Matt and I grew up about a mile from one another, went to the same junior high, high school, and community college. We knew who each other were without having met one another. We would often reach out to each other for every World Cup, NBA Finals, and Champions League Finals to debate our favorite teams playing against one another. After several years of "comments", "wall posts", and private messages we went on our first date in 2016 while I visited Los Angeles from New York to attend a wedding. Months after, it was fate, I moved back to the house that was only a mile away from Matt's. The rest is history.