‘Modern Love’: How to Fall (and Stay) in Love

When did you realize you were falling in love? The Modern Love
podcast asked listeners this question, and the voice messages
came pouring in. Listeners sent in stories that happened over
dinner dates, on subway rides, while watching sunsets or at
concerts. They described love at first sight, love built over
time and much more. 


Today, we hear some of the most moving and surprising listener
messages. Then, the Modern Love editor Daniel Jones discusses how
we fall in love, and what the famous “36 Questions That Lead to
Love” reveal about that process. And finally, Mandy Len Catron,
the writer who popularized the 36 questions in her Modern Love
essay, “To Fall in Love With Anyone, Do This," tells us whether
she’s still in love with the same man 10 years later. 


For more Modern Love, search for the show wherever you get your
podcasts. New episodes every Wednesday.  


Editors note: After this Modern Love episode was originally
published, Mandy Len Catron got married. You can read about her
wedding in the Vows section of the Times. 


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