Jillian & Alan | Hudson House | Jersey City, NJ
Alan and I broke the cardinal rule: “Don’t fall in love at the Jersey Shore…”
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Alan and I broke the cardinal rule: “Don’t fall in love at the Jersey Shore…”
Our friends tried to set us up, and on their second attempt we agreed. We only saw one photo of each other ahead of time and exchanged no words beforehand.
Kyle and I met at my friend Maria’s birthday party. She thought we’d make a great couple and amidst the crowded chaos of the NYC bar …
I met Nadav at his best friend Justin’s birthday party in Manhattan’s Meatpacking district …
George and his younger son, Alex, came to eat at the restaurant where I waited tables. He wasn’t seated in my section, but my friend offered me the table and I snatched it up immediately. There was something about him…
I met Evan the year before we started high school and we instantly became best friends. We earned our undergraduate and master’s degrees 1500 miles apart but remained close …
Chris and I met in college at a halfway-to-summer party at his fraternity. He dressed up as Santa, really sticking to the theme. We hit it off and …
Brian and I met when we were in high school. We went to different schools but had mutual friends and sometimes we would see each other at parties. Then …
Peter and I met in first grade when we were in the same religion class. We would see each other every Monday night and eventually our friendship grew.
Eric and I met on Bumble. We texted for a few weeks before meeting at a brewery for our first date. There was something about him that made me feel at home.
We met when we were 15. George was having a party and his sister, Christina, invited me and some friends. I’ll always remember when I first saw him and …
Eric and I met through mutual friends. I assumed he wasn’t interested, because after meeting a few times he neer asked for my number. But I was wrong and …
The short version of how we met is Jon was hiding in a bush on our college campus and when I ran by, he jumped out and tackled me…
Chris and I connected online through a mutual friend. He was in his sixth year as a neurosurgeon and I was teaching violin to elementary school students…
Anthony and I met our junior year of college when we were 20 years old. On our first “real” date we bonded over the Yankees, family and friends, and Disney…
All it took was five seconds for our lives to change forever. I was hurrying along 56th Street in Midtown when a man across the street caught my attention.
Seth and I met on a dating app, swiping right and setting our first date at Haymaker Bar and Kitchen in Midtown. When the bar closed, we continued having drinks at the Molly Wee Pub, one of the only nearby bars still open. We just didn’t want the night to end!
Stephen and I have known each other our entire lives. We grew up in the same town where his family owned the local bar…
We matched on Hinge in June of 2020. This was during Covid, so for our first date we met in a park in Montclair. That first date was a picnic and …
I went out for dinner with a girlfriend and at the time my future husband was bar tending at that restaurant. He and I talked the whole night and …
Oliver and I met the old fashioned way, at a bar in Manhattan! We were each playing wingman for our respective friends…
Mike and I met on a blind date. He was running late and we had to relocate, so going into it I was ready to get it over with! Yet, when we got there …
Frantz and I attended the same high school but became friends much later in life. Our road down the scenic wedding aisle began with a beautiful engagement at my best friend Ann’s house during her annual Christmas party…
Despite going to the same high school and having the same circle of friends, Ritchy and I didn’t meet until years later, when …
Michael and I met the summer before we went to college. He saw me online and that we were going to the same school. He reached out to me and …
My friend invited me to hang out with our college football team and as we approached, Tim’s friend kicked his chair out from under him, and then …
I’m a special education teacher and James works in sales. We met on a blind date at…
We met online through the app Bumble in Feb 2018. Our first date was at South House, a popular restaurant in Jersey City. We hit it off right away.
Chris and I met on Bumble and soon had our first date. It actually wasn’t the best! Chris was so quiet, but the next day he was diagnosed with strep, so …
Our love story begins in the parking lot of the County College of Morris. I was going to chemistry and he was up on the hill walking from soccer practice.
Andrea and I went to high school together but didn’t start dating until after we graduated college…
Michael and I started dating when we were 16. We met in our high school TV production class. We were friends, and started dating in our junior year.
Studying abroad in Tel Aviv, Jonathan and I lived in the same dorm building and were in the same program…
Jay and I met in high school. We dated our junior and senior year and went to prom together but went our separate ways during college.
Vincent and I met in the hallways of our high school. On our first date at a local pizzeria, Vinny turned to me and said, “When I saw you in the hall, I told my sister one day you would be my wife.”
Mariano and I knew of each other for some time before formally meeting. We were at a college party and he introduced himself.
Eric and I met through mutual friends and before getting married had been dating for eight years. Our very first date was at Rockefeller Center in NYC where we celebrated our first Christmas together…
I say Justin and I met on Facebook when he sent a friend request. He says he, “Thought he knew me,” but I think he just thought I was cute. Then …
Anthony and I met through mutual friends at Quinnipiac University in Hamden, CT, but did not start dating until junior year…
Our parents lived in Nutley, NJ and all went to the same high school. Years later, Anthony became best friends with my cousins and was considered part of the family…
Julian and I met during the summer through mutual friends. On our first date, Julian picked me up on his motorcycle and we went for dinner and ice cream.
Erik and I met at a bar in Hoboken on Halloween — on his birthday weekend! He got my attention with the baby onesie costume he was wearing. It looked …