Not long ago, nearly every initial conversation with a potential romantic partner was in person or over the phone. Now, they’re increasingly digital — taking place on dating apps, over text or in direct messages on social media. What were some of the first online words you exchanged with the person you’re with? Do you still have a record of that conversation on your phone or laptop?
If so, we want to see it for potential publication in a special collaboration between Modern Love and The New York Times Magazine. Send us screenshots of your first flirty and fateful words, and then briefly catch us up on what happened next. Did you think you and your partner had any future together? Was it the most boring (or obnoxious, silly, awkward, glorious) exchange ever? Tell us in no more than 100 words.
If we’re interested in your story, an editor will reach out to you. We won’t use your images or words without contacting you first.
Deadline for entries: Wednesday, March 6, 2024, by 11:59 p.m. Pacific time.
