Real Weddings

As a self-professed cynic, Valerie McLaughlin was not expecting to fall in love with Andy Lee on their first date.

When convincing her to move into the vacant room in his San Francisco home, Liisa Hunter’s best guy friend promised that she would never see

Sara and Shadfar met during an annual ski trip organized by one of their mutual friends.

Heather Hartzel was attending her best friend’s birthday dinner when another guest brought an unexpected plus one–Richard Schwalm. “I’ll never forget the night I met

Lots of boys may dream of one day marrying a supermodel when they grow up, but few actually have that wish granted.

Having met during their freshman year at Cornell University, Jessica Schisano and Kyle Reidy were college sweethearts. Kyle, however, was on the football team and

Katie Annessa and Alexander Reed have one of those quintessential love stories, in that they met in high school, were high school sweethearts, and continued

Melissa Croteau was living and working in Las Vegas as a hairstylist and assistant at A Robert Cromeans Hair Salon at the Mandalay Bay, when

While serving in the Israeli army, Hila Balilti and Nir Moscovich were both part of a team sent for the Israeli disengagement mission from the

Michael Stillman says he knew Allison Levine was the one the minute he saw her at a friend’s dinner party. “But with lawyers,” he jokes,

Payal Patel met Shangril Shah in 2006, when they were in college. Although Shangril was in New York City and Payal was in New Jersey,

It wasn’t exactly love at first sight for Dr. Pooja Patel and Dr. Anil Jagtiani. Pooja was out with a girlfriend when Anil annoyed them

Meredith Haas and David Weinreb first met during an “almost” blind date in January of 2011–that is, they had only seen each other’s pictures on

Lindsey Watson met Nicholas deFabrique, a dentist, when she was hired as his office manager in 2010. Having built a great friendship, they started dating

High school teachers could not stop Candy Ngan and Kenny Ho’s “adventure of love.” When Kenny passed Candy sitting in her classroom one day, he

Megan Dehaan and Vinny Cianfrocco are nothing short of an ideal online dating success story, having met on Match.com and immediately clicking with one another.

Zachary Hyman couldn’t keep a poker face—he told everyone at the table, “I’m going to marry that girl.” He hadn’t even met World Poker Tour

Christopher Bosh had plenty of reasons for crooning, “I Gotta Feeling,” in the shower. He’d just signed with Miami Heat, had a bid accepted on

Leo Tolstoy proclaimed, “All the variety, all the charm, all the beauty of life is made up of life and shadow.” On April 28, crepuscular

Jaymie Gross and Miles Beckett were always meant to meet in one way or another. Although it was Jaymie’s cousin who set them up on

Although actress and model Kristine Kelly had spent the day stunt training—working on 50 to 100-foot falls—it didn’t keep her from closing down the restaurant

During her freshman year in high school back in 2000, Juliet Izon met Michael Lewin, a junior, at Sidwell Friends School in Washington, D.C. It

Kate Parker and Bryson Duhon met during their time as Doctor of Pharmacy students at the University of Texas, at the Austin College of Pharmacy.

Rebecca Harwood was at a local cocktail bar with her mother one night, lamenting how difficult it was to meet anyone in a town as