While in Rome, November of 2023, one of Anna's best friends Jenny recommended that she try online dating. Anna previously downloaded apps in the past but wasn't very interested prior to that. Jenny, however, made a very strong case, even convincing her that a good mutual friend met his now wife online. So with a half second of courage, and perhaps a twinge of desperation, Anna re-downloaded Hinge, a dating app, during the trip. That courage lasted an entire 30 seconds before Anna immediately re-deleted the app, remembering why she thought apps never worked in the first place. Little did Anna know that downloading the app did NOT mean deleting her profile, and in that timeframe Christian saw Anna's account appear several times. Thinking she was what's referred to as a "rad trad" in the Catholic world, he decided not to click on her profile since being a "Creighton practitioner" definitely seemed like too Catholic of thing to do (even though he wasn't quite sure what being a Creighton Practitioner meant. In his mind it meant that this girl was TOO Catholic - and not in a good way). After scrolling through Hinge 5,000 times (maybe an exaggeration here), Anna's profile kept popping up. So, Christian decided to give it a shot and liked her profile. Too bad Anna didn't have Hinge downloaded anymore.... Rewind to before Anna left for Rome. Anna made a commitment to herself that she would start going to Tuesday night volleyball at the local Catholic young adult group. Little did she know that Christian went to Tuesday night volleyball at this same Catholic young adult group. Nevertheless, Anna didn't stick with her commitment and they never ended up meeting in person. Sad. Now fast forward to January 2024. After some consideration Anna decided to re-download Hinge, but for real this time. She noticed that Christian liked her profile, but couldn't figure out how to like him back. Seeing a hilarious picture of him on an airplane, she decided to message him instead. They only messaged for a few days before Christian asked her out and they ditched Hinge to exchange numbers. Christian thought "man this girl is cute" and it was all history after that....