Business Before Pleasure. But Both.
From one 50-person department at the tech company LivingSocial, 12 relationships have grown: engagements, marriages and even a few babies.
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CreditJason Henry for The New York Times Vows
Writing Their Own Stories, Together
The couple met on a yellow school bus as each began a two-year stint with Teach for America.
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Unreliable Witnesses to Their Own Meeting?
The couple, both lawyers, met before each attended different law schools.
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CreditGraham Walzer for The New York Times IT’S NO SECRET
The Actress and Quarterback Still Work at Winning
Holly Robinson Peete and Rodney Peete have learned to share the road and the value of a 20-second hug.
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CreditSam Rowe Money-Saving Tips for Wedding Guests
Set a budget and stick to it, whether for travel, clothes or gifts.
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Credit The Things We Keep: My Grandmother’s Dress
It should be wrapped in acid-free tissue in a box. But it’s hanging in a closet for me to see and touch daily, a constant reminder of her, and of a different era.
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CreditSteve Hebert for The New York Times The Things We Keep and What Makes Them So Special
The wedding section of The Times publishes an occasional series of readers’ wedding-related stories and photos, called Wedding Album. This month’s theme is: Wedding keepsakes.
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CreditChristian Tyler Randolph for The New York Times From Crayons to Chemo, He’s Back by Her Side
Once kindergarten classmates, he reached out from Iraq on Facebook after more than 20 years. Now they’ll have a wedding thrown by Jamie’s Dream Team.
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CreditJohanna Goodman Always the Reporter, Never the Bride
I have been reminded that sometimes love does conquer all. That teamwork does exist. That maybe, there can be a happy ending.
Binge Read Featured Couples
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Credit Molly Cohen, Daniel Miller
Daniel Miller proposed to Molly Cohen in 2015 at their favorite diner, where the special of the day on the chalkboard wall was “Marry Me Molly.’’
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The couple met through Tinder in March 2013.
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Credit Katherine Haves, Gabriel Malitzky
A Brooklyn charter school principal and a credit analyst, who met on the dating app JSwipe, to wed at the Rainbow Room.
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Credit Benjamin Toff, Andrew Tangel
The couple met in New York and were married at the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum in Tucson.
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Credit Weijia Jiang, Luther Lowe
A White House CBS News correspondent and a vice president of global public policy at Yelp met in 2004 at the College of William & Mary.
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Credit Two Chance Meetings, and a Romance Takes Flight
A pair of hard-driven professionals make their connection on the way to business meetings in Shanghai.
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Credit Love Rocks — And So Does a Walk Down the Aisle With Debbie Harry
Belvy Klein, a co-founder of the nightclub Brooklyn Bazaar, and Dana Steinberg, a lawyer, are married after more than 10 years of harmony together.
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Credit Headfirst With a Helmet, and Headlong Without
The bride, who is working toward the 2022 Olympics, is used to going full speed into anything she does — including love.
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Credit Their First Adventures Began on a Slow Bus
Two very different travelers (guidebooks and maps are her bible; he prefers to get lost and explore) find their way to love.
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Credit A New Life for an Old-School Couple
Widowed 80-somethings team up: “Together we have 105 years worth of experience being married. So we like to tell people we’re pretty sure we know what we’re doing.”
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Credit For Starters, Snoop Dogg and Neil Gorsuch
The couple’s contrasting political leanings allowed for healthy debate on their way to marriage.
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Credit Superman Locks Up a Heart in Tokyo
A lawyer and a rugby coach find love in Tokyo on Tinder.
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Credit The Delay Game Worked for Both of Them
Maurice Cheeks II was put off by Angelina Darrisaw when they first met, then she wasn’t ready to date when he finally reached out. Now they’ve scored.
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Credit A Commitment for More Than One Lifetime
Brit Benjamin and Patri Friedman, who met at the Seasteading Institute in Oakland, Calif., embrace the theory of transhumanism.
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Credit A New Life and Language, 7,000 Miles From Home
The couple met and fell in love in Shanghai, when he was working there and she was taking a Chinese language course.
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Credit Make the Friends Happy. Don’t Have a Wedding Party.
A growing number of couples are opting to not have bridesmaids and groomsmen. They want to spare friends and family the hassle and expense.
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Credit The Marriage Is Over, but the Jewelry Is Mine
Give back the ring and other bling? Nah. It could pay for summer camp. Or be made into a bracelet or necklace.
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Credit Bridal Parties Mix It Up With Bridesmen and Groom’s Gals
“I still can’t figure out when the boys walk down the aisle. Do they do it with the bridesmaids, or do they stand on the side of the groom? Is he going to wear heels?”
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Credit The Bridal Shop Just Closed. How to Rescue the Day.
Don’t despair — there are ways to find another dress like the one you loved.
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Credit Want a Fabulous Wedding? Consider Eloping
Some couples are spending $15,000 or more for their dream nuptials — without inviting many of their closest family and friends.
