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From The New York Times and WBUR Boston, this is Modern Love.

The New York Times and WBUR Boston.

Stories of Love, Laws, and Redemption.

I'm your host, Megna Chacrabardi.

When confronted with the unimaginable, sometimes the only thing you can do is concentrate on the things you can control and buy online.

That's what Nina Riggs wrote about in her essay, When a Couch is More than a Couch.

Here's Oscar winner Kate Winslet, Reading Meenis Peace.

Where I healthy enough these days, I would be sipping a glass of free wine and running my hands over an exquisite accent pillow,

in an impossibly hip show room called Something Like Space or Lust.

While a sales assistant speaks to me of the virtues of Annelyn versus Semi-Annelyn Leather.

So you really think Kiln-Dried Hardwood is worth the extra expense I'd be asking?

And does this come in a three-seater?

Instead, I'm propped in bed on a dozen pillows with my laptop,

perusing online furniture stores, West Elm Joybird, Creighton Barrel,

and something called Chair-ish.

I am an internet sofa shopping fiend.

I take breaks only when the oxy overwhelms me and my head starts to lull.

I cannot rest until I have considered every mid-century modern,

with a hint of Bohemian sofa the worldwide web has to offer.

I pour over design sites like our apartment therapy, design sponge, and domino, searching, searching.

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