Believe it or not Michael and Panchali met through the online dating website OKCupid on November 1, 2016. Michael had just left on a business trip to Canada, so they were forced to text till he returned. Panchali's texts kept him warm while he was counting windows in the frigid Canadian tundra. Both Michael and Panchali still remember their first date vividly at the Frick Museum. Despite Panchali being shy and nervous she found the courage to ask him to go for hot chocolate and macaroons at Ladurée.