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The True Story of Modern Love Season 2's 'Strangers on a Train'

Cecilia Pesao fills us in on what really happened that day, if the pair ever found each other again, and where she is now.

Cecilia Pesao got on the train from Paris to Barcelona in February 2020, and there was a man in her seat. She asked him to move. It was a six hour train ride, and she needed the outlet so she could work. But they soon got to talking—they got a coffee together, and flirted a bit. Ultimately they decided not to exchange numbers after the long ride, and instead would meet back up in Paris a couple weeks later. Then, a pandemic hit.

Cecilia’s story is now Episode 3 of the series, entitled “Strangers on a Train.” The episode takes some creative, romantic liberties with the real story of what happened—in reality, Cecilia’s train companion found her on Twitter a few weeks after the pandemic foiled their meet-up plans, and they exchanged numbers then. They haven’t spoken for a while though, as they don’t live in the same country, and as of August 13—the day Modern Love Season 2 lands on Amazon Prime—Cecilia has yet to tell him their little love story is going to be in a TV show. Or, you know, that Kit Harington is playing him. Below, she tells Esquire the real story.

Esquire : Have you seen the episode yet? Do you know what happens in it?

Cecilia: No! I don't know how they developed my story, I don't know anything.

So what happened on the train that day?

Well, I was living in Paris at that moment, and I had to come to Spain for work. I took the train. It was February of last year, before the pandemic. And when I got to my seat, a guy was in it, so we started arguing about that. But the train was six hours long, so we started talking. And we connected, completely unexpectedly because I was expecting to work during the trip, and I had some books to read and it was not my plan to talk to anyone.

It was really nice. We started talking about our lives, and we went to the cafeteria to have a coffee, and then I found out he was living in London at that moment. He told me at the end that he would be back in Paris in a few weeks and we could reconvene then. So I said okay, let's do that. And then one week after, we locked down, so I was locked down in Paris and he got locked down in Spain.

So you didn't exchange numbers?

No, we didn't. But he contacted me on Twitter. He found me and he wrote to me, so that's how we stayed in contact after. I was in Paris and he followed me to send me a message that he was stuck. But we were not sure how long Covid would be. So then we exchanged numbers and we started talking, but we never met again.

I see. So in the episode, we don’t know if they ever found each other again. Lots of suspense!

That was my question about the episode. He knew my last name somehow, so he found me.

Does he know that you wrote the Tiny Love Story?

No. I didn't tell him.

Do you think he might find out after the episode comes out?

I don't know. Maybe I should tell him, but I haven’t. I don’t know!

How would you feel if he saw the episode and reached out to you?

I mean, I don't know how the episode changed the story, but from what I read in the brief, they used exactly what I wrote. So he might realize that it is about him. I don't know, his character is played by Jon Snow, so I think he would probably be proud of that. If I were a boy, I wouldn’t mind having Jon Snow interpret me.

So you're not in contact with him anymore?

Oh, no. We stayed in contact last year for a few months, but we never saw each other again, and I don't know what he's doing now. I moved from Paris to Spain, too, and I don't know if he's still living in London or if he's moved. It was difficult because we never saw each other again.

So you don't think you're going to tell him about the episode?

I don't know, maybe after today? I think it's nice. I would like to know if it were the other way around.

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Spoiler Alert: This article contains spoilers for Modern Love Season 2.

There’s nothing quite like an unrequited love story, and the third episode of Modern Love is truly that, but with a twist ending. The Modern Love episodes are all based on true stories published in the New York Times’ “Modern Love” section, and “Strangers on a (Dublin) Train” is no different. Well, except for the fact that it’s actually a “Tiny Love Story” and leaves much guessing up to the reader.

So, the writers of the Modern Love episode decide to embellish a bit on the original author’s story. The real-life story leaves us wanting more, and even with the embellishments, it was important to keep the integrity of a similar ending. So here’s everything we know about the ending of “Strangers on a (Dublin) Train.”

The ending of 'Modern Love' "Strangers on a (Dublin) Train" is left up to our interpretation.

Long story short, a young man ( Kit Harington ) and a woman ( Lucy Boynton ) meet on a train that’s going from Galway to Dublin. Throughout the ride, the two hit it off with an innocent flirtation, deep conversation, and some classing teasing. But instead of exchanging phone numbers, trying to keep it romantic, they decide to meet up back at the station in two weeks.

