Caitlin & Daniel | The Estate at Florentine Gardens | River Vale, NJ
Both of us over 600 miles away from home, Daniel and I were living two houses down from each other at our college in Ohio…
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Elein & Adam | Surf Club on the Sound | New Rochelle, NY
I met Adam at my best friend’s birthday party. A couple of months later at a concert, we saw each other again and sparks were flying…
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…
Genna & Andrew | Hilton Pearl River | Pearl River, NY
Genna and I met on match.com. We joke about how we met because we discovered that I originally contacted her on JDate and she ignored me!
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…
Victoria & Peter | Oheka Castle | Huntington, NY
I was living in Midtown, and visited my family in Huntington for Easter weekend. The day before Easter…
Caitlin & James | The Ryland Inn | Whitehouse Station, NJ
I’m a special education teacher and James works in sales. We met on a blind date at…
Kerri & Justin | Castle Hotel & Spa | Tarrytown, NY
On the day of the wedding, Kerri got ready at home with her best friends, her mother, and her mother-in-law.
Giselle & Michael | Hilton Pearl River | Pearl River, NY
Mike and I met at a mutual friends’ wedding but our first date was not until three years later, when Mike took me to a Chinese restaurant…
Gina & Michael | The Olde Mill Inn | Basking Ridge, NJ
Our mutual friends, who were dating, introduced me and Mike at a fire safety event in our town and we spent the whole night talking…
Danielle & Kevin | Surf Club on the Sound | New Rochelle, NY
Kevin and I both attended Lasell College in MA, but our paths did not cross until right before his graduation and my semester abroad…
Amanda & Robert | The Estate at Florentine Gardens | River Vale, NJ
Rob and I met online. He is a CDL driver and I am a manager for a non-profit organization. For our first date…
Ashley & Anthony | Surf Club on the Sound | New Rochelle, NY
My friend Andrew showed me a picture of his cousin, Anthony, and I asked him to introduce us…
Ariana & Colin | Nanina’s in the Park | Belleville, NJ
Colin and I met on the night of a Lotus concert with mutual friends. I discovered he was moving to my neighborhood the following week…
Pamela & John | Castle Hotel & Spa | Tarrytown, NY
There was instant chemistry and I knew there was something more than just a first date with him!
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…
Kristen & James | The Brownstone | Paterson, NJ
James and I met at the high school where we both work. He teaches health & phys ed & coaches football & baseball & I teach physics & coach softball…
Alexa & Michael | Glen Island Harbour Club | New Rochelle, NY
My close friend Brittany married Mike’s brother Dom, so we had a mutual group of friends growing up…
Gabriele & Brian | The Park Savoy Estate | Florham Park, NJ
Brian and I attended the same college, but did not actually meet until after we graduated…
Kristine & Jonathan | Bear Brook Valley | Fredon, NJ
Jon and I met in middle school. We went our separate ways growing up, but ended up reconnecting years later and we instantly clicked…
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!
Loren & Kevin | OHEKA CASTLE | Huntington, NY
Kevin and I were high school sweethearts. When we met, we could not even drive yet! Fast forward nine years…
Jennifer & Vincent | Stone House at Stirling Ridge | Warren, NJ
Vinnie and I met in high school, in honors biology. We spent years flirting, but remained just friends…
Catherine & Matthew | Grand Oaks Country Club | Staten Island, NY
Matt and I both grew up in Brooklyn. I went to college with some of Matt’s neighborhood friends and the summer after my freshman year, they introduced us…
Ashley & Joe | Brooklyn Botanic Garden | Brooklyn, NY
Joe and I met during college at Loyola University. We were friends for two years before we started dating…
Annie & Geoffrey | The Garrison | Garrison, NY
Geoff and I met at a sleepaway camp in upstate, New York, We were campers, but it wasn’t until we were staff members that we became friends…
Brianna & Antonio | The Surf Club on the Sound | New Rochelle, NY
I am a nutrition’s assistant and Tony is the manager of a construction company. I was good friends with Tony’s brother…
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…
Dori & Samuel | The Olde Mill Inn | Basking Ridge, NJ
I first saw Sam when he was playing guitar in the courtyard behind Charlie Brown’s Steakhouse in Millburn, NJ. I introduced myself and requested a song…
Sydney & Fitzgerald | The Garrison | Garrison, NY
As college students, Fitz and I spent a summer interning in New York City and we regularly met for lunch…
Melissa & Eric | Northern Valley Affairs | Closter, NJ
Eric and I met on Cinco De Mayo at a bar in downtown Manhattan. Shortly after, we went to a wine bar where we spent the whole night laughing…
Jessica & Joseph | Nanina’s in the Park | Belleville, NJ
Our love story began at a tiny Irish pub in Hackensack, New Jersey…
Michelle & Nathan | The Park Savoy Estate | Florham Park, NJ
On Thanksgiving, mutual friends introduced me to Michelle. After our shifts at separate hotels in New Jersey, we all met for drinks…
Lucianne & Kenneth | The Vineyards at Aquebogue | Aquebogue, NY
Kenny and I met while working at the same payroll company. Our office had a candy bowl with bite-size candies and one day Kenny asked me which was my favorite…
Michele & Ryan | Grand Oaks Country Club | Staten Island, NY
We knew of each other for eight years, but it wasn’t until my best friend’s college graduation party that we actually spoke.
Kristine & Salvatore | Oheka Castle | Huntington, NY
Sal and I grew up in the same town, but our paths never crossed. We finally met on a trip with mutual 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…
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…
Katie & Anthony | The Ryland Inn | Whitehouse Station, NJ
Anthony and I met through mutual friends at Quinnipiac University in Hamden, CT, but did not start dating until junior year…
Jenna & Voliva | The Ryland Inn | Whitehouse Station, NJ
Matt and I met at Rutgers University. We had two classes together and had definitely noticed each other…
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…
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…