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A Lonely Walk in the Rain Leads to Love, Finally
The couple, whose paths kept crossing, realized they could overcome stormy weather.
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The couple, whose paths kept crossing, realized they could overcome stormy weather.
By VINCENT M. MALLOZZI
Pets participating in weddings? This summer, one photographer in Vermont expects to see them at half the ceremonies he’s working.
By LOIS SMITH BRADY
Cat- and dog-related gifts could please just as much as a toaster. Maybe more.
By MARIANNE ROHRLICH
He was a sailor walking by her table during Fleet Week in New York. They caught each other’s eye.
By JACLYN PEISER
Even children in their 20s, 30s and older are confused and upset when Mom and Dad break up.
By JANE GORDON JULIEN
The bride and groom met at the University of Pennsylvania, from which each received a law degree.
By VINCENT M. MALLOZZI
Katie Eary, the London-based avant garde fashion designer, has created a new home collection for Ikea, called Giltig.
By MARIANNE ROHRLICH
A happy marriage unravels as he faces his need to become a woman.
By LOUISE RAFKIN
There are certain intimate and awkward topics couples should discuss before the wedding — unless you prefer to be surprised years later.
By ELEANOR STANFORD
The bride works for Vanity Fair magazine, and the groom for Goldman Sachs.
They kept meeting at the elevator of their apartment building, and finally found love up on the roof.
By JACLYN PEISER
The bride is a descendant of Mayflower passengers, and the groom of Daniel Webster.
The couple met and fell in love over dancing the two-step in Austin, Tex.
By MICHAEL HOINSKI
Nancy Balbirer and Howard Morris had crushes on each other at N.Y.U., but it took decades before they really found each other.
By VINCENT M. MALLOZZI
Tom Postilio and Mickey Conlon, stars of an HGTV real estate show, are signing the papers on a life of wedded bliss.
By MELENA RYZIK
Beth Saidel and Joe Profaci watched “Love Story” together (more or less) decades ago, but it took much longer for their romance to develop.
By JANE GORDON JULIEN
Linnea Sanderson and Robert Davidson’s first wedding started with a polar bear plunge and their second took place on Leap Day.
By BETH JONES
Designers are becoming more aware that not every woman wants the big white dress on her wedding day.
By ALEXIS CHEUNG
The Oscar-winning actress says her and husband Sidney Hicks’s lifestyle works, but is it a good fit for everybody?
By TAMMY La GORCE
Some couples are discovering marriage may not always be forever, but neither is divorce.
By ABBY ELLIN
Ireland’s leap year tradition has women asking, “Will you marry me?” But in general, men still propose.
By ALIX STRAUSS
“There’s a push to dazzle guests in ways they haven’t seen before,” a wedding planner said about having unusual wedding food on the menu.
By ALIX STRAUSS