Love and Other Rugs
Lily SullivanA newsletter on dating and design.
| Platform |  | Pricing | Only free issues | Publishes | Monthly |
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| Issues | 33 | Founded | 4 years ago | Last Issue | a month ago |
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an italian special: partnerships
11 years ago, I was studying in Florence, Italy. I had never left the United States. It took 24 hours from Missouri to get there—a Southwest flight from St. Louis to Newark, an airport shuttle bus through Manhattan’s Little Italy to JFK (th...
issue 24: proposals
In the fourth quarter of 2025, I received no less than three marriage “proposals.” The first occurred at a funeral. The others came from vaguely European men who had consumed one too many cocktails. Life as I knew it was veering towards bec...
issue 23: patterns
Welcome to Season Three of Love & Other Rugs. You can find the archive here.
Three years ago, a licensed medical professional told me that I was a mermaid. “Honey, you would be better in water than on land. I’ve never met someone your age...
issue 22: grey areas
Welcome to Season Three of Love & Other Rugs. This issue is brought to you by Sezane.
At the beginning of November, I went on a date with a dog. Not like, “that guy is a dog” but truly, literally a small Australian shepherd with two differ...
issue 21: relics
Welcome to Season Three of Love & Other Rugs. This issue is brought to you by Sezane.
This summer, I sat across from a man I loved reminiscing about the past. A man who I loved, not because he loved me, but because he loved her. My mother...
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Ex-style editor, ex-girlfriend, retired vibrator salesman.
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