For three years, Jamie worked about a mile from where I lived, but we didn’t cross paths until connecting on Bumble. After a few weeks of chatting, we had our first date at a restaurant in midtown Manhattan…
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 were both invited to a mutual friend’s summer house in Belmar, NJ. When I arrived, Paul introduced himself and we hit it off immediately…
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…
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.
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…
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…
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.
Joey and I met the summer I moved to Queens from upstate NY. We were at a mutual friend’s party in Manhattan…
Grzegorz and I met through our friends at a pool party about 12 years ago. Since day one we had an instant attraction. We were friends for years and had so much in common. We always knew one day we would be together.
John and I met on Tinder and went on our first date in Port Jefferson, NY. We were at a rooftop restaurant, talking and watching the water…
I was out with my friend in Hoboken for the day when we decided to go to one last bar before heading home. When we walked in, Ryan bumped into me…
I was traveling through a rainforest in Costa Rica with a friend when Mike and I matched on Bumble…
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…
Dan and I met as sophomores in college, but it was so long ago we barely remember our first meeting! Our first date was to a NJ Devils hockey game…
Justin and I met through a mutual friend who Justin went to college with. We went on a blind date to a Mexican restaurant…
Joey and I were set up by one of my best friends, Katie, who met him at a friend’s wedding. We spent late nights talking on the phone before going out for drinks…
Jeff and I met through a string of chance connections. My friend invited me to tag along to a party she had been invited to and …
Frank and I met in high school after I moved and transferred to Dobbs Ferry. It didn’t take long for us to start dating.
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…
Peter and I met on a night where we were both expecting a casual night with friends at a bar …
Tyler and I met in high school. We never dated but always found each other cute…
David and I met in high school. We’re in each other’s prom photos, but with different dates…
Gerri Ann and I met when we saw each other out at a bar. We knew of each other because I worked at the member’s only club her family belongs to.
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 …
Jason and I met in college, where we lived next door to each other in my freshman dorm. We started dating the following year…
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.
Christopher and I met five years ago. My first day at my first hair salon I saw him sitting in his office right next to my parked car…
Paul and I met in the fall on a blind date his cousin set up. She gave Paul my number and he invited me to dinner at Benito One in Little Italy…
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…