For the next nine years, Ria and Parth navigated long distance—he went to Rutgers, she went to the University of Ottawa. Their relationship was powered by international flights, FaceTime calls, and an occasional questionable WiFi connection. Despite the distance, they always made it work. And while Parth was busy studying engineering, he somehow found himself taking on a side gig: being Ria’s personal math tutor. Thanks to his efforts (and Ria’s sheer determination to never take another math class again), she passed. Barely. But let’s be real—if degrees were based on emotional support and last-minute tutoring, Parth would have earned two.