From Feigning Intimacy to Falling in Love
On their first date at a small Rosh Hashana dinner, Dr. Margaret Soper and Jason Kessler made a split-second decision to act as though they were already a couple. It wasn’t long before they weren’t pretending.
Credit...Jennifer Roper
Published Jan. 29, 2021Updated Feb. 1, 2021
It was a few days before Rosh Hashana, and Dr. Margaret Swenson Soper suddenly found herself with no plans. She had just learned that the tickets she thought she had to attend services had fallen through, and was feeling sorry for herself.
“I had a little pity party for myself,” Dr. Soper, 41, said. “And then the next morning I woke up and I thought: ‘You know what? I’m going to figure something out.’”