Real Weddings

It was a rainy evening in March of 2010 when a mutual friend invited Christie Lauren Leli and Salvatore Bacarella to a group outing over

Amber Tyson’s friends were constantly trying to set her up with various bachelors.

Megan Baqeezada and Aryan Davachi met on Santana Row in San Jose, California.

Tanya Kerr-de-Groote and Jamie Fisher met during a road trip to Kingston that was organized by their mutual friend (and future maid of honor).

It was 14 years ago when Shirin Milani and Phillip Helletzgruber met at a discotheque in Kitzbuhel, Austria.

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