Author: Tammy LaGorce

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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.

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Domenico Montanaro, the senior political editor at NPR, and Courtney Norris, a senior producer for “PBS NewsHour,” first met during an online news quiz tournament in 2017.

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Morgan Hoit and Dylan Pager, who met at work seven years ago, enlisted their roommates in organizing a game night. The hangout went so well that the two deleted their dating apps.

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Ladi Fatade felt an instant attraction to Kimberly Alexander after seeing her dating app profile three years ago. “It gave me a window into her personality,” he said.

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When Christopher Anderson and Joan Winter first met in elementary school, they felt an instant connection. They picked up where they left off when they reunited as adults over a half-century later.

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When Kenneth Felts began work on a memoir at age 90, he found himself filled with regrets over a secret gay love affair. So he came out — privately and publicly — which inspired Johnny Hau to do the same.