Danielle and Eric met on the dating app “Coffee Meets Bagel.” Danielle was drawn to Eric's quirky and fun personality, and Eric thought "Dang, she cute". It was a match! During their first date, Eric was almost 100% sure that Danielle hated him and that she was having a terrible time (she was not). After 3 long days of no communication between Danielle and Eric after their first date, Eric asked Danielle on a second date. It took Eric those 3 days to figure out that maybe Danielle didn’t actually hate Eric and that she was just nervous/ overwhelmed by Eric’s high amount of energy. After their second date, the rest was history and Danielle and Eric could not be separated since!

Danielle and Eric have a grocery review Instagram page called @grocerygods. Around August of 2019, Jodie (Danielle’s bridesmaid) and Eric started hatching a devious plot to propose to Danielle through a grocerygods video. Fastforward to the day of: Danielle and Eric were filming a Bachelor-themed parody reviewing two different popcorn brands of Lamar Marie’s popcorn with bridesmaid Jodie Simei and groomsman Phil Simei. At the end of the video, Danielle ended up choosing the Loaded Baked Potato popcorn flavor (which Eric was acting as), and then Eric proceeded to turn the final scene of the video into an elaborate proposal with the Richmond skyline as a backdrop. After the proposal, Jodie, Phil, Eric, and Danielle happily skipped off into the sunset at the Quirk Hotel (and proceeded to pop bottles!).