Shane and Maddie met on bumble on September 16th of 2020, Maddie was starting her sophomore year of college, Shane had just moved back to the northern Virginia area not long before and was taking online classes at Nova. They FaceTimed the first day that matched ( had to make sure each other was real haha), they talked about goals and what they wanted in life, wanted to really see if they were compatible. Shane texted Maddie the next day saying “You +Me, National Harbor, September 19th for Italian dinner.”