Chris and Lauren first matched on the dating app, Bumble, in May 2021. If you aren't familiar with the app, the women are to initiate the communication once you have matched. Lauren, awkwardly messaged Chris something along the lines of, "Hey! It looks like you take great care of yourself!" (lol), referring to the 5 shirtless pictures of Chris on his profile. They conversed for a day or two until the communication fizzled out, and they never planned a date to meet. Less than a year later in February 2022, surprisingly, Chris out of nowhere reached out to Lauren via Bumble app, greeting her with a "Hey" and eventually asking if she was still single. However, the communication was brief and once again, a date was never arranged. Fast forward to April 2023, unfortunately, but fortunately, Lauren was still single. Lauren had deleted and created a new Bumble profile, and they matched again - 3rd times a charm :) Lauren held very little expectations as the previous two encounters were brief and without any success, but she continued to keep an open mind prior to meeting Chris. They arranged to meet the following day and hit it off with a 4-hour dinner date. And the rest, is history :)