It is romantic, but unfortunately, due to circumstances outside of their control, they’re not able to get back to the station. They’re kept apart by an emerging threat in the world, and authorities don’t allow them to meet up. So, the man does what he can to find her.

He remembers hearing the name of her street — Oxmantown Road — and decides to go find her, Love Actually -style, knocking on every door. The ending is just a pan-out of how long this road really is. Does he ever find her? Well, it’s left up to our interpretation.

"Strangers on a (Dublin) Train" is based on a true story.

All the Modern Love episodes are based on true stories, but this one is particularly tragic. It was submitted by Cecilia Pesao, who was traveling from Paris to Barcelona (a much longer train ride than the Dublin one, for what it’s worth).

She writes in her 100-word story, “On March 19, I’d wait for his train at the Gare de Lyon railway station. We didn’t know that coronavirus would confine us in different countries.”

This is something that we can all understand — the COVID-19 pandemic interrupted all of our plans. Some of us were in long-distance relationships that couldn’t make it, and others had plans to move across the world. For these two passengers, they might never meet again. Or would they?

I'm just a girl... pic.twitter.com/xtgUsSsXij — ceciliapesao (@ceciliapesao) August 13, 2021

Cecilia spoke with Esquire about how the real-life story ended. While they really didn’t exchange numbers, she revealed, “He contacted me on Twitter. He found me and he wrote to me, so that's how we stayed in contact after. I was in Paris and he followed me to send me a message that he was stuck.” So much for a modern take on a classic love story — thanks to social media, it wasn’t too hard to find and contact each other.

In some ways, it’s sweet that he made the effort though! They actually continued talking, but it fizzled out and they never saw each other again. He doesn’t even know that Modern Love is retelling his little locomotive love story — could this publicity bring about a new ending?

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Modern Love Season 2 Episode 3 Ending, Explained

Written and directed by John Carney, the third episode of the second season of acclaimed romantic comedy anthology series ‘Modern Love’ paints a timely and quirky tale of butterflies and heartache. The story, titled ‘Strangers on A (Dublin) Train,’ begins with two strangers in the titular train. He is a tech guy, she is a student of medieval studies, but it is seemingly love at first sight. The couple does not exchange phone numbers and decide to meet at the Dublin railway station two weeks later. But life has different plans for them. Kit Harington of ‘ Game of Thrones ’ fame acts against Lucy Boynton (‘Sing Street’) in this comedy of errors. The finale is kept open-ended, and if you are looking for answers, allow us to decode the ending for you. SPOILERS AHEAD.

Modern Love Season 2 Episode 3 Recap

A medieval studies student Paula takes a train from Galway to Dublin to meet her mother. While looking at her fellow passengers, she passes on the talkative guy, the hippie musician, and the seeming serial killer. But then, her eyes catch a decent-looking guy in a jacket. Michael chooses to sit opposite the Angelina Jolie type, and Paula passes silent judgment at him. But Jolie gets down at the next station, and Paula is back in the game. In the meantime, Michael starts small talk with Paula, which quickly turns into quirky exchanges.

As it turns out, Michael has an aversion for sitting opposite the train’s direction, which is why he chose the other berth. Michael works in tech, but he creates business algorithms for advertising agencies. The world is shocked by an emerging threat, and tea or coffee is no more allowed on the train. The train trudges on while the whole train ships the couple with a cute and awkward song. Michael and Paula decide to meet at the station two weeks later, as Michael hopes things would be normal by then. But the decision bites them back in the end.

Modern Love: Strangers on a Train Ending: Do Michael and Paula Meet Again?

In the course of the journey, both Michael and Paula make lasting impressions on each other’s lives. The heartache is too much for both of them, and the recent restrictions create more anxiety. Michael writes messages to Paula, messages he can’t send, while Paula records good night messages for Michael. Paula finds it implausible that Michael would meet her at the aforementioned time and date, but Michael is a hopeless romantic who refuses to give up on his train affair. In the end, Michael disregards his brother’s warning and ventures out to the station. The station is closed, and lady police stop Michael at a roadblock. The police officer finds Michael’s excuse preposterous, and she cannot allow Michael to go to the station.

