We met on Tinder over 6 years ago during college! We both went to different colleges, but popped up in each other's Tinder range during winter break, when we were home. Neither of us were looking for anything serious (hey, that's why we were on Tinder...), but we immediately clicked and had so many late-night conversations before we'd even met in person. Our first date was at a small coffee shop called the French Twist, where we met for, you guessed it, brunch, before leaving to play Mario Kart and watch Sherlock.

Although the long distance was challenging, the connection was too strong to ignore. It felt like we had found our best friends, so we both trusted our guts and hoped for the best.

We did long-distance for 2.5 years during college, before we both got into the same school for grad school (Michigan!) Brian's degree only took 1.5 years, while Abby's took 3, so we had to do long-distance at the end of grad school, too. After 5 years of dating, when Abby graduated, we finally closed the distance. Brian proposed just a few weeks later :)