We "met" on Tinder in October of 2019. I remember seeing on Jonathan's profile "ask me about my beard". And so I did. And got the very interesting response "oh lol... it just grows like that." Misleading bait we both agree, but it did make me crack a smile. Before we met I even sent a photo to one of my best friends, Greg, and said "he's cute, right?". Mortifyingly enough, I realized I accidentally sent the photo to Jonathan himself instead. It took a while to recover from that. Despite this, we made it to our first date outside (rarity for a tinder match) - a Mexican restaurant on the cutest street in Manchester, CT. We spent the whole night laughing - Jonathan "impressing" me with the one Spanish word he could remember that night - frijoles (beans). Laughter is probably the thing we're known for most now haha!

Long shifts at work at the time and I was practically buzzing waiting for a reply, she was so easy to talk to and I was so anxious to ask her if we could go out on a first date. We'd FaceTime with each other all the time and laugh until the wee hours. A pierced nose, a dog gone wrong, a cat from outside and now forever.