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We met in college and started dating a few years after graduation when I moved to Manhattan. Our first date was on the shoreline where we walked the beach.
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We met in college and started dating a few years after graduation when I moved to Manhattan. Our first date was on the shoreline where we walked the beach.
Brian and I have known each other for what feels like our whole lives. Our families have been friends since our parents went to high school together.
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.
Vincent and I met on match.com. We talked for about a week or so before going out for drinks on our first date…
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…
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.
Anthony and I knew each other before starting to date. Our parents grew up in the same town and were Nutley High School graduates. Coincidentally, Anthony became best friends with my cousins…
Stephanie and I met in high school. We’ve been together ever since our first date at her favorite pizzeria. About 10 years later, we made it official!
David and I met in high school. We’re in each other’s prom photos, but with different dates…
Mariano and I knew of each other for some time before formally meeting. We were at a college party and he introduced himself.
Ryan and I met as freshman in high school. There weren’t immediate fireworks, but over time he and I became really close, building a strong connection. On Valentine’s Day, Ryan surprised me with flowers and asked me to be his girlfriend…
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.
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…
We met seven years ago when I was working at Dunkin’ Donuts. My friends were always visiting me and one day they had someone new with them, Greg.
Mike and I met online. We had our first date at Olive Lucy’s in Morristown and quickly became inseparable.
Esther and I met through a mutual friend. For our first date, we had dinner at a restaurant I was working at part time, after which we went for a walk on the walkway along the Hudson River…
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!
We met at my friend’s graduation party in 2012. Kyle proposed in front of our entire family on the beach in Wildwood, which is our favorite vacation spot.
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…
Stefano and I met working at Glen Island Harbour Club during our senior year of college. He was a bartender and I was a bridal attendant. The first time …
Nick is actually the younger brother of my older sister’s husband. So I married my sister’s brother-in-law!
My college roommate had the perfect guy for me, a friend from high school. Our friend groups collided, we all had a night out, and Steven asked me out.
Despite going to the same high school and having the same circle of friends, Ritchy and I didn’t meet until years later, when …
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.”
Vinnie and I met in high school, in honors biology. We spent years flirting, but remained just friends…
We had friends in common but had never met. The first day I met her, I told a friend she was beautiful and passionate, and I wanted her to be my girlfriend.
I had a college intern who went to school with Xiao. He asked me to come along with him one day, not expecting me to fall in love with Xiao, which I did!
Patrick and I met through a mutual friend. I ran into him and our friend in a favorite local bakery. I texted my friend to say Patrick was cute, and …
Anthony and I met through mutual friends at Quinnipiac University in Hamden, CT, but did not start dating until junior year…
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 …
Michelle and I met at our crossfit gym. We saw each other about a year before our first date at an event and she incorrectly assumed I was dating someone.
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…
We met through the dating app JSwipe in the midst of a massive snowstorm. The weather prevented us from meeting in person, so we decided to …
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…
By the end of the year I knew I wanted to spend the rest of my life with her. She was my best friend, so I came up with a plan. For New Year’s Eve …
Blair and I met on a dating app and our first date was brunch at a popular spot in Boston. When we started dating, we worked a block away from each other.
Veronica and I have been friends for most of our lives. We don’t remember how we met, but we both remember when our relationship escaped the friend zone.
We first met in a less than romantic setting: the final moments of an ESPN company Christmas party.
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 …
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…
Mel and I met by swiping right on an app after crossing paths at a local pizzeria. We had known of each other since childhood, but …
Jacob and I matched on Bumble and hit it off. We met for a Taco Tuesday lunch date. Jacob had a discount from loyalty points, so our date cost 47 cents!