Meena & Aakash | Westin Governor Morris Hotel | Morristown, NJ
I met Aakash when we were moving into dorms on our first day of freshman year at Rutgers University. We have known and dated each other almost 10 years…
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Bari & Claudio | The Rockleigh | Rockleigh, NJ
Claudio is the chef of a Continental restaurant and bar that I have been dining at for years. Little did I know, he had noticed me for a while…
Kimberly & Zachary | Birchwood Manor | Whippany, NJ
Zach and I met in college and had our first date at a local bar near our school. Ten years later, I am now …
Jenna & Tim | Rock Island Lake Club | Sparta, NJ
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 …
Milan & Prachi | The Rockleigh | Rockleigh, NJ
When we were just campers at summer camp, Milan and I became friends …
Jennifer & Jesse | Crescent Beach Club | Bayville, NY
We were good friends in high school, but did not begin dating until we graduated college and returned to our hometown…
Christine & Thomas | Glen Island Harbour Club | New Rochelle, NY
My college roommate, Kristen, dated Tom’s college roommate, Cameron. Coincidentally, we all went to the same college…
Stephanie & Alex | Liberty House | Jersey City, NJ
Alex and I went to the same high school, but our paths did not cross until I was 23 years old…
Christyn & Jonathan | Birchwood Manor | Whippany, NJ
Although Jonathan and I had many terrible past dates on match.com, after just a few emails back and forth, we decided to meet…
Gary & Mark | Glen Cove Mansion | Glen Cove, NY
Mark and I met at the gym and for our first date, we went to a restaurant in Manhattan. Three years later…
Sarah & Mark | Brooklyn Botanic Garden | Brooklyn, NY
I have been best friends with Mark’s little sister, Jakelyn (Jaki), since seventh grade…
Jennifer & Chris | Oheka Castle | Huntington, NY
We first met in a less than romantic setting: the final moments of an ESPN company Christmas party.
Meghan & Michael | Falkirk Estate & Country Club | Central Valley, NY
Michael and I grew up in Nanuet, New York, just five blocks apart. Our parents knew each other from church and even have home videos of Michael and I…
Angelica & Adam | The Garrison | Garrison, NY
Angelica and I met through her sister and my former colleague, Gloria. When I saw photos that Gloria posted on Facebook of her and Angelica…
Harmony & David | The Vanderbilt at South Beach | Staten Island, NY
On a beach trip with my girlfriends, we met up with several of our guy friends, who that day brought along David…
Elise & Benjamin | Faculty House at Columbia U. | New York, NY
We read the same article in the Wall Street Journal about online dating, which mentioned a specific new site…
Veronika Zhuravlyova & Jasper Rietmeijer | The Loeb Boathouse | New York, NY
It was a cold January day when I returned to NYC from an even colder Minsk, Belarus. After being apart for three weeks, Jasper was anxiously waiting…
Megan & Peter | Hotel Du Village | New Hope, PA
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 …
Stacey & Brian | SkyView Golf Club | Sparta, NJ
We met through our mutual friends and after discovering our shared interest in cars and motorcycles, we became good friends and eventually started dating…
Noel & Max | Birchwood Manor | Whippany, NJ
Max and I met in kindergarten and went to the same school through 12th grade…
Lauren & Michael | The Estate at Florentine Gardens | River Vale, NJ
I met Michael at a friend’s party in the summer. Over the next few months, we hung out in group settings and I would go to his softball games…
Katie & Steve | The Westin Governor Morris Hotel | Morristown, NJ
Steve and I met during our first week of college at Cornell …
Michelle & Paul | Nanina’s in the Park | Belleville, NJ
I noticed Paul at our high school orientation and thought he was cute. We had a lot of classes together and we quickly became friends…
Pamela & Andrew | Northern Valley Affairs | Closter, NJ
Our freshman year of college, Andrew and I were in the same dorm and on the same floor. We were friends at first…
Lindsay & Richard | Frungillo Caterers
Richie and I met at a bar one night at the Jersey Shore and then happened to meet again through mutual friends the next night. By the end of the weekend..
Samantha & Francis | il Tulipano | Cedar Grove, NJ
Frank and I met at Seton Hall University. After being friends for about a year, I finally kissed him during Memorial Day weekend …
Victoria & Nicholas | The Estate at Three Village Inn | Stony Brook, NY
Nick and I met in college and we started dating shortly after graduation. After about two years of dating, Nick’s proposal was quite the surprise!
Andrea & Frank | Birchwood Manor | Whippany, NJ
Our first date was a day trip around NYC, which turned into an 18-hour-long day…
Sloane & Daniel | Northern Valley Affairs | Closter, NJ
Dan and I matched on Tinder and went on our first date a few days later. He took me to the Jersey Shore for dinner and we hit it off right away…
Cassandra & Robert | Waterside Restaurant & Catering | North Bergen, NJ
Rob and I began talking and learned we both love hockey. For our first date, we played a pick-up game of roller hockey in Stuyvesant Town…
Elizabeth & Paul | Crescent Beach Club | Bayville, NY
In college, Paul and I met at a party. I was dancing and Paul swooped right in, kept up with my “moves,” and from that point on…
Amy & David | Hilton Pearl River | Pearl River, NY
On a night out in NYC, my sister, Robyn, introduced me to Dave, who she knew from college…
Lauren & Daniel | Florentine Gardens | River Vale, NJ
Matt and I met at Rutgers University. We had two classes together and had definitely noticed each other…
Meghan & Kris | The Olde Mill Inn | Basking Ridge, NJ
Kris and I knew each other from high school, but it was not until the summer before college that we started spending a lot of time together…
Alyssa & Steve | Above | Staten Island, NY
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 …
Peter & Matthew | The Garrison | Garrison, NY
Peter and I met on a night where we were both expecting a casual night with friends at a bar …
Debi & Mitchell | The Vanderbilt at South Beach | Staten Island, NY
Mitch and I met when we were 15 years old. We dated for a couple of years, then went on to live separate lives for the next 32 years…
Jacquelene & AJ | OHEKA CASTLE | Huntington, NY
AJ and I were friends for all four years of college, but it wasn’t until our last semester of senior year that we started to date …
Irene & Ritchy | The Brownstone | Paterson, NJ
Despite going to the same high school and having the same circle of friends, Ritchy and I didn’t meet until years later, when …
Jennifer & John Paul | The Rockleigh | Rockleigh, NJ
John Paul and I were both in the bridal party for our friends’ destination wedding in Mexico…
Marissa & Joseph | Hotel Du Village | New Hope, PA
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…
Lauren & Eddie | Castle Hotel & Spa | Tarrytown, NY
Eddie and I met through mutual friends while we were living in Manhattan. I am a financial analyst and he is a solutions architect…