October 2021. Two strangers thought the other looked cute on the dating app Hinge, a social media app designed to find relationships rather than the caliber of affection one may find on Tinder. This girl from Washington, DC had just moved to New York a month ago and made an ironclad vow to go on one date a week to find love. This other dude had lived in Brooklyn for seven years prior, and looking for love, thought the girl was really, really pretty.

After hours of laughs, conversation, and drinks, our love birds walk under the subway tracks of Bushwick and share their first kiss. It comes up that this girl from the deep south had never had a chopped cheese, and after hearing this, the boy from upstate took the girl to the closest bodega for her inaugural sandwich.

Our dude finally walks her to her doorstep, she says good night, and they haven't gone a day without talking since.

Since their first encounter, our love birds have gone on many adventures together. Traveling to Paris, discovering new bagel shops every Saturday morning, moving in together, adopting a dog, schlepping around NYC for the latest FB Marketplace treasure, visiting friends from coast to coast, and so much more.

And as that dude from upstate New York, I can honestly say, what a beautiful life we have built together!