We connected through a dating app called Bumble during quarantine in April of 2020. We hit it off almost immediately and started video chatting for hours every day. We lived two and a half hours and two states apart. I (McLain) didn’t allow John to meet me in person until North Carolina’s stay-at-home order was lifted. On May 8th, John drove to Asheville from his home in Georgia, we finally met in person, and we’ve been together ever since. On my 26th birthday, February 9th, 2021, we got engaged at the Old Edwards Inn and Spa in Highlands, North Carolina.