Rosalie Radomsky

Chris Marazzo fell for Rose Minutaglio across the crowded backroom at Forlini’s Italian restaurant.

On their third date in Houston, Dr. Daniel Vener asked Andrea Allen if she could picture moving to New Zealand with him in about a year. She said yes.

After 16 years together, Sachi Takahashi-Rial and George Carollo drew up a timeline, which included a decision to legally tie the knot in 2023.

Austin Brown taught Chelsea Wilson how to fly a drone while she was charging her phone. Love took flight later.

Paula Sapion Miranda dazzled Deidre Olsen — who also lived in Germany — with colorful flowers and a line from a Pablo Neruda poem.

Brad Stensrude was seriously committed to Denise Pinto but never wanted to marry again. During a tour of Israel, he had a revelation.

Eugene Daniels and Nate Stephens matched on three dating sites, but it took a while before they finally connected.

Mollie Finkel told her Tawkify matchmaker that her potential partner had to ski and love dogs. Raj Aidasani fit the bill.

Amina Colter and Jason Jones became long-distance pals after he lent her his phone charger during a teen weekend. They began dating 12 years later.

As members of Indianola High School’s class of 1992, Brenda Langstraat and Ve Bui saw each other every five years. Eventually, those reunions led to love.

Before their first date had ended, Jeni Pandolfi and Ginger Thompson each got matching line tattoos of cats, the first of many they would get together.

Ian Slater and Michael McVicker became best friends after arriving at Brown University, where they were on the swim team. By their junior year, they were ready to dive into dating.

Dr. Abby Brecher and Gregory Marcus’s first date was delayed three months, initially because of a cold sore, and then when Covid hit.

At a karaoke competition in 2014, Mary Crowley heard Justin Douds sing “I’m just a bachelor. I’m looking for a partner.” The words rang true three years later.

Brie Neimand noticed Micah McEachen’s tiger tattoo, among others, as she sat next to him at a cupcake tasting in Los Angeles.

After Laird Nelson moved to Seattle from the East Coast, Casey McNerthney made her feel right at home.

Jesse Prestwood-Taylor fell in love with Jennifer Berger after she handled their bout of food poisoning in a sensitive, unflappable way.

Sarah Attermann planned to spend only a couple of weeks in Chicago with Scott Topal during the pandemic. She ended up staying.

Kelly Mulrow and Kevin Quinn recited the first lines from the Latin textbook “Ecce Romani I” on their first date.

Irene Yuan and Colin Evran went on a shopping trip after she criticized his clothes in an interpersonal dynamics class. A makeover, friendship and romance soon followed.