Alyssa & Mariano | The Rockleigh | Rockleigh, NJ
Mariano and I knew of each other for some time before formally meeting. We were at a college party and he introduced himself.
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Sabina & Anthony | Dyker Beach Golf Course | Brooklyn, NY
Anthony and I met through a mutual friend, and with a shared love of food, music, travel, and animals…
Megan & Kenny | The Westin Governor Morris Hotel | Morristown, NJ
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…
Annalise & Justin | Hilton Pearl River | Pearl River, NY
Justin and I met through a mutual friend who Justin went to college with. We went on a blind date to a Mexican restaurant…
Anthony & Andrea | Park Château Estate & Gardens | East Brunswick, NJ
Andrea and I went to high school together but didn’t start dating until after we graduated college…
Joann & Christopher | il Tulipano | Cedar Grove, NJ
Chris and I met at Rutgers Law School, but our first date was after we both graduated. We dated for three years before Chris proposed…
Jamie & Matt | The Olde Mill Inn | Basking Ridge, NJ
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…
Lauryn & Michael | Bourne Mansion | Oakdale, NY
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…
Natalia & Anthony | Park Château Estate & Gardens | East Brunswick, NJ
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…
Angela & Paul | The Surf Club on the Sound | New Rochelle, NY
We were both invited to a mutual friend’s summer house in Belmar, NJ. When I arrived, Paul introduced himself and we hit it off immediately…
Alexis & Anthony | The Garrison | Garrison, NY
Anthony and I met at a family-owned restaurant in Wappingers Falls. I was bartending my way through nursing school when he convinced me to go on a date…
Katherine & Phillip | The Vanderbilt at South Beach | Staten Island, NY
Phil and I met while working as production dancers and aerialists on board a luxury cruise ship …
Kristie & Steve | Bourne Mansion | Oakdale, NY
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…
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 …
Jessica-Lee & Joseph | Falkirk Estate & CC | Central Valley, NY
Joey and I met in Lake George when I was 15 years old on our family vacation. It wasn’t until a couple of years later that Joey invited me out to dinner …
Maria & Gus | Dyker Beach Golf Course | Brooklyn, NY
Gus and I met when my family was renovating our house and our electrician needed some help…
Yael & DJ | Northern Valley Affairs | Closter, NJ
DJ and I were set up by good friends. We were both at their wedding but didn’t meet each other until our “blind date.”
Valerie & Bossuet | OHEKA CASTLE | Huntington, NY
Bossuet and I met 19 years ago when we taught in the same school. Soon after, he relocated to another state, but every year he called me on my birthday.
Kathleen & Kyle | SkyView Golf Club | Sparta, NJ
Kyle and I met through mutual friends at a country concert. We immediately hit it off and a week later he asked me out on our first real date…
Laura & David | Park Château Estate & Gardens | East Brunswick, NJ
The first time Dave and I met was at a car meet through a mutual friend. We became acquaintances, and a year later something clicked. We went on our first date and couldn’t imagine being apart again…
Kelly & Dan | VIP Country Club | New Rochelle, NY
Dan and I met as sophomores in college, but it was so long ago we barely remember our first meeting! Our first date was to a NJ Devils hockey game…
Marissa & Jason | Nanina’s in the Park | Belleville, NJ
Jason and I met when we were in college at Rutgers University. We had mutual friends and were introduced while we were in the same physics class…
Gila & Ari | Northern Valley Affairs | Closter, NJ
Ari and I saw each other on a dating app. We met the next day at a wine bar on the Upper West Side. It was while sipping our first glass of wine that Ari mentioned he was a rabbi living in the suburbs…
Kimberly & David | The Olde Mill Inn | Basking Ridge, NJ
DJ and I unknowingly lived within minutes of each other for years, yet it took an online dating app for our paths to finally cross after college, and …
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 …
Ali & Christopher | The Surf Club on the Sound | New Rochelle, NY
Christopher and I met five years ago. My first day at my first hair salon I saw him sitting in his office right next to my parked car…
Tania & Pedro | The Estate at Florentine Gardens | River Vale, NJ
The moment we walked into The Estate at Florentine Gardens, we knew it was our venue. It literally took my breath away.
Jessica & Steven | SkyView Golf Club | Sparta, NJ
Steven and I met as freshman in high school. We sat near each other in math class and hit it off. We dated for two years before going our separate ways.
Kate & Bret | Brooklyn Botanic Garden | Brooklyn, NY
Bret and I met online in the Spring. On our first date, we went to a bar and had a really good conversation. I really liked talking to him and thought he was funny…
Katie & Stephen | Hilton Pearl River | Pearl River, NY
I met Stephen in high school through a friend, seeing him at social events and track meets. We reconnected in college, at a track meet, years later.
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 …
Linda & Christopher | il Tulipano | Cedar Grove, NJ
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…
Jamiel & Mark | The Vanderbilt at South Beach | Staten Island, NY
Mark and I met through a dear friend, Margaret Addivinola. She arranged a date in Atlantic City for us almost seven years ago, and we’ve been inseparable ever since.
Carina & Nicholas | The Brownstone | Paterson, NJ
Nick is actually the younger brother of my older sister’s husband. So I married my sister’s brother-in-law!
Elena & Vincent | OHEKA CASTLE | Huntington, NY
Vincent and I met on match.com. We talked for about a week or so before going out for drinks on our first date…
Molly & Gregory | Grand Oaks Country Club | Staten Island, NY
Greg and I met through a mutual friend and colleague, Mary. Right after Hurricane Sandy hit our neighborhoods, we spotted each other at a bar where Mary’s daughter, Alexandra, was bartending…
Jennifer & Michael | Stone House at Stirling Ridge | Warren, NJ
Mike and I met online. We had our first date at Olive Lucy’s in Morristown and quickly became inseparable.
Kimberly & Justin | The Estate at Florentine Gardens | River Vale, NJ
We met one summer while attending the Firefly Music Festival, each of us driving down to Delaware with our college friends…
Katelyn & Emilio | Nanina’s in the Park | Belleville, NJ
It all started when my father couldn’t drive and I would take him to the bank. One day he said, “There’s a really nice boy I’d like you to meet.”
Maria & Jason | The Estate at Florentine Gardens | River Vale, NJ
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.
Jennifer & Oliver | The Park Savoy Estate | Florham Park, NJ
Oliver and I met the old fashioned way, at a bar in Manhattan! We were each playing wingman for our respective friends…
Marta & Justin | Nanina’s in the Park | Belleville, NJ
Justin and I met through a mutual friend on Facebook. I saw his photos and thought he was very handsome, but maybe too young…