From the Start, There Were Ground Rules.
Before their wedding, Shanee Markovitz and Nathaniel Kay, both Modern Orthodox Jews, celebrated the signing of a religious prenuptial agreement.
'Before Shanee Markovitz agreed to be Nathaniel Kay’s girlfriend in 2014, she laid down her ground rules.
“When he asked, I gave him two pieces of feedback,” said Ms. Markovitz, then 14. “First I told him to stop shaking, because he was nervous. And then I told him, I will say yes, but I want you to know there will be no breaks. I don’t want you to have the impression that, just because we’re young, this will be an on-and-off thing.”
Mr. Kay, who had worked up the nerve to pop the girlfriend-boyfriend question at the bar mitzvah of Ms. Markovitz’s younger brother, Ziv Markovitz, agreed on the spot. In the six years they have been together since, Ms. Markovitz’s tendency to speak her mind has intensified. It was evident last year when the couple had a party to celebrate the signing of their prenuptial agreement.
Ms. Markovitz, 21, and Mr. Kay, 22, are Modern Orthodox Jews. They met as high school sophomores at Katz Yeshiva High School of South Florida, in Boca Raton. A friend told Ms. Markovitz she should keep an eye out for Mr. Kay before they found their way to the same geometry classroom. “Before school started that year, a friend reached out and said, ‘I met your future husband,’” she said. “He wasn’t even messing around. He was a friend who knew me really well, and he really believed Tani and I would end up getting married.”'>>>
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