Joanna & Daniel | The Garrison | Garrison, NY
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.
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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 …
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…
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…
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…
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 …
Emily & Michael | SkyView Golf Club | Sparta, NJ
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 …
Paige & Rick | Rock Island Lake Club | Sparta, NJ
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…
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.
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…
Victoria & Nicholas | The Estate at Three Village Inn | Stony Brook, NY
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!
Kimberly & David | The Olde Mill Inn | Basking Ridge, NJ
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 …
Hillary & Brian | The Barn at Old Bethpage, NY
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.
Jennifer & Oliver | The Park Savoy Estate | Florham Park, NJ
Oliver and I met the old fashioned way, at a bar in Manhattan! We were each playing wingman for our respective friends…
Sarah & Robert | The Inn at Millrace Pond | Hope, NJ
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 …
Veronica & Edward | Hilton Pearl River | Pearl River, NY
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.
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…
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…
Jennifer & Anthony | The Park Savoy Estate | Florham Park, NJ
Anthony and I went to the same high school but never spoke to each other. It wasn’t until after college, when his best friend and my best friend were dating, that they set us up…
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…
Melanie & Joshua | The Park Savoy Estate | Florham Park, NJ
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 …
Allison & Kyle | SkyView Golf Club | Sparta, NJ
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 …
Megan & Peter | Hotel Du Village | New Hope, PA
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 …
Alexis & Anthony | The Garrison | Garrison, NY
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…
Melanie & Michael | Falkirk Estate & CC | Central Valley, NY
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…
Alexandra & Michael | Nanina’s in the Park | Belleville, NJ
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.
Michelle & Jason | Northern Valley Affairs | Closter, NJ
On our first date, we grabbed drinks at Bodega 88, a bar on the Upper West Side, where we checked off Michelle’s two favorites: margaritas and pickles.
Sarah & Patrick | The Garrison | Garrison, NY
Patrick and I met through a mutual friend. I ran into him and our friend in a favorite local bakery. I texted my friend to say Patrick was cute, and …
Katelyn & Emilio | Nanina’s in the Park | Belleville, NJ
It all started when my father couldn’t drive and I would take him to the bank. One day he said, “There’s a really nice boy I’d like you to meet.”
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…
Marissa & Jason | Nanina’s in the Park | Belleville, NJ
Jason and I met when we were in college at Rutgers University. We had mutual friends and were introduced while we were in the same physics class…
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…
Victoria & Greg | The Garrison | Garrison, NY
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.
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 …
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…
Gia & Nicholas | Falkirk Estate & CC | Central Valley, NY
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.
Krista & Andrew | SkyView Golf Club | Sparta, NJ
Andrew and I met at a bar when our friends, who were in the first stages of dating, brought us along as buffers…
Harley & Kyle | SkyView Golf Club | Sparta, NJ
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.
Kate & Tyler | The Garrison | Garrison, NY
Tyler and I met in high school. We never dated but always found each other cute…
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.”
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…
Jenna & Tim | Rock Island Lake Club | Sparta, NJ
My friend invited me to hang out with our college football team and as we approached, Tim’s friend kicked his chair out from under him, and then …