{"id":6132,"date":"2024-05-14T19:00:09","date_gmt":"2024-05-14T19:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/?p=6132"},"modified":"2024-05-14T19:25:55","modified_gmt":"2024-05-14T19:25:55","slug":"tiny-love-stories-god-you-can-kiss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/?p=6132","title":{"rendered":"Tiny Love Stories: \u2018God, You Can Kiss\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><\/div>\n<p id=\"article-summary\" class=\"css-1n0orw4 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\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<h2 class=\"css-kypbrf eoo0vm40\" id=\"link-6ecbd0c6\">A Kiss to Remember<\/h2>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">We kissed just once, standing by my living room windows on the 21st floor. A deep, full-throated kiss that shot electric waves through me. \u201cGod, you can kiss,\u201d I murmured. \u201cMen who kiss men learn that.\u201d For a brief moment, we were in love. Then, his hands resting on my shoulders, he spoke. \u201cYou know it can\u2019t work.\u201d He wasn\u2019t into women. \u201cI know,\u201d I replied. My friends thought we\u2019d make a great couple. \u201cWe\u2019re just friends,\u201d I\u2019d say; it was Texas, the \u201980s. AIDS took Richard a few years later. But his kiss is still with me. \u2014 <em class=\"css-2fg4z9 e1gzwzxm0\">Michele LaNoue<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\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\">\n<div class=\"css-nwd8t8\" data-testid=\"lazy-image\">\n<div data-testid=\"lazyimage-container\" style=\"height:262.2888888888889px\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption data-testid=\"photoviewer-children-caption\" class=\"css-gbc9ki ewdxa0s0\"><span class=\"css-jevhma e13ogyst0\">A photo I took of Richard in my living room in 1990.<\/span><span class=\"css-1u46b97 e1z0qqy90\"><span><span aria-hidden=\"false\">Michele LaNoue<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"css-s99gbd StoryBodyCompanionColumn\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<hr class=\"css-7ad88g e1mu4ftr0\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"css-s99gbd StoryBodyCompanionColumn\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<h2 class=\"css-kypbrf eoo0vm40\" id=\"link-abc7c33\">Limeade Love<\/h2>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">It was a contentious and unsuccessful expedition to shop for a prom dress, my mom being more focused on frugality than fashion. To restore peace, my dad, a caring parent \u2014 though with limited interest or capacity to relate to his teenage daughter \u2014 made the unprecedented offer to take me dress shopping, Round 2. When we arrived at the mall, he confided that I could have any dress I wanted \u2014 a generous and loving gesture that made me feel both respected and liberated. Thanks, Dad, for that memorable moment and dress (if only it weren\u2019t limeade green). \u2014 <em class=\"css-2fg4z9 e1gzwzxm0\">Judith Karp<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\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:386.6666666666667px\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption data-testid=\"photoviewer-children-caption\" class=\"css-gbc9ki ewdxa0s0\"><span class=\"css-jevhma e13ogyst0\">A prom photo of me in my limeade dress taken by my father, Al Karp, in 1967.<\/span><span class=\"css-1u46b97 e1z0qqy90\"><span><span aria-hidden=\"false\">Judith Karp<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"css-s99gbd StoryBodyCompanionColumn\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<hr class=\"css-7ad88g e1mu4ftr0\" \/>\n<h2 class=\"css-kypbrf eoo0vm40\" id=\"link-1114a168\">A Sixth Sense<\/h2>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">We met on the porch of the liberal arts equivalent of a frat house at the last party of the summer. She must have picked up on my introverted panic, because she pulled an Adirondack chair next to mine and started asking me about the movies I\u2019d seen. Never had I been so relieved to be rescued from the chaos of a crowd. Rosie \u2014 now my girlfriend \u2014 has always been good at noticing when I\u2019m feeling untethered, and never has she failed to come to my side and let me know she\u2019s right there with me. \u2014 <em class=\"css-2fg4z9 e1gzwzxm0\">Emma Sandstrom<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\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:515.5555555555555px\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption data-testid=\"photoviewer-children-caption\" class=\"css-gbc9ki ewdxa0s0\"><span class=\"css-jevhma e13ogyst0\">Me and Rosie (left), backpacking across Portugal and Spain in January, just a few months after we met on that college porch.