We were introduced by our mutual friend Vivek. He's known Eric since the 2nd grade and met Taiwo in college. The set up began about a month before the day we actually met, when Vivek texted Taiwo from a brunch he was having with Eric and some other friends. Those first texts read "...I don't want to be the guy that sets up his friends, so stop me now..." We both happened to be single at the time, and there appeared to be some sort of potential. A month went by before we were actually introduced. It was at Vivek and Eric's childhood friend's birthday party. Taiwo knew she would be getting introduced to Eric at the party, but Eric had no idea she was going to be there, and the rest was history