http://dir.salon.com/topics/love/?source=rss&aim=love en-us Copyright 2007 Salon.com. Thu, 02 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT By Jennifer Finney Boylan Thu, 02 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/excerpt/2009/07/02/jenny_boylan/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/excerpt/2009/07/02/jenny_boylan/index.html?source=rss I kept hoping love would transform me. But, secretly, I longed to be female By Cary Tennis Thu, 02 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2009/10/27/los_angeles/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2009/10/27/los_angeles/index.html?source=rss How do I get over liking him so much? I know it can never work! Edited by John Bowe Thu, 02 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/american_love/2009/05/04/gerd_dina/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/american_love/2009/05/04/gerd_dina/index.html?source=rss 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 Thu, 02 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/american_love/2009/04/20/aubrey/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/american_love/2009/04/20/aubrey/index.html?source=rss "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." By John Bowe Thu, 02 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/american_love/2009/04/06/dory/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/american_love/2009/04/06/dory/index.html?source=rss "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 Cary Tennis Thu, 02 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2009/09/04/grieving/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2009/09/04/grieving/index.html?source=rss My wonderful lover is gone but my dreary husband lives on! That's not fair By Cary Tennis Thu, 02 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2009/04/27/lost_love/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2009/04/27/lost_love/index.html?source=rss After 10 years I'm still as anguished as the day his car pulled away from the curb. Edited by John Bowe Thu, 02 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/american_love/2009/03/09/pastor_craig/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/american_love/2009/03/09/pastor_craig/index.html?source=rss "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." By John Bowe Thu, 02 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/american_love/2009/02/23/rebecca/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/american_love/2009/02/23/rebecca/index.html?source=rss 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 Curtis Sittenfeld Thu, 02 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2009/02/14/curtis_sittenfeld/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2009/02/14/curtis_sittenfeld/index.html?source=rss I'm terrible at setting up my friends on dates. So why do I love doing it so much? By John Bowe Thu, 02 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/american_love/2009/02/09/shawn/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/american_love/2009/02/09/shawn/index.html?source=rss "I met my ex-wife, Jackie, when she was 12 years old and I was 17. We kind of had this little thing." Edited by John Bowe Thu, 02 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/american_love/2009/01/26/louise/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/american_love/2009/01/26/louise/index.html?source=rss "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." By John Bowe Thu, 02 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/american_love/2009/01/12/paul/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/american_love/2009/01/12/paul/index.html?source=rss 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 Marisa Belger Thu, 02 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2009/01/10/secret_currency/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2009/01/10/secret_currency/index.html?source=rss I never thought money mattered in my relationship. But when my husband lost his job, I considered leaving him. By Cary Tennis Thu, 02 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2008/09/11/love_addiction/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2008/09/11/love_addiction/index.html?source=rss It has been three years since she left. Everything else in my life is great. But I can't get over her. By Sarah Hepola Thu, 02 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2008/08/29/new_orleans/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2008/08/29/new_orleans/index.html?source=rss 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 Katharine Mieszkowski Thu, 02 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2008/06/17/marriage/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2008/06/17/marriage/index.html?source=rss Tear-jerker alert! Celebrating San Francisco's first same-sex marriage. By Lynn Harris Thu, 02 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2008/04/23/exbfjewelry/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2008/04/23/exbfjewelry/index.html?source=rss What to do with 14-carat reminders of a no-account ex? By Carol Lloyd Thu, 02 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2007/08/30/college_men/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2007/08/30/college_men/index.html?source=rss A new study suggests young men are more likely than women to sacrifice their career for love, marriage and romance. By Cary Tennis Thu, 02 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2007/06/08/stanford_girlfriend/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2007/06/08/stanford_girlfriend/index.html?source=rss We're Stanford juniors in love, but the initial fizz is gone. By Cary Tennis Thu, 02 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2007/06/04/i_love_you/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2007/06/04/i_love_you/index.html?source=rss We're both 20 years old, and I'm starting to wonder how my boyfriend feels. By Hannah Wallace Thu, 02 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2007/05/21/mead_weddings/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2007/05/21/mead_weddings/index.html?source=rss 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 David Puner Thu, 02 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/video_dog/comedy/2007/02/15/to_my_love/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/video_dog/comedy/2007/02/15/to_my_love/index.html?source=rss Our word-challenged Don Juan finds inspiration in the most unlikely of objects. By Tracy Clark-Flory Thu, 02 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2007/02/14/love/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2007/02/14/love/index.html?source=rss Or are they just unsatisfied with basking in male achievement? By David Puner Thu, 02 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/video_dog/comedy/2006/12/21/love_corner/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/video_dog/comedy/2006/12/21/love_corner/index.html?source=rss Roll the dice and take your chances.