Love columnist Kellie Patrick Gates writes from the Montgomery County home she shares with her extraordinary husband, a formerly stray cat and an adopted greyhound.
Born and raised in Elk County, Gates previously was an award-winning news reporter for The Inquirer and other newspapers in Pennsylvania, New York and Florida.
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April 5, 2013, in Bryn Athyn
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Rachael and John's friendship started in fall 2008, during their first year of nursing school at Thomas Jefferson University.
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Kayaks . . . takes nature photos . . . likes to travel . . . .
This sounded very promising to Judy, now 32. "I had been a veteran to Match.com most of my adult life," she said. But no profile ever intrigued her like Ken's did.
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Love: They met at Center City Sips
- March 30, 2013, in RichboroHello there Sanny and Justin met in a bar in late spring 2010. But the threads that led to that moment stretch back to Justin's toddling years in Lansdale. Until the summer before first grade, Graham was his best friend. Then Justin's family moved to Princeton, then Nashville, then Princeton again, following his father's sales career. Justin and Graham lost touch.
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Love: They met at Game 5 of the 2009 World Series
- February 17, 2013, in PhiladelphiaHello there For the love of Yankees baseball, Michael forked over $250 for a standing-room-only ticket to Game 5 of the 2009 World Series, left his engineering job on Long Island early, picked up two friends in Jersey, and drove to Citizens Bank Park, where they settled into Section 136.
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Love: 'It was a pretty instant connection,' he says
- February 9, 2013, in PhiladelphiaHello there Alison spent a Saturday in September 2010 hanging out with about a dozen people at Cavanaugh's River Deck, an outing organized by her friend and coworker Karolyn. With a new hockey season on the horizon, Alison gushed about her favorite team's chances. "As a Flyers fan," she said, "you always have to be hopeful."
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Love: 'Can you get me Eagles tickets?'
- February 16, 2013, in PhiladelphiaHello there In late summer 2010, Howie, an actor and producer from Washington Township, Gloucester County, was in search of leadership skills with a Jesuit perspective. On the advice of a friend studying to be a priest, he signed up for the Contemplative Leaders in Action group at Old St. Joe's in Philadelphia.
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Love: He thought she was an uptight, in-crowd girl
- January 12, 2013, in PhiladelphiaHello there Ashley and John had a slew of mutual friends in high school and often wound up at the same gatherings.
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Love: They met in The Harp's bar line
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Glen Mills native Megan had just hoisted the last box of her belongings into her new Boston apartment. She and her roommate needed a celebratory drink.
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Love: 'The heck, he's a nice guy'
- December 31, 2012, in BroomallAt the end of his workday at Barnaby's in Holmes, Andrew, the banquet manager, headed to the bar and joined a friend's birthday celebration.
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Love: A text rekindled their romance
- December 29, 2012, in PhiladelphiaAmber grew up in West Deptford, but moved to Los Angeles, then New York, where she took parts in commercials while studying for her MBA. She told friends she had no time for dating. There's always time for that, one friend said, and set up Amber's profile on PlentyofFish.com. In November 2008, she read that John, an online marketer living in Monroe Township, Middlesex County, loved playing games - especially Trivial Pursuit and checkers.
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Love: Nicole Howard & H. Douglas Hall
- IV December 29, 2012, in PhiladelphiaDoug and Nic met freshman year at Plymouth-Whitemarsh High School. Doug, who had previously gone to Catholic schools, was good friends with a guy in Nic's social circle.
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