{"id":12305,"date":"2024-09-03T20:31:19","date_gmt":"2024-09-03T20:31:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/medexperts.pro\/?p=12305"},"modified":"2024-09-03T21:24:54","modified_gmt":"2024-09-03T21:24:54","slug":"tiny-love-stories-a-drunk-dial-followed-by-sporadic-g-chats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/?p=12305","title":{"rendered":"Tiny Love Stories: \u2018A Drunk Dial Followed by Sporadic G-Chats \u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"article-summary\" class=\"css-79rysd e1wiw3jv0\">Modern Love in miniature, featuring reader-submitted stories of no more than 100 words.<\/p>\n<section class=\"meteredContent css-1r7ky0e\">\n<div class=\"css-s99gbd StoryBodyCompanionColumn\" data-testid=\"companionColumn-0\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<div data-testid=\"imageblock-wrapper\">\n<figure class=\"img-sz-small css-lt5b41 e1g7ppur0\" aria-label=\"media\" role=\"group\">\n<div class=\"css-zgakxe erfvjey0\" data-testid=\"photoviewer-children-figure\">\n<div class=\"css-nwd8t8\" data-testid=\"lazy-image\">\n<div data-testid=\"lazyimage-container\" style=\"height:386.6666666666667px\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption data-testid=\"photoviewer-children-caption\" class=\"css-13ytnnu ewdxa0s0\"><span class=\"css-1u46b97 e1z0qqy90\"><span><span aria-hidden=\"false\">Brian Rea<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<h2 class=\"css-1u37br4 eoo0vm40\" id=\"link-141ad20f\">The Place He Swore He\u2019d Left Behind<\/h2>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">It was 2007, and after three months of dating, Mike\u2019s dinner declaration was a crushing blow for me: \u201cSerena, the most I can commit to is a casual relationship.\u201d A drunk dial followed by sporadic G-chats kept us in touch, but his Dubai move seemed like a sign to move on. Yet our chats intensified, becoming near daily. A spontaneous Barcelona meet-up \u2014 seven months after he dumped me and our last face-to-face \u2014 changed everything. Fast forward to 2024: married with three children and living in New York City, the very place he swore he\u2019d left behind. \u2014 <em class=\"css-2fg4z9 e1gzwzxm0\">Serena Bhaduri<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"ImageBlock-1\">\n<div data-testid=\"imageblock-wrapper\">\n<figure class=\"img-sz-medium css-mqw7kw e1g7ppur0\" aria-label=\"media\" role=\"group\">\n<div class=\"css-1xdhyk6 erfvjey0\" data-testid=\"photoviewer-children-figure\"><\/div><figcaption data-testid=\"photoviewer-children-caption\" class=\"css-gbc9ki ewdxa0s0\"><span class=\"css-jevhma e13ogyst0\">In our New York City apartment after our daughter, Athena, was born. Our son, Naveed, is holding a picture of our second child, Insaan, who passed away, whom we include in all of our formal family photos.<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"css-s99gbd StoryBodyCompanionColumn\" data-testid=\"companionColumn-1\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<hr class=\"css-7ad88g e1mu4ftr0\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"Dropzone-3\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"css-s99gbd StoryBodyCompanionColumn\" data-testid=\"companionColumn-2\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<h2 class=\"css-1u37br4 eoo0vm40\" id=\"link-701e133c\">Wrong to Roll My Eyes<\/h2>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cLook at the stars,\u201d he said. I rolled my eyes, half-expecting a cheesy line about destiny written in constellations. But it was clear: He really was enthralled by the pulsing dots in the night sky on our first date. After welcoming our second child during the pandemic, things got tough. We went to therapy and, thankfully, navigated our way back to each other. When we decided to put our kids in the same bedroom, he decorated glow-in-the-dark stars on their ceiling to look like the night sky on the day I was born. Call space his love language. \u2014 <em class=\"css-2fg4z9 e1gzwzxm0\">Eunice Ross<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"ImageBlock-5\">\n<div data-testid=\"imageblock-wrapper\">\n<figure class=\"img-sz-medium css-1hs5yzu e1g7ppur0\" aria-label=\"media\" role=\"group\">\n<div class=\"css-1xdhyk6 erfvjey0\" data-testid=\"photoviewer-children-figure\">\n<div class=\"css-nwd8t8\" data-testid=\"lazy-image\">\n<div data-testid=\"lazyimage-container\" style=\"height:506.5333333333333px\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption data-testid=\"photoviewer-children-caption\" class=\"css-gbc9ki ewdxa0s0\"><span class=\"css-jevhma e13ogyst0\">My husband and children looking up at the \u201cstars.