{"id":106040,"date":"2026-02-14T17:23:35","date_gmt":"2026-02-14T13:23:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lovin.co\/dubai\/?p=106040"},"modified":"2026-02-15T18:58:53","modified_gmt":"2026-02-15T14:58:53","slug":"dubai-just-shared-their-cutest-love-stories-on-valentines-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lovin.co\/dubai\/en\/news\/dubai-just-shared-their-cutest-love-stories-on-valentines-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Dubai Just Shared Their Cutest Love Stories On Valentine&#8217;s Day!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"74\" data-end=\"201\">A week before Valentine\u2019s Day, we asked Lovin&#8217; followers to send us their cutesy little stories about how they found love in Dubai.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"203\" data-end=\"238\">And safe to say\u2026 Dubai delivered.<\/p>\n<h2 data-start=\"203\" data-end=\"238\">From 90s speakeasy romances to dating app success stories, here are some of the responses that had us fully melting at our desks<\/h2>\n<p data-start=\"395\" data-end=\"501\">*Names withheld for privacy reasons*<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"395\" data-end=\"501\">Want instant updates?<a href=\"https:\/\/whatsapp.com\/channel\/0029Va96zGxLdQelL5ofh13w\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">\u00a0Follow Lovin on WhatsApp<\/a>, and never miss a beat!<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DUud3bTAN82\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\">\n<div style=\"padding: 16px;\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"flex-direction: row; align-items: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; width: 40px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 100px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 60px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 19% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-top: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;\">View this post on Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 12.5% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"flex-direction: row; margin-bottom: 14px; align-items: center;\">\n<div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; flex-grow: 0; margin-right: 14px; margin-left: 2px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 20px; width: 20px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 2px solid transparent; border-left: 6px solid #f4f4f4; border-bottom: 2px solid transparent;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: auto;\">\n<div style=\"width: 0px; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-right: 8px solid transparent;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; flex-grow: 0; height: 12px; width: 16px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-left: 8px solid transparent;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center; margin-bottom: 24px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 224px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 144px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; white-space: nowrap;\"><a style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DUud3bTAN82\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">A post shared by Lovin Dubai | \u0644\u0648\u06a4\u0646 \u062f\u0628\u064a (@lovindubai)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2 data-start=\"503\" data-end=\"526\">1) Love at first fall<\/h2>\n<p data-start=\"528\" data-end=\"668\">\u201cI lost balance while cycling at Kite Beach (which is quite unusual for me), and he helped me get up and took good care of me\u2026 Asked for my IG so we could cycle together next time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"670\" data-end=\"731\">And just like that, a beachside tumble turned into forever.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"733\" data-end=\"929\">What started as an embarrassing cycling fail is now a full-blown love story. The happy couple is preparing for their wedding next summer.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"733\" data-end=\"929\">Proof that sometimes you literally fall into love.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"733\" data-end=\"929\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"sFlh5c FyHeAf iPVvYb\" src=\"https:\/\/media.tenor.com\/0Qlgyfu_WnUAAAAM\/falling-down-viralhog.gif\" alt=\"Stumbling GIFs | Tenor\" width=\"420\" height=\"418\" \/><\/p>\n<h2 data-start=\"931\" data-end=\"966\">2) Next-door lover<\/h2>\n<p data-start=\"968\" data-end=\"1090\">\u201cWe matched and realised we grew up five minutes from each other our entire lives because we were both raised in Dubai.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1092\" data-end=\"1205\">Imagine living practically around the corner from your person for years\u2026 and then having to meet through a dating app.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1207\" data-end=\"1320\">The couple&#8217;s been together for almost two years now, and honestly, this feels very Dubai-coded. And is it just us, or did you also get the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloommilitaryteens.org\/post\/red-string-theory-meeting-again\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">red-string-theory feels<\/a> from this love story?<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1207\" data-end=\"1320\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sFlh5c FyHeAf iPVvYb\" src=\"https:\/\/i.makeagif.com\/media\/6-14-2018\/2Y85AN.gif\" alt=\"Joey Gets Stuck In The Door | Friends on Make a GIF\" width=\"532\" height=\"299\" \/><\/p>\n<h2 data-start=\"1322\" data-end=\"1344\">3) Called it in 1998<\/h2>\n<p data-start=\"1346\" data-end=\"1376\">This one feels straight out of a rom-com movie.