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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.

They just stare into each other's eyes and then it ended?

They just stare into each other's eyes and then it ended?

You know, I'm curious, just personally, what have these 36 questions taught you about falling in love? Hmm.

You know, I'm curious, just personally, what have these 36 questions taught you about falling in love? Hmm.

I really like that. Dan Jones, thank you so much for this conversation today. It is always a treat and an honor to have you on the show. Thank you.

I really like that. Dan Jones, thank you so much for this conversation today. It is always a treat and an honor to have you on the show. Thank you.

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?

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?