Patricia Gillespie and Alvaro Pérez Abrahantes, both documentary filmmakers, met over art in Cuba and, after a temporary separation for work, resumed their developing romance in New York.

To secure a hard-to-get reservation, Carrie Seim said she was celebrating a proposal. Little did she know, Clarke Adams was planning one.

Emma Gray and Adam Chadroff’s romance grew stronger during the pandemic when Mr. Chadroff would walk from his Manhattan apartment to Ms. Gray’s place in Brooklyn several times a week to see her.

Marnina Wirtschafter and Micah O’Konis, who are now a comedic musical duo called Couplet, lived across town from each other in Los Angeles (which could have been a deal breaker). They went on a date anyway.