Contrary to belief, the bride a groom met virtually, 10 days before the bride actually moved to Maryland. Both parties paid for an online subscription to match.com and eventually was forced to pay for another month [after they both had no luck] because they had forgot to cancel their subscription. If you let the groom tell it, the bride messaged him first BUT, the groom actually reached out and showed in interest initially. Groom: I looked at her profile picture and thought she was beautiful. My exact words were "DAMN, she's beautiful, let me message her." After I messaged her, she jumped in my inbox. That's pretty much all it is when it comes to online dating. Bride: He slid in my dms and I took a look at his profile. I said to myself, "He's cute, got all his teeth, not balding, and 6'6?! Let me slide him my number." And that's what I did. I did not like messaging back and forth on the dating site, I mean I rarely ever checked it anyway. Once phone numbers were exchanged, the two talked daily. Once the bride moved to Maryland on April 30th, the groom asked her officially to be exclusive.