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Vows, weddings, Modern Love and more.

Vows, weddings, Modern Love and more.

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  1. PhotoCaitlin Halla and Sam Thirlwall after their backyard wedding April 30 in Portland, Ore. The groom’s daughters joined the couple as they greeted family and friends who watched online.
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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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  2. PhotoRenee Dutcher and Teo Alfero at their California home with their pet wolf-dogs.
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    STATE OF THE UNIONS

    Lessons on Marriage and Life from the Wolf-Dogs

    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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    PhotoDr. Kerry-Anne Perkins and Michael Gordon in Philadelphia’s Logan Square June 6 during the Black Lives Matter march. Protesters took a moment to cheer the couple moments before their wedding.
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    ‘Just Plain Love’ Among the Protesters

    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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  2. PhotoAdam Ouanes, left, and Brad Luna married June 6 at the Church of Saint Luke and the Epiphany in Philadelphia.
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    Solidarity in a Wedding and a March

    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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    PhotoMelody Thuston and Damion Cowan met in 2006 at Alabama A&M University. They were married April 25 at Boone Tabernacle Church of God in Christ in Kansas City, Mo. After the ceremony they returned to her parents house to celebrate.
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    Their Wedding Day Was ‘Divinely Appointed’

    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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  4. PhotoDana Sliva and Paul Alcock Jr., who had planned to wed in June before the coronavirus outbreak, were one of 45 couples married on the grounds of the Glencliff Manor, an events space in Rustburg, Va., that offered free weddings to couples whose weddings were postponed or canceled because of the pandemic.
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    When She Hears a Crying Bride, ‘It’s All Over’

    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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Mini-Vows

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    A Good Story to Tell Their Future Children

    “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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  2. PhotoChristian Messina and Alyssa Bello after their wedding May 30 at St. Athanasius Church in Brooklyn.
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    You and Me and Quarantine

    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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    A Shooting Star, and Then Sparks Flew

    The couple met in 2014 in Washington when they were interns for two senators from North Carolina from opposing parties.

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    Her Sixth-Grade Crush Grew Up

    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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    The Future Seen in a Cat Food Bowl

    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

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Vows

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  1. PhotoBri Houk, left, and Lindsey Leaverton posed for photographs as the cars streamed into their parking lot ceremony on April 28 at Doc’s Drive-In Theatre in Buda, Texas.
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    Pass the Popcorn and Shhh! The Wedding Is About to Start

    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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  2. PhotoKirsten Wazalis and Glenn Leader receive cheers from friends and family after marrying at their Philadelphia home on April 24.
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    They Both Found Their Jukebox Hero

    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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  3. PhotoDeepika Subbiah and Michael Cicoria met seven years ago as students at Drexel University. She now works for an advertising and public relations agency; he is an engineer.
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    A Very Small Family Gathering Will Do This Time

    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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  4. PhotoAshley Gruber and Jeph Mwaituka were married March 21 at the home of Ms. Gruber’s brother, Cory Gruber, in Pelham, Ala.
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    The Little Wedding on the Deck

    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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  5. PhotoSophia Newman and Jason Leverett were married March 29 in Chicago in front of a floral mural by the Chinese-American artist Louise Jones, a.k.a. Ouizi.
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    A Significant, Yet Ordinary, Sunday in Chicago

    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.

Self-Care

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Field Notes

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    Creating a Name for Themselves

    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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    Wedding Insurance 101

    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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  3. PhotoIn the last seven years, Monique Proctor, who is a full-time D.J. and is known as DJ Smiles Davis, has performed at more than 200 weddings. “I’m really good at creating the right energy for the moment,” she said.
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    Questions for a Wedding D.J.

    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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Unhitched

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    Challenged to Sustain Their Lifestyle

    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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    Pulled Apart by Addiction

    Eli Falk and Rina Shapiro say expectations from their upbringing and Jewish communities caused them to marry prematurely.

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    The Perfect Divorce

    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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Binge Read Featured Couples

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  1. PhotoSamuel and Ayelet in Central Park
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    Ayelet Bentley, Samuel Tbeile

    They met in college and became a couple about a year later while on a Birthright Israel trip.

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    Kathy Su, Eric Schultz

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

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    Emily Herzberg, Samuel Dowd

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