Summer 2020, Nicole was living in Manhattan, but decided to spend time at her parents' home in Jacksonville, Florida during COVID quarantine. Nicole had no intention of dating while in Jacksonville given that she planned to head back to NYC once her office reopened, but a friend and colleague told her to take a chance. A few days later she came across Troy's profile on Bumble and was immediately pulled in by his kind eyes, great smile, cute freckles, and intriguing profile (which said something like, "I'm a sucker for artistic and complex women.") So she swiped right and Troy responded in kind, and the two talked on the phone a few days later ... for nearly 2 hours. It became evident during that first conversation that they had a lot in common... and for the next few days they continued to talk for hours at a time, having their first date later that week. Their first date couldn't have gone better, and that same day Troy expressed to Nicole that he didn't want to see anyone else. They both knew that "this" was different and special, and haven't looked back since.