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…
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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…
Ria & Russell | The Bernards Inn | Bernardsville, NJ
I met Russ on match.com. For our first date, we enjoyed dinner and a great bottle of wine at a local restaurant…
Elizabeth & Michael | Hotel Du Village | New Hope, PA
Mike and I met at a friend’s party. It’s a debate as to who made the first move, but soon after we went on our first date…
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 & 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…
Jacqueline & Christopher | Glen Island Harbour Club | New Rochelle, NY
Christopher and I met while working at the Fairfield Theatre Company. We were friends for about a year before we started dating…
Katie & Steve | The Westin Governor Morris Hotel | Morristown, NJ
Steve and I met during our first week of college at Cornell …
Elise & Benjamin | Faculty House at Columbia U. | New York, NY
We read the same article in the Wall Street Journal about online dating, which mentioned a specific new site…
Greta & Grzegorz | Glen Island Harbour Club | New Rochelle, NY
Grzegorz and I met through our friends at a pool party about 12 years ago. Since day one we had an instant attraction. We were friends for years and had so much in common. We always knew one day we would be together.
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…
Lisa & Joshua | Faculty House at Columbia University | NYC
Some would say fate brought us together, 7,000 miles away from home. Josh and I both grew up in the US and were relocated to Shanghai, China for work…
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…
Deirdre & Steven | The Westin Governor Morris Hotel | Morristown, NJ
Steven and I met through our mutual friend, Carly, while we were in college. We started dating after graduation…
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…
Sara & Paul | Bourne Mansion | Oakedale, NY
Sara and I met in middle school and it has been a long time since our first movie-theater date! Our parents picked us up and dropped us off, and we became boyfriend and girlfriend…
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.”
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…
Ankita & Deep | The Westin Governor Morris Hotel | Morristown, NJ
My first date with Deep was in a small lounge in Morristown. We met for drinks and had a casual night with fun, easy conversation.
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…
Lauren & Kyle | The Brownstone | Paterson, NJ
The first time I met Kyle was on my 23rd birthday. I am an occupational therapist and he works in sales. My best friend was dating Kyle’s best friend…
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.
Katherine Hochberg & Richard Lehan | Hotel Plaza Athénée | New York, NY
Our first date didn’t turn out as planned! Kath got sick and gave me a call as I was on my way to the date. But our actual first date was really good.
Kristin & Frank | Glen Island Harbour Club | New Rochelle, NY
Frank and I met in high school after I moved and transferred to Dobbs Ferry. It didn’t take long for us to start dating.
Heather & Jose | Faculty House at Columbia U. | New York, NY
Jose and I had been graduate students together at Columbia University for nearly two years…
Kierstin & Gary | The Mansion at Oyster Bay | Woodbury, NY
The summer before our freshman year of college, a mutual friend introduced me to Gary during a concert at Jones Beach Theatre in Long Island and …
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…
Nicole & Mario | The Park Savoy Estate | Florham Park, NJ
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…
Liz & Mike | Oheka Castle | Huntington, NY
Mike and I met in high school and eventually went off to separate colleges. After we graduated, we returned to our hometown and reconnected…
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 …
Jessica & Thomas | The Brownstone | Paterson, NJ
Tom and I met at a mutual friend’s theme party, based on the movie “Hot Tub Time Machine.” We hit it off right away…
Marissa & Joseph | Hotel Du Village | New Hope, PA
We were set up for a blind date by family friends and he took me to an Italian restaurant. We hit it off right away…
Nicole & Drew | The Park Savoy Estate | Florham Park, NJ
Drew and I met through Instagram, sort of. A mutual friend was scrolling when Drew asked, “Who was that girl in the picture?” The girl was me!
Victoria & Evan | OHEKA CASTLE | Huntington, NY
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…
Casey & Dennis | The Brownstone | Paterson, NJ
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.
Jillian & Shane | Nanina’s in the Park | Belleville, NJ
I had a crush on Shane since I met him during homeroom our junior year of high school. We both attended the same college…
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…
Ilana & Alexander | The Roundhouse | Beacon, NY
Ilana and I met as kids growing up in Miami, Florida. By the end of high school, we’d grown into close friends, and going off to college in separate states didn’t cause us to drift apart…
Irene & Ritchy | The Brownstone | Paterson, NJ
Despite going to the same high school and having the same circle of friends, Ritchy and I didn’t meet until years later, when …
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…
Dawn & Vincent | The Olde Mill Inn | Basking Ridge, NJ
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!
Victoria & Peter | Oheka Castle | Huntington, NY
I was living in Midtown, and visited my family in Huntington for Easter weekend. The day before Easter…