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In love with her college boyfriend but worried that they were too young for lifelong love, Karen Kaplan came up with a plan: They would break up but agree to meet again 60 months later to see if they were still both single and interested.

On this week’s Modern Love podcast, Regina King reads Ms. Kaplan’s thought-provoking essay, “Let’s Meet Again in Five Years.”