Kacey Vu Shap had no desire to return to the Vietnamese orphanage of his youth. As a child, whenever he told people he was adopted, he would say that he came “premade” — that he spontaneously appeared one day at the Baltimore airport, greeted by a new family bearing flowers and kisses. “It was easier to sanitize my story by speaking only of my life as Kacey, who was loved and wanted, than to tell people of my life as Vu, who was abandoned and undesired,” Kacey wrote in his Modern Love essay. Nearly 25 years later, Kacey found himself back at the orphanage with his three best friends and a newfound understanding of what form love can take.
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First Love Mixtape, Side B
A Couple Walks Into City Hall
Right Swipes, Big City
Confessions of a Late Bloomer
A Mother’s Wild, Extravagant Love
Beyond Girlfriend-Boyfriend
When You Think You Know Your Parents
Married to a Deal Breaker
The ‘Ham Sandwich’ Effect
First Love Mixtape
Loving Across Borders
The Upside of Our Parents' Divorce
When His Shorts Are Just Too Tight
When Two Open Marriages Collide
The Right to Fail at Marriage
Was It Me or Our Astrology?
Trapped in a Romance Scam
Meet Cute at Zero Years Old
Why Do People Get Married?
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