I've been watching Modern Love on Amazon Prime. If you're unaware, it's a series of unrelated love stories, based on essays written for a column in the New York Times by the same name. The New York Times also has a column called "Tiny Love Stories", which asks people to write their love story in under 100 words.
I tried it. Didn't think I could do it. Turns out I could. My first hand-written draft was 89 words long. I modified slightly when I typed it out, and now it's 90 words.
At 21 we shared a chemistry class and a fume cupboard. The year we turned 23, we shared our first kiss. At 25, we shared a surname and a plan for a life just for two. At 27 we shared a move across the country, at 30 one halfway around the world. By 41, we shared three children and a house in the suburbs. And this year, at 46, we have shared over half our lives with each other. Our shared life is longer that the part we didn’t share.
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