixmania. But over on the other deeper, more enlightened hand, is a story …
Just as getting a neck tattoo is a double-down bet that you'll never be hired for a faculty position at Liberty University (or, uh, a client-facing position at a bank), so too is getting a couples tattoo a bet that you and your smoochie woochy will never break up. Good luck with that.
I very much enjoy making fun of Burning Man attendees. I did it last year
You know when a personal ad on Craigslist has a FAQ, you're in for the ride of your life.
In early August, Harold and Ruth Knapke died on the same day, just before what would have been their 66th anniversary. If a movie along those lines hadn't already been made starring some of the most aesthetically desirable humans on the planet, some scribe in Hollywood would be furiously writing it now.
Something nice happened! Something really actually nice happened! A woman in Kent, WA (King County! Woooooo!) discovered that her wedding dress was stolen out of the trunk of her car on her wedding day. (King County. Boooooooooo.) In tears, she called 911, and the emergency faeries connected her with precisely the…
It's a well-documented fact that love don't cost a thing; however, the environment necessary for love to take root in one's heart and flourish is really expensive — both in terms of time and money. Love is like an elusive street cat that wanders haphazardly into your home but will refuse to linger if you don't feed…
Doing things that aren't "playing games on an iPhone" can be really, really hard and boring sometimes. Thankfully, as technology continues to innovate and move forward, that's something we have to worry about less and less. Everything can be a game for iPad or mobile device! Everything!
Like all dating, online dating sucks. Like, really, really sucks. You have to go on so many dates with people who wear inappropriate amounts of thumb rings* and make a big deal out of being lactose intolerant and then eat half your cheesecake. And those aren't the worst because you at least get a story out of it.…
When you like someone and want to be with them, all you wanna do is see their face all the time. Coincidentally, seeing someone's face all the time is exactly how to kill a relationship softly with face-overloaded garlic breath. What the hell are faces supposed to do with other faces all up in their face? (Besides not …
When I see a man out in the world going about his day wearing a (correctly fitting) plain white T-shirt, I offer a quick nod of support. After all, here is a man who doesn't need to wear anything more eye-catching up top than the simplest garment there is. Here is a man who understands how clothes should fit, and yet…
Lyft, one of San Francisco's most beloved new apps, isn't a bad idea if you think about it very briefly: the city's transit service isn't great, so let's make it easy to pay for a ride
At the risk of wading into the lukewarm bathtub of hyperbole, service dogs are pretty much the greatest creatures in the entire world, perhaps even in the galaxy. There are probably some crazy awesome levitating jelly monsters that live by a code of pure altruism in some far corner of the universe, but that hardly…
Last night on the Colbert Report, Stephen Colbert gave a heartfelt tribute to his mom, Lorna Colbert, who passed away last week at age 92. Get all the tissues in your house, and possibly a pillow case or an absorbent light rug, because you are about to cry all the tears.
New York Times trend pieces can be pretty irritating, especially when they focus on Williamsburg residents
Susan was a cashier, and Wayne was a customer, and they found love in a hopeless place.
Has the New York Times' "Modern Love" column taken a turn for the tolerable? First there was the thought-provoking Jessica Bennett essay about the meaning of marriage, then there that story of the old couple who were each widowed and found each other late in life that made me cry, and now it's novelist Augusten…
