They were deeply impacted, it was an ugly surgery, and the recovery was slow.
They all had these characters who were consistentlymaking an effort.
In the fourth episode, when Feys characters marital fire is petering out, they find a thing.
Modern Love
They work at it even when it seems they wont, even when they say they wont.
Because, I stupidly realized, real people who want love work at it.
They dont sit around and wait for it to happen to them.
So what was my excuse?
But now, Im not in a foreign country where Im exotic and interesting.
What was I missing?
The seventh one showed me the love Id developed as a single person: for other people, non-romantically.
But it was at the final episode that I realized how important it is topursuelove.
Or theyll slip away and youll have nothing to show for it.
After all of this, what isModern Love?
To me, its making the effort even if it backfires.
Its always reaching for better, either for yourself or for your loved ones.
Its sweet and genuine, a little awkward, and ultimately vulnerable.
So maybe Ill peruse a dating app or two (should I report back?).
Maybe Ill ask someone out for the first time in years.
Maybe Ill do everything wrong and another crazy Brit will fall into my lap like last time.
All I know for sure is that I think Ill be a little less passive from now on.
