In October 2022, I was home from Chicago for my friend, Shideh's, wedding weekend. On that Friday night, I was mindlessly swiping on Hinge when I stumbled upon Matts profile. As I scrolled through his pictures, thinking he was cute, I noticed I knew one of the friends in his pictures: Ryan Rutledge. Being that I was only home for 2 days, I thought whatever - Ill just swipe right & see what happens.

We did end up matching & exchanging a few messages - really only talking about how we knew Ryan. I knew him through work at Medline; Matt knew him since grade school, still one of his best friends.

Matt ended up asking to take me out the next time I was in town. So, over the next couple months, I would reach out to him when I was around, only to have him blow me off & say he was too busy to see me. (lol)

Fast forward to January 2023, I was in San Diego for a work conference & was talking with Rutledge. He asked what happened between me & Flohre - I reported nothing, he keeps turning me down. (again - lol) That night, Ryan called Matt & (from what Ive gathered), knocked some sense into him.

I came back to Dayton for work that February & Matt actually met me for dinner! We immediately clicked & have been together since! Initially, we did long-distance while I still lived in Chicago until November 2023 when I took a territory in Cincinnati (thanks to the help of Ryan) which allowed me to move to Dayton & in with Matt.

The last 1.5 years creating our little life in Dayton together has been so fun and we cannot wait for the next chapters to come!

Travel

Travel coming soon!