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A Date to Remember
Sam Thirlwall and Caitlin Halla met at work and felt an instant connection. Slack messages became text messages became long emails, and then a first date.
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Sam Thirlwall and Caitlin Halla met at work and felt an instant connection. Slack messages became text messages became long emails, and then a first date.
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The author learned that loving is just as much about holding on as it is letting go.
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Hannah Bronfman and Brendan Fallis are spending time in the kitchen and the yard instead of their usual evenings playing live events.
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Renee Dutcher and Teo Alfero have learned to be better partners and parents in their work rescuing, rehabilitating and training wolf-dogs at their California sanctuary.
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Their wedding was supposed to be hush-hush. And then it was enveloped in a Philadelphia Black Lives Matter protest march and went viral.
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Brad Luna and Adam Ouanes’s first act as a married couple was to applaud Black Lives Matters protesters walking by the church. It was an act returned by the protesters.
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Melody Thuston and Damion Cowan had to scale down their celebration because of the coronavirus, and when their original officiant couldn’t attend, her father, a bishop, stepped in.
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Teresa Clayton (and her husband, Steve Clayton) gave 45 couples the opportunity to marry for free last month at their wedding venue in Virginia. Distress over social restrictions led to many ‘happy tears’ in the end.
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“I will never forget how beautiful Katherine looked walking down the driveway, er, aisle,” Jason Perez said, laughing, about his wife, Ms. Hernandez.
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Alyssa Bello and Christian Messina found their wedding plans upended like so many others but still managed to marry in Brooklyn.
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The couple met in 2014 in Washington when they were interns for two senators from North Carolina from opposing parties.
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Anthony Forbers never paid much attention to Wendy Hopkins in middle school, but he did take notice a few decades later.
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They met on Craigslist when he was looking for an apartment close to his medical residency, and she was desperately seeking a roommate.
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Modern Love in miniature, featuring reader-submitted stories of no more than 100 words.

This week, the Modern Love podcast revisits an essay about the need to acknowledge race in interracial relationships.

If this were real life, I would have ended it. But this was no longer real life.
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The host of “Patriot Act” reads an essay about how past trauma informs the present.

Modern Love in miniature, featuring reader-submitted stories of no more than 100 words.
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Two brides, Lindsey Leaverton and Bri Houk, shared their happy ending (or is it a beginning?) on the big screens at Doc’s Drive-In Theatre in Buda, Texas.
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Kirsten Wazalis and Glenn Leader initially planned to marry two years ago. Then life, and the coronavirus, got in the way.
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Deepika Subbiah and Michael Cicoria each come from large families. They had hoped to celebrate their wedding with more than 300 guests. Those plans changed.
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Ashley Gruber and Jeph Mwaituka had originally invited 230 guests to their church wedding in Birmingham, Ala. But, almost everyone stayed home and watched online, from near and far.
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Sophia Newman and Jason Leverett were married on a city sidewalk, then they walked back to their apartment and watched one of their favorite Marvel movies. It wasn’t what they had planned for their wedding day, but it was all they needed for now.

As the pandemic approached its peak, online retailers saw sales spike.
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The singer and dancer loves her skin. Here’s why.
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Some pros share their tips for doing your makeup while masking.
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Quakerism goes virtual, offering an intimate window into silent worship.
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Graduation can be exciting or sad or somewhere in between. Here’s how to mark your accomplishments.
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The coronavirus has forced couples to reschedule or plan quarantine-approved celebrations. Experts share some how-to tips for navigating alternative plans.
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As some married couples seek to join their identities, while also acknowledging they are equals, they are combining surnames or are creating entirely new ones.
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Hiding a bulky engagement ring box can be tricky before the big ask. Here are a few products and tips for keeping the ring concealed.
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Want to protect yourself in the event of a wedding mishap, severe weather conditions or a vendor incident? Here’s what to consider before getting wedding insurance.
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Monique Proctor, who changed her name to DJ Smiles Davis 11 years ago, talks about playlists, fees and her favorite wedding moments.
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Therapy and fancy vacations couldn’t remove the strain on this couple’s marriage, which was brought about by ongoing financial problems.
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Eli Falk and Rina Shapiro say expectations from their upbringing and Jewish communities caused them to marry prematurely.
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The couple endured many changes in their long marriage. But the space between them grew when he took up sailing and she opened her own restaurants.
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The two remained friends despite the challenges of their divorce. Now their new relationship focuses on parenting.
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Family comes first for a couple, even after separation. Their advice? “Have compassion for each other and don’t say anything to the kids until you have a plan.”
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They met in college and became a couple about a year later while on a Birthright Israel trip.

The couple met in 2017 through OkCupid and had their first date at a whiskey bar in New York.


The couple met on the dating app Bumble, and, boldly, spent their second and third dates answering “36 questions that lead to love.”
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