
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…
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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…
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…
Michael and I started dating when we were 16. We met in our high school TV production class. We were friends, and started dating in our junior year.
Mike and I have known each other since middle school, and became best friends in high school and college in different states. We traveled Europe together, always as friends…
Kyle and I met at my friend Maria’s birthday party. She thought we’d make a great couple and amidst the crowded chaos of the NYC bar …
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…
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!
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…
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 …
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 …
Anthony and I met at a family-owned restaurant in Wappingers Falls. I was bartending my way through nursing school when he convinced me to go on a date…
Mike and I met online. We had our first date at Olive Lucy’s in Morristown and quickly became inseparable.
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…
When I met Peter, I was on a blind date with someone else. I was sitting at the bar and saw this striking man. I wished he would come near me and…
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.
Kim and I met on Instagram. I followed her, she followed back, and then one day she responded to one of my posts. We kept talking and exchanged phone numbers, meeting for our first date three weeks later…
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!
Eddie and I have known each other since we were six years old. We were next door neighbors…
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.
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 Richie in the summer of 2013 at the annual picnic at The Liberty Corner Fire Company. For the next three years, we kept in touch and …
Oliver and I met the old fashioned way, at a bar in Manhattan! We were each playing wingman for our respective friends…
Rob and I met in college. We shared an accounting class together during our freshman year. We had a crush on each other but didn’t realize it until …
Dan and I met while we were undergrads at Lafayette College. He was a senior and I was a sophomore and after he graduated, our relationship grew.
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 …
Frank and I met at Seton Hall University. After being friends for about a year, I finally kissed him during Memorial Day weekend …
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.
Stephen and I have known each other our entire lives. We grew up in the same town where his family owned the local bar…
Meeting each other was such luck! We both were living in New Brunswick, NJ, where Josh was temporarily working on a political campaign and I was starting graduate school…
Rick and I both grew up in Rockaway, but we didn’t meet until after high school. After a few years hanging out with the same friends and getting to know each other better, we started dating. Rick was instantly part of my family…
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 …
Peter and I are both United States Naval Officers. I am a nurse and he is a helicopter pilot. We were both stationed in San Diego and …
John and I met the end of August, 2016 at a potluck for football players, cheerleaders, coaches and parents to kick off the football season.
At the end of our 1st date, instead of me taking the subway again, Morrie walked me 30 blocks back to my sister’s apartment so we could talk the whole way.
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…
Ty and I went to the same high school, but a couple years after college we met through mutual friends.
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.
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…
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.
Nick and I met at Mohegan Sun Casino. I was there for a girls’ weekend and he was there for a friend’s bachelor party.
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…
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.