It's About Damn Time

Picture it: Bay Area, April 2017. Sean and Rebecca had matched on OkCupid before this, but he was apparently so swamped with attention from Walnut Creek cougars that he never responded to her messages. Fast forward a year, and they matched again on Tinder. This time around, he was desperate enough that he struck up a conversation. The banter was 10/10, they had a lot in common, and Rebecca was leaning hard into the whole "sexy yet stern librarian" aesthetic in those days, so it wasn't long before Sean began pressing her to meet in person. Alas, she was hesitant after having been on a string of comedically bad Tinder dates in a row. After her last experience, in fact, she'd decided to give it one final shot and if the next guy was yet another weirdo she was going to take a long break from online dating completely. Well, the next guy turned out to be Sean, and Rebecca never went on another Tinder date again. Seven years, one house, and two cats later, Sean popped the question on Rebecca's birthday at the top of the historic lighthouse on East Brother Island in San Francisco Bay. After she was done cursing him out for having made her wait so long, she enthusiastically accepted. Sean and Rebecca hope their story can serve as a testament to the unyielding power of true love, as well as an inspiration for jaded dating app users everywhere.