Bumble actually worked. Who would’ve thought that? Honestly, neither of us. Because it was Bumble, Morgan had to reach out first, she had a wonderful line of “Lions, Psych, and National Treasure, I knew I had to swipe right.” That’s all it took. Shortly after, we talked non-stop, and realized we are SO SO similar. To the point it felt eerie sometimes. Our families. Our preferred candy bars. Our college majors. It was so aligned and…easy. Effortless. Felt like we already knew each other. It took Jake FOREVER to ask Morgan out. But he finally did. We met for breakfast. Morgan walked in and said “I need you to know, I’m REALLY nervous.” From there, we didn't shut up. We had breakfast at Pop’s Diner (RIP) and went for a walk at The Highlands. We walked for over 2 hours and talked about everything under the sun. Our second date was very similar. We met to play some games at House Rules. After our reservation time was up, we settled on walking again, for hours, for miles. It ended up being 9 miles throughout downtown GR, and again, we covered every single topic. After dinner, Jake said “where to next” we looked at the clock, it was midnight, and we were on Alpine with nothing to do. Morgan offered walking again, so we walked another 2 miles in her apartment complex until after 1am. Once we had to actually call it a night, Jake walked her to the door and they had their first kiss. Wild. From there, life hasn’t been the same. Morgan knew that month that we’d be here. We’ve adventured. We’ve traveled. We’ve spent so much time visiting families and nurturing our relationships with our favorite people. We learned to cook new foods together, experimenting and dancing in our kitchen. Sometimes failing but always happy to do it together. We’ve watched so much football and screamed at the tv together. We’ve laughed until we’ve cried. We’ve cried until there were no more tears. Sharing life together has just felt right. It was like life aligned- for both of us. We constantly feel like we are in a state of gratitude. We never want to do this life apart.