If anyone asks, we’ll tell them we met in line at Starbucks. The guy ahead of you had bought your drink because the lady in front of him had bought his drink, so it was your turn to buy my drink since I was next in line behind you. However, you refused and threw a fit, breaking the “pay-it-forward” chain that had gone on for the past ten hours and I thought that was really badass and the rest is history. Just kidding. One late night in October of 2017, we both happened to be on Tinder and swiped right on one another. Matthew was searching for a date to a music festival occurring a few weeks away; Lauren just happened to catch his eye -- her height and kind smile "swept him off his feet", you could say. Our first date took place at Culinary Dropout in Tempe, where we lounged for hours discussing our life stories and made meaningful connections.