Yes, it is possible to find love on New Year’s Eve
New Year’s Eve is just around the corner, which means it’s almost time for sparkly outfits, champagne, and for some lucky revelers, a bright new beginning.
Yes, the evening is often overhyped, overrated and overpriced. But sometimes a midnight kiss — or “When Harry Met Sally” style declaration of love — can lead to a new relationship.
Whether you’ve known the person for a very long time, or just met, here is a story of a couple whose spark ignited on New Year’s Eve. Maybe they will encourage you to start some fireworks of your own.
Emma Silvers, 33-year-old music journalist, and Jonathan Kirchner, 33-year-old bassist for Con Brio When: New Year’s Eve 2010 Where: The Knockout, a bar in San Francisco
The pair became texting pals after Silvers interviewed Kirchner and his band, Con Brio, for the East Bay Express in October. The flirting amped up over the holidays and, while Kirchner was on the East Coast, the pair decided to meet up the day he returned to the Bay Area, which happened to fall on New Year’s Eve.
“When he asked if I had plans for New Year’s Eve, I remember thinking it was a kind of a crazy idea for a first date. I mean, it’s like, ‘Hey, do you want to hang out on this night where it’s basically assured we will kiss? There’s a set time for it and everything!’” she quipped. “But it was cool. It felt like an ‘anything goes’ kind of night.”
The two met up just after midnight, made their way to the thick of the dance floor and shared a kiss.
“I had a feeling of like, ‘Cool! I’m so glad we knocked that out of the way.’”
The two were married this past July, and now Kirchner dedicates a performance to Silvers at each New Year’s Eve gig with his band.
“Prior to that year, New Year’s was honestly one of my least favorite holidays,” Silvers admitted. “The pressure aspect of it is immense. I remember it as a single person thinking, ‘This is the worst thing ever.’ But I would encourage others to take a chance, go into the night with a positive attitude and an ‘anything goes’ kind of mentality about it.”