The Future Mr. & Mrs. Debold

Dating in NYC can be draining. Jaded, Jill ventured out on her first date with Danny. Attempting to be chivalrous, he picked the closest bar to her apartment. Little did Danny know, Jill had been on many failed first dates there. Underdressed and unoptimistic, Jill arrived casually late to find a nervously conversational Danny swirling a bourbon at the bar. Eventually, his series of emotionally intimate questions, good-guy vibes, and overall charm, softened Jill’s battle-hardened exterior. Not wanting the date to end early, Jill made the bold move to invite this charmer to her favorite restaurant in the neighborhood. There, they discussed everything you shouldn’t on first dates: politics, religion, marriage, and more. What started in Harlem continued all over New York City, cementing their feelings for each other. Feelings culminated with a trip to Hudson, NY where Jill and Danny spoke those 3 little words: “I love you” Six months after becoming “official” Jill and Danny were celebrating their first relationship milestone in Astoria, Danny’s new neighborhood, in February 2020. Around the corner, the pandemic loomed. Unsure of what best to do, the two lived together on and off for 5 week stretches. Love in the time of Corona taught the couple valuable lessons, some better, some worse, some richer, some poorer, and plenty in sickness and health. But through it all, they learned to love, cherish, and make the most of those moments of closeness. On the anniversary of their fall Adirondack camping trip, Danny knelt on one knee in Lake Placid, NY. What felt like hours of silence later, normally verbose Danny barely managed to utter a single word while cradling an engagement ring. “YES,” Jill said exuberantly! Camping in a puddle, during an autumn monsoon, didn’t damper the weekend at all. The two celebrated in front of a smoldering fire, sharing a bottle of scotch, and thinking if they could make it through all this they could make it through anything.