Mari's Version:

There's this really cool guy that you need to meet! You guys like to eat all of the same things. He already said 'yes' to going out with you.

That's how I was set up on a date with Eric Wong. We ate a lot of great food, but I wasn't interested in having a boyfriend during Freshman year at Westmont College.

Eric's Version:

There's this really cool girl that you need to meet! You guys like to eat all of the same things. She already said 'yes' to going out with you.

The few dates we went on Freshman year may not have worked out, but only later did we find out that we both did not want to go on these dates in the first place.

It wasn't until Senior year when we became best friends, bonding over many bowls of pho, that our friendship evolved into something more.