It's Not You, It's...No, Wait, It's You

Every Sunday I read the Style section of the New York Times.  I begin by reading the Modern Love column.  Every week, a different author writes a narrative about love.  The column is not always about romantic love and some of the most memorable pieces are about families or other relationships.

From there, I read the Vows column, which chronicles a recent wedding in more detail than the regular wedding announcements.  I love reading about how people met and the cheesy story lines.

Lastly, I read the wedding announcements.  My favorites have a picture and go into detail about how the couple met or decided to get married.  There was a really cute story this week about Lisa Zuckerwise and Brian Levy.  Warning, it is SUPER CHEESY!

The couple met in the summer of 1999, when they worked at an ice cream parlor in Scarsdale that eventually became Last Licks Ice Cream.

“We started flirting while we were both scooping,” Mr. Levy said. “She can brighten up a room when she walks in.”

One evening while she was sitting on top of the yogurt machine waiting for him to lock up the shop, he went over and kissed her, and then they became something of an item for a few weeks.

“It was a summer fling,” Dr. Zuckerwise said.

Over the years they spoke and e-mailed, dated here and there. “There was always, always a connection,” Dr. Zuckerwise said. “In college and med school my mother always asked, ‘Why don’t you date Brian?’ and my answer was ‘I won’t date him until I’m ready to get married.’ ”

In 2007, they began dating again. “I always knew I’d end up with Lisa,” Mr. Levy said, “and she knew the same.