We matched on Tinder and began messaging each other immediately. It started with a simple comment about his dog—he had a photo of Buffy on his profile. From there, our conversation flowed effortlessly, we covered everything from dogs and TV shows to music and all sorts of little things in between. Before we knew it, it was 7 a.m.—we had been on the phone for nearly eight hours. Neither of us had ever found it so easy to talk to someone like that before.