Rob and I met through his best friend Michael. Soon after, Rob, some friends, and I drove up to Paterson Falls. We spent the night talking and getting to know each other, had our first kiss, and have been together ever since…
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…
I was out with my friend in Hoboken for the day when we decided to go to one last bar before heading home. When we walked in, Ryan bumped into me…
Megan and I met when a good friend of hers, Brett, moved into an apartment in New York City with my good friend, Lee. Lee and Megan became close, so when I visited New York from Boston, Lee invited Megan to meet me…
Oliver and I met the old fashioned way, at a bar in Manhattan! We were each playing wingman for our respective friends…
Scott and I met through mutual friends. We were given each other’s numbers, and after a week of texting, we scheduled our first date.
John Paul and I were both in the bridal party for our friends’ destination wedding in Mexico…
Sara and I met in middle school and it has been a long time since our first movie-theater date! Our parents picked us up and dropped us off, and we became boyfriend and girlfriend…
John and I met on Tinder and went on our first date in Port Jefferson, NY. We were at a rooftop restaurant, talking and watching the water…
The summer before our freshman year of college, a mutual friend introduced me to Gary during a concert at Jones Beach Theatre in Long Island and …
Aimeé and I always say our love is circular because we met twice. We went on a first date, and for some reason fell out of touch.
Vinnie and I met in high school, in honors biology. We spent years flirting, but remained just friends…
Kim and I met on Instagram. I followed her, she followed back, and then one day she responded to one of my posts. We kept talking and exchanged phone numbers, meeting for our first date three weeks later…
Our relationship began one rainy evening in a Manhattan ice cream shop. Our conversation flowed so easily we went right into a dinner date. We fell in love and felt we were meant for each other…
Jason and I met in college, where we lived next door to each other in my freshman dorm. We started dating the following year…
Akil and I met when we were both students at Howard University. Being new to the D.C. area, I was missing my family’s Guyanese cooking…
Steve and I met in high school. Being just kids at the time, for our first date, he gave me the choice of McDonald’s or Wendy’s, and I chose …
Gus and I met when my family was renovating our house and our electrician needed some help…
In college I went to a surprise party for one of my best friends. I was standing at the bar when John came up to introduce himself and buy me a drink.
Frank and I met at Seton Hall University. After being friends for about a year, I finally kissed him during Memorial Day weekend …
I’ve known Kenny since the sixth grade. We sat next to each other and were always friends. High school ended and a couple years later we reconnected…
Anthony and I met in the Hamptons. My friend was going to a party and told me there was a guy there, Anthony, who she knew I would hit it off with.
We met while in college at Princeton. We bonded over the Yankees and were good friends for about four years before we started dating…
Will and I met junior year at Quinnipiac University and we soon became close friends. I went abroad for the second semester and we realized how much we missed each other.
Phil and I met while working as production dancers and aerialists on board a luxury cruise ship …
We were set up for a blind date by family friends and he took me to an Italian restaurant. We hit it off right away…
Chase and I met during our junior year of college at a party, well really, at several parties. After only a few encounters…
Peter and I are both United States Naval Officers. I am a nurse and he is a helicopter pilot. We were both stationed in San Diego and …
Ilana and I met as kids growing up in Miami, Florida. By the end of high school, we’d grown into close friends, and going off to college in separate states didn’t cause us to drift apart…
Anthony and I met through mutual friends at Quinnipiac University in Hamden, CT, but did not start dating until junior year…
Lauryn and I met while working together at a BBQ restaurant called Blue Smoke in NYC. She was the hostess and I was the server/bartender…
Stephen and I have known each other our entire lives. We grew up in the same town where his family owned the local bar…
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…
Vincent and I met on match.com. We talked for about a week or so before going out for drinks on our first date…
Matt and I met when we visited a mutual friend’s vacation home in upstate New York. We didn’t live near each other, so a relationship seemed unlikely…
Bryan would say, “We met in a bar,” but to me, fate was involved. I worked and lived in the city, but had a side job as a bar manager in Rockland County for fun…
Anthony and I went to the same high school but never spoke to each other. It wasn’t until after college, when his best friend and my best friend were dating, that they set us up…
Andrew and I met at a bar when our friends, who were in the first stages of dating, brought us along as buffers…
Steve and I met at the gym shortly after I graduated from vet school. Our meeting was organic, following two months of staring and smiling, and the occasional snapshot of Steve working out to send to my girlfriends…
Justin and I met at work. He was finishing his undergrad and we met at the hospital where we both worked. One day he came in with a new haircut. His short hair let me realize how handsome he was…
Tyler and I met in high school. We never dated but always found each other cute…
Our story starts in Toms River, NJ. I moved there for professional opportunities and Briana moved there after spending a few years in Florida…