Ferndale has its fair share of lovebirds, so we decided to check in with a few of them before Valentine's Day and ask them to share relationship and date night secrets. Today, we take a closer look at what makes Ferndale residents Jennifer and Brian Louwers so sweet. How long have you been together? "We met in 2002 and got married in 2004. We dated for a year, lived together for a year and then got married on a big farm in Virginia two days after we bought our home." What’s the secret to a successful and happy relationship? "We honestly enjoy spending time together. You could probably say we'…

Ferndale has its fair share of lovebirds, so we decided to check in with a few of them before Valentine's Day and ask them to share relationship and date night secrets. Today, we take a closer look at what makes Dana Forrester and James Trunko so sweet. Dana and James live in Ferndale with their three dogs and together they play in the rock band CRUD. How long have you been together? James: We met 3 1/2 years ago, and have been married for 2 1/2 years. Dana: We met on Match.com – I like to let everyone know because James and I played at the same clubs as musicians but never met each other! It…

Ferndale has its fair share of lovebirds, so we decided to check in with a few of them before Valentine's Day and ask them to share relationship and date night secrets. Today, we take a closer look at what makes Ferndale residents Sonya and David Mastick so sweet. How long have you been together? Together for 19 years and married for 16 and 1/2. What’s the secret to a successful and happy relationship? Honoring each others differences, always showing one another lots of respect and rarely take anything too seriously. What famous couple would you compare yourselves to? Dezi Arnaz and Lucille …

Ferndale has its fair share of lovebirds, so we decided to check in with a few of them before Valentine's Day and ask them to share relationship and date night secrets. Today, we take a closer look at what makes Ferndale residents Larry and Monica Mills so sweet. How long have you been together? Married 30 years, dated 9 years, met at St James standing up at Larry's brother's wedding.   What’s the secret to a successful and happy relationship? True respect, common interest but also separate interest. We do enjoy the events we work on and cheer each other on when stressed or tired.  When apart…

Ferndale has its fair share of lovebirds, so we decided to check in with a few of them before Valentine's Day and ask them to share relationship and date night secrets. Today, we take a closer look at what makes Ferndale residents Sarah Kahn and Sam Bennett so sweet. Sam proposed to Sarah on Jan. 26 at Campus Martius and they are planning a Spring 2014 wedding. "I could not possibly be any more excited!!" Sarah writes. How long have you been together? We have been together for about 3 years – we met while working at J. Crew and consider the store manager who hired us both to be our "…

Ferndale has its fair share of lovebirds, so we decided to check in with a few of them before Valentine's Day and ask them to share relationship and date night secrets. Today, we take a closer look at what makes Jennifer and Kathleen LaTosch so sweet. How long have you been together? 21 years.  We are college sweethearts and met at Albion.  We were best friends there for about two and a half years and still dating men when we first kissed.  Our first kiss happened when I was still in college but visiting Jen who had moved to Ferndale and was living on the Northeast side by Hilton.  We were at…

Ferndale has its fair share of lovebirds, so we decided to check in with a few of them before Valentine's Day and ask them to share relationship and date night secrets. Today, we take a closer look at what makes Nicolas Brown and Alison Perkins Brown so sweet. Nick and Alison live in Ferndale with their pug, Galahad. How long have you been together? 5 and a half years, and married for 4 months. What’s the secret to a successful and happy relationship? We don't know if this is a "secret," exactly, but there is something very powerful about being able to play music together. Both of us are …

Ferndale has its fair share of lovebirds, so we decided to check in with a few of them before Valentine's Day and ask them to share relationship and date night secrets. Today, we take a closer look at what makes Ferndale residents Jean and Bob Peplinski so sweet. How long have you been together? We first hooked up in July of 1998, so together for about 14-1/2 yrs & married for 12-1/2 of those. What’s the secret to a successful and happy relationship? The usual: mutual respect, attraction, admiration, common interests, similar tastes, sense of humor, etc. Life has thrown us some pretty big …

Ferndale has its fair share of lovebirds, so we decided to check in with a few of them before Valentine's Day and ask them to share relationship and date night secrets. Today, we take a closer look at what makes Ferndale residents Tim and Amy Gattshall so sweet. How long have you been together? Met at work in May 2003 and the day that Tim put in his 2 week notice to leave the job we started dating. We were engaged February 2008, married May 2009.  Now we have a beautiful 19-month-old son Tyler. What’s the secret to a successful and happy relationship? Being each other's best friend. What …

Ferndale has its fair share of lovebirds, so we decided to check in with a few of them before Valentine's Day and ask them to share relationship and date night secrets. Today, we hear from Ferndale residents Nancy Kerr-Mueller and Chris Mueller. Nan Kerr-Mueller is a member of the Ferndale school board. How long have you been together? Chris and I have been together since January of 1998.  He found out I was hiring people training to be teachers for an after school program that focused on science and introduced himself to me. What’s the secret to a successful and happy relationship? Hands …

Ferndale has its fair share of lovebirds, so we decided to check in with a few of them before Valentine's Day and ask them to share relationship and date night secrets. Today, we hear from Chris and Tiffany Best, residents of Ferndale and owners of the Rust Belt Market. How long have you been together? About 5 yearsWhat’s the secret to a successful and happy relationship? Being friends first so if all else falls apart you can rebuild on the strong foundation of friendship.What famous couple would you compare yourselves to? The couple in the "American Gothic" painting.Why did you settle in …

Ferndale has its fair share of lovebirds, so we decided to check in with a few of them before Valentine's Day and ask them to share relationship and date night secrets. Today, we hear from Ferndale residents Daniel Gonyea-Alexander and Allison Alexander. Together they're raising their 3-year-old daughter Lilah (Daniel blogs about Lilah's preschool adeventures here on Patch). How long have you been together? My wife told me love was foolish, so she agreed to love me because it was on April Fool's day.  That was 7 years ago this April.What's the Secret to a Successful and Happy Relationship? …