Dates
- Cover date
- March 1952
- Pages
- 36
Editions and covers
- Original editionSource ↗
Creators
Stories
- Wanted... A Man to Love Me! · 8 pages
Charlotte, largely ignored by her parents, grows up extremely possessive. In college, she becomes jealous when her best friend Dolores dates Dan. Charlotte falls in love with young professor Joe and monopolizes his time. He has to see his friends secretly and finally breaks up with Charlotte because she’s “an emotional cripple.” Charlotte leaves school and goes home, alone.
- Mother Didn't Tell Me! · 5 pages
Nancy is dumped by her long-time boyfriend Bob, and her mother sends her to Manasco Lodge for a vacation. Nancy begins to come out of her depression when she meets fellow guest Dick. They decide to get married. Nancy’s mother says she met Nancy’s father on the rebound at Manasco and their marriage has been long and happy.
- How to Hold Your Man · Jottings from a Love Journal · 1 pages
- "I'm Mark Ford, Love Journal's Love Problem Counselor" · S.O.S. for Love · 3 pages
After one date, Olive is convinced she loves Jimmy. He isn’t so enthusiastic, and after several more dates tells her that he’s too young, he’s being drafted, etc., and isn’t ready to settle down. Olive asks Mark Ford for advice, and he promises Love Journal readers will “respond IMMEDIATELY” to her call for help.
- A Cold Heart and Empty Arms! · 10 pages
Roger proposes to Sandra but she later sees him with “cheap little runaround” Patsy and breaks their engagement. Sandra falls in love with Stephen, a doctor at the Merrydale Home for unwed mothers, even though she despises the girls who go there. Sandra resents Stephen’s attention to Lola, who entered the home with her infant and became his assistant. Sandra “outs” Lola to her date, Harvey. Stephen says Lola is a widow, not an unwed mother. Sandra apologizes to Lola and reconciles with Stephen.