However, Michael is not a person who would accept defeat without a hard fight. Michael begins to think of ways to meet Paula, and the thought reminds him of an address he overheard on the train journey. In an early scene, Paula divulges her address to a delivery person. Michael suddenly remembers the name of the road Paula told the delivery person earlier – “Oxmantown Road.” Michael does some web search to find that the road actually exists. He goes to the street and spies on the neighbors while binging on ‘ Lord of the Rings .’ A woman walks towards Michael’s car, and he takes her for Paula but is mistaken. We see the length of the road in the last shot, which gives the audience an elaborate idea of the arduousness of the task. In a brilliant masterstroke, the story ends without a conclusion.

At this point, the audiences must be asking whether the devoted but doomed lovers meet again. The story is based on an account by Cecilia Pesao, who wrote to the New York Times about meeting the love of her life on a train journey from Paris to Barcelona. They agreed to meet again back at Gare de Lyon station, but the onset of the pandemic kept them locked in two separate countries.

We don’t know exactly what happened in real life, but going by what we are shown, Michael should be able to find Paula with enough dedication. More importantly, since Paula is the one who is telling the story (since her counterpart Cecilia wrote the letter in real life), she could have only known about Michael pursuing her address if they did actually meet again. Therefore, even though the ending itself might be ambiguous, there are enough hints in the story that certainly suggests that Paula and Michael do meet again and possibly even end up together.

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This recap of Amazon Original Modern Love season 2, episode 3, “Strangers on a Train,” contains spoilers. 

In his second directorial effort this season, John Carney not only keeps his distance from the states — for a much more obvious reason — but he opts to explore modern love in favor of modern romance.

A riff on the title of the classic Alfred Hitchcock film, “Strangers on a Train” surprisingly isn’t just about a chance encounter between two people on a train. It’s not about them falling in love either. Instead, it’s about what happens after they meet. As boring as that sounds, Carney makes one of the most entertaining episodes to date.

Modern Love season 2, episode 3 recap

The story starts with Paula (played by Lucy Boynton ) as she boards a train to Dublin. As we come to find out, she is on her way home from a shortened semester at school. Along her journey, she encounters a handsome passenger sitting across from her (horizontally) named Michael (played by Kit Harrington ). He’s also on an impromptu vacation, and it’s eventually revealed that the entire episode takes place at the very beginning of the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic. That’s not the twist though. The twist is that the episode doesn’t entirely take place on the train. Instead, it takes place in the aftermath of the couple’s meeting.

You see, when the train finally reaches Dublin, figuring that the virus isn’t as big of a deal as everyone else is saying it is, Michael tells Paula that he wants to be old-fashioned. Rather than get her number or social media accounts, he wants them to meet back at the same train terminal in exactly two weeks. Now, I’m paraphrasing, but he says something to the effect of, “If it’s meant to be, it’ll happen.” 

As you might expect, he quickly begins kicking himself in the arse once he realizes that the virus is definitely a cause for concern and that he will not make it back to that train terminal due to lockdown protocols. The remainder of the episode documents those two weeks captured from both Michael and Paula’s perspectives.

Now, do the two eventually meet up? Do they get their happily ever after? Well, you’ll just have to find out for yourself because, to my knowledge, this episode is actually the first wholly original one. While every other one is based on the New York Times column of the same name, this one was written solely by Carney for the show. Nevertheless, it continues to capture the essence of the show’s magical message and explores modern human connection in a way that has become more familiar than it should be.

Forget the fact that Harrington and Boynton are our two leads. Forget that the story takes place during the pandemic. Their plight is genuinely interesting. In this episode, Carney raises a question that I’m almost certain the late Nora Ephron would want to know the answer to as well: Has technology, which was created to help us, actually broken us?

While this episode is easily one of my favorites, it falls just short of being perfect for a reason I’m not sure I won’t spoil until my last recap…

What did you think of Modern Love season 2, episode 3, “Strangers on a Train,”? Comment below. 

Article by Dempsey Pillot

Dempsey Pillot joined Ready Steady Cut in May 2021, and he is an entertainment critic and content producer with extensive experience with written reviews and interviews. As well as being a loving full-time father, husband, and confessed cinephile, Dempsey is an Assignment Editor at Spectrum News NY1, a local news network covering New York City.

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'Modern Love' turned one woman's story into an episode starring Kit Harington that ended in fairytale. In real life, the woman never saw the man again.

