Seth and Karin met officially at a Cornerstone University Masquerade Dance in November, 2014. They were both college freshman at the time. On the way to the event, they rode in the same car with mutual friends. They got to know each other more during Spring Semester of 2015 when Seth volunteered to help Karin with Math homework because she struggled in that class. He was one of the main motivators why she passed the class with flying colors. They started to hangout in the same group of friends and eventually stayed friends all throughout college.

It was late summer of 2019 when Seth invited Karin to his Bible study group. Seth had no intention of dating her at the time, and Karin was not sure what she envisioned for her life. After seeing each other every Sunday at small group their friendship started to grow again. In February of 2020, Seth asked Karin to be his plus one (extra guest) at a work event and she happily agreed to go. Soon after that, they confessed that they liked each other. They dated for a bit, had to take some space apart to figure out what they wanted for their future, but went steady by July of 2020.