It wasn't until 1949 that lyrist Oscar Hammerstein wrote,"Some enchanted evening, you will see your true love across a crowded room.", but in December 1941 at a holiday dance George("Poppy" his nickname at that time) Bush glanced across the dance floor and first saw Barbara Pierce . It was love at first sight.

When teenagers Eliza McCardle and Andy Johnson met in Greenville, Tennessee as Andy was first arriving in town and asked Eliza for directions, some magic must have happened. Eliza told her friends that he might just be her future beau while Andy was telling his parents the same thing about Eliza. They were only 18 and 16 when they wed, a marriage that lasted nearly a half a century.

Jimmy Carter knew Rosalynn Smith for many years simply as a friend of his younger sister, Ruth. But when Jimmy was a midshipman and Rosalynn was sweet seventeen, Ruth arranged for them to go on a picnic; a movie followed the next night including a good night kiss; and then a lifetime together!