Our Story
How it started
We met online at the dawn of the pandemic. We talked for a month without meeting. Yet David was hesitant to get together in person. We finally settled on a COVID-safe date plan—a picnic by the Fremont cut, a waterway passing under the Fremont bridge with trails running alongside. David arrived on his bike, rather sweaty. Erin drove and wore a mask. David brought a poncho for us to sit on and we split a beer from Holy Mountain (using individual cups, of course). We talked for hours about anything and everything and it was just like online but better.
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We decided to meet up again. This time David insisted on making Erin ride a bike, which she had not done since childhood. She was very uncomfortable, but he taught her to shift gears and made her do loops in a parking lot before taking to the streets. She hated it, but she wanted him to like her so she pretended to sort of like it.
Even if we had different preferences in mode of transportation, we found that we shared many of the same values, sense of humor/mischief, work ethic, travel style, thriftiness, pragmatism, taste in food, minimalism, homebodiness, and obsession with Mexican things. And that‘s what really matters. Though Erin did eventually warm up to biking.
We spent the pandemic in each other‘s company. We feel a little bad admitting it, but we had a great time. David showed Erin all his favorite spots in Seattle (she was still fairly new in the city) and together, we discovered many more. We got loads of takeout food, worked remotely from David‘s apartment, and spent the winter holidays together.
The pandemic finally came to an end, but nothing changed. We still had a desire to spend every day together and confide in each other everything. We continued to form new inside jokes and David continued to cook Erin lots of good food and take great pictures of her everywhere we went. It eventually became clear that we wanted to be more than pandemic buddies. So, we’re inviting you to join us in transitioning to life buddies.
