Cora & Will Craigslist Free Section

Cora and Will met on Craigslist, but not on the dating section. “I just moved to New York and didn’t have any furniture. Will posted free movie tickets that he won online.” Cora e-mailed Will about the tickets and he wrote back. In the signature of his email was a link to his graphic art and illustration website. She complimented his work, which initiated a Skype conversation about art and the reasons behind her move to New York.

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A week later Will texted Cora because he was going to her Flatbush, Brooklyn neighborhood for a family party. They agreed to meet at a coffee shop. Cora waited for fifty minutes, and almost left, before Will arrived. “I actually had to run most of the way to meet her because I took a cab that got stuck in traffic.

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“There were no sparks at all,” admitted Cora. “He seemed like a cool guy, but I just got out of a crazy relationship and was not interested at all to meet somebody in a romantic way.” She was looking for friends. Will also says he felt no sparks but claimed that he “did check out her legs when she wasn’t looking.”

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They hung out a few more times, all of which were platonic. Will helped Cora assemble furniture at her apartment and she asked him to stay for dinner. “I realized for the first time that I didn’t want him to leave. I enjoyed spending time together and having him around. So I told him and he stayed.” A few months later, Cora was pregnant. Six months after that, they got married at Brooklyn City Hall.

The two, who share two kids, have never kept the way they met a secret. Will said, “I strongly believe that we were meant to be and if we can make it work in such a short amount of time, with all the impossible odds, then anyone can do it.”