LOVE’S
AWINNER WE ALL KNOW ROMANCE DOESN’T ALWAYS TRIUMPH. BUT FIVE BERGEN COUPLES SHARE ACCOUNTS OF WHEN, FOR THEM, IT DID.
Perhaps it’s being in the right place at the right time—and maybe in the right mood. Conceivably it’s about being “ready”—or does the universe have a plan for each of us? In any case, the month of Valentine’s Day is an annual invitation to reflect on love and how we found it, even if that finding process involved some waiting, a missed bus or the wrong restaurant. Here, five Bergen couples tell their real-life stories of persistence, hesitation, uncertainty, luck—and love triumphant.
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