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Kevin and Jaimee serendipitously met at a bar, the Penny Farthing, in New York City on a summer's night in 2014. Kevin caught Jaimee's eye from across the bar and found her in a conversation it looked like she wanted to dodge. The gentleman that he is, Kevin jumped in hoping not to be the next person she'd want to dodge. Despite the loud music, the conversation came naturally. Kevin learned about Jaimee's recent year in Barcelona and commented "You're a lot more interesting than you give yourself credit for" which was the first of many weird yet endearing things he would say to her.
Kevin tried to make plans with Jaimee once or twice a week for several weeks and his relentless determination finally overwhelmed Jaimee at which point she agreed to a Monday night date. They met for a rooftop drink at Sutton Place and Kevin proved he is the only person in the world who can talk about purchasing and returning furniture from Ikea for 45 minutes. He is still bitter that the trip to Ikea cost him $1 more than the value of the things he returned. For reasons yet to be understood, Jaimee loved it. They talked into the night and Kevin walked Jaimee to Grand Central before they went their ways.
The next meetup took less convincing. The following Sunday, the day before Labor Day, Kevin and Jaimee met to spend the afternoon together. They met at the clocktower in Grand Central and took the subway towards the Highline. By the time they got there, a flash storm was pelting the city with heavy rain. A crowd bunched around the 8th avenue L stop exit, as people covered their heads with umbrellas, jackets and backpacks. Defying the Gods, Kevin and Jaimee burst out of the station and huddled under their single umbrella. The rain came down with such fury that even those with umbrellas were wet from the waist down and most chose to stay underneath overhangs. Drenched and with a vast swath of the Highline to themselves, they laughed. Minutes later, sunshine pushed the rain aside forming a rainbow in its wake - this literally happened.
Now, convincing was no longer needed. Kevin and Jaimee haven't spent more than two weeks apart since - and that was only because Jaimee had a business trip to Israel!