Shanna & Matthew | il Tulipano | Cedar Grove, NJ
In high school, I was on the swim team with Matthew’s cousin Daniella and I met Matthew at her graduation party…
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Michelle & Paul | Nanina’s in the Park | Belleville, NJ
I noticed Paul at our high school orientation and thought he was cute. We had a lot of classes together and we quickly became friends…
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!
Dori & Samuel | The Olde Mill Inn | Basking Ridge, NJ
I first saw Sam when he was playing guitar in the courtyard behind Charlie Brown’s Steakhouse in Millburn, NJ. I introduced myself and requested a song…
Genna & Andrew | Hilton Pearl River | Pearl River, NY
Genna and I met on match.com. We joke about how we met because we discovered that I originally contacted her on JDate and she ignored me!
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…
Jessica & Joseph | Nanina’s in the Park | Belleville, NJ
Our love story began at a tiny Irish pub in Hackensack, New Jersey…
Pamela & John | Castle Hotel & Spa | Tarrytown, NY
There was instant chemistry and I knew there was something more than just a first date with him!
Gabriele & Brian | The Park Savoy Estate | Florham Park, NJ
Brian and I attended the same college, but did not actually meet until after we graduated…
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…
Jenna & Andrew | The Garrison | Garrison, NY
Andrew and I went to high school together and began dating at the end of our senior year…
Jason & Rachel | The Roundhouse | Beacon, NY
Jason and I met in college, where we lived next door to each other in my freshman dorm. We started dating the following year…
Chelsea & Michael | The Garrison | Garrison, NY
Michael and I met while waiting in line at a deli at Hofstra University. After running into each other a few times around campus…
Kimberly & Mark | The Park Savoy Estate | Florham Park, NJ
Mark and I met on OKCupid, an online dating app, and our first date was at Fire & Oak in Montvale, NJ …
Kaitlin & Paul | Nanina’s in the Park | Belleville, NJ
I’ve been friends with Paul’s sister, Allie, since I was eight years old and I’ve always had a crush on him growing up and …
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…
Karen & Richard | Falkirk Estate & CC | Central Valley, NY
While attending Mount Saint Mary for graduate school, I worked as a graduate assistant with Richard’s sister Jackie…
Meghan & Michael | Falkirk Estate & Country Club | Central Valley, NY
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…
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 …
Nicole & Thomas | il Tulipano | Cedar Grove, NJ
Tom and I met through a mutual friend. We would lose touch and reconnect every few months, but started dating after running into each other…
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…
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…
Gina & Michael | The Olde Mill Inn | Basking Ridge, NJ
Our mutual friends, who were dating, introduced me and Mike at a fire safety event in our town and we spent the whole night talking…
Megan & Guillermo | The Park Savoy Estate | Florham Park, NJ
My brother went to law school with Guillermo and introduced us at one of the school’s functions…
Kristine & Jonathan | Bear Brook Valley | Fredon, NJ
Jon and I met in middle school. We went our separate ways growing up, but ended up reconnecting years later and we instantly clicked…
Jennifer & Vincent | Stone House at Stirling Ridge | Warren, NJ
Vinnie and I met in high school, in honors biology. We spent years flirting, but remained just friends…
Alexa & Russell | Falkirk Estate & CC | Central Valley, NY
Russ and I were both enjoying dinner and drinks with friends, and after exchanging looks back and forth all night, Russ finally introduced himself…
Meghan & Kris | The Olde Mill Inn | Basking Ridge, NJ
Kris and I knew each other from high school, but it was not until the summer before college that we started spending a lot of time together…
Ariana & Colin | Nanina’s in the Park | Belleville, NJ
Colin and I met on the night of a Lotus concert with mutual friends. I discovered he was moving to my neighborhood the following week…
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 …
Amy & David | Hilton Pearl River | Pearl River, NY
On a night out in NYC, my sister, Robyn, introduced me to Dave, who she knew from college…
Alyssa & James | Falkirk Estate & CC | Central Valley, NY
James and I met in high school. Our first date we went to see a movie…
Giselle & Michael | Hilton Pearl River | Pearl River, NY
Mike and I met at a mutual friends’ wedding but our first date was not until three years later, when Mike took me to a Chinese restaurant…
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 …
Katie & Anthony | The Ryland Inn | Whitehouse Station, NJ
Anthony and I met through mutual friends at Quinnipiac University in Hamden, CT, but did not start dating until junior year…
Ariel & Matt | Hilton Pearl River | Pearl River, NY
When Matt and I were teenagers, we chatted on AIM for a few weeks before he asked me on a group date to a movie theatre in our hometown…
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!
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…
Catherine & Matthew | Grand Oaks Country Club | Staten Island, NY
Matt and I both grew up in Brooklyn. I went to college with some of Matt’s neighborhood friends and the summer after my freshman year, they introduced us…
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…
Jennifer & Cliff | Falkirk Estate & CC | Central Valley, NY
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…
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…