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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.”
On a beach trip with my girlfriends, we met up with several of our guy friends, who that day brought along David…
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…
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 …
We met through our mutual friends and after discovering our shared interest in cars and motorcycles, we became good friends and eventually started dating…
Dennis and I knew each other for 10 years before we started dating. When we first met, I was looking to keep things light, but we always kept in touch.
Mike and I met our first day at Brown University. He lived down the hall from me…
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 and often visited each other…
On Thanksgiving, mutual friends introduced me to Michelle. After our shifts at separate hotels in New Jersey, we all met for drinks…
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…
My college roommate, Kristen, dated Tom’s college roommate, Cameron. Coincidentally, we all went to the same college…
Rob and I met online. He is a CDL driver and I am a manager for a non-profit organization. For our first date…
Bobby and I grew up a few towns away from each other and even had some of the same friends but we never met until after college…
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…
We knew of each other for eight years, but it wasn’t until my best friend’s college graduation party that we actually spoke.
Our story begins roughly 10 years ago in Fort Hamilton High School when Marco saw me in our sophomore history class…
Eric began working at the same company as me eight months after I started working there…
The moment we walked into The Estate at Florentine Gardens, we knew it was our venue. It literally took my breath away.
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…
Alex and I went to the same high school, but our paths did not cross until I was 23 years old…
After enough bad online dating stories that I could be a best-selling novelist, I was so surprised and lucky to find Danny on Tinder…
While attending Mount Saint Mary for graduate school, I worked as a graduate assistant with Richard’s sister Jackie…
Vinnie and I met in high school, in honors biology. We spent years flirting, but remained just friends…
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…
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…
Despite going to the same high school and having the same circle of friends, Ritchy and I didn’t meet until years later, when …
When my family and I moved to Staten Island, we would regularly go to this local deli down the block, which Mario’s family has owned since the 1950’s…
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…
Brian and I attended the same college, but did not actually meet until after we graduated…
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…
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 and often visited each other…
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…
We first met in a less than romantic setting: the final moments of an ESPN company Christmas party.
Anthony and I met through mutual friends at Quinnipiac University in Hamden, CT, but did not start dating until junior year…
Cliff and I met in our college theatre where Cliff ran the lighting board and I was the stage manager. We developed a great friendship…
Our freshman year of college, Andrew and I were in the same dorm and on the same floor. We were friends at first…
Ty and I went to the same high school, but a couple years after college we met through mutual friends.
Max and I both grew up in the same town and met while working at a local bakery together. After years of flirting, we officially began dating…
My brother went to law school with Guillermo and introduced us at one of the school’s functions…
Our love story began at a tiny Irish pub in Hackensack, New Jersey…
I met Vin at a dog-friendly bar in Brooklyn. He asked me on a date a few weeks later, which turned into an epic seven-hour lunch!
I have been best friends with Mark’s little sister, Jakelyn (Jaki), since seventh grade…