A “Mistress Dispeller” is an expert at infidelity: part marriage counselor, part private eye. The filmmaker Elizabeth Lo followed one mistress dispeller for three years, and it had a surprising effect on her own love life.
Category: Love (Emotion)
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My Husband, the Reluctant Barista
When the person handing you your coffee at Starbucks is your husband of 17 years.
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Tiny Love Stories: ‘I Might’ve Cast a Love Spell’
Modern Love in miniature, featuring reader-submitted stories of no more than 100 words.
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Malala Yousafzai Thought She’d Never Fall in Love
The global activist gets candid in her new memoir. She spoke with us about struggling with panic attacks, finding her personal style and changing her mind about what marriage could be.
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Negotiating the End of Us
My husband kept saying he was going to die at a young age, but we could never agree on an acceptable number.
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Tiny Love Stories: ‘Even Painful Things Can Heal’
Modern Love in miniature, featuring reader-submitted stories of no more than 100 words.
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Tessa Thompson on Playing ‘Hedda’— and Finding What You Really Want
In Thompson’s latest film, she plays an unhappy housewife who blows up her life. In reality, the actor and producer has left relationships with much less fallout.
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The Woman Who Always Paid for Dinner
She kept grabbing the check, and men kept letting her, until she landed on a (possibly) brilliant idea.
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Tiny Love Stories: ‘I Saw a Beautiful Man Captivating the Room’
Modern Love in miniature, featuring reader-submitted stories of no more than 100 words.
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For Her 70th Birthday, She Hired an Escort
Gail Rice felt like time was running out. So she splurged on a sexual adventure.
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Dress Rehearsal for a Wedding I’ll Never Attend
When I told my 15-year-old daughter I was dying, she asked me to take her wedding dress shopping before I go.
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Tiny Love Stories: ‘I Was Taken Aback by Her Past’
Modern Love in miniature, featuring reader-submitted stories of no more than 100 words.