A ‘Royal’ Wedding in Brooklyn

Until he met Princess Francois, Andy Estevez felt like the king of lonely hearts. “Put it this way: I was a dork, dork, dork,” he said. “I was completely focused on being the best student when I was growing up and then completely focused on being the best professional as an adult.” The love life…

‘I Only Wish I Had Met Her Sooner’

It may have taken a mutual friend three years to set up Noelle Jasmine Kennedy-White with Charles Joseph Mahoney IV, but the moment they finally met, in the fall of 2017, they knew they were meant to be together. “From the start, we had an incredible connection,” said Mr. Mahoney, 30, an associate specializing in…

Cuddling Once a Day. That Is Their Rule.

Ann Dimock and Richard Olver first met in February 2017 through Stitch.net, a relationship and community-building site with an office in the San Francisco Bay Area. Ms. Dimock had reached out to Mr. Olver, who was all the way across the country in Croton-on-Hudson, N.Y. “Too bad we live far apart,” her message to him…

Their Chemistry Developed Organically

“I don’t remember kissing her — I remember her kissing me,” Dr. Xiao said. “I wasn’t expecting a lot after making out with someone, because it’s college, and people do that,” Ms. Chiang said. “But not Roy. He’s like, ‘Would you be my girlfriend? Would you like to go on a date?’” Thereafter, the two…

The 31st Date Was a Charm

If Gabi Conti learned anything from the exercise in extreme dating she undertook as a writer for Cosmopolitan magazine in 2019, it was to cut through the pleasantries. So when Daren Johnson, whom she met on Bumble that year, failed to live up to her expectations about how a person should conduct himself on a…