November 9th, 2016 Stephen - We initially matched on "Bumble". For those who don't know, the girl has to talk to you first or "the match" disappears. I didn't want to take that chance, so I went on a quest to find her on Instagram and took the initiative to message her first. After talking for a couple of days, we went on our first date at Barrelhouse Flats in Chicago. Mariana - I remember Stephen was late to our first date and he wasn't laughing at ANY of my jokes. He had this confused look on his face because he couldn't really hear what I was saying or understand my accent. But, we eventually got to talking about our experience playing sports in college, our families and I remember thinking, "Wow, I love the way this guy talks about his family". I felt like that was a dead-giveaway that he had a really big heart and he does! After a few more dates and one introduction to my dog, the rest became history!