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Amanda Gefter and her boyfriend lived in the same apartment but seemed to exist in entirely different time zones. Born with a sleep disorder, Ms. Gefter would wake when the sun set and go to bed when the sun rose.

On this week’s Modern Love podcast, Logan Browning reads Ms. Gefter’s essay about trying to fall in love when you share neither days nor nights: “The Night Girl Finds a Day Boy.”