• A "Modern Love" episode fictionalizes Cecilia Pesao's love story of a missed opportunity. 
• The episode follows Kit Harington and Lucy Boynton as they meet and fall in love on a train. 
• Insider spoke with Pesao who said her real-life story didn't have a Hollywood ending like the episode.

Cecilia Pesao thought she had landed in a love story fit for Hollywood when she met a man on a train.

"Instant crush," Pesao wrote in her submission to the New York Times' "Modern Love" column, written right at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic last year. "A perfect, flirtatious, six hours. The beginning of our love story?"

But she didn't get her Hollywood ending. That only happens in the TV adaptation of her experience. 

"Modern Love" returned with its second season on Friday, and one episode titled "Strangers on a (Dublin) Train," starring Lucy Boynton and Kit Harington, shared Pesao fictionalizes story of her chance encounter.

During an interview over Zoom, Pesao told Insider what actually happened and while onscreen viewers get a happy ending, in real life her story ended a bit differently.

Cecilia Pesao met a stranger on a train in Europe just as COVID-19 was beginning to spread around the globe

Pesao, a 44-year-old product developer, boarded a train going from Paris to her hometown of Barcelona on February 19 last year — months before a pandemic would upend how we meet people and fall in love. 

Despite the train being relatively empty, Pesao sat near a man with whom she eventually struck up a conversation. She thought he was French at first, but later found out that they shared the same native language.

"I realized he was Spanish," Pesao told Insider, noting that she's Argentinian. "We both are Spanish, which is funny because we spent 15 minutes trying to understand each other in different languages."

Their conversation continued for the whole rest of the six-hour train ride, turning flirtatious.

In our modern world where technology rules communication, one might have expected the pair to exchange phone numbers or social media handles — anything that would enable them to stay in touch. 

But not these two. They threw caution to the wind and planned on meeting back at the same train station one month later.

"These kinds of things only happened in movies like 'Before Sunset,'" Pesao said, referring to the 2004 film where a chance train encounter between two strangers, who fall into a spontaneous romantic adventure, decide to meet again at the train station without exchanging personal information.

"I never thought it could happen to me," Pesao added.

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But before their next meeting could happen, COVID-19 spread and shut down all travel in Europe. Pesao never saw the man again. 

Pesao submitted her story to the New York Times, where it was eventually selected for the TV show

While she was feeling down about the missed connection, a friend suggested Pesao watch season one of "Modern Love." She realized it was all based on true stories and decided to submit her own essay.

"In the end, I was not only stuck physically, but emotionally," Pesao told Insider while reflecting on being quarantined and unable to see the man on the train again.

A month after her story appeared in the Sunday print edition of the NYT, she was contacted by Amazon, notifying her that her story was selected for the series.

Trish Hoffman, executive producer of "Modern Love," told Insider that there was a lot of internal debate surrounding COVID-fatigue. But Cecilia's story felt right for an adaptation in season two. 

"We felt like there was a fun aspect to this too – that wouldn't be so heavy during a time when there were so many real things happening that were very difficult," Hoffman said. 

The show gave her story a Hollywood ending that didn't happen in real life

There are several similarities, and one major difference, between Pesao's real experience and the version people see in the "Modern Love" episode.

Pesao has dark hair, a direct contrast to actress Boyton's blonde hair in the show. Still, Pesao's character in the episode, Paula, resembles her in a couple ways. The glasses worn by Pesao's fictionalized-self are the same ones she had on in a picture she sent to the NYT.

The product developer told the creative team at Amazon that she had planned on reading during the commute — a strategy for avoiding small talk with strangers. 

"I brought some books to not be bothered," Pesao said. "So when I saw that [in the show], I thought, 'It's really like me.'"

In the episode, Harington's character Michael tracks down Paula by recalling a phone conversation she had in front of him. She had mentioned her address, so Michael then drives to her neighborhood and camps out in his car to wait.

The ending suggests the possibility that love can prevail in the time of COVID-19, but that's not how Pesao's story ended.

The man on the train did recall clues in order to track her down online. Pesao had showed him something funny on her phone, and he caught a glimpse of her last name and used it to find her on Twitter. They exchanged numbers and chatted a bit more, hoping they could ride out the two-week quarantine and meet up again.

