20 Romantic Stories About Love That Will Make You Feel All the Things
Brb, literally sobbing all over my phone.
In times like these where everything feels so daunting and chaotic, nothing quite calms the mood like a good ole’ story of romance. Sure, you can always search through #CelebrityCoupleGoals posts and drown yourself in the depths of romance novels and movies, but sometimes you just need an IRL story of two average, everyday people finding each other.
Thankfully, these stories are only a click away. From one hopeless romantic to another, I gift you 20 feel-good romantic stories about people just like you and me.
1. Exhibit A: Sometimes real love is just as wholesome as seen in the movies.
This story of a woman’s parents featured on Humans of New York will literally make you sob. Reading about the true love and devotion this man had for his wife, even after her passing, is, like, too much for my heart.
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“He had five daughters. And whenever he came home from a work trip, we’d all line up to give him a kiss. But he always kissed my mom first, because she was his ‘first love...'" pic.twitter.com/uKIy7FpUOA
— Brandon Stanton (@humansofny) August 31, 2020
2. *Florida Georgia Line Voice* If it's meant to be, it'll be.
Raymond Heiber married Helen Klinger 45 years after they were ring bearer and flower girl at the wedding of Heiber’s uncle and Klinger’s sister. After growing up, marrying other people, becoming widowed and divorced, they eventually found each other again and married four months after.
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GREAT LOVE STORY! Flower girl, ring bearer walk down aisle again as bride and groom http://t.co/AHVbKMJjOz pic.twitter.com/ni4r4bbgMe
— 13News Now (@13NewsNow) January 13, 2015
3. Like any digital age romantic story, it all starts on TikTok.
The flirting between Josiah Miller and Natalie Otana started on TikTok. And even though they lived on the opposite sides of the country, Miller flew out to California to see Otana. Shortly afterward, they took a road trip together to see her family in Florida. And yup, they spent days traveling and getting to know each other. Before the road trip was even over, they became boyfriend and girlfriend.
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@itsjosiahmiller I’ll keep ya posted!! ? #single #datingstorytime #relationshipgoals #relationships #dating
♬ Monkeys Spinning Monkeys - Kevin MacLeod
4. And now for an earnest (but effing cute) airport love story...
Let's go back to the year 2018. The hashtag #PlaneBae was trending on Twitter after user @roseybeeme chronicled the journey of two people meeting on a plane and seemingly hitting it off. People joined in to the live tweets as she described their conversations and how much they seemed to be into each other. Follow the thread for yourself:
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Hoping for the best for #planebae and the mystery girl!
— Lany Sandford (@lany_taz) July 4, 2018
Love all the happy feels of this story!!
5. Petition to bring back love letters, please.
This couple featured in Humans of Bombay described the way they would write long love letters to each other while they were doing long distance. They're now together in person, and say it’s the everyday things like watching the sunset or sitting in nature that makes them most happy. Aww.
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6. Honestly, this one is giving me all the feels.
Let's just take a second to admire the love between former sex worker Rajiya Begum and Abbas Miah, a man with a disability who was formerly homeless. Begum was forced into sex work due to circumstance and Miah was the first person to offer her money without asking for anything in return, despite being impoverished himself.
Moved by his kindness, Begum promised to help him out and push his wheelchair anywhere he wanted to go. They both fell in love and married one another, vowing to always be there to ease the other’s pains. The couple has been married for four years now, as reported on in the Indian Express.
7. Everything starts with a kiss.
In this TikTok, user @bethanyciotola describes how she ended up falling for a male model she had to do a kissing photo shoot with. You can guess what happened next: The two quickly fell in love, got married, and had several children together. Sign me up, pls.
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@bethanyciotola ♬ Moon (And It Went Like) - Kid Francescoli
8. Sorry for the cliché, but it's so true that love conquers anything.
As the CEO and Founder of Love & Noor, a digital media company aimed at creating content for marginalized communities, Nabela Noor already had a large following because of her work. But people flocked to her even more once they learned of the story of she and her husband, Seth. Being a Bangladeshi Muslim and Seth being an American, Noor shared that her parents first disapproved of their marriage. But after a year of disagreements and arguments, they finally gave in. They’ve been married ever since.
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9. Just a little glimmer of hope: Anyone can find true love at any age.
That’s what happened with TikTok user @pattiaveryschmidt when she married her college sweetheart. They married at 19 and had three baby boys together. After her third child, she had several miscarriages and was told she wouldn’t be able to conceive again. But, despite everything, she ended up having a baby girl that made her family of five into a family of six. They just celebrated their 27th anniversary.
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@pattiaveryschmidt Our story. ❤️ #plottwist #datingstorytime #howwemet #marriage #family #genxcrew #lovestory
♬ original sound - pattiaveryschmidt
10. Every good love story starts with a lil bit of encouragement from friends.
TikTok user @nursehadley describes how she met her husband through the encouragement of some residents in a nursing home she formerly worked for. Her then-crush was a physical therapist in the home, and though she didn’t know if he was available, she pursued him. They ended up with a mutual attraction and started dating. Eventually, they got married and had a kid together.
