He knows she doesn’t need him to do these little acts of service for her, but he does them anyway because that’s his way of showing his respect and love for her. So even though I feel like I’m a ...

While I could find a higher-paying survival job, being a barista brings me a lot of joy because I connect with people in my neighborhood. In some small way, I'm part of a customer's daily life .

I ask out of genuine curiosity, because I have never said this sentence myself, in reference to any country or place. I have never said “love it or leave it” to my son, and I hope I never will ...

It's only at newly 39 that I'm beginning to see that self-love is a handy gift. It powered me through the angsty adolescent years—when I was no fan of the flat chest, braces, and botched Rachel ...

But for me, being single isn’t some moral evil or sign of failure. It doesn’t mean that I am a wanton woman or that I hate men – or even that I don’t think there’s merit in a good, healthy partnership ...

This being said, I haven’t shut out the idea of love. I just don’t want it for me, not right now. I want to want someone, to love someone, and to want to get to know someone.

DEAR REACHED: Tell Jake BEFORE his next crisis that you love him but are done being his enabler. Tell him his persistent problems are self-generated, and from now on he will have to solve them ...

I always felt like no woman would love me because I'm a bi man. When I finally met my wife, she helped me accept and love my bisexuality.

Modern Love in miniature, featuring reader-submitted stories of no more than 100 words. “How will I know?” I asked my father before he died. “Talk to me like we are now and listen,” he ...