When Anique Hameed first saw Zachary Graham, he was standing about 10 feet away from her inside a Washington nightclub. The distance between them on that occasion, which was a party hosted by the Congressional Black Caucus on Sept. 23, 2017, seemed to give credence to a theory he has. “I honestly believe that up…
By Mike Nahrstedt A Monday afternoon in St. Louis, gray and brisk, and five people gathered outdoors. It was an outdoor ceremony, like so many are these days, but only because that was the best option for a wedding that had been thrown together in less than 24 hours. That’s misleading. Our son, Matt Nahrstedt,…
Although many couples have postponed their weddings because of the coronavirus, others across America are still finding ways to get married, even with stay-at-home orders and countrywide lockdowns. We recently shared the stories of several couples married, against the odds. Did the coronavirus postpone your big wedding plans and you had to plan a last-minute,…
As we battle the coronavirus pandemic, rites of passage are passing us by: graduations, proms, bar mitzvahs. And with weeks dragging into months, thousands of couples also face difficult questions over what to do with their wedding celebrations. I have heard many brides wrestle with feelings of guilt mixed into their sadness. Is it right,…
By now, fashion designers would have been putting their final touches on dresses as they planned lavish runway shows and collection previews in preparation for New York Bridal Fashion Week, which runs April 16-20. But the coronavirus outbreak has forced them to rethink how they should present their latest fashions. In February, the Bridal Council,…
On a rainy day in November I dropped a postcard into the “international” slot outside the post office in Greymouth, a quiet town on the western coast of New Zealand’s South Island. It was perhaps the most ambitious of the 145 postcards I sent in 2019, not because of its content, but because of how…
The first time I was called a serial dater was by my roommate, after I admitted to her that I had two dates set up with two different guys on the same day. I remember being nervous that the first one wouldn’t end in time for the next. The second time was when my friend…
[Sign up here to receive Love Letter, a weekly newsletter about relationship highs, lows and woes, in your inbox every Friday.] Over the past few weeks, the world has begun to look dramatically different. Many people are still adjusting to restrictions aimed at slowing the spread of the coronavirus, separating the things they want from…
Michelle Alexandra Recto and Kevin Kulshrestha were married April 4 at the Rock Creek Park in Washington. The couple received permission and obtained a marriage license from the District of Columbia Marriage Bureau to self-unite. They had originally planned to wed at the Benjamin Brown Graham Memorial Chapel at Washington University in St. Louis before…
Two weeks ago, Ellie Reed, 19, of Oxfordshire, England, drove about 10 miles to the home of her boyfriend, Jordan Cadman, where their Domino’s Pizza delivery would soon arrive — a pepperoni and sweet corn pie for her, and a Texas BBQ pie for him. Then, in separate cars, the couple drove another five miles…