Some people have love at first sight. These two needed a few more tries. Andrew spotted Olivianna on the dating app Hinge in the summer of 2024 and immediately told his roommate Jon about this beautiful girl who spoke Mandarin. They matched! But after a short conversation, Olivianna kindly told him, “Hey, I just moved to town and I really want to get involved in my church and community before I date.” Andrew replied, “That’s the best reason to not talk to me!” She deleted the app. Inspired by a girl he’d never even met, he eventually did too. Six months later, Andrew boarded a plane to DC — longer hair, fuller beard, and happily single. After the plane home nearly went down in a snowstorm, he redownloaded Hinge. Olivianna immediately appeared in his suggested matches. Convinced she was the real deal, he panicked, closed the app, and waited a day. When she showed up as a standout four days in a row, he finally sent another like. They exchanged a few messages before Olivianna got swept up in breaking news, attended a Christian speed dating event, and deleted the app again. Andrew went on a couple of dates with someone else, but it wasn’t right. The day he ended things and reopened Hinge, he found a message from Olivianna that had arrived just 30 minutes earlier. Somehow, they had both redownloaded the app on the very same day. Again. Olivianna’s message was, “Is it too late to respond? You could be married by now, and I’d get that.” Spoiler alert: he wasn’t. This time, they talked for three straight hours over text. Andrew finally got her number, and the rest is history. — Andrew