On Hinge, in the year of 2023, 23 million people were swiping away, going on terrible dates, and trying to find love. Malena & Nishanth happened to be two of those 23 million people. They were swiping away, hoping to find the partner of their dreams. As fate would have it, they eventually would come across each other and realize how magnificent their story would turn out to be. Now, this is just where the love story begins. With any good love story, there were a few complications. The first complication was that Nishanth lived in Georgia, and Malena lived in Minnesota. The second complication was Malena taking over a month to reply to Nishanth's prompt on Hinge. When Malena eventually got around to responding to Nishanth, he returned home to Georgia. Little did he know that he was about to fall in love with a fantastic woman from the Midwest. As the modern-day romance continues, the two cannot get enough of each other over iMessage, and they chat away endlessly. Malena desperately yearns to go on a date to meet Nishanth in person but remembers the southern gentleman who lives in Georgia. During this first month of chatting over iMessage, Nishanth finds an excuse to return to Minnesota, where he seized the opportunity to ask Malena on a formal date. Malena accepts this offer, not knowing she will meet the love of her life. You have to remember that not everything is sunshine and rainbows. As Malena approaches the restaurant, she is stressed due to a long day at work and is honestly fed up with going on first dates from Hinge. She was semi-excited because she finally got to meet Nishanth! As the anticipation rises, she patiently waits in the valet line, where someone ends up cutting her off in line. Malena was angry at this person who cut her off. She saw a handsome man approach the restaurant, but Malena was not going to let this go by unsaid. So she began to roll down the window and yelled, "HELLO! You took my spot in line!" This handsome man that got out of the car was Nishanth. Nishanth, being quite the charmer from the south, slowly walks up and approaches an upset Malena sitting in her car with her window rolled down and said, "Well, hello, pretty little lady. It’s okay just pull forward." This was a terrible first impression if you ask me. Malena was annoyed for the first twenty minutes of the date and sat in silence. Nishanth, being funny, sweet, and charming, somehow knew how to get her to open up and let go of her frustrations. As time passed, the two sat at the restaurant, enjoying each other’s company for SIX HOURS! Their conversation was so intoxicating for one another that the valet for the restaurant had to approach these two and let them know that the restaurant was closed and his shift was over. After dinner ended, The two went their separate ways, but in the back of their minds, they did not want this to be their last date. They both wanted more. But Nishanth returned to Georgia the next day. The two spent the next three months chatting with each other entirely over text. Nishanth decided to return to Minnesota to see Malena in person for a second time. It was a risk Nishanth decided to make to visit and to see if their first date a few months ago was just a magical first date or if there was something more there. On this second date, the two quickly discovered that this was something more than just a fluke magical first date; this was something that could last forever. The two quickly realized that they had so much to give to each other, and that’s when they knew this was something special. Now, as you are reading this story of how our love began, we would like to formally invite you to witness a milestone in our love story on August 29, 2025, where we will declare our love for each other in the eyes of god and all of our friends and family.