This collection includes only a small number of stories from my reading journal. This list includes stories only from ILLUMINATION. There are hundreds of stories on this topic on ILLUMINATION-Curated too.
It is impossible to add them to a single post. However, I will find ways to create more visibility to stories related to these topics.
I enjoyed reading every story on this list, and I hope you will enjoy them too.
I excluded poetry related to these topics as I will cover them in another collection. My poetry list is gigantic because I love reading poetry. I will add poetry about love and relationships in another collection. Please enjoy one of my favourite poems as a spoiler. Simply Love: Our World’s Survival Guide — Including Accompanying Video Poem by Martine Weber.
Here is the list of stories in no particular order. I added them as they appear in my reading journal.
Love Stories on Illumination To Make Your Heart Sing Carol Price
Epic Love is a Unicorn (I Still Believe) Crystal Jackson
The Call for Love: Love relationships are like belts. Rosennab
How Long Should You Wait for Somebody to Love You? Emily Wilcox
I Know He Loves Me Tina L. Smith
How Am I Supposed to Love Myself When You Keep Calling Me Fat Lindsay Rae Brown
Who is a human’s best friend: a dog or a human? Tara Desai PhD
Respect Doesn’t Always Mean Talking Out of Love Noorain Hassan, BMS
I Flirted With Death. Now, I Am In Love With Writing. Claire Kelly
3 Steps to Move on from a Love Connection Jennifer Pitts
Falling In Love Before You’ve Even Met Maria Rattray
The Art of Making Love to a Woman Kim Petersen
Love Is From The Heart, A Romance With Life Dr. Preeti Singh
My Dog Taught Me to Find a New Sense of Appreciation for My Partner Aditi Balaji
A Token Of Love For 329 Followers: Call me crazy but that’s how I am Bhavna Narula
Is Your New Year Resolution To Find True Love? Lanu Pitan
3 Little-Known Reasons Why You Should Love Those Who Disagree with You Athif Ibrahim
How to Love a Poet Carolyn Riker
The End of a Love Affair Julia E Hubbel
5 Things That Are More Important Than Love In A Relationship Yewande Adeleke
7 Questions About America (from My Danish Husband) I Just Can’t Answer Anastasia Frugaard
I Would Love To See Your Beautiful Face But Please Agnes Louis
Don’t Hate Yourself When No One Loves Your Story Amy Sea
3 Things I Learned About Love in a Mental Clinic Graceygee
Understand. Love. No one is born evil. Chowa Sekai
The First Duty Of Love Is To Listen Kim McKinney
I Didn’t Know The World Would Think Our Love Was Wrong. Lisa Holliday
The 3 Loves Needed to End a Marriage as Beautifully as it Begins Ron Dawson
7 Powerful Ways To Show You Love Someone Nathan Burriston
This Is A Good Time as Any to Give Love and Good Literature a Chance Selma
Don’t beg people for claps on Medium anymore, instead give them reasons to love your stories Adebola Alabi
The Path of Self-Love & Empathy Ryan Miller
From White Supremacy to Gay Love Rebecca Stevens A.
Projecting Love In Difficult Times Trista Signe Ainsworth
Love At First Taste Paroma Sen
How to Write Stories People Love to Read a Second Time Joshua Idegbere
Not All Loves are Equal Isak Dinesen
Love Yourself As A Writer Carel Kolchinski
Symbiotic Healing, Love, & Trees Georgia Dimitrious
Singleness, a tooth explosion, finding love and discovering what really matters during self-isolation John Ross
Do You Love You? Be Honest. Speak Your Truth. Kira Dawn
What I Want to Do For a Living Will Hurt the Ones I Love Charlotte Ivan
Falling in Love with Our Colorful, Expert Gaia Might Be the Answer Desiree Driesenaar
Love and Politics Dr. Jackie Greenwood
Relationships: Possessive is Acceptable Abusive is Not Sumera Rizwan
Many People on Different Paths, but One Love That Binds Us All Ruchi Thalwal
4 Simple Ways to Love Yourself and Your Life a Little More Itxy Lopez
Is There a Link Between Fear And Love? Myriam Ben Salem🦋
How Can the Things You Love Tell You about Who You Are? Bill Abbate
How to Influence the Collective Culture With Love Paul Myers MBA
The Process That Allows Me To Love Writing Every Single Day Erin King
The Law of Love You Didn’t Know Fareeha Arshad
The Secret of Verifying Your Passion: Do You Love the Thing, or Just the Idea of the Thing? Brian E. Wish, PhD
Love Me, Love My Fiction Remington Write
I Fell In Love With Someone I Met Online Esther George
A Love Beyond Death Gurpreet Dhariwal
I Need Some (Writer’s) Love & A Lift Teressa P.
