Dave's Story: For some, it only takes two to swipe right. But in this case, the planets, stars, and algorithms aligned to bring these two together. After a successful pairing on the classiest of dating apps, Elle and Dave exchanged the wittiest of banters. Dave: Hey! How's your week going? (Translation: Hey, gurrrrrrrrl) Elle: Oh, hi! (Translation: Mmm. It's just about to get better.) ... (Let's fast forward through the completely innocuous back and forth repartee) ... Dave: So I'm going to be in east Africa for the next two weeks for work. I'd love to grab a drink with you when I'm back! Elle: <DEAFENING SILENCE> Dave: <FACE PALM> And just like that, Dave was ghosted. Frozen. Gone. At least that's how he felt for a few minutes (Elle: *ahem* days) until the mysterious guiding hands of our algorithm overlords brought these two together on a different dating app. That's right. They matched on not one, but two separate dating apps. It was there that they resumed their conversation, and we'll have Elle take the story from here. Elle's story: After a string of unfortunate first dates, Elle was feeling more than a little jaded about the Seattle dating scene when she decided to swipe right on Dave's profile. When he mentioned a quick jaunt to Africa (but without further context for his professional endeavors), after which he'd like to have a drink, she immediately concluded that this meant he was likely an international playboy businessman, going to deal in blood diamonds or oil and decided to write him off. Fun fact: his name in her phone stayed "IPBM" (international playboy businessman) for the first 6 months of dating. When, two days later, his profile popped up on an alternate dating app which provided further detail and shed light on the fact that he actually worked for the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Elle was horrified by the fact that she'd potentially let a snap judgement allow the love of her life to get away.