Our story began in January of 2020 when we both swiped right on Bumble. For our first date, Jesse tried to plan it around the neighborhood where Shari worked as a teacher. We met at a bar on the Upper West Side in NYC followed by dinner at a Japanese restaurant. Needless to say, we hit it off immediately and quickly realized that our frequencies were very well aligned. We also realized during the date that we both lived in the same neighborhood...and that there had been no school that day. We had both travelled from Midtown East over to the Upper West Side and then ended up sharing a cab back home to the same neighborhood. It gave us a good laugh on the way home and laughter has truly been a cornerstone of our relationship since day 1. This kind of over planned approach, to try and keep things simple, but inadvertently make them more complicated instead, became known from that day forth as "Pulling a Jesse". Our first 3 dates were in person. Date #3 was at our favorite neighborhood piano bar called Mimi's. Part of why Shari had swiped right in the first place is because Jesse had listed his go to karaoke song as, "Walking in Memphis", on date #3 he got up and sang it live in the middle of dinner. Then the pandemic hit and our next 10 dates were virtual, but It was never difficult to keep things interesting and get to know each other better over Zoom. During the 4 years which followed, we quarantined together, celebrated together, travelled together, grew closer together, supported one another, and fell deeper in love with each day. Shari moved in on March 1st, 2022. Jesse proposed on August 13, 2023 at Shari's favorite waterfall park in Midtown Manhattan. We are overjoyed to announce our wedding day and so excited to celebrate with all of our closest family and friends!