On a balmy summer's eve in 2013, Jon was cleaning his apartment when he put an old lamp just outside his door and went back inside to grab a few more things to take to the car. At that moment, Shalini, who was visiting one of her friends that lived across the hallway from Jon, stepped into said hallway. She noticed the lamp just outside the door across the hallway. Upon opening the door again Jon was stunned to find a beautiful woman in a white dress holding the lamp he'd just placed outside. Shalini asked, "Are you giving this lamp away? I'm definitely not trying to steal it. Does it work?". Jon confirmed that the lamp did work and that she could take it with her. Shalini was excited about her new acquisition and intrigued by the young man she had just met. Following a brief exchange on his doorstep the two parted ways. Three months passed and on a cold Tuesday evening in November, Jon walked out of his apartment to find the "lamp girl" walking his way down the hall. With a smile he said, "It's the lamp girl! How's the lamp working?". She replied that it was a good lamp and thanked him a second time for giving it to her. Another brief exchange transpired. There was something here...and they could both feel it. The only words Jon could think of to take things to the next level were: "So, maybe we can hang out sometime...?". Shalini agreed, said it would be fun...and then Jon explained he was on his way to grab dinner and watch a documentary about World War I that evening (because the ladies love to hear things like this...). Just as Jon was about to turn and go Shalini said, "So I guess you'll be needing my number so we can hang out sometime?". Realizing this was true, Jon laughed and pulled out his phone to take her number. That evening Jon ate his dinner while learning about World War I and after waiting two days, and trying not to seem desperate, called to ask Shalini out on a date that Thursday. Their first date was that same Friday night at the Windmill Lounge in Dallas, Texas. The rest is history...and the most surprising part of it all is the fact that Jon got his lamp back in the end.