Genevieve Elise Becker and Charles Parker McCarty met through a mutual friend when they were Washington interns in 2014 for two North Carolina senators — she for Kay R. Hagan, a Democrat, and he for Richard M. Burr, a Republican. “We were obviously both interested in politics, but neither of us was combative or hard-core,”…
When Katherine Hernandez and Jason Perez were each asked to describe their 10-year relationship in a single word, they simultaneously blurted out the same word: amazing. But four months ago, Ms. Hernandez, 36, and Mr. Perez, 37, were feeling anything but amazing when they realized their wedding had to be scaled back because of the…
In 1979, in a middle school homeroom in Detroit, Wendy Hopkins sat next to Anthony Forbers and developed a crush. “He was the smartest kid in the classroom,” she said. “We never met outside of school, just talked in the classroom. General kids conversating.” After heading off to different high schools, they lost touch. Mr.…
This was not the wedding that Alyssa Bello and Christian Messina had imagined. Like so many other couples affected by the coronavirus, Ms. Bello said it was “an emotional roller coaster” to get to their May 30 ceremony at St. Athanasius, a Roman Catholic church in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn. The couple met in December 2015 at…
Dr. Richard Gregory Ellis and Jana Groh connected in April 2017 on Craigslist while he was looking for an apartment in Cambridge, Mass., and she was desperately seeking a roommate before her lease was up. “I had two different offers,’’ said Dr. Ellis, who was taking a medical Spanish course in Ecuador before starting a…
On June 6, in Philadelphia’s Logan Square, outside a hotel that wasn’t even open and in the middle of a Black Lives Matter march, Michael Gordon was waiting for his wedding to begin. He heard shouting, and then cheering, clapping and whistling, and the wedding participants — 21 in all, the women in white and…
A familiar soundtrack of police choppers, emergency sirens and rhythmic chants could be heard outside the Church of St. Luke and the Epiphany on June 6 in Philadelphia, where Brad Luna and Adam Ouanes had just been married by the Rev. Robert Smith, an Episcopal priest. Mr. Luna, 43, and Mr. Ouanes, 31, walked out…
Renee Dutcher and Teo Alfero were married outside a tepee on the eve of a full moon, after being walked down the aisle with two of their rescued wolf-dog hybrids. Their wedding, highlighted in a Vows column on May 31, 2013, was held at Wolf Connection, a nonprofit sanctuary in Acton, Calif., founded by Mr.…
When stay-at-home orders went into effect almost three months ago, just about everything became complicated and uncertain. Meeting up with family and friends became a health hazard, grocery shopping required masks and gloves, and for couples who weren’t cohabitating, blossoming romances came to a screeching halt. In this week’s Modern Love essay, the pandemic threatens…
Dr. Jennifer Ross had only been on one date before meeting Tyler LeFevre in April 2014 while she was in veterinary school at Colorado State University. She had always been career-focused and had little time for romance. But she did have time for anime, which is what she was watching when she met Mr. LeFevre…