Thomas and Sierra met on a dating app called "Coffee Meets Bagel" during the Summer of 2018. After texting for a few days they scheduled a time and date to finally meet in person. However, Sierra wiggled herself out of the date because she assumed Thomas was " too passive" and "too homeschooled" (she was wrong and he was not homeschooled). Their communication over the coming days stopped until a few months later when Sierra got put into a group chat by Thomas by accident. It was in this group chat that they reconnected and started talking again. After a few chats on the phone and texting for a few weeks, they went on their first date on October 20th, 2018 and they have been together ever since.