Ashley and Jeff connected on the dating website Coffee Meets Bagel in the summer of 2020. Our conversations were easy and enjoyable, and we agreed to meet. We met in August of 2020 and we knew this connection was special. Our first few months of dating and exploring had restrictions due to the covid pandemic. Our usual items on hand included face masks and hand sanitizer.

When the covid vaccine rolled out, Ashley was fortunate to receive it immediately due to working as an ICU nurse. She was able to nominate someone to receive the vaccine, so she nominated Jeff, but she had to add the relationship status. Desperate to go back to living normally and traveling safely, and only a few options available, Ashley listed Jeff as her “fiancee”. Ashley called Jeff, explained the situation and warned him not to screw this up if he gets a call. Soon enough, Jeff got the phone call.

While Jeff was receiving the vaccine, the nurses read his nomination form and congratulated him on our “engagement”. Jeff was a good sport while the nurses were drilling him on the details of our “engagement” and “wedding planning”.