"He was really kind to me during confinement," Pesao said. "He called me once or twice to check how I was doing and [comforted me because] it was hard. He was my knight-in-confinement."

But the two eventually stopped talking, and her knight began dating someone else.

"It's not a Hollywood story. We never met again," she said, adding that she never told the real man that their story was turned into a column and eventually a TV episode. "I didn't have the courage."

Although it wasn't what she had hoped for, Pesao said at least she got something she didn't expect out of the failed chance of romance. 

"It's not the best end because I would prefer a different one," she said, "but it makes you feel alive."

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Buttersister.

I thought this would be better than it was. The supporting characters were more interesting than the leads.

It's the first season 2 ep I watched. The others? Not so fast.

I agree with buttersister.  It was rather disappointing but okay.  The brother and especially the mother were more interesting characters.

Well, what the hell? 

Hated that they incorrectly referenced "Before Sunset" instead of "Before Sunrise." They even showed a clip from the correct movie! 

The "Game of Thrones" reference was meta, a little too on the nose.

I read the true story which was different but interesting in it's own way. The guy doesn't know about the story yet.

https://www.esquire.com/entertainment/tv/a37303196/modern-love-season-2-episode-3-strangers-train-true-story-interview/

On 8/14/2021 at 9:11 AM, Jillybean said: Well, what the hell?  Hated that they incorrectly referenced "Before Sunset" instead of "Before Sunrise." They even showed a clip from the correct movie!  The "Game of Thrones" reference was meta, a little too on the nose.

I yelled at the tv, “Wrong movie!” But I was happy to see the clip from the movie.   

And I laughed at the GOT reference. Probably because of the blank stare Kit gave his brother.   

 I liked it more than others seemed to. It was no “Before Sunrise,” but the characters were enjoyable. And I’m glad the brother turned out not to be a jerk. He was just messy. And horny. 

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Kit Harington and Lucy Boynton Are Flirty Strangers on a Train in ‘Modern Love’ Season 2 Trailer (Video)

Romance returns to Amazon Prime Video Aug. 13

Love is in the air once again, as Amazon Prime Video released the trailer Thursday for the second season of its romantic anthology series “Modern Love.” As you’d expect, the sneak peek features several meet-cutes, including an adorable, flirtatious exchange of glances between two strangers on a train, played by “Game of Thrones” alum Kit Harington and “The Politician” star Lucy Boynton.

In the trailer, which you can view via the video above, “Modern Love’s” Season 2 lineup of romantic pairings is teased, with Boynton and Harington being the first duo revealed. They walk away from the experience agreeing to meet on the train again in two weeks — but Harington’s friend says she’s “never going to show.” While we worry about the fate of that potential couple, the teaser moves on to introduce us to several more, whom you will meet properly when the season launches Aug. 13.

Per Amazon Prime Video, “In this season, love breaks all the rules. An old flame reignited. A test of friends vs. lovers. A night girl and her day boy. A romance with an ex’s ex. A one night stand. An impossible promise. A ghost of a lost lover. An exploration of sexuality. The eight-part second season of the popular series ‘Modern Love’ brings to life a collection of stories about relationships, connections, betrayals and revelations. Each episode showcases love in all of its complicated and beautiful forms, all inspired by true events from the beloved New York Times column of the same name.”

Along with Harington and Boynton, “Modern Love” Season 2 stars Gbenga Akinnagbe, Tom Burke, Zoë Chao, Minnie Driver, Grace Edwards, Dominique Fishback, Garrett Hedlund,  Tobias Menzies, Sophie Okonedo , Zane Pais, Anna Paquin, Isaac Powell, Marquis Rodriguez and Lulu Wilson.

John Carney serves as writer, director, executive producer and showrunner of “ Modern Love ,” which filmed its second season in Albany, Schenectady, and Troy, New York, and Dublin, Ireland. Andrew Rannells directed an episode in Season 2 based upon a personal essay that he penned for the column.

All episodes of “Modern Love” Season 2 will launch Aug. 13 on Amazon Prime Video.

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Love is in the air once again, as Amazon Prime Video released the trailer Thursday for the second season of its romantic anthology series “ Modern Love .” As you’d expect, the sneak peek features several meet-cutes, including an adorable, flirtatious exchange of glances between two strangers on a train, played by “Game of Thrones” alum Kit Harington and “The Politician” star Lucy Boynton.

