During the summer of 2020, during prime pandemic times, we met swiping in our hometowns of Auburn and Macomb Twp on a dating application named Hinge. After communicating on the application and moving to text, we discovered that we would both return to Grand Valley for the upcoming hybrid school year. We decided to have our first date on an outdoor patio at Ando Sushi, now Maru, for the first time in person in Grand Rapids. The date went well! We returned to Liv's apartment for some drinks on her porch. The wooden beams beneath me gave way as I was stuck with one leg through the deck. I truly fell for her.