Way back in the summer of 2017, Michael and Christine were living with their roommates Brian and Angela, who had just started dating each other (and eventually got married!). Brian and Angela had mentioned that Michael and Christine might be good for each other. But before they could set them up, fate intervened, and the couple matched with each other on Coffee Meets Bagel. Sadly, this online courtship would not see the light of day. In fact, Christine was so turned off by this experience that she swore off dating apps altogether. However, as fate would have it, on the night of January 27, 2018 (the wedding anniversary of Michael's parents), at a bar in the Lower East Side, Michael spotted Christine walk in. He approached her and said, "Hey...I know you," but she had no idea who he was. Through sheer determination and a couple of gin and tonics, Michael did manage to get that first date, and the rest is history.