I had sworn off online dating FOREVER. There seemed to be nothing but perverts, cheapskates and creeps hiding behind profile pics of bikinis and their pet. It was January 24 and one of my best friends was in town visiting me for the weekend. After an amazing Greek pizza, too much tequila and girl talk, she fell asleep on me! I was looking to pass the time so I downloaded Tinder. Yikes! No. Swipe left. Ew. Ew. Eh? Let me go ahead and swipe right. ITS A MATCH! Honestly, the profile was lame. Dominique only had 1 or 2 pictures and no bio. Super sketchy. Anyways, about 20 minutes after we matched, I got a notification. “Hello beautiful... have to get to know the person behind the bio.” (Im paraphrasing. But if you know my fiancee, then you know she thinks that she’s some cool cat). We exchanged a few messages and Dominique ends the chat abruptly: “443-xxx-xxxx. Hit me.” Uhhhh ok then. I was annoyed, intrigued and kind of excited. We texted all night. She was clearly smitten. The next day, I got all dolled up and went to brunch in DC. I was feeling super fly so I snapped a selfie in the ladies room and sent it to my Tinder-Bae. She was pumping my head full of compliments, which I was totally into. We FaceTimed that night and talked about EVERYTHING from astrology to music to pizza toppings. At about 4 am, I woke up in bed and we were still on FaceTime. Dominique was snoring and I was smiling to myself. I hung up and rolled over, knowing that I had swiped right on something magical. We have been inseparable (but not in a clingy, codependent way) ever since. - Cassandra