One of the perks of being a wedding writer – and there aren’t that many (just kidding), is getting to know of how our couples met and fell in love.
Occasionally funny, often surprising and many a time serendipitous, here are 10 stories wherein love was found and love has stayed:
Eugene was my senior when we were in secondary school, but we only started communicating via Friendster after we both graduated.
We kept in touch, but did not develop the friendship further until five years ago, when I felt that we could bring our relationship to the next level.
The best quote to describe our relationship would be: ‘Meeting the right person at the right time.’”
– Tracie Lim, 26, and Eugene Neo, 28
See their wedding here!
We first met at Zouk – which is a bit of a cliché; through a mutual friend. We didn’t exchange numbers at that time but fate brought us together a week later at Zouk again, and the rest is history.
– Cheryl Lee, 30, and Justin Kwan, 34
We met online at Ok Cupid. At that time, Wei Ying’s profile mentioned that she was contemplating doing a Master’s in speech therapy.
I introduced myself by saying that although I didn’t know much about this field, my friend’s wife was a speech therapist. That introduction earned me a response and we hit it off right away.
– Wei Ying Auyeong, 27, and Alvin Ong, 32
See their wedding here!
We were set up on a group date by a mutual friend and I was immediately captivated by Sheena.
On the night of our first solo date, I brought her to my office and surprised her with a glow-in-the-dark heart I had drawn in the middle of the room.
The look on her face was priceless. She thought I was crazy – but it worked!
– Sheena Cheong and Benjamin Song, both 31
See their wedding here!
We met through a friend about four years ago.
I worked for Her World magazine at the time and had been assigned a story about the different ways to meet men. He was one of my dates for the article and we ended up enjoying each other’s company much more than we expected.
– Jeanne Tai and Terence Chan
We met at work here in Singapore. I was new to the company and our relationship blossomed soon after Shinsuke helped me to find a place to stay.
– Angela Zhang, 27, and Shinsuke Fukui, 33
We met in 2009 in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. We struck up a casual conversation over drip coffee and discovered that we had been neighbours as children!
– Jin Cheung and Simon Chiang, both 29
We met at a school concert. On our first date, Lorenzo went with me to buy pointe shoes. We got together a year later on New Year’s Day, and it’s been 13 years since.
– Michaela Wang, 32, and Lorenzo Escano, 33
We met at my cousin’s 21st birthday four years ago. At the end of the night, we were both smitten, but Andrew didn’t know how to ask me for my number, while I didn’t want to make the first move.
So he used the oldest trick in the book: He pretended to have misplaced his phone and used mine to give him a call.
– Kyla Monique Nathan, 24 and Andrew James Aeria, 26
See their wedding here!
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