Why Living a Life You’re Proud of Now is Better than Living a Life You Will Love Later Angelina Der Arakelian
Love: An Epiphany The Garrulous Glaswegian
‘I Love the Poorly Educated,’ Donald Trump Said but Do They Still Love Him Dew Langrial
I Hate That I Love to Talk About People Behind Their Back Tommy Ueland
Why You Should Stop Comparing Love With Money Godofredo Rojas
Lace Up Love! A simple way to think about showing kindness to others Tim Maudlin
Poetry Can Teach Us Much About Self-Love Christina M. Ward
Love & Tranquility: Humans are resilient. We will prevail! Chris Hedges
How Not to Fall in Love: A tentative thought Patrick M. Ohana
A Basket of Love: Limericks and a message for Patrick Carolyn Hastings
Save Money Spending More On What You Love Diana Bernardo
The Basic Rules of Decent Communication with Those You Love Jessica Lynn
Do You Think God’s Love Is Unconditional or Is It a Give and Take Process? Geetika Sethi
Love is My Name Annelise Lords
My Eyes Witnessed Love Melanie J.
The Gift of Love is a Powerful Force for Healing Tree Langdon
Your Love Language is What You Lack Mallika Vasak
The 7 Ways I Forget About Success And Do What I Love Yara Zeitoun
Look for “Love Until Last Sight” The Maverick Files
A Mother’s Love Sylvia Emokpae
Why You Should Learn to Love Yourself Kristina Segarra
I Propose Pre-Ghosting Love Interests Jennifer Rosater
Dealing With a Break-up Tavian Jean-Pierre
Follow The Love Not The Money Liam Ireland
Fall Madly in Love With Writing If You Want to Be a Writer Mahmudul Islam
How to Make Your Enemy Love You Britni Pepper
3 Reasons Why You Should Absolutely FALL IN LOVE With Your $0.01 Stories. Aldric Chen
Love is Accepting People Where They Are Cristina Comunian
Write A Love Letter To Yourself Jennifer M. Wilson
Give Her Love She Always Deserves Maryam
15 Happy, Love, and Relationship Life Lessons I Hope You Don’t Miss Tonya S. Ware
I Went Wedding Dress Shopping With the Fiancé of the Man I Was in Love With Caitlin Jill Anders
It’s Never Too Late for Love Celine Lai
Yes, You Can Love Someone and Still Think About Breaking Up With Them Renee Rose
Love and Other Punishments Part 4 of 4 Simon Dillon
When You Love Yourself Karen Madej
Forbidden Love Part 1 P.G. Barnett
Love . . . Not Racism Beth Stormont
5 Reasons Why People Love Self-Improvement Olha Bahaieva
How Married Actors Deal With Love Scenes Juliano Righetto
To Live from the Heart, Love is Not Enough Aline Müller
Do You Really Love Your Family or Just Tolerate Them? Tracey Folly
When You Love the World, the World Loves You Back Andrea D’Angelo
Recycled Love: Adopt a Senior Dog from a Rescue Organization Jacquelyn Lynn
The Day We Went To The Love Parade. B. A. Cumberlidge.
How to Be Fluent in the Language of Love Mathias Barra
Your Love Cannot Save Someone Who Is Destroying Themselves Holly Kellums
Letters for Loved Ones in Our Lives Ana-Maria Schweitzer
There Are 2 Levels of Self-Love — You Need Both Moreno Zugaro
This is Where Love Lives John C. Davis
Letter For Someone I’ve Loved Simão Cunha
Reflections On My Love Affair With Medium William (Dollar Bill) Mersey
Stages of Love In A Lifetime Jo Ann Harris
Does it matter, if you learn to love? Riku Arikiri
How relationships can be the best place for transformation İpeksu Durmaz
How To Deal With The ‘She Said, He Said’ Problem In Relationships Terry Mansfield
The Deliberate Misrepresentation of Interracial Relationships in Film and TV Carl L Lane
The 3 Steps to Manage Toxic Relationships Dr Michael Heng
Advice for Long Distance Relationships in the Era of Self Isolation Kathy Lum
3 lessons psilocybin mushrooms taught me about relationships Shawn Jr
Two powerful Mantras to Strengthen Relationships Mukundarajan V N
Great Relationship Advice: Secrets of Amazing Relationships Jeff Herring
What the 90 Day Fiance Series Teaches Us About Relationships Keara Lou
5 Unhealthy Habits That Keep Destroying Your Relationships Will Fulton
You Don’t Have A Single Attachment Style. What Does That Say About Your Relationships? Kylie Fuller
Ghosting In Relationships Michael Patanella
Relationships Book Piper Steele
Our Mental Patterns Set the Tone of Our Lives — and Some Need to Be Broken. Harshy
Keep These Things In Mind When You Loan Money: To friends or relatives Anu Anniah
Attachment Theory, Negative Ions, and Epigenetic Negotiating: 3 Mysteries of Twin Brains Sharon Woodhouse
I’m So Happy I Got Divorced Colleen Sheehy Orme
Communication is Crucial For Successful Relationships Jimmy Misner Jr.
