Joe and Claire met – as so many couples do these days – on a dating app (Hinge, to be specific) back in December 2021. Their first date was at one of Joe’s favorite restaurants near his apartment in NYC, and they started seriously dating two months later.

Within that first year, they traveled together to nine different weddings and quickly learned they made a great team (nothing bonds you quite like sprinting through a foreign airport with food poisoning).
 
They spent that first year immersing themselves in each other’s worlds, spending time with one another’s friends and families – some of whom pulled Claire and Joe aside and separately told them “I think this is the one”. They quite agreed and early on started to discuss a life together.
 
Joe proposed on a farm in New York, close to his hometown of Rye Brook in May of 2024 under the ruse of going on a hike with her sister.  Was Claire surprised? Not at all – she knew the whole time!
 
While Joe was running a startup and doing independent consulting, Claire went back to grad school to pursue a dual Master of Business Administration and Master of Public Health at Boston University. They did “long distance” for two years, spending weekends together and splitting time between New York and Boston.
 
Now finally reunited, they’re starting their next chapter in New York – close to Claire’s sister and Joe’s two brothers (one of whom is Joe’s identical twin – fair warning in case you get confused).
 
Looking ahead to September, Joe and Claire couldn’t be more excited to get married and celebrate this special moment with all of you!