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I remember the day after, when my flatmate asked me how it went. I beamed at her over my cup of tea. I met that man about 10 years ago. Millions of other people. Our lonely little hearts are very big business.

Sure, dating apps are common, but it’s still uncommon for two people to actually date. Lilly explains, “I used to be tentative to tell people how I met.

Say what you will about the millennial app-heavy dating scene, but no one can deny that there are engagements coming out of swiping and messaging. Tinder has more than 26 million matches per day, Happn has been connecting strangers who cross paths since , JDate has over 80 pages of “success stories” on their site, and now Hinge completely redesigned its app’s platform in an attempt to only connect people who are looking for long-term relationships. At The Knot, we’ve heard just about every love story there is, and the number of couples who share that they first met through an app is happening more and more often.

Jennifer wasn’t looking for anything serious when she was casually swiping through Tinder while visiting her mother in Philadelphia—after all, she lived in New York. See their wedding here. While finishing up graduate degrees, Liz and Chris were both members of OkCupid. They met up for dinner and four years later they were married. Both Staci and John swiped right to find they were a match. Instantly, John told a friend, “I’m going to marry that girl.

Since neither Rachel nor Eric were very serious about online dating , they didn’t jump at the opportunity to meet right away, but once they did “it was like being around an old friend,” Rachel says. Even though their first date ended with an awkward handshake, their wedding was a sophisticated and chic nighttime fete under the stars. Annie and Brian each signed up for a single-month membership on JDate—and it turns out, that’s all they needed.