Author: Tammy LaGorce

The New York Times – Fashion & Style:

Once Margaret Kretzmer got past the photo of Patrick Pennel on a flamingo float on his dating profile, the pair bonded over their mutual love for baseball.

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Alan Patricof and Barbara Guggenheim had socialized since the 1970s. By the end of 2022, everything had changed.

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After meeting at a party seven years ago, Robert Conner was determined to see Maggie Steffens, an Olympic gold medalist, again — even if it meant traveling hundreds of miles to do so.

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A bite of bruschetta helped lay the foundation for the relationship between the conductor Michael Repper and Vanessa Moody. That honesty served them well when she was diagnosed with a brain tumor.

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When performers Kayla Pecchioni and Colin Barkell met at a Tonys viewing party, a kitten named Paw McCatney helped break the ice.

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Joseph Potenzano and Mary Elkind first met at a wedding in 1959, but it would be decades before they rekindled their short-lived romance (karaoke helped).

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On their first date, Bruce Hager and Florence Buchanan bonded over the deaths of their mothers. At their wedding, the couple imagined them “clinking teacups” in celebration.