They were both living in NYC; Jack was a software engineer who had just turned twenty-two, and Beatrice was a nineteen-year-old acting college student. They first chatted on an online dating app, and then had their first date at McNally Jackson Books in Manhattan. A bookstore /coffee shop was the perfect date spot because they had already found a common connection in reading. Jack likes to remind Beatrice that she was late to their first date, but it was worth the wait. Immediately something clicked, it felt fun and easy, and the rest is history.