Joe and Bee met online in June of 2019. Joe messaged Bee first and invited her to Maison Premier, an oyster and cocktail bar in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. The night extended to another rooftop restaurant. They text-messaged each other later that night that it was the best first date they'd been on. That next week it was Bee's 29th birthday, so she went to Pittsburgh with her best friend Ankita to stay with their family and see friends from high school. Joe called her every night she was away, and they continued to learn each other's likes, dislikes, and views of the world on these late night chats. When Bee returned, Joe took her for a second-date birthday dinner at a beautiful Indian restaurant in Manhattan. Later she found out he doesn’t like Indian food or Manhattan, but wanted to make her happy. Their third date was a getaway to Vermont and New Hampshire that Joe planned. He took her to all the hikes and swimming waterfalls. She read him short stories from David Foster Wallace as they drove around the countryside. He told her he had deleted his dating apps and asked for her to do the same. ❤️