At Mother of Junk, a thrift emporium in Brooklyn, Emma Choi examined a rubber triceratops and invented a back story for a Miss Piggy figurine. “We should go before I buy something,” she said. Ms. Choi, 23, has built a career out of riffing on weird stuff. Still a few weeks away from her graduation from Harvard,…
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Just after Kimberly Lauren France and Paul Richard Green met on Tinder in early April 2021, Mr. Green floated an idea. Instead of getting to know each other through the app, they should set up a first date and, in the meantime, Google each other. Ms. France, who goes by Kim, agreed to the plan,…
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In October 2021, while they were in his apartment in Williamsburg, he asked her: “So are you my girlfriend or what?” (She said yes.) “I texted my mom later. I was like, ‘A boy asked me to be his girlfriend,’” Ms. O’Connor said. “I was 37.” [Click here to binge read this week’s featured couples.]…
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Since moving thousands of miles apart, Cassidy Aria Melissa Benn and Marcini Anthony Grosvenor had only seen one another on five visits before getting married. Before the move, the two had been good friends for years, meeting at Grace Temple Assembly of God Church in Guyana, a small South American nation. “So we basically always…
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I decided to get a puppy. To prepare, I created a spreadsheet with the traits I wanted: non-shedding, friendly, with a happy walk and minimal drooling. I talked to dog-loving friends, researched trainers and read Zak George’s “Dog Training Revolution: The Complete Guide to Raising the Perfect Pet with Love.” What I didn’t do is…
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At their first meeting, Paul Justin Kremer was feeling a bit nervous in front of Stephanie Blair Turner. They were having happy hour drinks at the now-closed Beer Bar in Midtown in November 2013. Mr. Kremer had seen Ms. Turner’s picture on Facebook and had requested that a mutual friend make an introduction. Mr. Kremer,…
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Mr. Sperling was struck by Ms. Schoenfeld’s kindness and the energy she brought to their conversations. Ms. Schoenfeld, who is originally from Stamford, Conn., but spent time in Manhattan growing up, works as a travel and lifestyle manager at Roman & Erica Inc., a luxury travel and lifestyle management firm based in New York. Mr.…
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