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Anand Goyal and Sabrina Pervez began their relationship as teenagers attending nearby high schools, but it always felt serious to both of them.

Lauren Hobbs and Neal Thomas Yakopin were in sync from the moment Mr. Yakopin became the drummer for her country duo, the Hobbs Sisters. But it took Mr. Yakopin a beat to ask her out.

“Everyone says that’s always a big test,” Allison Cai said of her first international vacation with Kurt Galbraith. The two were in the same social circle, but didn’t begin dating until months after meeting.

Ingrid Retzer had a rule to neither date nor marry a fellow police officer — until she met Amelia Ragsdale almost three years ago.