Before You Were Born

Before You Were Born: "We had a car. That was it."
Before You Were Born

Before You Were Born: "We had a car. That was it."

Stories from our parents' surprisingly romantic youth: Adventuresome times in the 1970s. Liv Combe   |   11.8.2012   |  
Before You Were Born: Marriage Interrupted
Before You Were Born

Before You Were Born: Marriage Interrupted

Stories from our parents' surprisingly romantic youth: They got married, split up for a decade, and reconciled just in time. Lorraine Duffy Merkl   |   09.21.2012   |  
Before You Were Born: "We both had weird families..."
Before You Were Born

Before You Were Born: "We both had weird families..."

Stories from our parents' surprisingly romantic youth: happy families are all alike. Jessie Male   |   08.17.2012   |  
Before You Were Born: "We baked out of our house, which was illegal..."
Before You Were Born

Before You Were Born: "We baked out of our house, which was illegal..."

Stories from our parents' surprisingly romantic youth: living on the edge in a Hartford bakery. Jeremy Glass   |   07.6.2012   |  
Before You Were Born: "You got twenty minutes! Get out while you can!"
Before You Were Born

Before You Were Born: "You got twenty minutes! Get out while you can!"

How my mom married a jerk. George Garner   |   06.6.2012   |   Comments (13)
Before You Were Born: Married at Thirty-Nine
Before You Were Born

Before You Were Born: Married at Thirty-Nine

Stories from our parents' surprisingly romantic youth: how two free spirits finally decided to settle down. Elyssa Goodman   |   01.13.2012   |   Comments (19)
Before You Were Born: It Always Felt Like Fate
Before You Were Born

Before You Were Born: It Always Felt Like Fate

Stories from our parents' surprisingly romantic youth: The memory that kept them together through years of bickering. Marguerite Kennedy   |   12.30.2011   |   Comments (7)
Before You Were Born: A Fairytale of New York
Before You Were Born

Before You Were Born: A Fairytale of New York

Stories from our parents' surprisingly romantic youth: A fairytale of New York. Colette McIntyre   |   12.9.2011   |   Comments (25)
Before You Were Born: The Two-Week Courtship
Before You Were Born

Before You Were Born: The Two-Week Courtship

Stories from our parents' surprisingly romantic youth: Sometimes it's best to just jump in with both feet. Rachel R. White   |   10.4.2011   |   Comments (28)
Before You Were Born: The Fifteen-Year Courtship
Before You Were Born

Before You Were Born: The Fifteen-Year Courtship

Stories from our parents' surprisingly romantic youth. Danielle Gibson   |   08.2.2011   |   Comments (17)
Before You Were Born: The Real Jersey Shore
Before You Were Born

Before You Were Born: The Real Jersey Shore

Stories from our parents' surprisingly romantic youth: Two vacationers meet on the beach in 1960s Seaside Heights. Chris Illuminati   |   06.28.2011   |   Comments (13)
Before You Were Born: Love and Marriage
Before You Were Born

Before You Were Born: Love and Marriage

Stories from our parents' surprisingly romantic youth: Two musicians fall in love. The catch is, he's already engaged to someone else. Morgan Ford   |   04.5.2011   |   Comments (14)
Before You Were Born: Pray for Us
Before You Were Born

Before You Were Born: Pray for Us

Stories from our parents' surprisingly romantic youth: An Irish Catholic and a Scots Presbyterian try to break the news to their parents. Shannon Firth   |   03.15.2011   |   Comments (14)
Before You Were Born: From Russia With Love
Before You Were Born

Before You Were Born: From Russia With Love

Stories from our parents' surprisingly romantic youth: A demure piano student charms a womanizing Russian photographer in one month. Simona Kogan   |   03.1.2011   |   Comments (9)
Before You Were Born: Hot love at the pot-brownie factory.
Before You Were Born

Before You Were Born: Hot love at the pot-brownie factory.

Stories from our parents' surprisingly romantic youth. This week: two free spirits exchange psychic readings in '70s San Francisco. Alia Volz   |   12.3.2010   |   Comments (11)
Before You Were Born: First-generation Greek immigrant romances second-generation girl
Before You Were Born

Before You Were Born: First-generation Greek immigrant romances second-generation girl

Stories from our parents' surprisingly romantic youth. Litsa Dremousis   |   09.1.2010   |   Comments (12)
Before You Were Born: Dad joins the Peace Corps and flies to Iran to avoid commitment.
Before You Were Born

Before You Were Born: Dad joins the Peace Corps and flies to Iran to avoid commitment.

Stories from our parents' surprisingly romantic youth. James Brady Ryan   |   08.4.2010   |   Comments (10)
Before You Were Born: A young man's persistence pays off.
Before You Were Born

Before You Were Born: A young man's persistence pays off.

Stories from our parents' surprisingly romantic youth. Juliet Linderman   |   07.13.2010   |   Comments (18)
Before You Were Born: Franciscan friar-bassist finds true love.
Before You Were Born

Before You Were Born: Franciscan friar-bassist finds true love.

Stories from our parents' surprisingly romantic youth. Chris Mathias   |   06.14.2010   |   Comments (13)
Before You Were Born: A 1200 mile walk to test their relationship.
Before You Were Born

Before You Were Born: A 1200 mile walk to test their relationship.

Stories from our parents' surprisingly romantic youth. Peter Malamud Smith   |   04.7.2010   |   Comments (25)