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 | February 2013 - Hillary Barry & Philip Buuck
Philip and I met at a New Years Eve party, though there was no kiss at midnight. We had met through mutual friends, spoke briefly, and went our separate ways. Little to my knowledge, Philip was trying to get my attention all night. |
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 | November 2012 - Kathryn Scott & Johnny Bartos
Johnny and I met back in December 2009, the day after Christmas. I was visiting one of my good friends in the suburbs and she had two other friends come out, one was Johnny. |
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 | August 2012 - Stephanie Johnson & Russ Peters
Russ and I had our first date in the fall of 2010. We had both been in previous long term relationships, and I was extremely nervous. We met up at a bowling alley and after I got my nerves in check the date went on perfectly. |
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 | May 2012 - Alejandra LaVerne & Kevin O'Brien
Kevin and Alejandra met during their Freshman year at The University of Notre Dame. They had many mutual friends, crossed each others' paths every now-and-then at "dorm parties" and had many of the same classes together since their majors were both pre-med majors. |
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 | February 2012 - Tonia Romo & Seth Hanson
My fiancé, Seth and I met in July 2011. We met online on OkCupid.com. Our initial interaction was quite unique. I didn’t have a profile on the website and instead had posted several pictures in lieu of answering questions. I contacted him with a very simple message, “Hi, how are you?” |
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 | September 2011 - Kelly DeLuca & Jack Reilly
This story began 16 years ago …when we were in 8th grade and ended up seated next to one another in 3 of our classes. At the age of 13 we found our “first love” in one another. We began dating July 8th, 1996. Everything was new and we shared many first time memories together. In the process we grew up together. |
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 | February 2011 - Kristen Koehler
We had our first date at a neighborhood tapas restaurant. Michael ordered anchovies which I ate, although a really hate them. We really like each other so when our study time ended, I decided to change my flight and spend some time backpacking throughout Europe with him and some friends. |
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 | September 2010 - Carolyn Benesh
Chris and I met in early 2008 when our friends were dating. We hit it off right away, but it took a couple of months before he asked me out. When he did, he took me out to dinner to a place that a friend suggested as a good first date spot. We both stared at the menu not knowing what to order for a while, since the food didn’t appeal to either of us, but neither wanted to seem unsophisticated. We both ended up ordering BLTs with no mayo, which was luckily a special that evening. |
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 | May 2010 - Jamie Rosinski
I think every girl dreams about marrying someone who will be their best friend. I’m lucky enough to say that I am marrying my best friend and we couldn’t be happier! Adam and I met at a local town festival for the first time in the summer of 2005. We attended the same high school but never knew each other. After meeting for the first time through mutual friends, we became friends immediately. |
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 | February 2010 - Gretchen Erstad
Scott and I originally met in high school. I was a year ahead of him and we had several mutual friends. We were more of acquaintances, though, and didn’t know each other very well. |
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 | November 2009 - Shannon Scalamogna
Chris and I met in the fall of 2006. A close mutual friend of ours set us up on a date. Chris is very shy, and hardly spoke directly to me, but kept flirting and making jokes all night. I was definitely the more aggressive one. I would call or text him and try to make plans with him…I even asked him out! |
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 | September 2009 - Taryn Minelli
I met Michael in high school. He was a senior, I was a sophomore and we became fast-friends. We were together a lot and after Michael left for college we continued to talk as friends. When he would come home from school we would spend all our time together and loved each other's company. |
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 | March 2009 - Michelle Flater
Last August Aris surprised me with a trip to Mackinack Island in Michigan. The island is really unique, as there are no cars allowed. You have to take a ferry to the island, and the only transportation is by bike or horse drawn carriage. Aris had been giving me hints all week of where we were going. I was convinced we were headed to Minnesota… until of course we got on the highway headed the opposite way. |
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 | November 2008 - Karen Dare
You could say that Gary and I met at a biker bar. If you want to be technical, you could say that we met online, although it's much more entertaining to tell the former. After a few weeks of get-to-know-ya e-mails, we decided to get together at a central location somewhere between Wheeling and Evanston, where I lived at the time. Using Google we looked up the restaurants in the area and found what seemed to be a nice, wholesome place. So we decided to meet there. I remember getting out of m |
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 | August 2008 - Sara Czarnecki
I met Chuck at Lake Forest College late in the school year in 2000 when I was a freshman and he was a senior. Our connection was instant and we spent a lot of time together in the last few months of school. Unfortunately, Chuck’s graduation day came quickly and we went our separate ways. Over the summer, we thought about each other a lot, but only kept in touch by a few random emails. |
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 | May 2008 - Anne Stadnyk
My fiancé, Dean, and I met 13 years ago through mutual friends. Ironically on the 13th anniversary of the day we first met, we were sitting around the kitchen table at our pastor’s home, going over the details of our wedding ceremony. |
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 | February 2008 - Melanie Assem
Doug & I met while we were both in college at Eastern Illinois University. I was a member of Delta Sigma Pi, a co-ed professional business fraternity, when Doug decided to pledge. Within weeks of us meeting, we were falling for each other. We tried to stay "just friends" because Doug was going to be studying abroad in The Netherlands the next semester (my last semester at EIU). Before we knew it, we were in love! |
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 | November 2007 - Jennifer Kramer
Zach and I had first met through a mutual friend in high school. This was a story of love at first sight! Once we got together, we dated through the rest of high school.
