Like many modern love stories, Alex and Alina met on Tinder with a very simple plan: one fun date and then go their separate ways. Alex almost didn’t even pick Alina up that night, but thankfully he trusted his better judgment. They went out for drinks downtown at the Boiler Room (RIP), had such a good time talking and laughing that they completely forgot to eat. A few drinks later and things were getting a little chaotic, so the night ended the only logical way possible: eating fried chicken and shrimp alfredo in bed. What was supposed to be just one casual date quickly turned into spending nearly every day together and rarely leaving each other’s houses. Alex still jokes that by the 3rd week, Alina was staying over so often she asked for a key to his house. Somewhere between spontaneous nights out, endless laughs, and realizing they never wanted to say goodbye, that one swipe turned into a forever kind of love.