As two career focused people typically are, they were busy. Kaitlin was busy establishing her career and independence in her first apartment on her own, Charlton was busy climbing the ladder at Lockheed Martin. These careers being mainly female dominated for Kaitlin, and male dominated for Charlton, the dating pool was... less than plentiful. So, as many people do in this day and age, they both turned to a new (at the time) dating app called Hinge. Both had their fair share of horrible first dates before meeting each other, but once Kaitlin saw that long, overgrown beard of Charlton's... everything was history. After a first date of jokes, Mexican food, and few beers at the Local (a bar they still frequent... often), two more dates were planned for the same week. On the car ride home from their third date, they both knew. This was forever in the making.