Finding Love on a 14-Hour Layover

Despite being raised on different continents and residing in different countries, Andrea Mendoza and Victor Aguilera were not deterred from pursuing a relationship after they met in Munich during Oktoberfest in September 2016. “She was pretty, smart, interesting — of course I had to keep in contact, even if the distance was huge,” Mr. Aguilera…

Can We Fall Out of Love?

To hear more audio stories from publications like The New York Times, download Audm for iPhone or Android. In May 2020, Omar Ruiz found himself with a broken heart. “My wife told me she was no longer in love with me,” and shortly thereafter, the couple, who had been married 11 years, separated. Not only…

He Had a ‘Hunch’ They’d Get Hitched

When Janelle Ashley Clark accompanied her friend Tiara Lewis to a 2007 service at the Resurrection Deliverance Church International in Yonkers, N.Y., she encountered a “tall, handsome and very talented” man playing the piano. That man was David Christopher Funchess, who said he was attracted to Ms. Clark as soon as she walked through the…

The Smooch That Sealed the Deal

By the end of their first date at Mother Burger, a restaurant in Manhattan’s Hell’s Kitchen neighborhood, in late June 2015, Megan Cunningham O’Conor had sensed something special in Thomas Peter Cordell. “I’m not always the easiest person to get along with,” said Ms. O’Conor, 30, “but he seemed like the perfect man for me.”…