Stephen Klein recalled answering his phone on May 27, 2002, and being told that his mother was taken to a hospital near her home in Cocoa Beach, Fla. “It was tough to deal with, and so I went to the place where I would go when I needed to clear my head: Central Park,” said…
“My next thought was, Oh, this is a date, because we had been flirting,” she said. “He had also paid for my meal.” “I dropped my water and made a big mess, but it went really well,” Mr. White said. “We sat outside, she told me that she was still married, which was news to…
Brandon writes: My fiancée, Ashley, is against wedding traditions like the garter toss and particularly the “cake smash,” where bride and groom smear frosting on each other’s face. But I’m a big fan of these traditions! Please order a cake-smash compromise. The easiest and most just path is to split the difference: Ashley shoves a…
Dr. Olivia Janssen was clear that she did not want a public proposal. So when Andrew Perra got down on one knee, he knew he had to get creative. When the couple vacationed on Panarea, an island north off the coast of Sicily, Italy, in the summer of 2019 and found a remote hike, Mr.…
It was supposed to be just a one-night stand. Instead, Karina Lopez, 33, and Curtis Rogers, 35, have been together for 12 years and even own three businesses together now, all based in Manhattan and Buffalo, N.Y. — KC Public Relations; KC You There, a wedding planning and design company; and Minibar Mobile. The two…
Despite now undertaking a doctoral degree in psychology at Pepperdine University, Mr. Song, 26, continued to land D.J. gigs. In the summer of 2016 after Ms. Kinsolving’s graduation, while watching their favorite D.J. in a Las Vegas club, the duo became an “official” couple. Within weeks, the two would “unofficially” move in together. While working…
John Zey was 50 years old when he asked Avis Ranney permission to date her 46-year-old daughter, Kris Ranney, in September 2018. Though the question was a formality, he wasn’t sure the answer would be yes. Mr. Zey’s interactions with Avis Ranney had become unpredictable. “She started having memory issues a year or two before…
It was through music, not movement, that Julie Benko and Jason Yeager first introduced themselves as a married couple to their 107 friends and family members. After their June 5 ceremony in New York’s Hudson Valley, the bride and groom performed “Always,” a song Ms. Benko wrote for Mr. Yeager in the first few months…
As a child, Kevin Brousard loved the surf vibe of his hometown San Clemente, Calif., where his family lived for several generations. Born with a genetic disability that left him partially sighted but legally blind, he spent many idyllic days bodysurfing, though that didn’t cancel out the relentless bullying and teasing he received from schoolmates.…
Though Dr. Jennifer Berman devoted her life to urology and studying women’s sexual health, she made room for “divine organization.” A 2018 “Oprah” episode on manifesting love inspired her to scribble down traits of an ideal mate, even how he would look, “although that wasn’t a big part of it,” she said. After a high-conflict…