It was days after Alyssa's birthday when she decided it was time to spend some money on a dating app. The free ones were becoming a waste of time and lead to dead ends. It was shortly after using it that Alyssa became frustrated with the app, in fact so frustrated that she was going to call the company up and ask them for her money back. But first Alyssa gave it one last chance and oh is she happy she did. She saw this handsome man that caught her eye. His bright smile made her reach out. She thought to herself, What do I have to lose? So with her midwestern ways she PMd him. "What's up Buttercup" It was shortly after that Rodney responded and they got all of the basic questions out of the way. The next day Alyssa patiently waited for Rodney to contact her. He reached out by saying "Hey, its Buttercup" and the love story began.

Rodney asked Alyssa on a first date. At this point they had only been talking about a week. Rodney was anxious to meet Alyssa in person and treat her. He picked something simple, TGIF, for drinks. No dinner. Alyssa was late of which Rodney will tell she was so late and Alyssa will say but a few minutes. Alyssa was coming from work and need to stop home to change in order to impress kind of thing. Alyssa walked in the door and Rodney almost fell off his chair.