Friends for 16 Years. Lovers for One Night. (Encore)

十六年朋友,一夜恋人。(再唱)

Modern Love

2026-06-24

39 分钟
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Elizabeth and Jeff were best friends. They did everything together, from early-morning runs to late-night karaoke sessions. They came up with secret code names for each other and went on undercover missions in their neighborhood. They fought, and made up, and fought some more. Beneath their playful dynamic, an attraction was growing between them, but Elizabeth never wanted to risk the friendship by exploring it. Then Jeff got sick, and things changed. In this episode, the story of a once-in-a-lifetime friendship, from the very beginning to the very end. This episode is adapted from Elizabeth Laura Nelson’s 2024 essay Friends for 16 Years. Lovers for One Night. Here’s how to submit a Modern Love essay to The New York Times. Here’s how to submit a Tiny Love Story. Subscribe today at nytimes.com/podcasts or on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. You can also subscribe via your favorite podcast app here https://www.nytimes.com/activate-access/audio?source=podcatcher. For more podcasts and narrated articles, download The New York Times app at nytimes.com/app. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
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  • I like to tell Jeff all the time that we should not be friends

  • because he's a Gemini and I'm a Scorpio and they're not compatible.

  • Elizabeth and Jeff were best friends, even though a lot of the time they annoyed the crap out of each other.

  • He loved to give me a hard time and he loved to wind me up.

  • He loved nothing more.

  • Elizabeth would pick on Jeff for his weird haircut, his acid wash jeans.

  • Jeff would pick on Elizabeth for believing in astrology which he thought was nonsense.

  • My friend started calling him actually man.