Romance

Salon Women I dated, when I was a man

I kept hoping love would transform me. But, secretly, I longed to be female
  • Why your marriage sucks

    Passion has died, argues author Cristina Nehring, taking domestic bliss with it. But is romance really in crisis?
  • A guide to vampire fiction with real bite

    The spirit of the Vampire Slayer lives on in the kickass young heroines of urban fantasy fiction
  • "Away We Go"

    John Krasinski and Maya Rudolph play parents-to-be in this movie by real-life couple Dave Eggers and Vendela Vida.
  • Kept women and their sugar daddies

    The NYT clings to comforting old gender cliches in a story about the dating site SeekingArrangement.com.
  • "Adventureland"

    The director of "Superbad" grows up with an engaging movie about young love, crappy amusement parks and the listless days of summer.
  • I Like to Watch

    When push comes to love: "Cupid" demonstrates the pitfalls of romance (and romantic comedies), "30 Rock" skewers love, and "Millionaire Matchmaker" presents a modern Cupid with a grudge to bear.
  • Act like a lady, think like a funny man

    Steve Harvey's dating advice book for women is a runaway bestseller. How did male comedians become the new love gurus?
  • My long-distance lover wants to sow wild oats

    He wants to just fool around -- but what if he falls in love?
  • So you still want to date a banker?

    In this sinking economy, the media trots out icky cliches about spoiled women and emasculated men -- maybe because the reality is so much messier.
  • Lust and the lactating mother

    How I went from nursing my daughter to breast-feeding my date.
  • I know just the person for you!

    I'm terrible at setting up my friends on dates. So why do I love doing it so much?
  • I had him, now I've lost him, and I'm sad

    I can't believe this guy even went for me at all, but he did, and I fell for him.
  • For richer or poorer?

    I never thought money mattered in my relationship. But when my husband lost his job, I considered leaving him.
  • Women should never say "I love you" first?

    I asked my male friends about this asinine advice, and dammit, they agreed.
  • My restaurant romance could get us both fired

    I secretly fell for a higher-up at work, and not even my best friend knows.
  • Isn't it romantic?

    "Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist" director Peter Sollett talks about young people looking for love on the streets of New York.
  • "Nights in Rodanthe"

    Diane Lane and Richard Gere defy gravity in this clunky romantic melodrama.
  • Why I love the city that brutalized me

    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.
  • A friendship with a colleague has gone too far

    I'd love to take it even farther, but he's married and unavailable.
  • How can I convince my girlfriend that this is as good as it gets?

    She's younger, and she's restless, and she wants that spark of the new.
  • My failed lesbian romance

    I was heartbroken and lost after the end of my marriage. Then I fell in love with Gisele, and things really got complicated.
  • Summer reads

    Past perfect: From a sinister Victorian thriller to the lush life of Louis XIV's mistress, these historical novels will take you back in time.
  • U still up?

    Text-messaging has made the late-night drunken hookup insanely easy. 2 EZ?
  • Building a road from Bollywood to dullsville

    How can a gorgeous-looking movie about an adulterous interracial affair in 1930s India be so boring? Plus: The amazing Juliet Stevenson, sex symbol at age 51.
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