In typical 2020 fashion, we fell in love in a hopeless place (aka the popular dating app Tinder). The prior fall, we had both gotten out of long-term relationships and were just looking for something casual, if anything at all. After a successful Tinder match, Michael led with a comment about his shared love of Tame Impala and Dani responded with 'does this mean we're soulmates??' and the rest is history. We met at our favorite taco spot in the neighborhood of Boston we both called home (shout out to Southie), and spent the next several hours drinking margs and laughing at each other's jokes, a shared sense of humor being one of our favorite things about each other. Michael likes to note that we had the smallest window to meet, since this was early 2020, and that fate not only brought us together but that we liked each other enough to quarantine together two months later and never looked back! So much for casual ;) After dating for a year and a half, we moved in together in Southie in fall 2021. Shortly after that, we adopted our Golden Retriever, Jerry, and raising our good boy together brought our hearts even closer. After two more years in Southie, we purchased a home together in Grand Rapids, MI in October 2023, and 5 months later Michael popped the question in San Juan, Puerto Rico!