2024-12-18
35 分钟It felt as if the dating world hit a breaking point this year. With news headlines like “Is Dating a Total Nightmare for You Right Now?” and “Why the Young and the Single Can’t Commit to Dating Apps” appearing frequently, it became clear that there was a lot of pent up frustration. We gave you all the opportunity to let it out, and asked you to send in voice memos about your worst dates. We enlisted the help of the actor Joel Kim Booster, who hosts the podcast Bad Dates, to turn your worst dates into tidbits of wisdom for a brand-new year of dating in 2025. Here’s how to submit a Modern Love Essay to The New York Times. Here’s how to submit a Tiny Love Story.
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Love now and did you fall in love last fella?
Love, love, but stronger than anything.
And I love you more than anything.
You're still up Love from the New York Times, I'm Anna Martin.
This is Modern Love.
Every week we've been bringing you stories and conversations inspired by the Modern Love column.
We talk about love, lust, heartbreak and all the messiness of relationships.
And mess is how a lot of people would describe the dating world.
This past year I kept seeing headlines all over the place about how bad dating has gotten.
Stuff like is dating a total nightmare for you right now?
Or how to declutter your dating life.
It's been a year that's felt like people are finally fed up with situationships, with cuffing season, with ghosting, endless swiping.
There's just a lot of pent up frustration and we wanted to give you all the opportunity to let it out.
The worst date I've ever gone on made me feel pretty hopeless about how men think about women.