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…
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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 …
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…
Jessica-Lee & Joseph | Falkirk Estate & CC | Central Valley, NY
Joey and I met in Lake George when I was 15 years old on our family vacation. It wasn’t until a couple of years later that Joey invited me out to dinner …
Briana & Steven | SkyView Golf Club | Sparta, NJ
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.
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.
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.
Brielle & Stephen | The Terrace | Paramus, NJ
Stephen and I have known each other our entire lives. We grew up in the same town where his family owned the local bar…
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…
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!
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…
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…
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…
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 …
Lori & Kim | Falkirk Estate & CC | Central Valley, NY
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…
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 …
Kate & Tyler | The Garrison | Garrison, NY
Tyler and I met in high school. We never dated but always found each other cute…
Molly & Gregory | Grand Oaks Country Club | Staten Island, NY
Greg and I met through a mutual friend and colleague, Mary. Right after Hurricane Sandy hit our neighborhoods, we spotted each other at a bar where Mary’s daughter, Alexandra, was bartending…
Katie & Stephen | Hilton Pearl River | Pearl River, NY
I met Stephen in high school through a friend, seeing him at social events and track meets. We reconnected in college, at a track meet, years later.
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 …
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 …
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…
Stephanie & Tom | Nanina’s in the Park | Belleville, NJ
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!
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…
Carolyn & Josh | Hilton Pearl River | Pearl River, NY
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…
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…
Morgan & Eddie | Hotel Du Village | New Hope, PA
Eddie and I have known each other since we were six years old. We were next door neighbors…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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 …
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…
Aimeé & Olubunmi | The Garrison | Garrison, NY
Aimeé and I always say our love is circular because we met twice. We went on a first date, and for some reason fell out of touch.
Amanda & Tyler | Bear Brook Valley | Fredon, NJ
Ty and I went to the same high school, but a couple years after college we met through mutual friends.
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…
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.”
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 …
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…
Natalia & Anthony | Nanina’s in the Park | Belleville, NJ
Anthony and I knew each other before starting to date. Our parents grew up in the same town and were Nutley High School graduates. Coincidentally, Anthony became best friends with my cousins…
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.