If not for the political turmoil of the last few years, Eric Ostrow and Scott Linder would probably not be planning to celebrate their 28th anniversary in December as a newly married couple. “I always used to tease Eric: We’ll just be like Kurt Russell and Goldie Hawn — no need to get married,” Mr.…
Three years ago, David Gracey was going through the breakup of his marriage of 25 years. He still lived with one of his two children and his two dogs, but found himself with more alone time now. Whenever he had a free moment, he would pass the time by playing Words with Friends, a multiplayer…
Although the summer opened with promises, or threats — depending on your perspective — of a “hot girl summer” and a “hot vax summer,” the surge of the highly contagious Delta variant may have, at least for now, dashed hopes of a hedonistic few months. But there’s another group whose plans weren’t so contingent on…
Brittany Muszynski remembers the old saying about all brides being beautiful. But when her own wedding was approaching, she started doubting it. “I thought, ‘I’m going to feel so ugly when I get married,’” she said. Ms. Muszynski expected to meet her fiancé, Mickey Majzik, at the altar partially bald and with a stubbly scalp…
Kendall Anne Michaelis and Michael Joseph Harrell started out as high school sweethearts. They met and began dating in 2005 when he was a junior and she was a sophomore at Wheeler High School in Marietta, Ga. And like many high school sweethearts, Ms. Michaelis, 31, and Mr. Harrell, 32, were off again on again…
“Her legs are a lot shorter than mine and I kept turning around to make sure she was there, but I was walking a lot faster than she was,” said Mr. Poorman, now 33. “At one point, I looked back, and she just wasn’t there. I was pretty shook.” Her version of the story tells…
Two weeks before Melissa Leigh Hochman of Brooklyn met Dr. Alexander William Peters of Manhattan in January 2017, their train had already come in — on the tracks of the new Second Avenue subway, that is. “We often joke that the new Q train made our relationship possible, as it cut our commute down from…
Chris Wiggins moved to Manhattan with two friends in 2013 after they graduated from the University of Central Florida in Orlando. They split a one-bedroom apartment in Manhattan’s South Street Seaport neighborhood. At the same time, Annie Jackson moved into the same building with two of her friends. Soon after they settled in, Taylor Klessens,…
Mr. Pasqualone agreed. “The biggest thing that has brought us together has been the concept of family,” he said, choking back tears. “That was so important to me, because when I saw her with my children, and how she interacts with them, and how she interacts with my parents, it’s just something I love seeing.”…
“We talked about investing in youth, the Jesuit tradition of giving back, and the loss of his older sister,” a few months earlier, she said. He appreciated her empathy and “positivity” and could not wait to see her again. They began hanging out, but Jan. 4, 2013 stood out the most — dinner at Georgia…