Rachel was a senior at the University of Illinois when she matched with Daniel on JSwipe in September 2019. Daniel was working full-time and living at home in Memphis. When Rachel saw he was in Memphis, she immediately thought, “Um, no thanks” (knowing she didn’t want to leave Chicago). But Daniel looked cute, and she was bored…so she replied. After an ultimatum from Rachel ("visit me or talking is pointless"), Daniel drove six hours from Memphis to visit Rachel at school. He was in love from the start. Rachel? She liked him too, but wanted to take things slow. (After all, he was three years older and moving a little faster.) In March 2020, Rachel visited Daniel in Memphis for the first time. The day she returned home, the world shut down due to COVID-19. Despite the distance and uncertainty, Rachel and Daniel stayed strong through nearly three years of long-distance, until Daniel made the big move to Chicago in December 2022 - buying a condo in Lincoln Park. Fast forward nine months: Rachel moved in, and by November 2024, Daniel proposed at The Rookery building in Chicago! We're so excited to get married and keep doing all the things we love together such as traveling, trying new restaurants, playing pickleball, enjoying bingo nights, wandering through HomeGoods, seeing concerts and Broadway shows, and attending sporting events. We feel incredibly lucky to have found each other and can’t wait to start this next chapter surrounded by the people we love most.