In a world where, between 1995 and 2017, the share of couples who met at work declined from 19% down to 11% (Rosenfeld), Emma and Jeremiah defied the curve and first met as colleagues in the university of Oregon Global Scholar dining hall. Since the two shared an intensely driving passion to wash dishes and make minimum wage, they both found themselves in student dining services. One fateful day, 6 months after a dramatic rejection, heard over the bumbling sound of boba balls in sugar-laced iced tea, the unassuming bachelor took his second shot. The female colleague responded, "I don't date co-workers," to which the bachelor replied, "Okay, I'll quit. Please give me a chance!" What followed was a 2-year romantic jihad that engulfed the two, generating emotions neither had experienced before, ending in spiritual conversion and a magnetic unification. Much can be said about the time these two former co-workers spent wrenching the talking stick to and fro, generating ideas for a future that included the both of them. When all was said and done, the Lord had his way, and inspired the bachelor to make a promise, which takes us to this special day. The findings of this anecdotal study in matchmaking? The Lord works in mysterious ways, and love finds its path. Oddly, but not unexpectedly, this path of love was curvy, sending the two to opposite sides of the planet and back, and then to Montana together. Now, for a time, it's back to Oregon, where they will become one flesh.

Source: Rosenfeld, Michael J., Thomas, Reuben J., and Falcon, Maja. How Couples Meet and Stay Together (HCMST), Wave 1 2009, Wave 2 2010, Wave 3 2011, Wave 4 2013, Wave 5 2015, United States. Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2016-03-18. https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR30103.v8