For Sarah Lockman and John Collins, the pivotal moment in their relationship occurred in a most unusual place: high atop the staircase of Mr. Collinss new home in St. Michael, Md., where he and Ms. Lockman struggled for three hours to carry a futon down the stairs this past January.
At one point, the futon got stuck on the staircase, and it became a very high-intensity situation, said Ms. Lockman, 41, a state senator and senate majority whip in the Delaware General Assembly.
But we were a really good team, added Ms. Lockman, who is also a single parent raising a 17-year-old daughter in Wilmington, Del. I felt like we kept each other calm and eventually got through it together.
Mr. Collins, 35, a partner in FS Vector, a financial services advisory firm based in Washington, said that despite the circumstances, no one got angry that was very important.read more
Mixing Politics and Romance
