Ben and Crystal met on a blind date on May 5th, 2019.

Ben likes to tell people we were introduced by our mutual friend April, who he met a dog park. The truth is we met on a dating app that connects people with mutual friends. I actually introduced Ben to my roommate April and her dog Lucy after we'd been out a few times:)

We met for an afternoon coffee/"brunch" on Cinco de Mayo (too risky for real evening plans on this special occasion) at a local coffee shop. I came hungry because I thought it was brunch, but Ben had no plans to buy me a meal (too risky for a first date), so we settled on yogurt parfait & coffee. Conversation flowed easily, but what impressed me the most about Ben was that he knew what he was looking for and he communicated it clearly.

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