Affairs

I had recently finished grad school and was ready to dive into the dating scene, so I downloaded Bumble, the dating app where women make the first move. After swiping for a few days, I…

“I’ve been immature,” I said during a painstaking call to Madeleine. We’d been friends since meeting at USC film school but had only recently started dating. “I’ve been feckless. I’ve been…

It was raining. This wasn’t an L.A. sprinkle either. It was pouring outside. I kept imagining battling rush-hour traffic in the rain just to meet another loser.I had suggested to Steve that…

As a widow for nearly four years, I was hoping to answer the question “Can I find love again?” with a yes.I had been happily married for 45 years when my husband died from heart failure and…

“What did you do with the number?” I asked my boyfriend as I washed the breakfast dishes.The phone number had been handed to me by a man the night before at a gallery; he wanted to have a…

Last spring, after eight years of a stable partnership, my husband and I opened our marriage. In truth, I was the one to push for this change in the first place. For many, this disclosure…

We met for drinks in downtown Los Angeles. Right off the bat, he told 10 captivating stories all at once. I interrupted, added, redirected him back to plotlines, and together we revealed…

The attorney and I matched on the League. He was a handsome Left Coaster who had a charming profile to go with his beautiful smile. I’m a New Yorker without an anti-L.A. bias, so I swiped…

It was a Saturday afternoon in January in Hollywood. I had wrapped up rating a bunch of banks for my remote job. When I hopped in my Corolla, I relished something I normally dread: driving…

“Is this Olivia?”Five months into the COVID-19 shutdown, at 9 a.m. on a Thursday, I got my first “Ex Text.” Except I don’t have any exes. I’ve never been in a long-term relationship.Alas,…