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Sarah and Jeff, finance professionals from New Jersey and Maryland, respectively, met on the dating app Coffee Meets Bagel. For their first date, they went to the now defunct Clarendon restaurant Fuego (“RIP”, they say), and two and a half years later, Jeff proposed on Saturday afternoon at their home in Arlington. “After brunch with
Helen and Jeff met by chance one day when Helen filled in for a realtor who was supposed to show Jeff, who’d just returned to Northern Virginia from an overseas stint with the Marines, a few houses. They spent the day together—at first bonding over a shared love for ice hockey—and the rest, the couple
Taylor, a graphic designer from Maryland, and Matthew, a journalist from South Dakota, met online. Taylor says she was taken by how sweet and intelligent he was; Matthew says “being with Taylor was as easy as breathing, and for me, just as necessary.” (*Swoon*) Three years after their first date, Matthew proposed on Christmas Eve
The commercialization, the manufactured romance, the pressure to get it all just right: There’s a lot not to love about Valentine’s Day. (And this—author’s note—comes from someone who just spent six weeks watching Hallmark Christmas movies one after another). If Valentine’s Day, with its heart-shaped candy and balloon-toting teddy bears, isn’t your significant other’s thing,
Jenny, a plastic surgeon from Indiana, and Ben, an equity research analyst from South Carolina, got engaged on a hike at Great Falls two years after a first date at now-defunct Kith and Kin. Their intimate, outdoor April wedding at the Goodstone Inn in Middleburg included a traditional Chinese tea ceremony. For a personal touch,