Last week's couple bombed. Week before, a pair worked out fine but boring. The week before that, a hot mess was more concerning than fun. So, further to the north, it was nice to see Modern Love snap its serious streak this week and get back to its dating roots — the only place where I like it. Two ex-lovers and a grandfather. The lede:

WHEN I broke up with my live-in girlfriend of five years, we divvied up our things, helped each other move into our new apartments, and then stopped seeing each other altogether — a cold-turkey breakup that I was sure was for the best. We didn’t send e-mail messages, call or meet for coffee, and we certainly didn’t go out for drinks.

We did, however, remain Facebook friends.

But for pure love-for-your-click value, a recent Vows column wins.

"So she had a childhood immersed in literature, both boldly modern and classically romantic. … The comforting allusion to chicken pot pie, along with lesser-known lines from Shakespeare’s Sonnet 116, caught the eye of Mr. Alexander, an Oxford-educated Englishman who considered the sonnet one of his favorites. … Mr. Alexander’s interest was further tested when she announced a long-planned sailing trip around the Bahamas with a male friend and the boat’s male captain. … In their version of a rehearsal dinner, on Oct. 22, their friends came to their bathhouse, braved the cold pool and offered a vodka toast."

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