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@nursehadley Our Weird How We Met Story! #marriage #howwemet #nurse #physicaltherapist #nursinghome
♬ Electric Love - BØRNS
11. Some hope for all of you still with your high school sweethearts.
Taking part in the TikTok trend where couples jump into different shoes to talk about the transitions in their lives, @jfam.ily tells the story of how they went from high school crushes to married, with baby number three on the way. Side note: The video also quickly blew up because it featured football linebacker Tre’Von Johnson??
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@jfam.ily our story ? reposting because this video took a lot of effort //youtube: the j family ✨ #ourlovestory #ourstory #shoestory #couple #foryou #howwemet
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12. A reason to always go on that blind date.
It’s not often that blind dates end up connecting you with the love of your life. But then again, nothing’s really traditional about the way TikTok user @kimberlyj_king met her husband. Get this: She was chosen out of a crowd of 20,000 people at a concert to go on a date with her now-husband. They found out that, somehow, they were studying at the same college, had birthdays just a day apart, and her last name was Jester while his was King. They eventually traveled the world, adopted two dogs, and got married.
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@kimberlyj_king sometimes I think our love story should be a Hallmark film ? watch til the end! #love #howwemet #storyofus #couple #fyp #foryou #cute #marriagestory
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13. Who knew you could find romance through telling a supes corny joke?
It worked for Twitter user @Bloy who went viral after Tweeting the following:
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Met a really hot girl who was half japanese half philipino. Think i ruined it by constantly callin her a jalepeno.
— Steven Bloy (@Bloy) November 28, 2009
Though you might expect that nothing would come from this (aside from maybe a dirty look), @Bloy came back to Twitter to announce the update: They got married.
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update: we got married https://t.co/Skkuj8V8i5
— Steven Bloy (@Bloy) December 18, 2019
14. A love story that should probably definitely be turned into a movie.
In this Humans of New York post, a man tells the story of how a woman, who saved him from drowning, ended up saving him in more ways than that. They were married, had four children, and spent 64 years together before she passed. Again, literally sobbing.
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15. There are few things in this world better than being supported by Your Person.
TikTok user @nicolealiciamd took part in the jumping shoe challenge with her husband too. This time, to show her TikTok users how, after just meeting at the gym, her eventual husband became a great support system to her as she went through medical school and residency. She made the post as a shout-out for her husband and the post eventually went viral.
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@nicolealiciamd Shout to my husband for all of his support during this crazy medical journey. #graysanatomy #medicine #doctor #obgyn #whitecoat
♬ Duduke - Rinyu
16. This couple is the epitome of the phrase "love always wins."
Photographer Amber Robinson broke the internet when she posted glamor shots of her parents, who had been married for more than 47 years. In the post’s caption on Instagram, she talked about how they beat cancer twice and raised two daughters together. Robinson shared the photo as a testament to her parents’ love and a reminder to her followers that “love always endures.” Literally stunning.
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17. And whomst says you can't find love in the midst of a global pandemic?
NYC Photographer Jeremy Cohen did the most when he saw a woman — later deemed “Quarantine Cutie” by Twitter — creating a TikTok on her rooftop a few buildings away. He wrote his number down and taped it to his drone, then flew it over to her rooftop. She eventually texted back and they had a socially distanced date via FaceTime. Then, to take the relationship to the next level, Cohen got into an inflatable bubble and visited his Quarantine Cutie. While it’s unclear exactly if Cohen and his Cutie are dating, they did Tweet about meeting up and doing handstands together, which is my version of romantic TBH.
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Here is part 1, 2, and 3 of “Quarantine Cutie” all in one tweet pic.twitter.com/L9pnEV4oZM
— Jeremy Cohen (@jerm_cohen) March 29, 2020
18. Okay, so ~romance~ clearly starts with a dance.
This couple literally blew up the internet when a picture of them dancing went viral. A little while after, Humans of Bombay featured their story. The man in the photo said he used to hate to dance, but after meeting his wife through dance, he loved it.
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19. A reminder that love isn't always easy, but it is worth it.
Derrick Young Jr. and Johnathan Allen had to keep their love secret because of Allen’s strong religious background. But after five years of loving each other on the DL, the world learned about them when their proposal video went viral. They felt liberated after the world found out, since they could start loving each other loudly.
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20. And lastly, an IRL version of The Notebook.
This couple went viral on Humans of New York for being a real-life version of The Notebook. After celebrating their 50th anniversary, the man in the photo noticed his wife was forgetting things. She later was diagnosed with dementia, just as her father was. Today, he remains physically close by her side, cuddling with her, and comforting her in times of distress. Even when she’s not able to speak coherently, he feels comforted by her being there. (Aaaand cue the tears).
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