3 Reasons Empathy Might Be Damaging Your Relationships Mia Thompson
7 Ways to Survive a Narcissist Adekunle Jr
How I Challenged a Privileged White Male Friend’s Racism Daniela Gitlin
Are You Addicted to Distraction and Multitasking? Christina Morgan
Today a Friend Paid Me Back $20K She Borrowed Decades Ago for Her Divorce Toni Crowe
Why Leaving Your Toxic Family Could Be The Best Thing You Do Today Miles Etherton
My review of ‘The Sacred Art of Letting Go’ by Vishnu’s Virtues Martine Weber
Would You Like Your Friends if You Met Them Today? Corrine Roberts
Grant Yourself Some Grace & Love Colin Munro Wood
Your network is your net worth. Tarun Kohli
The Nicotine Blues Pamela J. Nikodem, M.S.Ed
It’s Never Too Late to Make Amends With the People You’ve Hurt Michelle Jaqua
How My Passion Died In Me Elvie Lins
Your Article Will Hurt Her, and You Haven’t Even Met Her Yet Tooth Truth Roopa Vikesh
Father’s Day is Canceled Coco Garcia
6 Valuable Conversations Before Moving In With Your Partner Cheshta Mann
8 Brutally Honest Reasons She Doesn’t Want to Date You Shannon Hilson
How A Mistaken Swinger’s Party Taught Me To Trust My Instincts Janie Emaus
Ten Things That Happen When Your Husband Gets Old Ruby Lee
Tribalistas: a deep human connection beyond music Mario López-Goicoechea
10 Signs You’re Hanging Out With a Narcissist Charlie Lukas
This Habit Might Be Pushing People In Your Life Away Kirstie Taylor
How You’re Being Selfish in Your Marriage and Don’t Even Realize It Rob Cyrier
How to Raise Hardworking and Independent Children Rachel Sample M.Ed.
Every Trauma Matters. Don’t Minimize Yours Patrícia S. Williams
Why Do Women Act This Way? Bebe Nicholson
Three Ways to be Authentic in Your Grief or Pain Camille Parker
When Dad’s Girlfriend Dies, I’ll Get a Bunch of Money Roz Warren
Understanding Your Emotional Triggers Rebecca Romanelli
How to Stop Dating and Start a Relationship Laura Silverstein, LCSW
Social Attractions Between Beauty And Money Jessey Anthony
The Right Partner Won’t Perceive Your Independence as Intimidating Diana C.
Thoughts and Second Thoughts on Breaking My Isolation After 3.5 Months Helen Cassidy Page
The Blessing of a Grandfather Michele Thomas
Grief Is Love With No Place To Go Kathy Parker
5 Truths I Want You To Know About Dating Yourself Rashmi G
3 Reasons Empathy Might Be Damaging Your Relationships Mia Thompson
Not That Kind of Florida Man May Y. Yang
Blue Grass and Green Light Lisa Gerard Braun
Sunday School Teachers Turned Murderers JustAnnet 👑
How To Overcome Difficult Circumstances Todd Cardon
Don’t Hang Out With Dr Jekyll Daisy Chains
Popular Self-Help Advice That Is Actually Really Toxic Vidhipssa Mohan
It’s Not Your Fault That Death Steals Your Words Dr. Audrey
Motor Boatin’ in the Rain Donna Sheehy
I Am Finally Breaking Up With Summer Brian Abbey
Men, Stop! Listen To This Advice Justin Stinnett
Are you Sabotaging Your Own Happiness? Libby Shively McAvoy
5 Behaviors That Show Italian Men Love Their Moms More Than Anybody Else Lucia Landini
The 3 Phases of Romantic Relationships Ralph M Davis
Vital Advice I Gave My Son For An Unbelievable Summer Anthony Fireman
Anatomy of an Apology Crystalclearcandace
Self-Sufficiency Keith R Wilson
The Things You Must Know To Manage Conflicts Today I Lived
If You’re So Great, Why Can’t You Curb The Horrible Things You Say? 𝑺𝒆𝒚𝒇𝒆𝒕𝒕𝒊𝒏
The Final Lesson My Grandmother Taught Me Joshua Cronkhite
A Silver Lining of Loss: Choosing to Cherish Your Loved Ones Mag Moreno
Life Lesson #1: Child Abuse is Never Okay! Ken Kayse
Are You Ready for a Relationship? Benjamin Bratz
