It's really happening! Feb 12, 2022

The Short Version: We ended up hanging out at a special can release at Braxton Breweries because of mutual friends, and stuck with each other ever since. The Long Version: Timing was everything. We missed each other when we both lived in Cleveland. We missed each other during college, despite having an impressive amount of mutual friends and going to the same events. We missed each other for a few years after UC as we both moved around. Then, we matched on Tinder. But then we both immediately forgot about Tinder and nothing ever happened and we forgot the other existed. (Funny story: we forgot about this until we had been dating for about 6 months and only figured it out by accident.) Then we met at a UC Homecoming party. We both liked the other, but we (separately) decided we blew it and never did anything. Then we both happened to go to Braxton for a special can release, and hung out in line because of mutual friends. We flirted, we joked, he met my dog, and timing finally made sense. Our first date was February 13th, and neither of us realized it was the day before Valentines day until about half way through the date, but at that point both us were already hooked. At some point you just have to let the universe win.