Neither of us ever thought in a million years we’d meet our future husband/wife on a dating app. But on our wedding day, it’ll be almost 5 years later to the day that we started dating after meeting on Hinge. I’m sure you’re wondering what the initial conversation was like. Luckily, the transcript is pretty easy to remember.

On every Hinge profile, you answer 3 prompts. One of April’s prompts looked like this:

April’s prompt: “Believe it or not…”

April’s answer: “I’m single.”

She’s so funny, right? (This is Joe writing all of this if you haven’t picked that up yet).

So I made the first move, liked her prompt and replied back with only this: “🤯”

Not too long after, we had our first date. April showed up with brown hair despite all her Hinge photos showing her with blonde hair and I showed up on the verge of passing out because of how hungry I was. The first 45 minutes were a blur for me because I was just trying not to fall out of my chair. But the 2nd half, I was convinced I really liked this girl. So much so, that when I came home to my apartment, I told my roommate, Josh, that she was “wife material.”

April tells me she wasn’t so convinced after that 1st date.

Sureeeee…

Date 2 comes around and we went to a restaurant called Pil Pil. April showed up with a Google spreadsheet of menu items she wanted to try. I laughed in her face and at that moment, I knew I really, really liked her.

Date 3 was the best date. We biked down the westside highway and had a picnic in the park. April says that it was after this date that she knew she really liked me too.

About time…

Not too long after that, we officially started dating on May 23rd, 2021. The following week we went on a trip to the Hamptons with my friends from Ithaca College. This was April’s first time meeting any of them. A pretty big step for any new relationship. Let alone a week in. She fit in perfectly. Everybody told me they loved her. And I was even more confident that this was the start of something special.

Ever since that first month of getting to know April, I’ve been thinking about our eventual wedding day. It always seemed like a matter of “when,” not “if.”

And now that time is finally here!

I hoped you enjoyed reading this as much as I enjoyed writing it. And we can’t wait to celebrate with you all on 5/29/2026!