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Red-eye. Him window. Me aisle. Love.
– Joanne Flynn Black

If I get Chlamydia, blame MySpace.
– Hanorah Slocum

Will government ever let us marry?
– Viki Marsh

Silently suffered his facial hair experiments.
– Elizabeth Minkel

Three marriages. Two divorces. BA .333.
– Ron Carmean

What do you want for dinner?
– Drew Magary

If only he wasn’t a Republican.
– Holly Fitzpatrick

Tried men. Tried women. Like cats.
– Dona Bumgarner

Leap of faith. Shit, no parachute.
– Katherine Yunker

Inevitably, his obituary didn’t mention me.
– R. Sue Dodea

We “I do” -ed. Then he didn’t.
– Lisa Parrack

Palindromantically: Eros saw I was sore.
– Aaron Fagan

Two marriages. The wrong one died.
– Anne Hamilton

Best family ever. Thank you, Match.com!
– Alexa Young

Marriage, children, empty nest: Now what?
– Oliver House

Excerpted from Six-Word Memoirs On Love And Heartbreak from Smith magazine, edited by Rachel Fershleiser and Larry Smith. Copyright 2009. Reproduced with permission of the publisher, Harper Perennial.