In the trailer, which you can view via the video above, “Modern Love’s” Season 2 lineup of romantic pairings is teased, with Boynton and Harington being the first duo revealed. They walk away from the experience agreeing to meet on the train again in two weeks — but Harington’s friend says she’s “never going to show.” While we worry about the fate of that potential couple, the teaser moves on to introduce us to several more, whom you will meet properly when the season launches Aug. 13.

Per Amazon Prime Video, “In this season, love breaks all the rules. An old flame reignited. A test of friends vs. lovers. A night girl and her day boy. A romance with an ex’s ex. A one night stand. An impossible promise. A ghost of a lost lover. An exploration of sexuality. The eight-part second season of the popular series ‘Modern Love’ brings to life a collection of stories about relationships, connections, betrayals and revelations. Each episode showcases love in all of its complicated and beautiful forms, all inspired by true events from the beloved New York Times column of the same name.”

Along with Harington and Boynton, “Modern Love” Season 2 stars Gbenga Akinnagbe, Tom Burke, Zoë Chao, Minnie Driver, Grace Edwards, Dominique Fishback, Garrett Hedlund, Tobias Menzies, Sophie Okonedo , Zane Pais, Anna Paquin, Isaac Powell, Marquis Rodriguez and Lulu Wilson.

John Carney serves as writer, director, executive producer and showrunner of “ Modern Love ,” which filmed its second season in Albany, Schenectady, and Troy, New York, and Dublin, Ireland. Andrew Rannells directed an episode in Season 2 based upon a personal essay that he penned for the column.

All episodes of “Modern Love” Season 2 will launch Aug. 13 on Amazon Prime Video.

Read original story Kit Harington and Lucy Boynton Are Flirty Strangers on a Train in ‘Modern Love’ Season 2 Trailer (Video) At TheWrap

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MODERN LOVE: STRANGERS ON A (DUBLIN) TRAIN

Two strangers meet on a train from Galway to Dublin in March 2020 and decide to go old school: no numbers exchanged, only a promise that they will meet up on the train two weeks later. And then a worldwide pandemic shuts down all of Ireland.

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Tiny Love Stories: ‘A Rarity in Paris’

Modern Love in miniature, featuring reader-submitted stories of no more than 100 words.

The Man With Dimples

I was 41, single and no longer looking. Rushing back to work from lunch, I was climbing the Metro stairs when a briefcase brushed against my leg. A tall man in a Barbour jacket excused himself — a rarity in Paris — and smiled, revealing his dimples. We entered the same Metro car, and five stops later, both exited. “Madame, if you do not stop following me, I will call the police,” he said, as we waited to cross the street. His dimples reappeared, and soon after, I was no longer single. — Rebecca Gaghen Veron

Loving a New Person

My mother, Lisbeth, knew how to be fully present for me, how to cool my fevers and emotions, how to coax manners and laughter. When she stopped remembering, I realized that instead of resisting and lamenting, I needed to learn to love a new person: a mother with no shared history, no nurturing glances, no urge to tell me to eat fewer desserts. When she looked into my light green eyes, identical to hers, and smiled broadly — perhaps believing I was her old college roommate — I knew I could be fully present for her, too. — Tim F. Nichols

Sitting In Silence

A miscommunication made Amir think I was into meditation, so our first date was at a Buddhist temple. We barely got introductions out of the way before sitting side by side in silence for 75 minutes (time I spent wondering if I had always breathed so loudly). Afterward, we got tacos and talked about the audacity of the woman who berated a monk because mantras didn’t calm her when stuck in Dallas traffic. Several dates later, I admitted that I hate meditating. Amir didn’t care. Nearly two years into our marriage, he meditates every morning while I start the crossword. — Jeramey Kraatz

Icy Clarity

My sister and I left our brother’s funeral like captives escaping, gravel flying behind us. We needed a ritual cleansing. The memorial was unbearable, just as our relationships with him had become. He was brilliant but had demons. We were furious at his drinking, furious at losing him when he was only 30. At the secret beach where we scattered his ashes, the sun glared down. We walked deep into the briny water, rocks stabbing our feet. Holding hands, we went under, shocked into icy clarity. We emerged numb, unable to feel the sharp edges of the shore beneath us. — Julianna Miner

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