CHUCK HABERSTROH and Jacque Horelik went to high school together in Westport, Conn., but they did not know each other then. They met by chance during college, when she visited a mutual friend at Lehigh University, where he was a student. A few years later they crossed paths back home in Westport and went on a date to a cool pub and restaurant. Things were a bit on and off for a while, but then they began to get serious.

He lived in a house in nearby Norwalk with a bunch of male buddies; she moved to the place next door with her sister and a couple of friends. She started spending all of her time at his place, so she ditched her room and moved in with him. A few months later, they signed a lease on a small apartment of their own.

Full story is available on The New York Times