I kept hoping love would transform me. But, secretly, I longed to be female
By Jennifer Finney Boylan Jul 2, 2009
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One day, he comes in my house and says, "What happened with your husband? He has an affair with my wife!"
Edited by John Bowe
May 4, 2009
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After 10 years I'm still as anguished as the day his car pulled away from the curb.
By Cary Tennis
April 27, 2009
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"I've dated 300 women since my wife died. Some of them I date for one night and I don't want to see them again. Others I want to see. They have to have a brain."
Edited by John Bowe
April 20, 2009
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"If someone had told me that we would ever get back together, I would have laughed. Because it wasn't just a separation. We really did sever the ties."
By John Bowe
April 6, 2009
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"I went to go get a vasectomy on a Thursday. And then Sam called crying on the phone on Saturday and said she was pregnant. And our whole world just changed in that moment."
Edited by John Bowe
March 9, 2009
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Most of our conversations were conducted between the Mexican busboy. Hector couldn't speak English, so he would talk to the busboy in Portuguese, and the busboy would speak to me in English. And then we arranged to go on a date.
By John Bowe
February 23, 2009
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I'm terrible at setting up my friends on dates. So why do I love doing it so much?
By Curtis Sittenfeld
February 14, 2009
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"I met my ex-wife, Jackie, when she was 12 years old and I was 17. We kind of had this little thing."
By John Bowe
February 9, 2009
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"Do you know the dollar dance? You pay a dollar to dance with the groom ... And you just dance for a minute. Heartbreaking. And after that we didn't have contact for 15 years."
Edited by John Bowe
January 26, 2009
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I turned to her and said, "Could I take you to your home?" She looks at me and -- with a pause -- she says, "If you got a quarter you can go anywhere you want."
By John Bowe
January 12, 2009
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I never thought money mattered in my relationship. But when my husband lost his job, I considered leaving him.
By Marisa Belger
January 10, 2009
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It has been three years since she left. Everything else in my life is great. But I can't get over her.
By Cary Tennis
September 11, 2008
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Before Katrina, all I knew about New Orleans was Bourbon Street clichés. Then I got mugged there and fell for a local boy and the glorious city itself.
By Sarah Hepola
August 29, 2008
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Tear-jerker alert! Celebrating San Francisco's first same-sex marriage.
By Katharine Mieszkowski
June 17, 2008
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What to do with 14-carat reminders of a no-account ex?
By Lynn Harris
April 23, 2008
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A new study suggests young men are more likely than women to sacrifice their career for love, marriage and romance.
By Carol Lloyd
August 30, 2007
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We're Stanford juniors in love, but the initial fizz is gone.
By Cary Tennis
June 8, 2007
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We're both 20 years old, and I'm starting to wonder how my boyfriend feels.
By Cary Tennis
June 4, 2007
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Rebecca Mead, author of a new book on the out-of-control American wedding, discusses Disney brides, formalwear for pets, and whether hiring a wedding planner is ever a feminist act.
By Hannah Wallace
May 21, 2007
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Our word-challenged Don Juan finds inspiration in the most unlikely of objects.
By David Puner
February 15, 2007
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Or are they just unsatisfied with basking in male achievement?
By Tracy Clark-Flory
February 14, 2007
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Roll the dice and take your chances.
By David Puner
December 21, 2006
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A hilarious collection of self-deprecating personals from the London Review of Books illustrates the gulf between high-minded Brits and Americans looking for love.
By Buzzy Jackson
December 20, 2006
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Research suggests that women prefer men whose genetic makeup differs from their own.
By Adrienne So
December 13, 2006
Women I dated, when I was a man
Gerd, 66, and Dina, 79
Will I ever get over this?
Aubrey Reuben, 76
Dory, 66
Craig Johnson, 42
Rebecca, 47
I know just the person for you!
Shawn, 31
Louise, 52
Paul Pesce, 83
For richer or poorer?
Why I love the city that brutalized me
Octogenarian lesbian brides tie the knot
The marriage industrial complex
"To My Love"
Advertisements for myself
War Room
GigaOM Network
Glenn Greenwald