Julia transferred to UC Davis right in the middle of the pandemic, and was living on campus. Julia was taking online classes, with only one science lab that was in person. Carson had moved back to Davis after graduating from Cal Poly SLO and was living in an apartment less than a mile away from Julia!

In October 2020, Julia's roommates pressured her to create a Tinder profile. She originally made the profile out of curiosity, but eventually landed on Carson's profile. Carson was cute and Julia thought he was over six feet tall (Carson is not). Julia and Carson joke today that his tinder profile picture cat-fished Julia! Carson's first message to Julia was that she had a beautiful smile. Carson was intrigued that Julia was majoring in Plant Biology. He quickly secured a date and suggested they meet at the Davis arboretum to walk around. On the date, Julia was immediately shocked by Carson's deep voice. They ended up walking for four hours that day! According to Carson, Julia was very awkward and reserved, but he kept wanting to hang out as he was curious to get to know Julia better. They continued seeing each other until finally in January Julia asked Carson to be her boyfriend. Carson obviously said yes!

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