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As Dan told us, Mandy Lynn Catron spent a long time wrestling with all these questions about love. She was trying to understand how to find love and how she would know when she found it. That's what led her to the 36 questions. And we do know that it worked. She did fall in love after doing them. But it's been 10 years since her essay was published. So the question now is, did she stay in love?

After the break, Mandy joins us to read her Modern Love essay. And she tells us what happened in the decades since she wrote it. Modern Love Mandy, Len, Katrin, welcome back to Modern Love. Thank you for having me. I'm happy to be here. Mandy, on today's episode, we're talking all about the process of falling in love, how it happens, what it takes, what it feels like.

After the break, Mandy joins us to read her Modern Love essay. And she tells us what happened in the decades since she wrote it. Modern Love Mandy, Len, Katrin, welcome back to Modern Love. Thank you for having me. I'm happy to be here. Mandy, on today's episode, we're talking all about the process of falling in love, how it happens, what it takes, what it feels like.

And you, of course, probably have the most well-known story of falling in love to ever appear in the Modern Love column. I wonder, when you first decided to do these 36 questions with a man you did know, but you didn't know super well, a man named Mark, could you possibly have imagined what that moment was going to lead to in your life and in the world?

And you, of course, probably have the most well-known story of falling in love to ever appear in the Modern Love column. I wonder, when you first decided to do these 36 questions with a man you did know, but you didn't know super well, a man named Mark, could you possibly have imagined what that moment was going to lead to in your life and in the world?

I mean, it really, really did. You know, Mandy, I have so many more questions about the questions and about your own love story. But before we get too far into that, I would love to hear you read your essay. Okay, sure.

I mean, it really, really did. You know, Mandy, I have so many more questions about the questions and about your own love story. But before we get too far into that, I would love to hear you read your essay. Okay, sure.

Beautifully done, Mandy. What's coming up for you just in the immediate aftermath of having read this piece? It's been 10 years since you wrote it.

Beautifully done, Mandy. What's coming up for you just in the immediate aftermath of having read this piece? It's been 10 years since you wrote it.

That's so wonderful, Mandy. Congratulations. I am wondering, though, I mean, you said that marriage is not something you're really that interested in as an institution. But it's clear that this wedding will be marking something for the two of you. What do you think it says about your love or your commitment to one another?

That's so wonderful, Mandy. Congratulations. I am wondering, though, I mean, you said that marriage is not something you're really that interested in as an institution. But it's clear that this wedding will be marking something for the two of you. What do you think it says about your love or your commitment to one another?

I mean, thinking about the beginning of your and Mark's relationship being these 36 questions and those moments of intense connection you shared in the bar and on the bridge, 10 years out, do you think... that beginning shaped your relationship in some fundamental way?

I mean, thinking about the beginning of your and Mark's relationship being these 36 questions and those moments of intense connection you shared in the bar and on the bridge, 10 years out, do you think... that beginning shaped your relationship in some fundamental way?

Mandy, thank you so much for coming on the show and sharing this update. Thanks for having me. If you want to read Mandy's essay in full, the link to it is in our show notes. And before we go, I did promise you at the top of the episode that we'd play more of your voice messages. Stay tuned for those after the credits. Like I said, we loved hearing from all of you.

Mandy, thank you so much for coming on the show and sharing this update. Thanks for having me. If you want to read Mandy's essay in full, the link to it is in our show notes. And before we go, I did promise you at the top of the episode that we'd play more of your voice messages. Stay tuned for those after the credits. Like I said, we loved hearing from all of you.

We quite literally listened to every single one, and it was such a treat. Special thanks to Mahima Chablani, Nelga Logli, Jeffrey Miranda, and Paula Schumann. The Modern Love column is edited by Daniel Jones. Mia Lee is the editor of Modern Love Projects. If you want to submit an essay or a tiny love story to The New York Times, we've got the instructions in our show notes. I'm Anna Martin.

We quite literally listened to every single one, and it was such a treat. Special thanks to Mahima Chablani, Nelga Logli, Jeffrey Miranda, and Paula Schumann. The Modern Love column is edited by Daniel Jones. Mia Lee is the editor of Modern Love Projects. If you want to submit an essay or a tiny love story to The New York Times, we've got the instructions in our show notes. I'm Anna Martin.

Thanks for listening. And keep listening.

Thanks for listening. And keep listening.

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