

John Otis
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At the End of a Road Trip, a Romantic Detour
Elizabeth Solomon traveled the country during the pandemic. She met Gero Geilenbruegge during a stopover in Naples, Fla. — and decided to stay.

He Wasn’t a ‘Bot,’ but Quickly Became Her Partner
Veronica Fitzpatrick and Kevin Fay met through the dating app Hinge in November 2022, and less than a year later, they became engaged.

A First Date She Nearly Called Off
Blair Smith and Alec Hall met on a gloomy winter night, but their time together took a celebratory turn when he popped a bottle of...

She Swapped Her ‘Spinsterlicious Life’ for Him
Eleanore Wells loved her single, child-free life so much that she wrote a book about it. Then, at 60, she moved to Australia where she...

Four Decades Later, a Yearbook Prediction Comes to Fruition
Andrew Gottlieb had a crush on his good friend Steuart Osha. When they reconnected years later, things finally turned romantic.

In One Magical Moment, He Fell Under Her Spell
Matthew Majchrzak and Emily McCormick might have met while role-playing fantasy characters, but the feelings they developed were real.

Two Bar Patrons Step Into a Twitter Feed
Tina Survilla Lindell and Cesar Kuriyama, who met at the start of the pandemic, connected over the temporary closing of their favorite bar.

To Keep His Own Proposal a Secret, He Lied About a Wedding
When the opera singers Nicholas Martorano and Elizabeth Novella first met, they knew something was meant to be.

A Love for Service and Each Other
Ana Lejava and Nickolas Calbos had dates all over the world. “I was acting out of my gut, not out of my brain,” Ms. Levaja...

A Note From Irving Berlin, the ‘Nation’s Songwriter’
The lyricist and composer wrote thousands of compositions — and one stern letter to The New York Times.