Eric and Amanda dated in high school and went their separate ways for college. Amanda went on to study social psychology and get her Master's while Eric became an engineer after college. Amanda returned to Atlanta in 2014 and started thinking about dating again. She decided to use a dating app to see what would happen. One day, she got a notification saying that Eric Monroe had looked at her profile. She messaged Eric back and they decided to get coffee as friends. The rest is history.