I asked dozens of New Yorkers in love how they met. The answer was always the same.

Every great love story starts with a little bit of courage ...

“She came up to me in line at grand central… I was so surprised, I had no idea people get approached these days… Yeah, it was really awesome. We’ve been together since January. “ “His friends and my friends knew each other so we met when we all went to a concert together two summers ago… It was really funny when he was trying to ask me out in front of all of his friends, but I honestly respect it.” And mine? I met my boyfriend at my old company’s holiday party. At about 12am right before he kissed me, he asked if I’d ever have any character building moments in my life after he vulnerably…

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