Komal & Patrick | Westin Governor Morris | Morristown,NJ
We met our first day of freshman year at Johns Hopkins. Bonding over beer pong, late night Subway runs, and countless activities, we became best friends.
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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…
Jennifer & Chris | OHEKA CASTLE | Huntington, NY
We first met in a less than romantic setting: the final moments of an ESPN company Christmas party.
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…
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…
Brittany & John | VIP Country Club | New Rochelle, NY
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…
Kathrin & Joseph | Florentine Gardens | River Vale, NJ
Joey and I met on Tinder. I was in medical school at the time, so I didn’t have time to go out and meet people the traditional way. But on our first date …
Zara & Mehdi | The Rockleigh | Rockleigh, NJ
Mehdi and my brother have a construction company together, so when my brother had to go to Florida to work on a job, he asked me to help out as a design consultant…
Megan & Corrine | Brooklyn Botanic Garden | Brooklyn, NY
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…
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…
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…
Nadia & Anthony | The Surf Club on the Sound | New Rochelle, NY
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.
Nicole & Scott | Brooklyn Botanic Garden | Brooklyn, NY
Scott and I grew up not far from each other on Long Island. We met after graduating from college when we both moved back home…
Alexa & Joseph | Grand Oaks Country Club | Staten Island, NY
Joseph and I met when we were freshmen in high school. We were just 15 years old when we went to the movies with friends we had in common…
Cristina & Eric | Park Château Estate & Gardens | East Brunswick, NJ
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…
Christina & Andrew | Crystal Plaza | Livingston, NJ
Our friends tried to set us up, and on their second attempt we agreed. We only saw one photo of each other ahead of time and exchanged no words beforehand.
Lauren & Kris | Birchwood Manor | Whippany, NJ
I met Evan the year before we started high school and we instantly became best friends. We earned our undergraduate and master’s degrees 1500 miles apart but remained close …
Jaclyn & Yitzchak | Hilton Pearl River | Pearl River, NY
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 …
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 …
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…
Johanna & Benjamin | Brooklyn Botanic Garden | Brooklyn, NY
We met while in college at Princeton. We bonded over the Yankees and were good friends for about four years before we started dating…
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 …
Taylor & John | The Park Savoy Estate | Florham Park, NJ
John and I were high school sweethearts. We went to elementary school together and sat next to each other in first grade. After knowing him almost my whole life, we began dating on New Year’s Eve in our senior year of high school…
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.
Andrea & Frank | Birchwood Manor | Whippany, NJ
Our first date was a day trip around NYC, which turned into an 18-hour-long day…
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…
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 …
Daria & Dmitry | The Rockleigh | Rockleigh, NJ
Dmitry and I met on Tinder and went for sushi on our first date…
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.
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 …
Samantha & Jonathan | SkyView Golf Club | Sparta, NJ
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…
Rebecca & Bryan | The Garrison | Garrison, NY
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…
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…
Erin & Michael | The Westin Governor Morris Hotel | Morristown, NJ
Mike and I met at our mutual friend’s Super Bowl party. He was a junior at a local all-boys school and I was a sophomore at a local all-girls school. It took a long time for him to convince me to go on a date…
Kerri & Michael | Park Savoy Estate | Florham Park, NJ
Mike and I met on a blind date. He was running late and we had to relocate, so going into it I was ready to get it over with! Yet, when we got there …
Desiree & Vincent | The Olde Mill Inn | Basking Ridge, NJ
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.”
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…
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…
Briana & Steven | SkyView Golf Club | Sparta, NJ
The first time Steve asked me to be his girlfriend, I said no. We had known each other since freshman year of high school, and after keeping in touch through college, I was weary of ruining a great friendship.
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…
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…
Stephanie & Michael | Brooklyn Botanic Garden | Brooklyn, NY
We first connected on a dating app a few years before we started dating. We’d both shown interest in each other, but the timing didn’t work out. However …