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Honestly, we got so many messages from you that we can't possibly play them all here. But we did listen to every single one. And they just, they felt like fantasies. I felt like I was there with you, under the stars, at dinner, watching the sunset. Listener, let me tell you, romance is not dead.

Honestly, we got so many messages from you that we can't possibly play them all here. But we did listen to every single one. And they just, they felt like fantasies. I felt like I was there with you, under the stars, at dinner, watching the sunset. Listener, let me tell you, romance is not dead.

I could listen to these all day. I mean it. And we're going to play some more of your messages later in today's episode at the end. But before we get to those, your messages, your stories, they got the whole Modern Love team thinking. What does it actually mean to fall in love? This feeling so many of you described, the puzzle pieces, the warmth and comfort and feeling at home.

I could listen to these all day. I mean it. And we're going to play some more of your messages later in today's episode at the end. But before we get to those, your messages, your stories, they got the whole Modern Love team thinking. What does it actually mean to fall in love? This feeling so many of you described, the puzzle pieces, the warmth and comfort and feeling at home.

How do we get there? What makes us love each other? Today, we're going to spend some time on that exact question. Ten years ago, Modern Love published possibly the most iconic story of falling in love in the history of the column. It was in an essay called To Fall in Love with Anyone, Do This by Mandy Lynn Catron.

How do we get there? What makes us love each other? Today, we're going to spend some time on that exact question. Ten years ago, Modern Love published possibly the most iconic story of falling in love in the history of the column. It was in an essay called To Fall in Love with Anyone, Do This by Mandy Lynn Catron.

In it, Mandy describes a list of 36 questions developed by a psychologist that are meant to help spark and deepen intimacy. What happened to Mandy after she used it reveals a lot about how we fall in love. So today, we're going to talk to Modern Love editor Daniel Jones about how people fall in love and the power of those 36 questions.

In it, Mandy describes a list of 36 questions developed by a psychologist that are meant to help spark and deepen intimacy. What happened to Mandy after she used it reveals a lot about how we fall in love. So today, we're going to talk to Modern Love editor Daniel Jones about how people fall in love and the power of those 36 questions.

Then we'll hear the original essay from Mandy herself, and she'll tell us whether she's still in love with the same man she did the list with 10 years later. That's after the break. Stay with us. Daniel Jones, welcome to Modern Love It's good to be here So, Dan, today we're talking all about those singular moments that lead to falling in love. And I wonder if I could turn that to you.

Then we'll hear the original essay from Mandy herself, and she'll tell us whether she's still in love with the same man she did the list with 10 years later. That's after the break. Stay with us. Daniel Jones, welcome to Modern Love It's good to be here So, Dan, today we're talking all about those singular moments that lead to falling in love. And I wonder if I could turn that to you.

Can you share a moment where you knew you were falling in love?

Can you share a moment where you knew you were falling in love?

Sweetest dog ever who you fell in love with. In a moment. I love that. And I mean, you've read and you've heard thousands of love stories. And because we're talking about sort of the beginning of love stories today, I'm wondering if you have any kind of theory about how those moments happen, how people fall in love.

Sweetest dog ever who you fell in love with. In a moment. I love that. And I mean, you've read and you've heard thousands of love stories. And because we're talking about sort of the beginning of love stories today, I'm wondering if you have any kind of theory about how those moments happen, how people fall in love.

Okay, so Dan, we wanted to have you on also to talk about what I think is fair to say is the most famous example of falling in love in the Modern Love Column's history, which is Mandy Lynn Catron's 2015 essay, To Fall in Love With Anyone, Do This. And it's based on a list of 36 questions that have become incredibly well-known in their own right.

Okay, so Dan, we wanted to have you on also to talk about what I think is fair to say is the most famous example of falling in love in the Modern Love Column's history, which is Mandy Lynn Catron's 2015 essay, To Fall in Love With Anyone, Do This. And it's based on a list of 36 questions that have become incredibly well-known in their own right.

They're questions you're supposed to do with a partner, and supposedly doing them will lead you to to fall in love with each other. This is an essay that people have come back to over and over again, even now, even a decade after the essay was published. Can you remind us of the story behind this essay?

They're questions you're supposed to do with a partner, and supposedly doing them will lead you to to fall in love with each other. This is an essay that people have come back to over and over again, even now, even a decade after the essay was published. Can you remind us of the story behind this essay?

Mm-hmm.

Mm-hmm.