As millennials do, Jessica and Tyler met through a dating app and right-swiped each other on Bumble. Jessica's profile included gratuitous pictures of her ill-behaved yet cute dog Ladybird, while Tyler put his best foot forward with a very professional business school head shot and lots of travel pictures. Undeterred by Jessica's spotty response times between texts, Tyler quickly set up a date.
Jessica and Tyler met for three glasses of wine at Red Room Lounge on a cold, windy, and fateful Thursday night in Austin. Always overdressed, Jessica made the mistake of wearing a wool sweater-cape that left her sweating through three hours of conversation. Luckily, Tyler didn't notice.
Midway through their first trip oversees together, Tyler and Jessica had learned a few things about each other along the way. Tyler enjoyed booking back-to-back sightseeing tours and Yelp reviews; Jessica enjoyed Aperol spritzes and naps. On a cold, windy, and fateful Thursday evening in Florence, Tyler gave Jessica the heads up she'd been waiting for: that it might be nice to overdress tomorrow for pictures to commemorate the trip. The next day, Tyler was the sweaty one as he tried not to knock the ring box out of his sock as they ascended the steps of the Piazzale Michelangelo. He knelt down on one knee, she said yes, and a woman as old as time hobbled over and brandished her cane in the air, hollering "Eternità l'eternità il massimo!"