14 Celeb Couples Who Are Basically Living A Rom-Com Because They've Been In Love Since High School
You may think that finding "the one" in high school is something that only happens in teen movies or rom-com books. However, plenty of people — including some pretty famous ones — have gone on to live happily ever after with someone they dated in high school.
Here are 14 celebrities who married their high school sweethearts:
1.Snoop Dogg dated his high school girlfriend Shante Broadus (née Taylor) for four months before their first kiss, and they got married in 1997.
2.Ron Howard met Cheryl Howard (née Alley) when he sat in front of her in English class at John Burroughs High School in Burbank, California. They got married in 1975.
3.Bono and Ali Hewson (née Stewart) started dating when he walked her to the bus in 1976 — the same year he formed U2. They got married in 1982.
It was her first real relationship.
4.When Kathy Hilton (née Avanzino) was 15, she met Richard Hilton at a party. They got married in 1979.
In high school, Kathy was also close friends with Michael Jackson.
5.LeBron James and Savannah Brinson attended rival high schools in Ohio, but they connected through a mutual friend. They got married in 2013.
Initially, their friend told Savannah that LeBron asked for her number but she decided that she'd take his number instead. Then, she waited until she was bored one day to finally call him.
6.Jon Bon Jovi started dating fellow Sayreville War Memorial High School student Dorothea Hurley in 1980 — three weeks after her previous boyfriend left to join the military. They got married in 1989.
They traveled to Las Vegas without telling anyone else and got married the same day he proposed.
7.Lin-Manuel Miranda had a massive crush on Vanessa Nadal in high school, but it wasn't until a few years later that he finally made the first move by inviting her to a hip-hop improv show via Facebook. They got married in 2010.
After their first date, he got her number from a friend and invited her to a show he was performing in. When she saw him onstage, she knew she really liked him.
8.Thomas Rhett and Lauren Akins (née Gregory) became friends in first grade. And they briefly dated at 15. They both almost married other people but Lauren's dad intervened by calling Thomas and encouraging him to tell her how he felt about her. They got married in 2012.
9.Jeff Daniels married his high school girlfriend Kathleen Treado in 1979.
They moved back to their home state of Michigan in 1986.
10.Dancing With the Stars dancer Witney Carson and Carson McAllister got together as seniors at American Fork High School. After being in a long-distance relationship for most of their time together, they got married in 2016.
11.Olympic soccer player Carli Lloyd married her high school boyfriend Brian Hollins in 2016.
12.Baseball pitcher Clayton Kershaw started dating Ellen Kershaw (née Melson) while they were both first-years at Highland Park High School in Dallas, Texas. They got married in 2010.
13.Ja Rule married his high school girlfriend Aisha Atkins (née Murray) in 2001.
14.And finally, when Robert Smith (from the Cure) was 14, he met Mary Poole in a drama class at St. Wilfrid's Comprehensive School in Crawley, England. They got married in 1988.
He wrote "Lovesong" as a wedding present for Mary.
