IT'S COMPLICATED
A commissioned series of Collages using imagery from the golden age of comics created for “It’s Complicated” on The Cut, a column featuring a rotating list of guest writers telling “stories on the sometimes frustrating, sometimes confusing, always engrossing subject of modern relationships.”
"Why Won't Any Of My Friends Set Me Up?"
Social Media Helped Me Connect With My Husband in a Way I Couldn’t in Real Life
The Struggle of Setting Digital Boundaries in an Open Relationship
"Rebuilding a Sex Life Destroyed by Postpartum Depression"
"How to Date When You’re Waiting for Cancer"
"Why I Only Date Recently Divorced Dads"
"Why I Don’t Acknowledge My Relationships on Social Media"
"Taking Dating Advice From My Dad Saved Our Relationship"
"The Struggle of Learning How to Be a Girlfriend for the First Time"
"I Unfollowed My Boyfriend on Twitter to Save Our Relationship"
"All the Steps I Took to Make Sure I Stayed Friends With My Ex"
"Keeping the Spark Alive As a Young Person in an Old Person’s Body"
"That Time I Had a Secret Affair With My Roommate"
"But Actually, What Does ‘Single’ Really Mean?"
"The TV-Recap Podcast That Got Me Through My Divorce"
"Being Hangry Almost Destroyed My Relationship"
"My Failed Experiment With Non-Monogamy"
"The Dating App That Put My Friends in Charge of My Love Life"
"The Mysterious Medical Condition That Defined All My Relationships"
"That Time My Ex Tried to Buy Me Out of Our Cat"
"The Strangeness of Dating Again After My Dad’s Death"
"Having a Relationship Contract Saved Me From My Own Dating Anxiety"
"Befriending the Woman Who Catfished Me"
"The Joys of the Part-Time Long-Distance Relationship"
"Mastering the Art of Caring Less"
"That Time My Ex Found the Fake Wedding Registry I’d Made for Us"
"The Restrictive Diet That Changed My Marriage"
"What to Know Before Getting Back Together With an Ex"
"When Sexting Is Better Than Actual Sex"
"The Best First Date Is a Boring Coffee Date"
"It’s Fine to Keep Your Sexual History From Your Partner"
"Learning About Love From My Parents’ Infidelity"
"You Don’t Have to Move in Together"
"When the Relationship Can’t Possibly Live Up to the Meet-Cute"
"Being Orbited by Exes Is My Favorite Thing"
"That Time I Accidentally Emailed an Old Love-Letter Draft to My Ex"
"A Fight About Tea Almost Destroyed My Relationship"
"How Soon After Widowhood Can You Feel Good Again?"
"Buying Closure on eBay"
"Confessions of a Tinder Tourist"
"Testing High Standards After a Lifetime of Settling"
"The Unexpected Loneliness of Bringing My Fiancé Back to My Hometown"
"Maybe Don’t Sleep With Your Employee’s Brother at Her Wedding"
"The Silent Meditation Retreat That Gave My Marriage A Makeover"
"The Time I Scheduled Heartbreak 3 Months In Advance"
"Giving Up Alcohol Made Me Date Like a Teenager Again"
"My Marriage Was Open, But I Couldn’t Get a Date"
"Surviving the Embarrassments of Dating in a Foreign Language"
"Growing Up in a Family Like Mine Made Me Terrified of Conflict"
"The Wedding Forum That Helped Me Leave My Abusive Ex"
"Dating Without Texting Is the Absolute Best"