It was October 6th, 2018. He was a post-military student at Columbia. She was a master’s student at Rutgers. Trying to survive as babies in the city (and not spend their entire rent on groceries), there they were at Trader Joe’s on 72nd Street.

After grabbing the essentials — milk, eggs, steak, and beer (guess who’s who) — he wandered toward the frozen food aisle, also known as the Motherland of Trader Joe’s.

Nearby, Jane was on a mission: elevate “girl dinner” beyond chips for the fifth night in a row. She was looking for something more — frozen dumplings (if you didn’t know, one of Trader Joe’s specialty items is their frozen dumplings… seriously go try them).

That’s when fate stepped in…

Their eyes met as he reached for the pork dumplings and she reached for the chicken ones. They stood awkwardly close, arms crisscrossed in pursuit of Trader Joe’s crown jewel. Sensing this was his only chance to say something witty, he opened his mouth… However, with a sly grin, she beat him to it saying “Chicken is better, just so you know”.

Caught off guard and very impressed, he responded “How about this… Give me your number and I’ll get the chicken, you get the pork and we can compare tonight?”

It worked!

This is the story we told our families for the first couple years… we actually met on the apps!

Hope you enjoyed!

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