When Parent’s Love Converted Into Control Richpal
An Open Letter to My Best Guy Friend Lily
4 Shifts in Awareness that can Radically Transform your Relationships Aimee O’Neil MSW
The Great Ungrateful: Adventures Living with Narcissistic In-Laws Heather C Holmes
You Are In An Abusive Relationship Groupe Intellex
After 18 months of Covid, I’m ready to see old friends, make new ones, and have some raunchy Belle du Journey
5 Signs of Bread-Crumbing — Take Back Your Time! Sohrab Khandelwal
How To Have An Affair With Your Art Rosa Diaz
Bad is Stronger than Good: Negative vs Positive Reinforcement in Relationships Michael Wilkins
8 Simple Tips to Help You Start Conversation with People Andy Demidov
Why millennials are turning down marriage Sapna M
What Makes Some People More Charismatic Than Others? Vidya Sury, Collecting Smiles
Do You Know When to Apologize? Jimmy Misner Jr.
To Be A Good Giver You Must Learn How To Receive — Mercy Speaking Felix Adeoye
The Ability To Listen Is The Ultimate Superpower David Graham
Imposter Syndrome Can Destroy Life — How To Cope With It Diana Braune
A Recipe For Seduction Francesco Rizzuto
How My Astrologer Stimulated Me Janie Emaus
Confession Or Apology, What’s Better For The Soul? Brian Dickens Barrabee
Gaslighting: How to Recognize It and 7 Ways to Shut it Down! Himani Parikh
Looking for an easy way to improve your relationship? Sarah Albo
The Kid Who Was Tortured: I Would Rather Stay With God Dihan
Is Love What It Can Look Like? Øivind H. Solheim
What Life Lessons Would You Love Your Kids to Know? Cynthia Marinakos
No — I Don’t Want Your Husband! Jennifer Friebely
Time To See and Be Seen Judey Kalchik
4 Reasons You Haven’t Tied the Knot Yet — That Have Nothing To Do With You C.C. Writes
Money for Sex Jonathan Morris Schwartz
A Fortune Teller Says My Life Purpose Is To Find a Man Zee Praise
The Immortality of Man C.J. Obikile
Women’s Lies about Sex Tyana Wolff
5 Expert Questions to Gain Self Esteem Christopher Madsen
4 Trivia Reason Relationships Fail Akhaine JesuOboh Precious
5 Toxic Ideas About Love I Learned From Watching Too Many Romantic Movies Mari Concepcion
On Perspective Katherine Sullivan
Why Is Everyone Around Me So Irrational? Neera Mahajan
The 5 Types of Toxic People to Cut Loose from Your Life John Cristóbal
Why Women Prefer Taller Men Andrew Stuart
Create a Deep Magnetic Connection Between You and Your Partner — Using This 2 Step Psychic Technique Daniel Hinds
7 Steps to Recover From Narcissistic Abuse Cesca Nichol
Let Go of the Handshake. Time to Usher in New Social Etiquette Jen Gippel PhD
True Friends Show Up With A Plate Of Cookies Todd Cardon
Survival Guide: 5 Traits Of Highly Obsessive Ex Mila
Didn’t See That Coming- Neither Did They Patricia Rosa
Don’t Let Jealousy Ruin Your Life Mustapha El Hajj
Social Norms That We Teach To Kids JJ Sum
Four Outdated Social Narratives that Still Govern Our Lives Schalk Cloete
Not Your Typical Massage T.J. Batts
Will You Wait For Me? Maïa Belart
“What If He Dies?” John Bullock
The Only Two Things You Need in Life Hyrum Bradshaw
The Hare and The Tortoise: A Fairy Tale That Reveals Powerful Life Lessons To Help You Win Roy Landers
6 ways to cope when you live with someone toxic Sage Crystal
Inability to Care: Ways To Deal With a Partner Incapable of Caring The San B
Traveling Back In Time: Advice to a Young Whipster* Bev G 🧙♀️
Conclusion
One of my takeaways from these stories is that the key points to successful relationships are love, understanding, empathy, compassion, good communication, and respect.
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