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1378\" data-end=\"1534\">They met at a bar in 1998. He was travelling between London and Dubai, she had just returned from work in Al Ain and almost didn\u2019t even go out that night (thankfully, close-save tho)<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1536\" data-end=\"1559\">But then she saw him and almost immediately told her friends, &#8220;I am going to marry him and have his babies.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1632\" data-end=\"1695\">Manifesting before manifestation was even a thing.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1697\" data-end=\"1883\">Dubai was smaller back then. They talked. He flew in every weekend from the UK to see her (bare minimum truly was not a thing in the 90&#8217;s).<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1697\" data-end=\"1883\">Fast forward 25 years and they\u2019re happily married with two children, still very very veryyyy much in love.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1697\" data-end=\"1883\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sFlh5c FyHeAf iPVvYb\" src=\"https:\/\/media.tenor.com\/IBMMwJ_LHtQAAAAM\/wine-glass-cheers.gif\" alt=\"Cheers To That GIFs | Tenor\" width=\"537\" height=\"400\" \/><\/p>\n<h2 data-start=\"1946\" data-end=\"1986\">4) Love between meetings and deadlines<\/h2>\n<p data-start=\"1988\" data-end=\"2070\">Not surprisingly, a number of you admitted that workplace romances actually worked out for you.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2072\" data-end=\"2195\">Some fell for their clients. Others fell for the person sitting across from them during roster changes and coffee breaks.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2197\" data-end=\"2277\">And somehow, between meetings, deadlines and \u201cper my last email,\u201d love happened.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2197\" data-end=\"2277\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"sFlh5c FyHeAf iPVvYb\" src=\"https:\/\/gifzz.com\/storage\/gifs\/K96QC7cHY9KVEcGdPNM31HBqVMyh0LJf6pLxdweP.gif\" alt=\"Michael Scott and Erin Hannon dance in celebration GIF | Create and Share GIFs with Gifzz\" width=\"607\" height=\"444\" \/><\/p>\n<h2 data-start=\"2279\" data-end=\"2317\">5) Swipes turned soulmates<\/h2>\n<p data-start=\"2319\" data-end=\"2396\">To everyone still swiping and wondering if it\u2019s worth it, apparently, YES.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2398\" data-end=\"2560\">A huge number of responses came from couples who met on dating apps. And many of them are now happily married to the person they once nervously swiped right on.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2562\" data-end=\"2712\">It might not be a 9-season \u201cHow I Met Your Mother\u201d storyline, but it\u2019s very 2026-coded romance.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2562\" data-end=\"2712\">A simple swipe.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2562\" data-end=\"2712\">A first coffee.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2562\" data-end=\"2712\">A lifetime later.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2714\" data-end=\"2790\">So if you\u2019re still out there hoping, don\u2019t lose it.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2714\" data-end=\"2790\">Cupid clearly has WiFi.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2714\" data-end=\"2790\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"sFlh5c FyHeAf iPVvYb\" src=\"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/447327666c21ec3a07aa099302d7eb09\/tumblr_n10dl2z9111ro8ysbo1_400.gif\" alt=\"peteneems.\" width=\"556\" height=\"426\" \/><\/p>\n<h2 data-start=\"2792\" data-end=\"2824\">And then there\u2019s the special mentions&#8230;<\/h2>\n<p data-start=\"2826\" data-end=\"2941\">To the pet mum who wrote in about her three adopted cats being the loves of her life. We see you.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2943\" data-end=\"3061\">And to the twenty-something whose greatest commitment is to Chips Oman and Sohar. We get you as well. Some loves are classic.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2943\" data-end=\"3061\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"sFlh5c FyHeAf iPVvYb\" src=\"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/e6786fcaffdcafe94f285f968032d662\/tumblr_ofhxckjmr41vfdr29o1_500.gif\" alt=\"I don't even have a \u201cpla\u201d.' ~ Phoebe Buffay That's me! \u2013 @friendsthetvshow on Tumblr\" width=\"725\" height=\"348\" \/><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"3063\" data-end=\"3186\">Dubai seems to be shooting everyone with the cupid&#8217;s arrow. And we&#8217;re all here for it.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"3188\" data-end=\"3325\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">And if these stories prove anything, it\u2019s this: love shows up when you least expect it.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"3188\" data-end=\"3325\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">(sometimes you just have to fall off a bike first or drop by the snack aisle)<\/p>\n<h3 data-start=\"3188\" data-end=\"3325\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lovin.co\/dubai\/en\/news\/make-valentines-day-special-12-lovey-dovey-ways-to-celebrate-feb-14th-in-dubai\/\">Also Read: 17 Lovey-Dovey Ways To Celebrate Valentine&#8217;s Day In Dubai !<\/a><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A week before Valentine\u2019s Day, we asked Lovin&#8217; followers to send us their cutesy little stories about how they found love in Dubai. And safe to say\u2026 Dubai delivered. 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