Claire and Michael met on the dating app Bumble in September of 2018. After exchanging a few messages discussing their shared love of travel, movies, and college football, Michael asked Claire if she would like to meet for dinner at a sushi restaurant. Claire, unbeknownst to Michael, hated sushi* and asked if it was possible to go somewhere else, despite her fear that it would make her look too high maintenance. Luckily, he said yes and suggested an Italian restaurant in Brooklyn. In true Claire and Michael fashion, both arrived at the restaurant 15 minutes early and walked around to kill time, not realizing the other had also gotten there too early. On that first date, they realized how much they had in common such as a love of sports, shared Italian family traditions, and the fact that their parents lived 20 minutes from one another in Virginia (despite Michael's family being from Michigan). Ever since then, they've been inseparable. A little less than three years later, Michael proposed at the Prospect Park Boathouse after a day at the Brooklyn Botanic Gardens, two of Claire's favorite places. *Claire has since learned to like sushi with Michael's help.