Love Letter: What the chicken helped her see

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View in browser|nytimes.com Continue reading the main story August 25, 2023 By Miya Lee In this week's Modern Love essay, "Putting All My Eggs in the Boyfriend Basket," Deborah Way recounts the period in her life after college when she was "disoriented and dislocated." After following her college boyfriend to a small town in Mexico, Ms. Way feels more despondent and lost than ever. But then a miracle occurs — a miracle involving a joint and a chicken. MODERN LOVE "I knew enough to take this as the sign from the universe it clearly was — a sign not just that everything would be OK, but also that I could make things happen." Brian Rea Modern Love Putting All My Eggs in the Boyfriend Basket As my friends left college for exciting jobs and law school, I went to Mexico for a guy. By Deborah Way MORE MODERN LOVE To celebrate this bittersweet eighth month, the Modern Love editors present eight of their favorite summer-themed Tiny Love Stories. 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