Alex Ethan Fishman and Anthony Richard Shirk were married March 21 at their home in New York. Rabbi Gary Katz officiated. On Nov. 8, the couple is to have a celebratory ceremony led by Rabbi Matthew L. Green at the Roundhouse, an events space in Beacon, N.Y.
Mr. Fishman (left), 29, is a senior innovation manager at PepsiCo in New York. He graduated magna cum laude from the University of Pennsylvania.
He is the son of Debra J. Fishman and Dr. Randy T. Fishman of West Bloomfield, Mich. Mr. Fishman’s mother is a stay-at-home parent. His father is a dentist at several facilities in the Detroit metropolitan area.
Mr. Shirk, also 29, works in New York as a solutions consultant for Pegasystems, a software company focused on customer engagement and digital process automation based in Cambridge, Mass. He graduated from Duke.
He is a son of Susan M. Shirk and Dr. William R. Shirk Jr. of Royersford, Pa. Mr. Shirk’s mother is a nurse for Phoenixville Area Middle School in Phoenixville, Pa. His father is the superintendent of the Pottsgrove School District in Pottstown, Pa.
The couple met in September 2014 through the dating app Hinge. After their first date in the West Village in New York, the pair knew they had a spark that would last. In 2018, each groom surprised the other with a marriage proposal. Mr. Shirk proposed to Mr. Fishman during a SoulCycle class in the West Village. Mr. Fishman proposed to Mr. Shirk at their favorite frozen yogurt shop, 16 Handles, in Chelsea in New York.