We recently asked readers to tell us about the one saved item from their wedding day, or the time leading up to it, that they still cherished today. Here are 10 sentimental stories.
After a year of dating, Adrian Burrus and Quinn Sames began considering marriage. But when the presidential election results were announced, getting married became a priority.
Blair Smith and Alec Hall met on a gloomy winter night, but their time together took a celebratory turn when he popped a bottle of champagne.
When Brianna Brown and Kevin Malinak were introduced in 2015, they didn’t know the dramatic journey the next nine years would hold.
Anastasia Savka and Oleksiy Levchenko met at a rehabilitation facility earlier this year after surviving critical injuries as Ukrainian soldiers.
Some couples have been speeding up plans to marry since the election, and wedding vendors have reached out with free or discounted services.
Un mensaje en una canción puede haber presagiado el diamante marquesa de su anillo.
More couples are skipping the traditional processional to Richard Wagner’s “Bridal Chorus.”
Daniel Howarth and Jonathan Marotto gathered their closest friends and family for a celebration that also happened to be their wedding.
Jocelyn Weigel and Zac Troughton matched on a dating app at the height of the pandemic, when both were lonely and looking for love.
Sobhita Dhulipala and Naga Chaitanya Akkineni bonded over their South Indian roots and a shared language that felt like home. They married in an “intimate” ceremony of 300.
Eleanore Wells loved her single, child-free life so much that she wrote a book about it. Then, at 60, she moved to Australia where she met Anthony Graham.
Solo en la publicación del anuncio del compromiso, Selena Gomez acumuló más de 15 millones de me gusta.
A lyrical Easter egg may have predicted her marquise diamond ring, which one jewelry designer calls “the hot stone of the moment.”
The couple, who have been publicly discussing their relationship for a year, were deluged with congratulations on social media.
Two proposals, a wedding and three family heirlooms later, the co-star of Hulu’s “English Teacher” is learning to love jewelry.
Some couples choose to kick off their big day with a group 5K. Sometimes guests join them.
Rachael Palm and Carolyn Warhaftig developed a rapport as teacher and regular student. On the eve of a big move, feelings were confessed.
Although Samantha Greenstone had many gay friends, her relationship with Jacob Hoff, whom she met nine years ago, was different.
Laura Guerrero and Temoc Gonzalez, both from Guadalajara, Mexico, met through Instagram and felt an instant connection. “We spoke in Spanglish and just clicked,” Mr. Gonzalez said.
When Moira Legault, who has brain cancer, was given about a year to live, she knew she wanted to spend the rest of her life with Tyler Ferron.
Kaitlyn Barclay and Ingrid Parl have each performed wedding ceremonies for three couples. They recently had their own.
Known as “the bad boy of fashion,” he was among a wave of designers who created modern Indian couture by updating traditional garments.
Jeffrey Ballou and Rasheedah Thomas unintentionally memorialized what would become one of the most significant days of their lives.
When Amaiya Davis and Matthew Wynter’s relationship ended abruptly, Ms. Davis blamed it on a cosmic shift, but she never lost hope. “I think part of me always knew we would get back together,” she said.
The parents of Dr. Hilary Gallin and Joshua Brodie were trying to set them up for months. Little did they know, the couple had already connected.
Andrew Gottlieb had a crush on his good friend Steuart Osha. When they reconnected years later, things finally turned romantic.
To encourage more partying — or save space and money — some couples are abandoning the sit-down dinner.
Consumer misconceptions about diamonds can make the process of engagement ring shopping even more distressing.
Soon after they met, Delanie Linden and Zack Burton took a leap of faith and flew to France. There, they fell in love.
Sydney Reade and Samuel Zweighaft, both fans of the TCM channel, met four years ago. Their first conversation lasted four hours.
Haley Cohen and Jason Cohen met briefly as children, then matched on an app as adults. “It just seemed like fate,” the groom said.
Philicia Saunders and Jordan Wilson discovered a mutual love of cosplay, anime, video games — and, eventually, each other.
AJ Aquino met Dr. David Poon while visiting Toronto from Ireland in 2017. During the pandemic, she visited him and was turned away. And so began their efforts to help other couples reunite.
Readers disagree with an essay expressing concern about a decline after a peak. Also: Rudy Giuliani’s drinking; book bans; masks in hospitals; wedding magic.
A major jeweler claims the pandemic may have prevented people from meeting their future fiancés, cutting demand for engagement rings. Inflation and anxiety among shoppers haven’t helped.
In 2021, Megan O’Connor and her friends organized a singles outing in Brooklyn. Omar Elsayed showed up, and the two hit it off immediately. But it was a “serendipitous encounter” in Greece that sealed the deal.
From Barbiecore to revenge travel, social media trends gave us a clear picture of the forces reshaping the economy.
Revoking invitations can at the very least be awkward and, at most, be seen as a major faux pas. But that hasn’t stopped couples from doing so to have celebrations on their terms.