Photography by Lisa Ziesing for Abby Jiu �Ashley and Jon met in March 2018 on Hinge, but they actually started their relationship cross-continentally before meeting in person. “Jon was traveling for work overseas, so we spent the first couple of weeks texting with an eight-hour time difference,” Ashley says. “When he got back to the

Planned by Gold Leaf Event Design & Production, Photography by Kristin La Voie �When Carolyn �Dolly� Reese met John Kozlik, they were in a place that�s about as far from the bride�s family home in the rolling farmlands of Illinois as you can be �We were both attending Saint Louis University, but our paths didn�t

�After David Houlihan, a consultant, made several attempts to invite his future bride, Laura Beyer�director of partnerships at TED�to different social events after first meeting at a welcome barbecue at Georgetown, he decided to stop asking. Little did he know that right after making his last invitation, Laura would apologize for not responding�which prompted them

Photography by Meg Lucks for Abby Jiu Photography, Planning by Ida Rose Events� �When Lillie Zeng and Riley Smith met on Tinder in June 2016, they immediately bonded over a shared love of travel; she had just returned from Peru and Ecuador, and he had recently visited Vietnam. But when Riley suggested they meet for