<\/span><span class=\"css-1u46b97 e1z0qqy90\"><span><span aria-hidden=\"false\">Emma Sandstrom<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"css-s99gbd StoryBodyCompanionColumn\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<hr class=\"css-7ad88g e1mu4ftr0\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"css-s99gbd StoryBodyCompanionColumn\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<h2 class=\"css-kypbrf eoo0vm40\" id=\"link-6e810473\">Grateful My Prayers Went Unanswered<\/h2>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">He was utterly beautiful. Perfect skin, exquisite features and the longest eyelashes I\u2019d seen. But I was that rare Indian woman who hadn\u2019t wanted a son. I had prayed for a girl, for what did I know of little boys? My son did not know that. His giggles, his humor, the way he would grab and hug me, the way he would cling to me, every kiss and snuggle made me forget that I hadn\u2019t wanted a boy. He walked into my heart one September morning and made it his own. I am the richer for it. \u2014 <em class=\"css-2fg4z9 e1gzwzxm0\">Aarti Narayan<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\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:515.5555555555555px\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption data-testid=\"photoviewer-children-caption\" class=\"css-gbc9ki ewdxa0s0\"><span class=\"css-jevhma e13ogyst0\">Me and my son, who is now 16, on vacation in New Zealand in 2015.<\/span><span class=\"css-1u46b97 e1z0qqy90\"><span><span aria-hidden=\"false\">Aarti Narayan<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div data-testid=\"lazy-loader\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"css-s99gbd StoryBodyCompanionColumn\">\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.A Kiss to RememberWe kissed just once, standing by my living room windows on the 21st floor. A deep, full-throated kiss that shot electric waves through me. \u201cGod, you can kiss,\u201d I murmured. \u201cMen who kiss men learn that.\u201d For a brief moment, we were in love. Then, his hands resting on my shoulders, he spoke. \u201cYou know it can\u2019t work.\u201d He wasn\u2019t into women. \u201cI know,\u201d I replied. My friends thought we\u2019d make a great couple. \u201cWe\u2019re just friends,\u201d I\u2019d say; it was Texas, the \u201980s. AIDS took Richard a few years later. But his kiss is still with me. \u2014 Michele LaNoueA photo I took of Richard in my living room in 1990.Michele LaNoueLimeade LoveIt was a contentious and unsuccessful expedition to shop for a prom dress, my mom being more focused on frugality than fashion. To restore peace, my dad, a caring parent \u2014 though with limited interest or capacity to relate to his teenage daughter \u2014 made the unprecedented offer to take me dress shopping, Round 2. When we arrived at the mall, he confided that I could have any dress I wanted \u2014 a generous and loving gesture that made me feel both respected and liberated. Thanks, Dad, for that memorable moment and dress (if only it weren\u2019t limeade green). \u2014 Judith KarpA prom photo of me in my limeade dress taken by my father, Al Karp, in 1967.Judith KarpA Sixth SenseWe met on the porch of the liberal arts equivalent of a frat house at the last party of the summer. She must have picked up on my introverted panic, because she pulled an Adirondack chair next to mine and started asking me about the movies I\u2019d seen. Never had I been so relieved to be rescued from the chaos of a crowd. Rosie \u2014 now my girlfriend \u2014 has always been good at noticing when I\u2019m feeling untethered, and never has she failed to come to my side and let me know she\u2019s right there with me. \u2014 Emma SandstromMe and Rosie (left), backpacking across Portugal and Spain in January, just a few months after we met on that college porch.Emma SandstromGrateful My Prayers Went UnansweredHe was utterly beautiful. Perfect skin, exquisite features and the longest eyelashes I\u2019d seen. But I was that rare Indian woman who hadn\u2019t wanted a son. I had prayed for a girl, for what did I know of little boys? My son did not know that. His giggles, his humor, the way he would grab and hug me, the way he would cling to me, every kiss and snuggle made me forget that I hadn\u2019t wanted a boy. He walked into my heart one September morning and made it his own. I am the richer for it. \u2014 Aarti NarayanMe and my son, who is now 16, on vacation in New Zealand in 2015.Aarti NarayanSee 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":6134,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6132","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\/6132","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=6132"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6132\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6135,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6132\/revisions\/6135"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/6134"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6132"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6132"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6132"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}