It was a cold night in January 2019. Matt had actually made plans with an ex that evening. Fortunately, those plans were canceled and he decided to instead make plans with his parents. As fate would have it, Matt started to get ready but after he showered he was informed by his parents that they too were canceling on him because they wanted to hang out with their friends Jane & John.The last thing Matt wanted to do was drive out to the city (living in Glenview at the time), but as he had struck out twice already with his plans for the night he ended up doing just that. After much deliberation Matt went out to dinner with his friend & co-worker, Jakub. Meanwhile, in another part of town Karolina decided to help her boss at the Cubs Convention at her previous employment at the Sheraton. She was ready to go but decided to first text her boss who had planned to be there earlier to see how things were going.When Karolina heard back that her boss didn't end up going, she too decided not to go. Instead, Karolina went over to her friend Weronika's place. Weronika & Jakub were dating and living together. After having dinner out in the city, it was only natural that Jakub suggested that Matt come back to his place after dinner, plus the added incentive turned out to be that Karolina would also be there that night. Matt knew from pictures that Karolina was someone he wanted to meet. Right off the bat Matt introduced himself and the night progressed with drinks, chatter, and laughs. At the end of the night Karolina Uber'd back home while Matt spent the night. The next day he asked Weronika to text Karolina on his behalf and ask for a date. Karolina kindly declined the invite stating she wasn't interested in going on any dates. Weronika persisted and settled on making it a double date which Karolina felt was a better idea and agreed to go. The double date ended up being a lot of fun. So much so that Karolina agreed to see Matt again on a date with just the two of them…. Skip ahead just over 3 years and here they are now, solidifying all of their future plans together.