Eric messaged Meredith on the exact day when she was going to close her account and part ways with online dating. They talked for almost 3 months before they met. On February 17, 2017 they met for the first time at Alamo Cafe. Meredith was very nervous and Eric was pleasantly surprised to find that she was in fact 6 feet tall. They went on a second date and then a third, and in no time at all it felt like they had met the person they had been searching for. Eric made dinner for Meredith on several occasions and brought them to the lobby of University Hospital at 1200 in the morning to eat with her during her lunch break. The first time he did this, Meredith was caught completely off guard. As she walked around the corner of the Starbucks situated in the lobby, she could hear Sam Smith (one of their favorite artists) playing so clearly above the lobby music. Eric had quite a spread waiting for her, he had made an entire Italian meal from scratch for her, bread included, and once their 30 minute lunch was over, it was so hard for Meredith to get up and leave. It was the beginning of many sweet gestures by Eric. Eric loves to cook for Meredith, especially because she does not. It was one of many encounters that lead them to believe that they had found each other's half and had become whole. Come see them move onto the next stage of their lives together