I graduated before Zach, so I went off to college, and he continued high school. This was the hardest time in our relationship. It was difficult to leave him behind, but I knew that education was important and our relationship would survive. Two years later, Zach went off to college. This made things a bit easier because |
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 | August 2007 - Rikki Eberhardt
Teddy and I first met freshman year of High School, he was on the football team and I was on the swim team, so we would occasionally run into one other. Teddy and I never talked to each other, it was always just an awkward smile as we were walking by each other. The first time we talked he called me to ask me to homecoming, I was ecstatic but I already had a date so I had to turn him down.
After high school I went straight to work as a dental assistant and Teddy went on to play football for W |
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 | May 2007 - Amy Schulte
My Fiancé Mark and I met in the basement of St. Alphonsus Church in Chicago, playing in the church volleyball league. One week, I misread my schedule and showed up an hour early for a game and found myself standing around the sidelines in the gym, trying to figure out what to do with myself when a nice girl came trotting up to me and asked if I wanted to sub in for a girl on their team who hadn’t shown up. |
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 | February 2007 - Rebecca Pollok
We met at work and were friends for several years before our first date—watching a Bears playoff game at my house. We had pizza, beer and our first kiss. |
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 | November 2006 - Meghan Collins
Pete and I met on match.com. He was my third online date and the others had gone so badly that I was skeptical. I had seen his profile before but I couldn’t decide if he was funny and sarcastic or just plain weird |
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 | August 2006 - Kristi Houston
An office romance can sometimes be cliché and even a bit scandalous, but not in our case.
My fiancé, Ken, was the first face I saw when I interviewed for an Account Executive position for a telecommunications company in Chicago. |
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 | February 2006 - Anne Los
Do you believe that everything happens for a reason? I know I do! For five years, my fiancé, Nelson and I had several close encounters but never met. We went to the same University, graduated the same day, shared the same acquaintances and even hung out at the same places in Chicago. |
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 | November 2005 - Danielle Bilotto
Cory and I met in September 2003 at a club in Chicago. He was working as a photographer for the event and I was spending the evening with girlfriends. We instantly connected! Not only was I his primary “subject” in front of the camera, we chatted constantly and kept each other company. |
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 | September 2005 - Diana Adrian
John and I started our Journey during the first few months of freshman year at Fremd High School, where we shared the same Spanish class. |
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 | January 2005 - Anna Cushing
Bob and I are both transplants to Chicago – he’s from Long Island and I’m from Southern California. We met through work 3 ½ years ago while both working in advertising sales at different companies. |
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 | October 2004 - Julie Provenzano
When Julie Provenzano first heard that she had won the Loyal Bride Giveaway, she and her fiancé were both so excited! After careful thought, they chose the Sybaris package to use as their honeymoon getaway. |
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 | August 2004 - Julie Schultz
Julie was speechless when she first heard from Chicago Weddingpages that she was the winner of the Loyal Bride Giveaway contest. She was overwhelmed with the choices from our list of prizes. |
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 | June 2004 - Jennifer Brody
Planning a wedding can be an exhausting and time-consuming task. But our Loyal Bride Giveaway Winner Jennifer Brody and her fiancé John received the perfect remedy: a “Night on the Town Package” complete with dinner, theater tickets, and a horse-drawn carriage ride for two. |
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 | January 2004 - Kellie O'Connell
Kellie O’Connell was both surprised and happy when she was chosen as the winner of the Chicago Weddingpages Loyal Bride Giveaway. She had a difficult time choosing from the wonderful list of prizes, but after some deliberation she selected the perfect escape for the weary bride-to-be: a night on the town. |
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