We had a mutual friend, Stephanie, who had introduced us via AIM 13 years ago when we were 16 years old. Shirley was weird and awkward - even more so in person. It was her unique personality that attracted me because I, too, was purposely weird and awkward with friends in school. We started dating after a few years of being friends. The more we dat...

John and I grew up in the same neighborhood, went to the same high school, and even ended up at the same college in Buffalo. Although we went to the same school, we never had class together. And even though we had mutual friends, we never met each other. Throughout the years, we must have walked by each other countless times but never had the oppor...

Our love story began September 2012, the first day of our college A&P class. I was one of the first students to arrive, since being late is one of my biggest pet peeves. I was sitting waiting for class to begin, when Danny walked in. He seemed lost and flustered. He turned right towards me and asked if this was A&P 101. I told him it was and he exp...

Our story dates back to 2010 when we met at a party in Scranton, PA for his 21 st Birthday. His friend from high school coincidentally was dating my best friend in college. It was almost as if forces drew us together, but we didn’t know it was supposed to be that way until much later. I was instantly attracted to him. His outgoing personality and b...

Our Story Beginnings: We met through some mutual friends. I was hanging with some of my besties in the Spring of 09' (at one of their boyfriends place, who Fareed also happened to be friends with). We all decided to play a few board games (taboo and jenga), because who doesn't love board games. As fate would have it, Fareed sucked terribly at t...