\u201d<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"RelatedLinksBlock-6\">\n<div data-testid=\"lazy-loader\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"css-s99gbd StoryBodyCompanionColumn\" data-testid=\"companionColumn-3\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<h2 class=\"css-1u37br4 eoo0vm40\" id=\"link-5a32bd5f\">Forgotten Ticket, Undeniable Love<\/h2>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">While Gabby was walking me home from Shabbat dinner the night we met, she told me that she had ditched Pesach (Passover) in 2021 to attend an Olivia Rodrigo concert. When Olivia came back to Chicago in 2024, after we had been dating for two years, I knew it was our opportunity to finally see her in concert together. Yet, Gabby forgot to get me a ticket. I love her anyway and we got married this August because, as Olivia sings, \u201chow could I ever love someone else?\u201d \u2014 <em class=\"css-2fg4z9 e1gzwzxm0\">Ariel Katz<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"ImageBlock-8\">\n<div data-testid=\"imageblock-wrapper\">\n<figure class=\"img-sz-medium css-d754w4 e1g7ppur0\" aria-label=\"media\" role=\"group\">\n<div class=\"css-1xdhyk6 erfvjey0\" data-testid=\"photoviewer-children-figure\">\n<div class=\"css-nwd8t8\" data-testid=\"lazy-image\">\n<div data-testid=\"lazyimage-container\" style=\"height:294.5111111111111px\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption data-testid=\"photoviewer-children-caption\" class=\"css-gbc9ki ewdxa0s0\"><span class=\"css-jevhma e13ogyst0\">Last week, in Banff for our honeymoon. Gabby is on the left.<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"css-s99gbd StoryBodyCompanionColumn\" data-testid=\"companionColumn-4\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<hr class=\"css-7ad88g e1mu4ftr0\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"Dropzone-10\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"css-s99gbd StoryBodyCompanionColumn\" data-testid=\"companionColumn-5\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<h2 class=\"css-1u37br4 eoo0vm40\" id=\"link-6e092477\">\u2018A New Rack\u2019<\/h2>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">We\u2019d been dating for two months when my biopsy results came back. Petrified, I said nothing. One morning Ram asked me why I had tossed and turned in my sleep so much. Over a strong coffee, I told him about family genetics, the lump and plans for a double mastectomy. He didn\u2019t run for the hills. Instead, he joked, \u201cSo you\u2019ll have a new rack; you might even like it more than the old one!\u201d Soon after, TV dinners replaced cinema dates and I fell asleep with him holding my hand, carefully avoiding the bandages. \u2014 <em class=\"css-2fg4z9 e1gzwzxm0\">Marianna Patan\u00e9<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"ImageBlock-12\">\n<div data-testid=\"imageblock-wrapper\">\n<figure class=\"img-sz-medium css-1hs5yzu e1g7ppur0\" aria-label=\"media\" role=\"group\">\n<div class=\"css-1xdhyk6 erfvjey0\" data-testid=\"photoviewer-children-figure\">\n<div class=\"css-nwd8t8\" data-testid=\"lazy-image\">\n<div data-testid=\"lazyimage-container\" style=\"height:511.0444444444444px\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption data-testid=\"photoviewer-children-caption\" class=\"css-gbc9ki ewdxa0s0\"><span class=\"css-jevhma e13ogyst0\">Selfie this spring  at a park in Brugelette, Belgium, where we live.<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"RelatedLinksBlock-13\">\n<div data-testid=\"lazy-loader\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"css-s99gbd StoryBodyCompanionColumn\" data-testid=\"companionColumn-6\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-798hid etfikam0\">See more Tiny Love Stories at <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/column\/modern-love\" title>nytimes.com\/modernlove<\/a>. Submit yours at <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"http:\/\/nytimes.com\/tinylovestories\" title>nytimes.com\/tinylovestories<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-798hid etfikam0\">Want more from Modern Love? Watch the <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2019\/09\/12\/style\/modern-love-tv-show-trailer.html\" title>TV series<\/a>; sign up for the <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/newsletters\/love-letter\" title>newsletter<\/a>; or listen to the <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/column\/modern-love-podcast\" title>podcast<\/a> on <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/modern-love\/id1065559535?mt=2&amp;version=meter+at+0&amp;module=meter-Links&amp;pgtype=article&amp;contentId=&amp;mediaId=&amp;referrer=&amp;priority=true&amp;action=click&amp;contentCollection=meter-links-click\" title rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">iTunes<\/a>, <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/03Er7mSPq9IEewOgbPD3vO\" title rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Spotify<\/a> or <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/music\/listen?u=0#\/ps\/Iktqjbkz7bychbnofblw32dik64\" title rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Google Play<\/a>. We also have swag at <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/store.nytimes.com\/collections\/modern-love\" title>the NYT Store<\/a> and two books, \u201c<a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.penguinrandomhouse.com\/books\/623036\/modern-love-revised-and-updated-by-edited-by-daniel-jones-with-contributions-by-andrew-rannells-ayelet-waldman-amy-krouse-rosenthal-veronica-chambers-and-more\/\" title rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Modern Love: True Stories of Love, Loss, and Redemption<\/a>\u201d and \u201c<a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.workman.com\/products\/tiny-love-stories\" title rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Tiny Love Stories: True Tales of Love in 100 Words or Less<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Modern Love in miniature, featuring reader-submitted stories of no more than 100 words.Brian ReaThe Place He Swore He\u2019d Left BehindIt was 2007, and after three months of dating, Mike\u2019s dinner declaration was a crushing blow for me: \u201cSerena, the most I can commit to is a casual relationship.\u201d A drunk dial followed by sporadic G-chats kept us in touch, but his Dubai move seemed like a sign to move on. Yet our chats intensified, becoming near daily. A spontaneous Barcelona meet-up \u2014 seven months after he dumped me and our last face-to-face \u2014 changed everything. Fast forward to 2024: married with three children and living in New York City, the very place he swore he\u2019d left behind. \u2014 Serena BhaduriIn our New York City apartment after our daughter, Athena, was born. Our son, Naveed, is holding a picture of our second child, Insaan, who passed away, whom we include in all of our formal family photos.Wrong to Roll My Eyes\u201cLook at the stars,\u201d he said. I rolled my eyes, half-expecting a cheesy line about destiny written in constellations. But it was clear: He really was enthralled by the pulsing dots in the night sky on our first date. After welcoming our second child during the pandemic, things got tough. We went to therapy and, thankfully, navigated our way back to each other. When we decided to put our kids in the same bedroom, he decorated glow-in-the-dark stars on their ceiling to look like the night sky on the day I was born. Call space his love language. \u2014 Eunice RossMy husband and children looking up at the \u201cstars.\u201dForgotten Ticket, Undeniable LoveWhile Gabby was walking me home from Shabbat dinner the night we met, she told me that she had ditched Pesach (Passover) in 2021 to attend an Olivia Rodrigo concert. When Olivia came back to Chicago in 2024, after we had been dating for two years, I knew it was our opportunity to finally see her in concert together. Yet, Gabby forgot to get me a ticket. I love her anyway and we got married this August because, as Olivia sings, \u201chow could I ever love someone else?\u201d \u2014 Ariel KatzLast week, in Banff for our honeymoon. Gabby is on the left.\u2018A New Rack\u2019We\u2019d been dating for two months when my biopsy results came back. Petrified, I said nothing. One morning Ram asked me why I had tossed and turned in my sleep so much. Over a strong coffee, I told him about family genetics, the lump and plans for a double mastectomy. He didn\u2019t run for the hills. Instead, he joked, \u201cSo you\u2019ll have a new rack; you might even like it more than the old one!\u201d Soon after, TV dinners replaced cinema dates and I fell asleep with him holding my hand, carefully avoiding the bandages. \u2014 Marianna Patan\u00e9Selfie this spring at a park in Brugelette, Belgium, where we live.See more Tiny Love Stories at nytimes.com\/modernlove. Submit yours at nytimes.com\/tinylovestories.Want more from Modern Love? Watch the TV series; sign up for the newsletter; or listen to the podcast on iTunes, Spotify or Google Play. We also have swag at the NYT Store and two books, \u201cModern Love: True Stories of Love, Loss, and Redemption\u201d and \u201cTiny Love Stories: True Tales of Love in 100 Words or Less.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12307,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12305","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lifestyle"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12305","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12305"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12305\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12308,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12305\/revisions\/12308"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/12307"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12305"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12305"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12305"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}