Big life changes — a new job, a move, a baby — can be disruptive to long-term romantic partnerships. So can drastic shifts in one partner’s behavior or habits. What happens to a relationship when one partner decides to get much thinner? How does this major physical change, which affects not just personal health and self-image but also outward appearance, change the intimate dynamics of love? Of sex?
For an article for The New York Times Magazine on the effects of GLP-1 agonists, like Ozempic, on long-term romantic relationships, I am looking for couples who want to talk openly about their love life. What has changed about your romantic life? Have you or your partner received more sexual attention or professional approval since taking weight-loss drugs? Has either of you dealt with new feelings of jealousy? Self-consciousness? A renewed sense of self-esteem? What has been difficult? With one in eight Americans having tried these drugs, the effects on coupledom are huge, and I want to explore, without judgment, how they play out.
I’ll read all of your submissions and will reach out if I’m interested in learning more. We will not publish any part of your submission until we’ve reached out to you and heard back. We won’t share your contact information outside the New York Times newsroom or use it for any reason other than reporting this article.
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