In the summer of 2021, Teddi was days away from deleting the dating app Hinge when she stumbled on the profile of a man named Grayson. She thought he was cute and listed his height as 6'7" and she thought, "well, why not?" and sent a "like". He responded and they started messaging. Due to his limited understanding as to how the app worked, he was listed as being located in Seattle but surprise! He was not. He was stationed in San Diego with the Navy and was going underway the next day. He asked if they could email and she thought, "well, why not?". They emailed back and forth for 3 weeks and once he was back on land, they had a video date. Which lasted four hours! Over the next two months they chatted on the phone, on video, and essentially dated virtually. The summer was winding down and with Labor Day weekend on the horizon, the topic of meeting in person came up. Grayson offered to host Teddi in San Diego and she once again thought, "well, why not?". Teddi flew down to San Diego and they met in person and the rest is history.