We both went to the University of Arkansas. Studied the same major. Knew the same people. Even went to the same parties and probably sat in the same lecture halls… but somehow, we never met. Looking back, we probably crossed paths more times than we can count. My best friend Taylor lived in his freshman dorm. I spent weekends at the Kappa Sig fraternity house with my best friend Everett. We even shared the same business classes for years — but while Hunter was front row, I was more of a… “selective attendee.” It wasn’t until the timing was finally right that everything aligned — in the most unexpected, serendipitous way. One day, my tennis coach had his daughter Haley, who was back in town due to covid, join my lesson. We hit it off, became friends, joined a league, and after winning a match, she posted a picture of us. That one post connected the final dot. Hunter saw the photo, messaged Haley, and asked her to set us up. I didn’t really want to go — I wasn’t looking for anything serious. But my best friend Taylor pushed me to say yes. So I did. Hunter knocked on my door for our blind date, and for half a second, I wondered if I was about to get kidnapped. Instead, we talked for hours, stayed out too late for a Monday, and by the time I got home, I had butterflies that still haven’t gone away. It’s wild to think that without COVID, without winning that match, or that exact moment — we may have still never met. But we believe it happened exactly when and how it was meant to. The timing, the details, the way everything aligned… it feels like God’s hand was all over it. Saying yes to that blind date in the summer of 2021 changed everything.