Crystal & Akil | Martime Parc | Jersey City, NJ
Akil and I met when we were both students at Howard University. Being new to the D.C. area, I was missing my family’s Guyanese cooking…
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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 …
Jennifer & Eric | Harbor Club at Prime | Huntington, NY
I met Eric in high school, but we were just acquaintances. The summer before my senior year of college, we ran into each other…
Jaclyn & Nadav | Northern Valley Affairs | Closter, NJ
I met Nadav at his best friend Justin’s birthday party in Manhattan’s Meatpacking district …
Katie & Anoop | Waterside Events | North Bergen, NJ
Anoop and I met in the fourth grade! We started dating when we were freshman in high school…
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…
Nicole & Thomas | Harbor Club at Prime | Huntington, NY
Tom and I knew each other but hadn’t seen each other in almost 18 years. Thanks to Tom’s persistence, our first date was at Thom Thom Steak and Seafood …
Katie & Jason | Northern Valley Affairs | Closter, NJ
Jason and I met at a mutual friend’s birthday party…
Christine & Thomas | Glen Island Harbour Club | New Rochelle, NY
My college roommate, Kristen, dated Tom’s college roommate, Cameron. Coincidentally, we all went to the same college…
Kimberly & Michael | Above | Staten Island, NY
I met Michael on our college campus and we ended up spending that whole day together and nearly every day since…
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…
Jenna Rae & David | Martime Parc | Jersey City, NJ
David and I met while working at a beauty company in Manhattan. At the annual holiday party, we connected instantly…
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…
Vanessa & Joseph | Metropolitan Room | Newark, NJ
I’m a teacher and Joe is a police officer. Our love story began when my uncle introduced the two of us…
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…
Nikki & David | Metropolitan Room | Newark, NJ
Dave and I dated in high school but we broke up for a couple of years while I was in college…
Shayna & Fabian | Metropolitan Room | Newark, NJ
Fabian always says that one day while I was walking into gym class, he turned to his friend and said, “Who’s that girl?
Taryn & Jabari | Metropolitan Room | Newark, NJ
Jabari and I were good friends for over a year while I was living in Hoboken and working as a teacher and he was living in New Hampshire…
Nicole & Gregory | Glen Island Harbour Club | New Rochelle, NY
We both started working at the same place and eventually I realized how patient, helpful, and kind he was so I agreed to go on a date with him and …
Katie & Steve | The Westin Governor Morris Hotel | Morristown, NJ
Steve and I met during our first week of college at Cornell …
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.”
Rachel & Darren | Metropolitan Room | Newark, NJ
After spending a whole night laughing with my girlfriends and their charming boyfriends, I said…
Melissa & Eric | Northern Valley Affairs | Closter, NJ
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…
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…
Carrie & Travis | The Westin Governor Morris Hotel | Morristown, NJ
Travis and I met in college and were friends for a long time before we began dating. Our first date was…
Cali & Michael | Martime Parc | Jersey City, NJ
Mike and I met in college through mutual friends and shared classes. After a year of getting to know each other, we realized we should be together.
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.
Meena & Aakash | Westin Governor Morris Hotel | Morristown, NJ
I met Aakash when we were moving into dorms on our first day of freshman year at Rutgers University. We have known and dated each other almost 10 years…
Leila & Michael | Waterside Events | North Bergen, NJ
I met Michael through mutual friends while I was visiting New York and …
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.
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…
Lianna & Joshua | Harbor Club at Prime | Huntington, NY
Josh and I met when I was living in Vermont. He invited me over for a home-cooked meal, and after an amazing duck dinner we spent hours talking…
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.
Dana & Brant | Harbor Club at Prime | Huntington, NY
When Brant first discovered my online dating profile on OK Cupid, we were only 10 percent compatible. So he spent the entire next day answering compatibility questions, and when he reached 97 percent …
Stacey & Brian | SkyView Golf Club | Sparta, NJ
We met through our mutual friends and after discovering our shared interest in cars and motorcycles, we became good friends and eventually started dating…
Kara & Max | il Tulipano | Cedar Grove, NJ
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…
Brittany & Charlie | Metropolitan Room | Newark, NJ
Charlie and I met through a mutual friend while out at Mulligan’s Pub in Hoboken…
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…
Stephanie & Alex | Liberty House | Jersey City, NJ
Alex and I went to the same high school, but our paths did not cross until I was 23 years old…
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…
Nicole & Joseph | Waterside Events | North Bergen, NJ
Joseph and I met while working together at the same company. We’ve been together ever since and were together for eight years when we got engaged.
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…