A Hinge match, and then some.
What started as a Hinge match turned into a shared love of outdoor adventures, music, and staying active together. Plus just enough differences to keep things interesting. And we think that’s the making of a pretty good bond.
Despite Maggie being 15 minutes late, and the restaurant being pitch black and as loud as a concert, we left our first date feeling excited to see what this new person would bring into our lives. (Maggie had already texted a screenshot of Kirk's profile to her friend Emily for ~safety~ and of course, because Minneapolis is a giant small town, it turned out Emily's boyfriend Grady knew Kirk and enthusiastically approved.)
Date number two was much better albeit unconventional: a Christmas-themed restaurant in matching ugly Christmas sweaters (what?!). Maggie pulled into the empty parking lot of Betty Dangers and found Kirk standing by his car holding a gigantic llama sweater. We talked about everything and nothing. Maggie was impressed by the many lives Kirk had lived and his adventurous spirit; Kirk was enchanted by Maggie's ability to pull off a llama sweater, and her kindness. We took a spin on the ferris wheel (now for sale in Minneapolis if anyone is in the market) and the rest is history.
A few months later, we set off on our first of many camper van trips. It was absolutely otherworldly — we traveled well together and handled every obstacle like a team, including the van breaking down in the middle of the desert (multiple times) and missing our flight home.
Things continued to click easily from there: the same taste in music, creativity, same love of getting outside, and the kind of active lifestyle where "let's do something this weekend" was never a hard sell.
