Jessica & Thomas in Summit, NJ

Thomas (Tommy) Troncoso is lucky that Jessica Kleiman had such a bad blind date. Jessica, who knew the advertising copywriter through her postcollege roommate, never considered him boyfriend material. THE BRIDE Jessica Kleiman, 31, PR director THE GROOM Thomas (Tommy) Troncoso, 32, advertising copywriter THE DATE December 21 Soon enough the script flipped when Jessica, a PR director, found herself set up with his coworker whom she ended up hating -- fortunately, Tommy was there (at the work event) to save the date. Six years later, after so many of their friends were engaged or married, Tommy shocked Jessica with a proposal on their New York City street corner. He said to me, 'Oh, there's something I forgot to tell you that's not going to make you happy...guess who got engaged?' Jessica recalls. But before she could ask who, Tommy was on one knee.