Step 1: Move to across the country and join a church of 20-something transplants. Step 2: Wait half a decade. Step 3: Talk to strangers at parties. You never know... maybe someone you meet at your boyfriend's friend's housewarming will turn up again on a dating app years later when you're single again. Step 4: Wait another few years. Step 5: Build a dating profile that prominently features your love for corn and ice cream. Step 6: Fly to Alaska on the eve of a global pandemic. Step 7: Learn how to use Zoom, and come up with a few creatively themed date ideas. Maybe it will be a good excuse to pull out that hat you've never worn. Step 8: Walk 10 miles to meet for the first time on a street corner in the middle of Manhattan. Step 9: Survive a global pandemic together. Step 10: Propose in front of a crowd of strangers.