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…
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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…
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.”
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…
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…
Jamie & Matt | The Olde Mill Inn | Basking Ridge, NJ
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…
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!
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.
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…
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…
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…
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…
Ria & Russell | The Bernards Inn | Bernardsville, NJ
I met Russ on match.com. For our first date, we enjoyed dinner and a great bottle of wine at a local restaurant…
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…
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 …
Julie & Daniel | Grand Oaks Country Club | Staten Island, NY
After enough bad online dating stories that I could be a best-selling novelist, I was so surprised and lucky to find Danny on Tinder…
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.
Sydney & Fitzgerald | The Garrison | Garrison, NY
As college students, Fitz and I spent a summer interning in New York City and we regularly met for lunch…
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!
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…
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…
Annie & Geoffrey | The Garrison | Garrison, NY
Geoff and I met at a sleepaway camp in upstate, New York, We were campers, but it wasn’t until we were staff members that we became friends…
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…
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!
Hillary & Kevin | The Bernards Inn | Bernardsville, NJ
Kevin and I met while vacationing in Bermuda and have been together ever since…
Jessica & Joseph | Nanina’s in the Park | Belleville, NJ
Our love story began at a tiny Irish pub in Hackensack, New Jersey…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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.
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…
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.”
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…
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…
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 …
Nicole & Mario | The Park Savoy Estate | Florham Park, NJ
When my family and I moved to Staten Island, we would regularly go to this local deli down the block, which Mario’s family has owned since the 1950’s…
Jennifer & Jonathan | Bear Brook Valley | Fredon, NJ
A few months before Jon and I started college, my high school football team beat his high school football team in the state championship…
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…
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 …